How Far Do You Hit Your Wedges?

[miggusrises]

PW regular swing carries 140

PW wedge swing carries 125ish

52 degree carries 115

56 degree goes 100. 

With the wedges I find you can get pretty wild distance variations if you swing like a 7 iron. Combination of delofting the club + strike inconsistencies can cause problems. 

 

[upndown21]

I too rarely hit a full wedge shot but if I have to I know my numbers:

46* 140

50* 128

54* 118

58* 105

if I’m 105 out I’m hitting a half pitching wedge with mostly arms. 

[NM Golf]

On 4/9/2019 at 12:13 AM, tbart1 said:

Currently in my bag I have a 60 degree, 56 degree, 52 degree, 50 degree (Ping G utility wedge), and a 45 degree (Ping G Pitching wedge). 

Thats a lot of wedges, do you realize that over 35% of your bag consists of wedges? Personally I would lose one of them. With your distances I cannot think but that you would be better off adding a long club somewhere in the bag.

But back on topic, hitting a 56° wedge that distance isn't that bad. I top out my 56° around 115 yards because any farther than that I have to swing hard at it. I hit a 3/4 52° wedge much better than a full out 56°. Spend some time at the range and dial in your wedges, realize than 3/4 wedges work better than full swing.

[rehmwa]

I have 4 wedges:  PW (46), GW (50), SW (54), LW (58)

I hit the PW max for 120-130 yard shots full swing:

all four - less than that..

 

(in the spirit of the OP request though) full swing default numbers  - 120, 110, 95, 75 - rarely a full swing with the SW or LW - love that LW)

[Chasing_Bogeys]

On 4/9/2019 at 5:27 AM, David in FL said:

Wedges are scoring clubs.  They’re not necessarily intended to go far.  Barring an extremely unusual circumstance, I very seldom hit any wedge full.  

100 yards with a 56* SW isn’t “short” by too many standards...  

...While I can hit them all a bit further, comfortable max yardages are 46* PW 118 yds, 50* GW 105 yds, 56* SW 80 yds, and 60* LW 60 yds.  For a stock 100 yd shot though, I’m much more likely to hit a smooth little 3/4 PW, even though I could easily get there with GW.

This makes me feel SO much better. Looking at the yardages others have posted I felt a little short. I don't hit my irons very long but I feel like I'm well gapped from SW - 6Iron (my 5Iron through 3W gaps aren't great and I need to work on that). But I'm not long.

PW (46deg) = 115
GW (50) = 100
SW (56) = 75

I have also learned to hit each of them at 1/4, 1/2, 3/4 and have those distances fairly well dialed in (at least for an 18 'cap player). 

[tbart1]

On 4/10/2019 at 11:35 AM, NM Golf said:

Thats a lot of wedges, do you realize that over 35% of your bag consists of wedges? Personally I would lose one of them. With your distances I cannot think but that you would be better off adding a long club somewhere in the bag.

But back on topic, hitting a 56° wedge that distance isn't that bad. I top out my 56° around 115 yards because any farther than that I have to swing hard at it. I hit a 3/4 52° wedge much better than a full out 56°. Spend some time at the range and dial in your wedges, realize than 3/4 wedges work better than full swing.

Yes, I do realize that five wedges is a lot. The PW(45) and UW (50) came with my iron set. I'm not sure what type of long club I should get though, my longest two clubs not including my driver are my 3 wood and 4 iron. In the last two weeks I was 253 and 273 from the center of the green on two different par 5s and reached a yard or two short of the fringe on both. Quite inconsistent. My 4 iron usually goes 200 or so but I guess if I strike it well and hit a slight draw, it has gone like 220 before. So do you think hybrid or like a 2 or 3 iron?

[billchao]

How far I hit my wedges really depends on the situation. Pin in front with lots of room to run it up - too long. Back pin with penalty area guarding the green - too short. Lying seven and out of the hole due to ESC - just right.

[DocP]

P790 - 45 degree - 140

Vokey - 52 degree - 125

Vokey - 58 degree - 100

TM HiToe - 64 degree - 80

I have 1/2 and 3/4 swing distances for each as well.

