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Swish the grass before striking the ball.
If you have trouble hitting your 60-degree sand wedge, you are probably not swinging aggressively enough. When a ball makes contact with a wedge with more than 50 degrees of loft, the ball tends to slide up the face, not allowing the grooves to create enough backspin.
It also depends on the quality of greens you are playing. It takes approximately 8,000 RPM of backspin to spin a ball back on the green. About 6,000 RPM backspin to get a ball to hop twice and stop.
The wedge must pick up speed through the hitting area even when executing a chip shot at greenside. Take a practice swing or two to calibrate how fast you want to swing. Remember, all golf shots require the shoulders to move the club, never just hands.
Don’t forget to enjoy this great game called golf.
Rick Musselman, golf author and professional, owns Musselman’s Golf in Williamsport.
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