Wedge yardage correlation to Driver yardage?

[dchoye]

We have a kid at our club who is a good player and competes in amateur events and he is long. Driver consistently over 300 yards . On one of our really short par 3 ...140 yards downhill he will swing soft lt looks like he's baby pitches his wedge . He will swing a lot slower but smoother under 140 yards as I believe his full wedge goes 150.

Edited May 10, 2016 by dchoye

[Lihu]

1 hour ago, Golfingdad said:

Sorry, I used the wrong word ... should have said swing dynamics, not mechanics.  Was just saying that @mchepp had the best answer.

Ah, makes sense. Yeah, I agree 100% with that! Interesting that some people can expect to hit a wedge a certain distance, because it seems like other than on the range it's mostly just a feel thing for me inside 120 yards.

OTOH, I still have a long way to go on improving my swing mechanics. Maybe I'll be better at getting exact distances through pure mechanics by the time I'm 55 and ready to play the seniors in SCGA.

 

1 hour ago, No Mulligans said:

Not sure you should use GG average for a full wedge distance.  If you are like me, you have a range of swings you use with your wedge, 1/4, 1/2, 3/4, full... As such my full SW shots represent less than 25% of my SW swings.  This all messes up the GG stats.

I typically just ignore my wedge distances since they are not critical in the sense that they would be hit X yards or something like that. If I am inside 120 yards it has to be by feel most of the time. Every time I try to take a full swing with a 60 or anything else that is high lofted the results is typically a thin bladed shot except those perfect shots on a range mat or fluffy grass.

 

8 minutes ago, dchoye said:

We have a kid at our club who is a good player and competes in amateur events and he is long. Driver consistently over 300 yards . On one of our really short par 3 ...140 yards downhill he will swing soft lt looks like he's baby pitches his wedge . He will swing a lot slower but smoother under 140 yards as I believe his full wedge goes 150.

Yeah, I know all about the young kids at clubs who hit 150 yard PW. We have many more than one.