Hitting a wedge of hard ground

[Leftygolfer]

If you open the face bounce is increase. A typical sand wedge would be the WORST possible club choice. I like the 64 wide open with a nice smooth swing, ball in middle of stance, no thoughts of lie, just a good agressive pitching motion.

[Brakkus]

I used to have a problem with this until I started hitting chips at home off a concrete patio with a piece of carpet on top.You had to hit it clean,rolled over to all of my wedge play and it's much improved.

[sean_miller]

I used to have a problem with this until I started hitting chips at home off a concrete patio with a piece of carpet on top.You had to hit it clean,rolled over to all of my wedge play and it's much improved.

I do this in the basement (short pitches into a bean bag chair - very professional) I find that anything > 54*, with low bounce, a weak grip, ball slightly ahead in the stance, and a little more weight on the left side produces fairly consistent results. Now the only hard part is visualizing a bean bag chair just short of the green. Truth be told, I'd still rather putt or bounce a 7-iron chip onto green from a tight lie if there's no hazard in the way.

[Zeph]

The bounce has no saying in the shot if you hit the ball first, it doesn't come into play. The more lofted club, the more accurate you have to be.

[Long Vu Pham]

I can help you with this. I've played for only two months and find it very interesting. I've been working around the green in the last two weeks at all kinds of lies, I found that making the shot on the hard clay or hard ground is impossible. For every 30 balls I made, only 3 of them got in the air. I said to myself there should be "some changes" in stance, clubface angle, where is the right hand on the shaft, how to swing. And tell you what THE PROBLEM IS RESOLVED. It is hard to explain everything by words; however, I try my best here and hope you can understand my concept. Or I could make some snapshots or a short video clip for you as well. By Words: Use the gap or sand wedge. If you are righthanded, your right thumb is about 10 inches from the top of the club (this allows the light swing steadier). Divide the club face into 4 portion. So-called NW (northwest portion), SW, NE, SE. Please focus only on the NW portion, this is the only portion when you hit the ball. Set up the ball about 20-30 yards from the hole (this is the ideal distance to resolve the problem, if it is too far, when you swing, you can't focus on the NW portion. If the distance is too close, you have in mind to make your swing soft, and it ends up a weak shot, you blade the ball). Imagine when you hold the shovel and scoop from right to left like you're swinging golf ball. Can you scoop the tennis ball? Definitively not, because the side of the shovel has the "bounce angle". You can never catch the tennis ball with the shovel-face and you will see the tennis ball roll on the ground. In order to catch the tennis ball with the shovelface, you have to slant the shovelface and scoop it with NW portion. By doing so, the bounce angle of the shovel reduces to somewhat 2* or zero degrees. I guarantee you that the tennis ball would be caught on the shovelface. Do the same thing with the golf ball and golf club, and the ball will get in the air as you dream of. Notes: mentally strong enough, make sure to do free swing few times before making real shot (do it fast, do it strong, and do it supper swift), imagine the club-sole cuts through the hard clay or hard ground just about 1 mm, make sure there is no obstruction caused by the bounce of SW or GW.

[Mr. Desmond]

It could be several things ... which is why any answer is a guess.

Even though your LW has only 7 of bounce, the leading edge could be high; it could have a wider sole;

It could be you.  A lot of skulls are caused by tension ... a quick transition, too armsy ... an unrelaxed swing.

You've got to work it out.

And now I realize this is a 6 yr old thread that someone rejuvenated.

[Long Vu Pham]

Into my second month of playing golf, now I can make a shot at any condition on the ground. Just follow my method and tell me how it works ou for you.