VICTORA, Texas – In a three-part series on the art of the short game on his popular blog www.thewedgeguy.com, EIDOLON Golf President/Founder Terry Koehler supplies readers with his six rules for “The Basic Chip Shot.”
The second part of the series, “The Basic Pitch Shot” was post on thewedgeguy.com Oct. 9. The series further adds to EIDOLON’s golf “short-game solution” library – the largest collection of free information regarding the short game, in the golf industry.
“From what I hear daily, golfers want more basic and simple information on the short game,” says Koehler, a 30-year veteran of the golf industry and designer of EIDOLON Golf wedges with V-SOLE technology. “More importantly, they want simple techniques they can digest and implement without hours and hours of grueling practice. What we’re creating with TheWedgeGuy.com blog is a library of simple and clear short game solutions.”
In “The Basic Chip Shot,” Koehler explains why he’s a believer that golf should be learned from the hole backward. Or if you’ve been playing a while, consider working to improve your scoring from the h ole backwards. Koehler breaks down chipping into six basic elements of good chipping technique.
Among those rules:
Choose a club that will just loft the ball safely over the fringe, so that it lands on the green where bounce and roll-out are predictable.
“I marvel at those who will chip the ball to the fringe or collar, then become exasperated when the first bounce is not what they anticipated, so that shot ends up very long or short,” Koehler says. “For consistency, figure out where the ball needs to land on the green, and then how much roll to allow for after that, to get it all the way to the hole. If you want to carry it only 10-20 percent of the way, a 6-8 iron is usually good. At the other end, if you want to carry it more than half way to the hole, you might opt for a pitching or gap wedge. It only takes a little experimentation to learn this basic piece of the puzzle.”
To catch up on this series on the three basic short game shots, and learn much more about wedges and scoring, visit www.thewedgeguy.com.
EIDOLON Golf’s innovative approach to wedges is built around the company’s patented V-SOLE technology, which combines the advantages of low and high bounce20into each wedge loft. Golfers no longer have to make a choice in the store that m ay not work with all shots on the course. EIDOLON’s V-SOLE wedges also feature CNC-milled faces and grooves for extraordinary spin and premium Rifle Spinner and SCoR graphite shafts. The company even includes a copy of its popular book, “The SCoR Method” with each wedge order to help its customers refine their short games. The company backs its wedges with the boldest Satisfaction Guarantee in the industry. Learn more at www.EidolonGolf.com.
Contact:
Terry Koehler
361-571-7375
terry@eidolongolf.com
