Bending Cleveland 588 Wedges

[MGN]

If I bend my Cleveland 588 RTG 56 deg wedge to 54 degrees, is it likely to break?  

Thanks.

[70sSanO]

I had a Wilson C200 wedge bent from 55* to 53*.  The Wilson is a cast club and 2* Is probably the max.

I think your Cleveland wedge is forged so It should be no problem to go from 56* to 54*.

Now for the other news.  It is my understanding you will lose 2* of bounce off the wedge.  I imagine you can open it up to get loft and bounce back to original.  My wedge was cheap and it was worth the $5 to get more loft.

John

[MGN]

Good point.  So if my 56-12 is bent to 54 I should get a 54-10 deg bounce club.  That is actually what I am looking for.  Will give it a shot.

Thanks.

[iacas]

Yeah, two degrees is normally fine for anything. Cast, forged, whatever.

[Mr22putt]

16 hours ago, iacas said:

Yeah, two degrees is normally fine for anything. Cast, forged, whatever.

So if I gave you my Rocketbladez Tour A wedge and PW you'd be comfortable bending them 2 degrees stronger without breaking them?

Edited December 4, 2019 by Mr22putt

[iacas]

16 minutes ago, Mr22putt said:

So if I gave you my Rocketbladez Tour A wedge and PW you'd be comfortable bending them 2 degrees stronger without breaking them?

Yeah.

[DaveP043]

When we visited the Ping factory in 2015, weren't most of the clubs they were bending cast rather than forged?  They didn't seem to have any concerns.

[Mr22putt]

On 12/4/2019 at 2:32 PM, iacas said:

Yeah.

I've also PM'd two golf fitter/repair guys on other forums and said they could bent but no guarantees.

I have asked a couple of guys here and both said they would not bend them unless I signed a waiver.

I just don't want to chance a break...it would limit my opportunity to flip them when the time comes.

[MGN]

Just a follow-up; the bending from 56 to 54 worked.  Took 2 minutes at Golf Galaxy and $5 for the job.