Slanman, on 13 April 2018 - 03:33 PM, said:
I’m sick of watching golf and seeing the pros hit a 56 120 yards. How in the world do they hit their wedges so far? I have 50/54/58 wedges, and I can’t hit them to save my life. I can barely get my 54 to go 80 yards. I make good contact, I can take a divot in front of the ball, but I just feel like the harder I swing, the higher and shorter it goes. Watching the pros on tv, they all have a nice smooth swing that doesn’t look overly fast but it goes so far! What gives
You may think you're correctly impacting the ball, but I am here to say probably not. The divot in front doesn't equate to long, really hard swing with shafts that may not withstand really hard swing, goes higher and comes up short, not longer. Good strong swing with proper tempo is the best you should seek.
I am in my late 60's still hit 58* - 80-90yds, 52* 100-106* and PW 110+yds. When I was younger, I hit each club further however, never equal to longer touring Pros. Though I used touring pro distances to guage my distances I never thought for a moment I should hit them as far.