Fairway Sand Wedge?
September 5, 2009 by admin · Leave a Comment
photo credit: GregHickman Using a sand wedge in the fairway is not such a good idea for most amateur players.
Sand wedges have a good amount of bounce under the sole of the club. The bounce (depending on how severe), can hit the ground too soon. This means that the clubface will bounce into the ball instead of making clean contact.
The sand wedge is used to get out of sand bunkers through the use of it's flange. The club is bounced into and off-of the sand which explodes the ball out of the trap.
On the fairway, caution must be used when playing off of a clean lie. The ball must be hit precisely in order to execute a good shot. I always advise my students not to use a sand wedge off of a fairway.
