
Playing pitch shots is a key ingredient in developing a well-rounded short game. Using your pitching wedge or 60-degree lob wedge will give you a chance to get near the hole and sink a short putt for a birdie or par. Sometimes you're forced to go over a hazard or tree and need to hit a higher pitch to reach the green.
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Steve Silverman is an award-winning writer, covering sports since 1980. Silverman authored The Minnesota Vikings: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly and Who's Better, Who's Best in Football -- The Top 60 Players of All-Time, among others, and placed in the Pro Football Writers of America awards three times. Silverman holds a Master of Science in journalism from the Medill School of Journalism.