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Whenever I am within 20 yards with my 60 degree I hit it and it doesnt have any loft it goes straight as an arrow what am I doing wrong ?



Any tips are much appreciated

Anyone ? please

You must hit the ball with a downward blow, ball first, then the ground. You are no doubt trying to lift the ball and the resulting impact is thin....thus a low hot shot. Swinging so the club hits the ball first then a divot after the ball causes the ball to roll up the club face creating back spin and loft to your shot.
Cheers,
Bob

Have the ball located back at least more than midway in your stance toward you rear foot. This will allow you to hit down on the ball, which will make the ball fly higher. Do not use a strong grip, and use a slightly open stance. This should make the ball fly much higher for you.

Sounds like you hitting it very thin or blading the ball.

If this is a consistent result with your shot & you're not "lifting up" during your downswing, your swing plane may be off. Bob38 & cr0005 are right. You need to hit the ball first (to "roll" it up the clubhead to get loft & backspin) then the turf (thus the divot).

You and I are having much of the same issues since this regularly happens to me with my short game. Looking at my scorecards you can see this 'cause I have a tendency to hit thin & go over the green instead of a nice pitch onto the green. I managed to get things smoothed out a touch by using my 11 iron as a long range chipper (I use a putting type of swing -- mostly arms with very little rotation) when I get inside 30 yds. I wouldn't recommend that for everyone, though.

...and to hit down proerly, make sure that your hands are in front of the clubhead at impact. You can get a feel for this by placing your clubface against the corner of a mat or the tire of a golf car, and then pushing your hands forward while the mat/tire holds the clubhead in place. You'll find that your weight will move into your front leg and your hips will turn toward the target...both proper impact positions.

Good advice already, but here's more, just in case.....

1. be sure your grip stays very soft throughout the swing--sometimes a firm/tense grip will cause one to hit it thin....

2. try experimenting with another wedge (or club, for that matter)--the 60* from that distance, unless the green's sloping away from you or you've got a bunker in front of you, might not be the best club to use--and i believe some of the other clubs in the bag are easier to chip with.....

Best

Relax your arms, hands and take a softer grip.

Most everyone has it right.

You are undoubtedly hitting it thin, but the reason why is not specifically known.

In general what I find is that with higher lofted clubs people try to make hand manipulations just at impact to try and get the ball up in the air. It is further exhaserbated when you hit it thin. The ball comes out low and so the player then tries to fix the problem the next swing by scouping the ball even more. This cycle just continues on and on.

Most advice in this perdicament would be to "hit down" on the ball. I would instead direct you to "Swing OUT" toward the target. As if you were going to throw the club and have it tumble along the ground. Not fly up in the air, but specifically throw the club along the ground.

It will instill a different feeling what what you are intending to do and should fix the thin's.