Open the right wrist as you go back, not a lot of wrist cock, but keeping the club out in front of you with your right wrist more in an open position will make it so much easier for you to pitch the golf ball up in the air and onto the green. Open that right wrist and just let the club slide underneath the ball.

pitching keys

- clubface is open

- ball more forward

- swing is slow

- wrists are broken rapidly

- very little turf is taken

Pitches

Pitches require a longer stroke, allowing for more action from the hands and wrists.

The two most common mistakes are over swinging and chopping at the ball as if you're wielding an axe. Ground your pitching stroke by concentrating on the follow-through:

For each shot, swing through so the club head finishes no higher than shoulder-height.

4 gears - iron level to ground; iron perpendicular ; 3/4 turn ; full swing

The two problems ARE either sticking the club in the ground behind the ball hitting a fat shot or coming up on the ball catching it right in the center sending a screamer across the green.

In all probability to hit those two shots, you have taken the loft off of the club face, actually twisted it closed. Where it’s suppose to be open as it goes back, if I hold the club right in front of me and I pivot my body to the right, you can see how much of the face you would be able to see as I go back.

Keeping the club face consistent as I go back and through.

If you take the loft off the face going back, you’re going to have to use your hands down at the bottom to put loft back on it. You can imagine how inconsistent you will be if you’re always closing an open club face. So let the face naturally open with the pivot motion of your body back and through and if you do you’ve got the right amount of loft on the face and you are able to hit nice, soft pitches.

tips in mind, keep that face consistent with your pivot going back and through. - equal swing