{"id":22987,"date":"2026-06-18T06:55:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T06:55:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/22987\/"},"modified":"2026-06-18T06:55:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T06:55:12","slug":"why-this-ladder-drill-could-improve-your-wedge-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/22987\/","title":{"rendered":"Why this ‘ladder drill’ could improve your wedge game"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of the quickest ways to improve your scores is to dial in your distance control with your wedges. Of course, that\u2019s easier said than done. <\/p>\n

But Drew Stoltz, the co-host of GOLF\u2019s Subpar Podcast<\/a>, has a drill that can help you take your wedge game to the next level. It\u2019s called the ladder drill.<\/p>\n

In the latest episode of Emergency 9, presented by Cobra, Stoltz explains how he uses the drill to get the most out of his Cobra King wedges.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s tailored to improve your distance control with your wedges,\u201d Stoltz said. \u201cAll you need is a handful of balls and a chipping green. If you do this over and over before a round, it\u2019s sure to improve your short game.\u201d<\/p>\n

So, how does the drill work?<\/p>\n

\u201cYou find a spot on the green and you give yourself a lot of green to work with,\u201d Stoltz said. \u201cYou need some decent space for this drill. Grab a handful of balls, go down off the green and pick out one club. The goal of this drill is to get as many balls on the green as possible with each shot going shorter than the shot before it. <\/p>\n

\u201cSo, for instance, on my first shot, I\u2019m going to try to get it as close to the back of the green, to the fringe, as possible without going over. For my next shot, I\u2019m going to get as close to that ball as possible but it has to be shorter.\u201d <\/p>\n

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Then, you work your way down the ladder until a shot goes past where your last shot landed. However many balls you get on the green before hitting one too far is your score. Then, you pick the balls up and try to beat that score. <\/p>\n

\u201cThis will dial in your distance control,\u201d Stoltz said. \u201cYou\u2019re going to learn how to hit different shots with the same club \u2014 low runners, high soft ones. It\u2019s a great way to improve your short game.\u201d<\/p>\n

To hear more from Stoltz, check out the entire video above. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One of the quickest ways to improve your scores is to dial in your distance control with your…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":22988,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3020],"tags":[3122],"class_list":["post-22987","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cobra","tag-cobra"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22987","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22987"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22987\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22988"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22987"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22987"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22987"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}