[RandyBobbitt]

52 degrees: 100 yards

56 degrees: 85 yards

60 degrees: 70 yards 

[boogielicious]

12 hours ago, billchao said:

How far I hit my wedges really depends on the situation. Pin in front with lots of room to run it up - too long. Back pin with penalty area guarding the green - too short. Lying seven and out of the hole due to ESC - just right.

🤣

[David in FL]

On 4/10/2019 at 11:54 AM, Chasing_Bogeys said:

This makes me feel SO much better. Looking at the yardages others have posted I felt a little short. I don't hit my irons very long but I feel like I'm well gapped from SW - 6Iron (my 5Iron through 3W gaps aren't great and I need to work on that). But I'm not long.

PW (46deg) = 115
GW (50) = 100
SW (56) = 75

I have also learned to hit each of them at 1/4, 1/2, 3/4 and have those distances fairly well dialed in (at least for an 18 'cap player). 

My super power...making average golfers feel like big hitters by comparison!  

[Cantankerish]

13 hours ago, DocP said:

P790 - 45 degree - 140

Vokey - 52 degree - 125

Vokey - 58 degree - 100

TM HiToe - 64 degree - 80

I have 1/2 and 3/4 swing distances for each as well.

A 64 degree club?  Wowzers.  I threaten my 60 degree lob wedge if it carpets under the ball for a full swing 25-yarder or blades for 100.  I think a 64 would only last a couple of rounds before I wrap it around a tree for its insolent inconsistency.

[NM Golf]

16 hours ago, tbart1 said:

Yes, I do realize that five wedges is a lot. The PW(45) and UW (50) came with my iron set. I'm not sure what type of long club I should get though, my longest two clubs not including my driver are my 3 wood and 4 iron. In the last two weeks I was 253 and 273 from the center of the green on two different par 5s and reached a yard or two short of the fringe on both. Quite inconsistent. My 4 iron usually goes 200 or so but I guess if I strike it well and hit a slight draw, it has gone like 220 before. So do you think hybrid or like a 2 or 3 iron?

Either a 5 wood or 3 hybrid would make a nice addition I think. I would ditch that 52° wedge since you have a 50° and a 56°. 

[Casualgolfer]

PW- 140-160 depending on situation

GW- 115-140

56*- 1-120

Just ordered and extra low bounce 58* to play with around the greens. All the distances are dependent on situation of course. I can deloft the heck out of my PW and really get it out there but not much point in it. I may also pull a pitching wedge on a 100 yard shot if I want a lower trajectory using a half swing.

[binga7]

How do you guys measure exact yardages? Was thinking of taking the shag bag to the course when it's not busy and using the GPS put some cones down. I don't trust the range with their "premium soft balls" and there aren't a lot of fields around to try this. I also got told off for trying to hit wedges at the local indoor with trackman. Apparently their golf netting isn't setup right to have a high lofted club, the ball dinged into the roof (went through a join) and nearly took out a light.

Edited April 16, 2019 by binga7

[Cantankerish]

16 hours ago, binga7 said:

How do you guys measure exact yardages? Was thinking of taking the shag bag to the course when it's not busy and using the GPS put some cones down. I don't trust the range with their "premium soft balls" and there aren't a lot of fields around to try this. I also got told off for trying to hit wedges at the local indoor with trackman. Apparently their golf netting isn't setup right to have a high lofted club, the ball dinged into the roof (went through a join) and nearly took out a light.

They got pissed about that?  Buncha losers!

Seriously though, if you hit the club enough you start to get a feel for how far it goes.  Don't you measure your yardage on every single approach shot?  Whether you use a high tech V8 Bass-o-matic 76 laser rangefinder with port and starboard attachments or just estimate based upon the 150 yard bush, you are still planning on hitting your club x number of yards, right?

[TheWoodBoss]

60* is about 60 yards

56* is about 70 yards

52* is about 80 yards

3/4 swing

 

[binga7]

3 hours ago, Cantankerish said:

They got pissed about that?  Buncha losers!

Seriously though, if you hit the club enough you start to get a feel for how far it goes.  Don't you measure your yardage on every single approach shot?  Whether you use a high tech V8 Bass-o-matic 76 laser rangefinder with port and starboard attachments or just estimate based upon the 150 yard bush, you are still planning on hitting your club x number of yards, right?

Yeh I look at the 150 or 100 markers and estimate distance, but at present it's educated guessing, I need some hard figures.