When you hit pitch shots higher, it's more difficult to control distance. You're adding unnecessary variables, like having to judge wind and how big of a swing to make.

GOLF Top 100 Teacher Trillium Rose demonstrates how you can use a 58-degree wedge to hit three different greenside shots.

PGA Tour pro Akshay Bhatia's 3 simple keys helped me master his signature spinny pitch shot—and transform my short game.