How to Hit a Lob Shot in Golf

Video Transcript

"Learning how to hit a lob shot, can be one of the most important, useful tools, in the game of golf. My name is Jared Garbett, and I'm with Echo Farms Country Club, and today, I'm going to teach you how to properly hit a lob shot. When hitting a lob shot, you either want to choose your sixty or fifty six degree sand wedge. You're going to begin by opening the club face, wide open. If this is my original setup, I'm going to lay the club face open, as seen here. I'm going to setup with my stance, not parallel, but open as well. I'm going to swing, straight up playing, and straight up playing on my follow through as well, so both my back swing, and my follow through, are going straight up playing. This will allow the ball to come off of the face of the club, go straight up into the air, land softly on the green, and not roll out a whole lot. I'm going to open the club face up. Open my stance up. Play the ball forward in my stance. Not in line with my belt buckle, but towards my left foot, and I'm going to swing, straight up the line, to straight up the line, and that is how you successfully hit a lob shot."