Sand Wedge Loft

[Billy Baroo]

Does anyone use a 54 degree SW? I have a 56, but I'm contemplating a lower loft. I'm not so good with the higher loft clubs...

[hawkeye]

yeah i use a 54. depends on the gap between your wedges, I have 3: 47, 54 and 58. If i had room for another wedge, I might have 47, 52, 56, 60 but 3 is enough for me :)

I might get the 54 bent to a 53 to even up the gap.

[amzzk]

Typically SW's are usually 56* or 58*.
You may find the odd person that uses a 54*.
but you don't really wanna leave to big a gap between wedges if you
use a lob or flop wedge.

[sc golfer]

I have a 54* wedge and also use a 60*. I find that the versatility of the 54 is good enough.

[907golfer12]

I disagree with amzzk, I think typical SW are usually 54*-56* and then typical lob wedges are 57*+. But what lofts you get depends on your irons because you want to keep as even as a gap between lofts as you can.

[JYB]

I use a 58º for my out of the sand shots. really, you just want any 52º or above club, as long as the bounce on it is +10.

[Harry Longshanks]

  907golfer12 said:

I disagree with amzzk, I think typical SW are usually 54*-56* and then typical lob wedges are 57*+.

^^^ amzzk has it right.

SW = 54*-56* Anything above that is considered a LW. Billy B: As long as you have a good spacing between your clubs (next club up is a 50* Gap Wedge or a regularly lofted Pitching Wedge), there is no reason you couldn't go to a 54* SW. But If you are playing a 52* Gap Wedge, then you are going to end up with some overlap.

[907golfer12]

  Harry Longshanks said:

^^^ amzzk has it right.

I'm confused, you said you agree with amzzk with the statment SW = 54*-56* although I was the one that said that?

[Harry Longshanks]

  907golfer12 said:

I'm confused, you said you agree with amzzk with the statment SW = 54*-56* although I was the one that said that?

D'oh! You are correct. I agreed with you.

I would correct the original post, but there is no "edit" button on that post. What's up with that?

[williethekid]

I use the stan Utley method, he says that 48° is a pitching wedge, 53° is a gap wedge, and 58° is a sand wedge. I use a 54°/58° combo. In the end though who cares what is called, or just call it by its loft.

[907golfer12]

  Harry Longshanks said:

D'oh! You are correct. I agreed with you.

haha, we all make mistakes. And after a certain amount of time you cannot edit your post, although I am not sure the time-frame on that.

[ks8829]

I have the following:

52/12
56/11
60/6

Mizuno mp series

[Waku]

As you can see at my signature, I use a 54º SW :

PW 46º
GW 50º
SW 54º
LW 58º

Previously, I had a 44/51/56/60 combo, but this is far easier, specially the 58º over the 60º

I use the 54º for chipping and finesse wedges, and the 58º for lobs and off the sand

Hope this helps

Joaquín

[onthehunt526]

Anything above 56 degrees is not necessarily considered a lob wedge... I consider my 60-degree a sand wedge because it has 10 degrees of bounce... my 54 also has 10 degrees of bounce so I really have 2 sand wedges in my bag... but I use the 60 out of bunkers.

[bogeyhitter25]

Yea I have two. I love them both.

[scooterguitar]

Can the bounce on a wedge be changed?

[907golfer12]

  scooterguitar said:

Can the bounce on a wedge be changed?

I think you can grind it down, but I am not sure?

[longfornothing]

  907golfer12 said:

I think you can grind it down, but I am not sure?

Yeah, you can decrease the bounce by grinding, and I imagine if you really wanted to, you could add bounce, but that would probably cost more than the club was brand new by the time it get's welded, replated, and finished. Kind of pointless to add bounce, just by a new wedge.

I carry a 50* and a 56*. I was using the 50,54,58 3 wedge set up, but I found that my 56 can do everything my 54 and 58 can, so I carry a Par 5 killer 7w. I just 3/4 the 50 to fill the 10 yd gap b/t the 50 and 56.