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I'm looking at upgrading my wedges here soon. I'm looking at the callaway mack daddy 2, taylormade tour pereferred ef, or titleist sm5. I play 52, 56, 60 degree wedges. Which have you played and/or prefer and why?

In my bag:
Taylormade SLDR 430 10.5 degree driver

Cobra sz hyper steel 3 wood
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Taylormade 2008 TP irons 4 through pw

Mizuno JPX 52, 56, 60 degree wedges

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I'm looking at upgrading my wedges here soon. I'm looking at the callaway mack daddy 2, taylormade tour pereferred ef, or titleist sm5.

I play 52, 56, 60 degree wedges.

Which have you played and/or prefer and why?


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All of the ones you mentioned, plus Cleveland (and Edel), offer decent wedges.

You might go for a wedge fitting. Vokey and Cleveland, and to a lesser degreeTM and Mizuno, offer different sole grinds and bounce angles in each model of wedges. The challenge is finding which bounce and grinds work best for you in different wedges.

Also, more wedge models are offering multiple shafts, often with little or no upcharge.

You just have to find the ones you like best.

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I'm looking at upgrading my wedges here soon. I'm looking at the callaway mack daddy 2, taylormade tour pereferred ef, or titleist sm5. I play 52, 56, 60 degree wedges. Which have you played and/or prefer and why?

Seriously I don't think you can go wrong with Edel. I have a 54 (trapper style) that I absolutely love. To me it's heavy and just has a great feel. I'm able to put more juice on my 115 yds and less shots with this wedge than any other I've owned which includes: Callaway Macdaddy, Vokey, Clevekand RTC 588 and Ping Tour Gorge.

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All of the ones you mentioned, plus Cleveland (and Edel), offer AMAZING wedges.

There, I fixed that for you ;)

Seriously, no one on the market offers the wide variety of grinds and bounce options as Edel. If you are going to get some high end new wedges I would seriously look into getting fit for Edel wedges.

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The Titlest Vokey website has good information about how to spec wedges based on conditions you normally play on.  When I first bought wedges (hodge-podge of used) I didn't give enough considerations to course conditions, bounce and grind.

I play up north (NE Ohio) and deal with longer roughs around the greens, tight bentgrass approach areas and inconsistent bunkers from course to course.  What seems to work best for me in terms of bounce and grind is 11* of bounce and what Vokey calls "M" grind.  I have 54 and 58* wedges with the M grind pattern. Info about the wedge configuration/grind can be found at the Vokey website.

Decent wedges cost $100-150 per club.  Might be best to do your research, hit some and select what makes the most sense based on conditions you'll normally see.

Good luck in your search.

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Vokey - accept no substitute. The 200 series I still use are the best I've had. Classic shape and excellent performance. Plenty of spin and you can get all sorts of grinds if you fancy. What's not to like?

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While i game Volkey's   50* and a 55/7  and a 56-11  ,  i bought 2 -( 2 for 80$ @ Dick's ) of the Topflight Tour wedges 60-8, to replace my Volkey that i lost on father's day......

i love my volkey's and find that they play awesome!!!!!

But i figured i'd give the Topflight's a try just to see how they work...  the reason i bought two of the same, is so i can use one for practice and one for game day... Since in some of the review's i read that the grooves wear out with a fair amount of play....

Plus i do like the Milling texture on the face of the club, it feels quite aggressive...

It is what it is

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My 52 and 56 are Titleist Vokey, my 60 is a Cleveland 588. Prefer the Titleist for full shots (although I use the 56 around the green a little bit), and prefer the Cleveland 60 to any other lob wedge (just more used to it I guess). There are a lot of nice wedges (tour or not) available. Just need to demo them in several situations and see what fits you best
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The edels may be nice but unless u have a lot of cash to blow if your a mid to high handicap spending 200+ for wedges seems crazy to me, i have a 56 and 60 degree cleveland wedges which i spent a total of 5 bucks on and they work fine for me. I think it comes down to what feels hood and what makes you confident looking down at.
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