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King Cobra II Dedicated Member

King Cobra II

Would a 56 produce more spin then a 60 in the same exact wedge?

In the bag:
Driver: r7 quad v2 stiff
3-Wood: XLS
Hybrid: X
Irons: CG Golds 3-GWSW: x forged 56/13LW: Vokey sm 60/.08Putter: Callie 35''Ball: pro v1

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Gone.Golfing

Also depends if you accelerating down on your backspin. For me my spin milled 60 spins more then my spin milled 56 but i dont know

Driver: Titleist D2, 9.5* loft, Aldila VooDoo XS, IOMIC Grip Red
Fairway: Titleist 906 F2, 13* and 18* loft, Fujikura 757 Tour Spec. XS, IOMIC Grip Black
Irons: Callaway Tour Authentic Prototype 3-9, Project X 6.5, IOMIC Grip Black
Wedges: Titleist Vokey 48*, Titleist Proto Vokey 52*, Titleist...

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Chilli Dipper Great Member

Chilli Dipper

Backspin is essentially the rotation that is placed upon the ball by the clubface in relation to how far below the equator of the ball contact is made. I imagine the key to the equation is bounce: the more bounce a wedge has, the less far down on the ball the clubface will make contact, and thus the less backspin that will be generated. So, if the 56* wedge has less bounce than the 60* wedge, it well hit further down on the ball, and more backspin can be generated despite the lesser loft.

In my UnderArmour Links stand bag...

Driver: '07 Burner 9.5° (stiff graphite shaft)
Woods: SasQuatch 17° 4-Wood (stiff graphite shaft)
Hybrid: 4DX Ironwood 20° (stiff graphite shaft)Irons/Wedges: Apex Edge 3-PW, GW, SW (stiff shaft); Carnoustie 60° LWPutter: Rossa AGSI+ Corzina...

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Surefire Dedicated Member

Surefire

I may be wrong but I think the original poster was ignoring all other factors apart from loft. So say you had 2 wedges exactly the same apart from loft, and you used exactly the same swing to hit exactly the same ball from exactly the same position, which would put more spin on the ball!

I think thats my quota of exactly's used for the day!
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JaY_B Great Member

JaY_B

Not sure actually.... a lot of me wants to say the 56 as the ball has more time to 'roll' up the clubface creating spin where as the 60 just sort of pops the ball up with little spin.

I could be very wrong though.

In my Ping UCLAN Team Bag

Nike Sasqautch 9.5 - V2 Stiff
Cleveland HiBore 15 - V2 Stiff
Ben Hogan Apex FTX, 2 - PW - Dynamic Gold StiffNike SV Tour 52, 58 - Dynamic Golf StiffYes Golf Callie - 33 inchesBall - Srixon Z star X

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cwcaesar Well Established Member

cwcaesar

More loft will create more spin all else being equal: same type of wedge, same grooves, contact on the same part of the club face, same ball, same swing, etc. However, I think that the difference in spin between those two lofts is fairly minimal, if you can even tell at all. I can spin all my wedges well, if I have a good lie. I just pick a different wedge for the amount of carry and trajectory that I need.

Driver: MP-600 9.5 w/ Fujikura E360 Stiff Shaft
4 Wood: F-60 16.5 w/ Exsar FS3 Stiff Shaft
Irons:MP-57 3-PW w/ Dynamic Gold S300 Shafts
Wedges: MP-R Black-Ni 52, 56, & 60
Putter: Studio Select Newport 2Ball: ProV1/ProV1xGrips: Winn Xi7

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FlopShotArtist Great Member

FlopShotArtist

The more loft, the higher the ball flight, so the softer it will land even with no spin. So I guess when you put equal spin on both a 56* ballflight and a 60, the 60 will have more spin on the green.
What I Play:

Driver: Sasquatch SUMO² 9.5º Stiff
Hybrid: HiBore 16º (3W replacement)
Irons: Staff Ci6 3-PW StiffWedges: Vokey Spin Milled 54.10 60.04Putter: Newport Studio Style 35"Ball: Pro V1xAge: 15
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clemsontiger Well Established Member

clemsontiger

The 60 definitely. Very evident if you every watch Phil Mickleson hitting the wedges. He puts a lot more movement on the 60 and 64 that he carries than the 56.

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905T w/Aldila NV 75x 904F w/Dynamic Gold x100 MP-32 w/Project X 6.5 Vokey 52.08 BeCu 56 MP-R 60 Studio Stainless Newport 2 ProV1, ProV1x, or NXT Tour

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yeis20 Well Established Member

yeis20

I use a 54, 60 and 64* (54 and 60 are CG14, 64 is X forged vintage)

So it becomes zip grooves vs mack daddy grooves

All thing equal, I can pull out my old 60* knock of wedge with weak grooves, and not produce ANY backspin. My personal oberservation using the same swing, very similar clubs... grrroves make all the difference.


I spin my 60 the most of the 3 due to swing speed typically on my 64. I back off a bit on the 64 or the spin generated by it would hurt more then help.

I hit a good 50+ balls 2 weekends ago with full "go for it" type swings with the 64* at a par 3 course mid day with no one really around... so had plenty of time to practice with it.

Was way to easy to get 15+ feet of spin with it and the ball covers were a mess as it shaved them up pretty badly. The spin on the 64* being swung aggressively like I can with my 54 or 60* could hurt your game more then help if not controlled.

Balls used were 07 TP reds and TF gamers

Taylormade TP 2010 9.5 Fubuki stiff
07 Burner 5W stiff

Adams F11 Ti 3W Adilia NVS Stiff
Bobby Jones 21* & 25* Hybrid
AP1 4-gw
CG14  60*::X forged Vintage 56* Ping b60 putter Balls: Bridgestone B330, ProV, Goals: Shot par over 18 holes, Best shot: Par 5 18th hole, Alling Memorial New haven CT; holed my 2nd shot for an Albatross! (June 20th, 2008)

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CG031 Great Member

CG031

I really don't see how these posters can tell the difference between the exact same club but only four degrees of loft difference. I would never be able to tell to be honest.

Driver Ping G10 10.5*
Hybrids Ping G5 (3) 19* Bridgestone J36 (4) 22*
Irons Mizuno MP-57 5-PW
Wedges Srixon WG-504 52.08 Bridgestone WC Copper 56.13
Putter 33" Scotty Cameron Studio Select #2

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