Lob Wedge

[TheThein11]

So a good thing happened to me today on the course. I borrowed a lob wedge from my dad's bag today and went out to play 18. I started the day thinking it would be cool to use it and then I started thinking that I am not good enough to hit this club since I often have trouble getting under the ball. So I did not take the thing out the the bag for the first 17 holes but then I was in the perfect spot to use the club so I said what the hell. Pull it out and hit it at about 80% power and lofted the ball nicely up and down within 3ft of the pin it rolled away from the hole but for someone like me that just felt amazing. I then figured, as I was walking off the course, there was no chance of me hitting it well again. When I got home I took it out and dropped a couple of balls in the side yard. I targeted my flag pole a took a couple of swings I was dead on so I set the balls up again and right at it again. 9 out of the 10 balls I hit were where I wanted them to go this means that my dad is not getting his club back. But this should be ok since he does not golf anymore.

[Dent]

Great to hear that you can hit it. I remember thinking the same thing even at my handicap.

Its some sort of accomplishment. Its a hard club to judge the power to swing at, but once you get it right, its a great club for getting over obstacles and such.

[CG031]

It's a useful club, but some amateur's shouldn't have it in their bag. Once you reach a certain level, it's a weapon.

[MasterOfTheBogey]

I still cant hit my damn lob wedge consitantley. Thats why I put the trusty ol' 56 back in the bag.

[Dub]

Ah....the beloved lob wedge....a club that can make you look like a genius or one that can cause anguish and grief.

My father uses one to great effect. He makes it look so effortless when he stiffs 'em tight.

I have to remember to take no more than a nine o'clock to three o'clock swing with mine. It's a finesse club and I sometimes tend to forget that.

[GOLFSALOT00]

same here if i take a full swing i blade it

[TheThein11]

  CG031 said:

It's a useful club, but some amateur's shouldn't have it in their bag. Once you reach a certain level, it's a weapon.

I totally agree that is exactly what I was thinking at the beginning of the course and I realize that I wont hit it good every time and that it will not replace my other wedges in my bag just nice to feel confident in a club for once.