![]() More than anything, going flatter with the lie angle will likely help your contact and allow you to get up-and-down on a more regular basis. Sieckmann also pointed out that catching the ball off the toe on a wedge shot can have some benefits in the spin department, especially with shots around the green. “ worst thing you can do is dig the heel.” “Because of the lack of droop, another issue a lot of times is that, as the club interacts with the turf, toe interaction is better than heel interaction,” Sieckmann said. Without the same force and shaft droop, it makes sense to at least consider the idea of going to a flatter lie angle, particularly in the lob wedge. With less force being imparted on the shaft during a wedge shot, there’s not nearly as much shaft droop occurring, which causes the toe to get into the ground. If you’re looking at the lie angle on each club in a set, Sieckmann noted that an elite player might be 1-degree upright in his irons but get gradually flatter when transitioning to the wedges, going to potentially a standard lie angle in the sand wedge and maybe even 1-degree flat in the lob wedge. The fit, specifically with a lob wedge, should be for a 20-yard shot, not an 80- and 90-yard shot.” “And you’re not using it for full swing very often - you’re using it from 10 yards, 20 yards or in the bunker. “Wedges are typically too upright and fit for full swing,” Sieckmann said. During a recent interview on GOLF’s Fully Equipped podcast, the wedge guru pointed out that while most wedges sitting on retail racks have upright lie angles, the elite players you see on television every week are playing scoring clubs with a decidedly flatter lie angle. ![]() James Sieckmann, Shadow Ridge Country Club’s director of instruction, is one of the brightest minds in the industry when it comes to the short game.
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