Mastering the High Pitch Shot
Hi Mike Cahill here with Cahill Golf in beautiful Palm Springs. Today I want to show you how to hit a high pitch shot. The club I am using is an old Karsten Ping 1 wedge, probably 44 to 46 degrees of loft.
Just to review, for a normal trajectory we have the ball in the middle of our stance with our hands just toward the inside of the left knee. If I want to get a little higher trajectory I can do one of two things. I can try to add loft just by opening the club face. Open the face just a little bit, keep everything else the same and generally just swing. This approach may push the ball off a couple of yards to the right.
To increase trajectory turn the club-face open a little.
The second approach I use to increase trajectory is to come through while trying to turn my right shoulder a little bit more under than I normally would. This will help me come up on the ball just a hair. We do not want to come up much. Try it when you have a good lie.
PGA Instructor Mike Cahill and PGA Master Instructor Dave Cahill are here to help you play better and enjoy the game more. If you would like to learn to master the high golf pitch shot please come see us in Palm Springs for golf lessons or visit us for a Palm Springs a Golf School.
PGA Instructor Mike Cahill 612-501-9015 mikecahill@cahillgolf.com
PGA Master Instructor Dave Cahill 952-994-0387 davecahill@cahillgolf.com