This is one of those things that I struggle with… Max Homa was talking about a similar issue on his podcast. He was playing without his regular caddie, and didn’t have anyone to reassure him it was the right club, so he mishit some shots because he wasn’t confident standing over the ball.
The driver thread made me think about this more… if you are trying to steer your shot, you aren’t committed to hitting it… I was practicing some wedges on the course yesterday, and focused on technique more than anything else… once I got confident in the swing and committed, I started hitting the ball the way I wanted to.
I think that’s going to be one of my main focuses next season… making sure every time I step up to the ball I have a plan of how I want to hit it, and confidence I can hit the shot.