Pitching
Drills to Improve Pitching
Practice drills that make pitching distance, strike, and trajectory easier to repeat.
Three drills that travel
- Landing towel: place a towel on the green and land five balls on it from 20, 30, and 40 yards.
- One-club, three flights: use the same wedge to hit low, medium, and high pitches.
- Nine-ball ladder: hit three backswing lengths with three wedges and write down the carry numbers.
Make practice look like golf
Change lies during pitching practice. Drop one ball in light rough, one on a tight fairway, and one on a slight downslope. The course rarely gives you ten identical pitch shots in a row, so your practice should not either.
Putting it in focus
Pitching practice improves faster when you stop guessing your carry numbers. FocusGolf can track shots and distances from a Wear OS, Apple Watch, or Garmin watch, giving you a record of how different wedge swings perform over time. Pair that with your own landing-zone notes and you will start building a practical wedge matrix: not perfect, but honest enough to trust from 40 yards.