Choosing the correct bounce??? [Noob question]

How should one determine the "correct" bounce for a wedge? What situation dictates high or low bounce? Specifically for a 50º, 54º and 60º

Thanks

Get as much bounce as possible it doesnt ever hurt to have to much. I got a 58/10 and a 54/14 they work amazing on pitch shots.

it depends. What kind of course do you play on? A soft grounds course or a hard grounds course? The more bounce your club has the more it digs into the ground. So a 3 iron is going to have less bounce than a 9 iron obviously. So if you play on soft pro like conditions course, you're going to want a lot of bounce, now if you play on a very dry and hard grounded course, aka Texas, you're going to want minimal bounce or your club is going to try to dig in to the ground more and just bounce up and you will end up skulling or blading the ball. Hopefully that helps, if not try going to your local club fitter for help.

I live in Houston, and all the courses are like hitting of a concrete, all the pros i have talked to have suggested to have less bounce for harder ground, other wise with too much bounce you will just skull more shots.

ok this is str8 from the golf smith website

heres my source http://golftips.golfsmith.com/degrees-bounce-golf-wedges-1293.html

here is a chart that even says so http://www.golfdigest.com/images/equipment/2012-11/eqsl02_wedges_bounce_intro.jpg

When in doubt, more bounce is better.  Bounce is your friend.

As long as you get the leading edge under the center of the ball, you will not. Meaning 0.84 inches of clearance you have before you skull a shot. That means for a wedge, if you have 22° of bounce. Lets say you return the club to the ball with 22° of bounce (opening or closing the face effects the bounce), you would need a sole width of nearly 2.2 inches to hit the center of the ball.

Even if you hit before the ball, your impacting with the ground with a pretty shallow angle. The hands are still moving forward, and the club will bounce a bit, but the angle will be shallow upward slightly, so the edge of the club will still hit bellow the equator of the ball. I've hit some pitch shots with a lot of bounce, were i hit before the ball, i feel the thud before the ball. The club skids under the ball and the shot comes out slightly lower, slightly less spin, and slightly shorter but it rolls out more, so its not a terrible result.

I do agree that bounce has a lot less to do with skulling a shot than most think.  To me at least, its what looks comfortable at address.  When it comes to my SW and LW, I do prefer less bounce. I do vary the openness of the face quite a bit.  With less bounce, when I open it up, the leading edge doesn't look as high off the ground vs a higher bounced wedge would look.  When its high off the ground, my mind tends to think, "oo its gonna be tough getting the club underneath" but in reality, the difference is very minor.  Its more a mental thing than anything and whatever helps the confidence part would be a good thing.  I would suggest trying different wedges out, open up the faces at address, chip with it...etc and go with what looks and feels most comfortable to you.