Vokey\u2019s Senior Director of Player Relations, Aaron Dill, demonstrates his fitting process, explaining the clues he looks for in a player\u2019s technique and why the right grind and bounce can transform confidence around the greens.<\/p>\n
What does one of the world\u2019s leading wedge fitters notice within just a few chip shots?<\/p>\n
Aaron Dill, Senior Director of Player Relations for Vokey Wedges, walked through his fitting process, explaining how he assesses a player\u2019s short game before recommending changes to wedge grind and bounce.
According to Dill, the first things he pays attention to are sound, ball flight, consistency and the player\u2019s tempo.<\/p>\n
\u201cI know a wedge player is really comfortable when he\u2019s fast.\u201d he explained. \u201cWhen he\u2019s moving through the shots quickly \u2026 it\u2019s usually a sign that they feel pretty comfortable with what they have in their hands.\u201d<\/p>\n
The conversation doesn\u2019t stop with the golf swing. Dill also asks about course conditions, what the player likes, what they don\u2019t like and whether anything has changed in their game before looking for a solution that builds confidence.<\/p>\n
He said much of his fitting work centres on 58- and 60-degree wedges because they are the most sensitive clubs in the bag for short-game performance. Depending on conditions or even changes in a player\u2019s swing, he may recommend a different wedge to help restore confidence.<\/p>\n
During the demonstration, Dill identified slightly heavy contact before introducing different wedge options without revealing what had changed.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is why fitting is so important,\u201d he said. \u201cYou want players to understand why we make all these different things.\u201d<\/p>\n
As the session progressed, he pointed to improvements in strike quality, lower flight and increased spin, describing the sequence of \u201ccontact, flight, spin\u201d as the key to good wedge play.<\/p>\n
After observing that the club was entering the turf slightly behind the ball, Dill recommended a 63K grind. He explained that the additional sole width would allow the club to glide through the turf more easily, acting as a skid plate and helping to protect against slight errors in contact.<\/p>\n
After just a handful of shots, the fitting wrapped up with a simple verdict from the golfer: \u201cIt\u2019s my best fitting of all time.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Vokey\u2019s Senior Director of Player Relations, Aaron Dill, demonstrates his fitting process, explaining the clues he looks for…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":839677,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[566],"tags":[64,63,755,85],"class_list":["post-839676","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-golf","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/839676","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=839676"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/839676\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/839677"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=839676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=839676"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=839676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}