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reif99

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reif99

Before you say, "Well, just get a gap wedge," please hear me out.

I have Mizuno MP29's.

The 9i is bent to 45*, the PW to 50* (those are weaker than specs).

I carry Pelz SW, 55* and LW 60*.

I hit the 9i 145 yards, the PW 135, the SW 110 and the LW 100. I also carry a 64* wedge, so I'd really rather not have to trade that out for a GW.

None of this makes sense to me. 5* difference in the 9-PW is 10 yards, then another 5* to the SW is 25 yards, but then another 5* loft is only another ten yards. Looking at how far the pros hit LW and SW, I don't think I should be hitting those any further, but I hate being 115-120 yards out and having to mess around with my PW instead of having a "go-to" swing at that distance.

Maybe I should just get a gap wedge.

Thoughts?

Thanks.
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GolferDot Well Established Member

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Before you say, "Well, just get a gap wedge," please hear me out.

I had a similar problem I was hitting my gap wedge same distance as my PW. Turned out the spec of shaft in my gap wedge was different to the PW even though they were both suposed to be regular. Aparently one manufacturers regular is different to anothers. Got the same shaft put in my gap wedge as my PW and now have no problems.

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I had a similar problem I was hitting my gap wedge same distance as my PW. Turned out the spec of shaft in my gap wedge was different to the PW even though they were both suposed to be regular. Aparently one manufacturers regular is different to anothers. Got the same shaft put in my gap wedge as my PW and now have no problems.

The same occurred to me, due to the shafts. Apparently, good shots with my 50º went the same distance as with mi 46º PW.

It´s more a thing of distances than degrees, so you can better focus in covering the distances. It´s true that it made sense to begin filling the gap with wedges, but it isn´t always as easy...

Hibore XLS 10.5º Yellow Reg
909F3 13º Mitsubishi Diamana Blue Reg
Big Bertha 17º Reg
585.H 21º Graphite 4175 Reg
804.OS 4-9 Graphite 3975 Reg Vokey Spin Milled 48.06 54.14 60.10 Tess G2 35" ProV1XHome course: Ria de Vigo Golf Vigo (SPAIN)

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TinCupTampa Dedicated Member

TinCupTampa

Before you say, "Well, just get a gap wedge," please hear me out.

I'm not trying to simplify things here but ... its your swing. I would venture to say you are subconsciously delofting your SW and LW too much.

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I'm not trying to simplify things here but ... its your swing. I would venture to say you are subconsciously delofting your SW and LW too much.

I'll take any advice I can get - but if I'm delofting the shorter clubs won't that exacerbate the issue if I fix that problem?

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TinCupTampa Dedicated Member

TinCupTampa

I'll take any advice I can get - but if I'm delofting the shorter clubs won't that exacerbate the issue if I fix that problem?

Oops... Let me try this again.

Maybe you are subconsciously not delofting them as much as the 9 and PW.

13 Wedges
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reif99 Member

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Oops... Let me try this again.

Maybe.

But my 8 iron is 160 (9i=145, PW= 135). I'll check it out, but I can't believe I'm making that much different a swing with the SW than the PW. Could the Pelz wedges give me that much "hit" less than the Mizuno's? Seems like a stretch.
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Stacey_E Great Member

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I'd say it could be a combination of any of the things listed above. Shafts, delofting, specs, swing issues - what ever. Why not just pull the PW back one degree and strenghten the SW a degree? And let the loft specs be damned. Good luck! And keep that 64.
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Why not just pull the PW back one degree and strenghthen the SW a degree?

I'm a little worried about getting too much bounce - I'm already two degrees weak.

I have given some thought to strengthening the SW, since I use the LW out of the sand most of the time anyway. Good suggestion.
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hamletsdead Well Established Member

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Simple solution: make sure you don't have any approach shots that are greater than 110 yards and less that 135 yards.

Kidding.

Have you tried a 52 degree wedge to see if it splits the gap for you? If it does, and you don't use your 64 degree wedge much, then maybe you should go with 52. But first, go get all your lofts examined to see if they are on the money. Maybe your pitching wedge is a degree strong and your sand wedge a degree weak.

In my C-130 Cart Bag:

Driver: Titleist D2 10.5° Aldila R.I.P. 60
Woods Exotics CB4 15° Aldila R.I.P. 70
Hybrids Exotics CB4 17°, 22° Aldila R.I.P. 80 

Irons 4-PW MP-57 Project X 6.0, MP-29 PW

Wedges  Eidolon 52°, 60° Rifle Spinner 6.5

Putter Bettinardi BB12

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Jay-Bird Great Member

Jay-Bird

Go ahead and fill that gap.

The distances you hit a 50° and a 55° at full swing should be perfectly covered by a 52.5° wedge. I know you know this is the obvious answer, but it is the most correct. Get a 52° or 54° wedge and bend it the .5°+/-.

driver: FT-i tlcg 9.5˚ (Matrix Ozik XCONN Stiff)
4 wood: G10 (ProLaunch Red FW stiff)
3 -PW: :Titleist: 695 mb (Rifle flighted 6.0)
wedges:, 52˚, 56˚, 60˚
putter: Studio Select Newport 1.5

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Go ahead and fill that gap.

Well, maybe.

But why, with the lofts what they are, does my distance vary so much? To do what you suggest, then I'd have 60º, 55º, 52.5º, 50º and 45º. That just doesn't look to me like a progression that would give equal yardages.
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DaveLeeNC

Before you say, "Well, just get a gap wedge," please hear me out.

You are a good bit longer than I am. But here are my distances with my irons - 9i bent to 45*, Gap Wedge bent to 50*, 55* SW, 60* LW. I could have bent my PW to 50* - I bent the gap wedge to get a somewhat reduced bounce.

LW - 75 yards SW - 90 yards Gap - 110 yards 9i - 123 yards For whatever reason I also have a somewhat larger than anticipated yardage gap between my 50* and 55* clubs. dave

In The Bag:
- Wishon 949MC 10.5* Driver
- Wishon 525 F/D 3W
- Wishon 515 949MC 5W
- Wishon 60* Cx Micro LW- Wishon 550M SW (55*)- Wishon 550M GW bent to 50* - Wishon 550C 6i - 9i (9i bent to 45*)- Wishon 321Li 3i/4i/5i hybrids- Odyssey Two Ball Putter

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