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How many wedges do you carry?  

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  1. 1. How many wedges do you carry?

    • 0 - What's a wedge?
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    • 1 - I have my trusty Niblick and that's all I need.
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    • 2 - Doesn't matter which two, but you'd think it would be PW and SW
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    • 3 - Very common set up through the 80's and 90's.
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    • 4 - Its good to have options
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    • 5 - More options or is it because your PW is so delofted you had to stick in another gap wedge?
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    • 6 or more - If you answer this, you'd better explain why.
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I carry 3 right now but will have four next year. I have a PW and then this year our local pro will be building me a 52, 56, and a 60 wedge with the same specs as the CG15's.

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I might be wrong, but I thought a AW and a GW was about the same thing.

Originally Posted by max power

AW and GW?  Curious what the loft is on both.

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Originally Posted by Island Par

PW, AW, GW, SW and LW



Cleveland Hibore XLS Driver: Nike Ignite2 Irons: Adams SW and LW: Odyssey White Hot Mallet: Bridgestone e6 and TreoSoft Balls etc...

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Originally Posted by Radford Wooly

I might be wrong, but I thought a AW and a GW was about the same thing.

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Originally Posted by max power

AW and GW?  Curious what the loft is on both.

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Originally Posted by Island Par

PW, AW, GW, SW and LW


They are.  These may have different lofts, but some manufacturers have chosen to call the gap wedge an "A" wedge, whatever that means.  It's still a gap wedge functionally.  Carrying both is a  bit odd.  For me that would just be adding unnecessary complications to my greenside shot selection process.  By actual count of what's in his sig, if he's carrying that "A" wedge he has 15 clubs.

Rick

"He who has the fastest cart will never have a bad lie."

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  • 2 years later...

I'm new to the game so apart from the PW included in my beginner's golf set (I think its a 48 o loft), I just recently added a 56 o Callaway Forged + Vintage Sand Wedge with a flex iron shaft. I'm planning to add a lob wedge soon; just saving up for it.

Once I get that club, I should have filled my first tournament club limit. I've read in the forum, that since these are scoring clubs, you can take away the fairway woods and hybrids but keep the wedges because they bring you closer to the cup. I'm going to take that to heart and start adding more of them.

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In my bag:

Callaway Big Bertha Warbird 10 o Driver

Voit XP Graphite Reg Flex 3 Wood

TaylorMade RBZ 5 Wood (19 o )

Taylormade RBZ 3 Hybrid (19 o )

Voit XP 24 o Hybrid Graphite Reg Flex

Voit XP 5 to 9 irons Graphite Reg Flex

Voit XP 48 o PW Graphite Reg Flex

Callaway Forged + Vintage Sand Wedge (56 o )

Voit XP Standard Blade Putter

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PW 45*,GW50*,VK54*,VK58*

I'm seriously considering having either my 54 bent to 55* or my 58* bent to 57* and go with one. I think I'm more inclined to go 55*. But I think I'll go have a trackman session first and figure out my gaps and go from there.

Rich C.

Driver Titleist 915 D3  9.5*
3 Wood TM RBZ stage 2 tour  14.5*
2 Hybrid Cobra baffler 17*
4Hybrid Adams 23*
Irons Adams CB2's 5-GW
Wedges 54* and 58* Titleist vokey
Putter Scotty Cameron square back 2014
Ball Srixon Zstar optic yellow
bushnell V2 slope edition

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Three wedges in the bag: 52, 56 and 60. I'm a shorter guy, so they are all cut down 1 inch from standard, as is the case with the rest of my clubs.
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I have only room for one more club in my bag - otherwise I violate the 14 club rule (which btw I have another question - does the 14 club count include or excludes the putter - I know its a stupid question but just making sure - me being a newbie and all)

I have a 48 degree PW and a 56 degree SW, which club should I get, a Lob Wedge or a Gap Wedge? If I haven't mentioned it yet, I'm a newbie.

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I have only room for one more club in my bag - otherwise I violate the 14 club rule (which btw I have another question - does the 14 club count include or excludes the putter - I know its a stupid question but just making sure - me being a newbie and all)

I have a 48 degree PW and a 56 degree SW, which club should I get, a Lob Wedge or a Gap Wedge? If I haven't mentioned it yet, I'm a newbie.

Probably best to make a separate thread for this so we don't hijack the existing one. But to answer your first question, yes a putter counts. As for the second question, it depend on what kind of a gap you have between PW and SW, and how proficient you are around the greens with what you have and what kinds of courses you play.

