Flying wedge?

[cougar978]

I've seen some posts referring to a 'flying wedge' as a swing thought - I'm just curious to see what that means in terms of mechanics. I just have my weight slightly forward, sync up my belt buckle and hands, pick the appropriate start and endpoint for the given distance, and have a smooth, controlled swing (if you make smooth contact, the ball will land smooth).

BTW, I had a 'flying wedge' on the first hole Saturday after I bent the shaft on a bunker shot that hit a hard spot under the sand. The wedge 'flew' into the ground and finished the job breaking the shaft. Since the bending of the wedge during the stroke made it unplayable, and not my subsequent throw, I went back to the parking lot and replaced it and shot 67 with my beat-up spare Vokey and got a $70 skin

[DavidFehertysBike]

Its stack and tilt terminology, mostly. Something about the angles your arms and hands form at impact. Like you, i thought flying wedges were the result of a duffed bunker shot...

[James_Black]

Did you use the search function?

http://thesandtrap.com/forum/threads...t=flying+wedge

[B-Con]

Here's an explanation I found .

The part of it I try to use is in maintaining the angle of the right forearm to the clubshaft.

[kafka01]

Flying wedge is a term from TGM (The golfing machine) - its explained in this thread

http://www.golfwrx.com/forums/topic/...-flying-wedge/

Its stack and tilt terminology, mostly. Something about the angles your arms and hands form at impact. Like you, i thought flying wedges were the result of a duffed bunker shot...

It doesnt orginate from S&T;, since TGM was written back in the 60s

[cougar978]

Its stack and tilt terminology, mostly. Something about the angles your arms and hands form at impact. Like you, i thought flying wedges were the result of a duffed bunker shot...

I tried stack-and-tilting last summer and my big problem is I tend to overdo it and increase the angle of attack such that I start pushing/hitting irons fat. I still tend to 'swing the bucket' with a forward motion, but it's not as pronounced as it was last year.

[DavidFehertysBike]

I tried stack-and-tilting last summer and my big problem is I tend to overdo it and increase the angle of attack such that I start pushing/hitting irons fat. I still tend to 'swing the bucket' with a forward motion, but it's not as pronounced as it was last year.

I messed around with it, too. Its a uncomfortably steep and restrictive motion, IMO. I was sticking the club strait into the ground every time i swung..lol.