22 Golf WorldAugust 2017HOW TO
PITCH
IT CLOSE
EVERY
TIME
100 YARDS IN
From within 100 yards or so of the
green,consistencyofstrikeis
everything. From this distance, almost
everygolferhastheabilitytogetthe
ballclosetothehole,soyourgoal
should be to give yourself a realistic
chanceofgettingupanddown.To
achievethis,youneedtofocusontwo
key things:
1.Developasolidandrepetitive
pitching action.
2.Knowhowfaryouhittheballwith
each of your wedges and with
different length swings.
STEP 1
PITCHING
Develop a body-controlled technique
Control is far more important than power from this range,
so you want your technique and distance to be controlled
by the larger muscles in your upper body rather than
your hands. Once they’ve made their backswing, most of
the world’s top pitchers simply rotate their upper body
through towards the target. As you can see here, when
you turn your torso instead of ‘flicking’ at the ball with
your wrists, you maintain the loft on the clubface and the
grooves point to the sky into the follow-through.