Tyler Martin

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Not counting my pw which is 47* I carry 2, a 54-12 and a 60-04. I use to have a 52, 56, and a 60, I didn't use the 56 that much so I went to the 2 I have now.

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I carry 4 including my PW.

  • PW (45deg, part of my iron set)
  • GW (CG15 52 bent to 50, 8deg bounce)
  • SW (CG15 56.14deg)
  • SW (CG15 62.12deg)

I carry the second high lofted sand wedge because some of the courses I play have very high sided bunkers and it makes my life easier.  It also doubles as my lob wedge so it's not wasting a spot in my bag.

Brad

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PW 46 degree GW 50 degree SW 54 degree LW 58 degree ELW 62 degree got it for Christmas will see how it fits in my bag over the coming months :-)

-Jerry

Driver: Titleist 913 D3 (9.5 degree) – Aldila RIP 60-2.9-Stiff; Callaway Mini-Driver Kura Kage 60g shaft - 12 degree Hybrids: Callway X2 Hot Pro - 16 degree & 23 degree – Pro-Shaft; Callway X2 Hot – 5H & 6H Irons: Titleist 714 AP2 7 thru AW with S300 Dynamic Gold Wedges: Titleist Vokey GW (54 degree), Callaway MackDaddy PM Grind SW (58 degree) Putter: Ping Cadence TR Ketsch Heavy Balls: Titleist Pro V1x & Snell MyTourBall

"Golf is the closest game to the game we call life. You get bad breaks from good shots; you get good breaks from bad shots but you have to play the ball where it lies."- Bobby Jones

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Probably best to make a separate thread for this so we don't hijack the existing one. But to answer your first question, yes a putter counts. As for the second question, it depend on what kind of a gap you have between PW and SW, and how proficient you are around the greens with what you have and what kinds of courses you play.

Felt that creating another thread would make it a duplicate of this one; and I'm of the belief that scanning for existing discussions and joining it is better than creating a new one especially if the topics are closely related.

As for proficiency - I only played 3 times so far (like I said earlier - I just started). I play regularly on a small course (Par 66 4,828 yardage); Wedge Proficiency is getting better: I can hit the PW at about 90 to 105 yards, my sand wedge around 50 to 60 yards; more straight and draw rather than slice.

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Felt that creating another thread would make it a duplicate of this one; and I'm of the belief that scanning for existing discussions and joining it is better than creating a new one especially if the topics are closely related.

As for proficiency - I only played 3 times so far (like I said earlier - I just started). I play regularly on a small course (Par 66 4,828 yardage); Wedge Proficiency is getting better: I can hit the PW at about 90 to 105 yards, my sand wedge around 50 to 60 yards; more straight and draw rather than slice.

No worries. You're looking at a gap of about 30 yards between your two wedges, but it comes down to how well you can hit the PW from, say, 75 yards. If you can hit the shot pretty well, then a GW might not be necessary. Then again, if you're only hitting your SW 50-60 yards, a lob wedge likely won't be the best option. It can be a really tricky club to hit, especially for beginners. If I were you, I would probably get a GW over a LW.

Sorry I can't give more specific advice. Like most things, it all just depends on what your specific needs are.

Tyler Martin

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For the past year (since I took golf up again) I've been carrying four,

PW - 45*

GW - 50*

SW - 54*

LW - 58-60* (experimenting with various clubs)

I'm currently leaning very heavily toward adding another wedge to tighten the low end gaps (44, 48, 52, 56, 60) and leaving either my 7 or 4 wood out depending on the course, 4 mostly probably.  I currently seem to appreciate shorter putts on most holes more than shorter approach shots on a few par 5s.

Driver: Titleist 913 D2 10.5*, Aldila RIP Phenom 50

Fairway 1: Titleist 913F, 17*, Titleist Bassara W55

Fairway 2: Titleist 913F, 21*, Titleist Bassara W55

Irons: Titleist AP1 714 5-PW, Aerotech Steelfiber i95

Wedges: SCOR 4161 48/52/56/60, Genius 9

Grips: GolfPride New Decade Red Mid-size on all of the above.

Putter: Scotty Cameron Newport 2 - Super Stroke Slim 3.0

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PW (45°)

GW (50°)

SW (54°)

LW (58°)

Phil Special (64°) on occasion if I know the greenside rough is going to be up

John

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