Stop Pulling Wedges & Lower Your Scores!

Paul Wilson explains that golfers pull wedges because they lack the natural leg drive found in longer clubs, leading to an arm-dominant 'over the top' swing. By manually focusing on turning the belt buckle toward the target, players can ensure proper body rotation and hit straighter wedge shots. This simple fix helps synchronize the body and arms for better accuracy on scoring shots.

• Wedge shots often lack the aggressive leg drive of a driver, causing the body to stall.
• When the lower body stops moving, the arms take over and lean the upper body forward, creating an outside-in path.
• The 'pull' is a result of this over-the-top move caused by inactive hips.
• Manually turning your belt buckle toward the target during the downswing forces the body to rotate correctly.
• This rotation keeps the club on the proper path, resulting in dead-straight wedge shots.

Go deeper

• Belt Buckle Turn drill — Every coach who teaches it
• The pull — Causes, drills and coaches for this miss
• Hip rotation — The lesson, across every coach
• Paul Wilson Golf — Every video, sorted by what it teaches