WEDGE-PLAY The 'one-hop-&-stop' shot

Experimenting with the ball position within your stance opens up a host of possibilities in the short game. So does tinkering with the amount of loft you set on the clubface, your alignment and weight distribution. There are no end of shots you can play with the wedge. This one, the spinner - the 'one hop and stop shot' - is a particular favourite. The secret is to start from the impact position. Look at how my body is geared up for impact, the ball back in my stance, hands forward, weight forward. From here I sense that I rotate my arms as I make my backswing, and then 'hold off' the clubface through impact. That rotation is the key; if you simply pick the club up with the arms you get too steep and choppy on the ball

See how I have maintained the angle at the back of the right wrist. It's this actions that enables you to rip through the shot and knock the ball down low, with lots of spin. Try to feel that you squeeze the ball off the turf.