Anyone using lob wedge for all greenside chipping?

[littlefish]

Does anyone like a lob wedge as their primary club for greenside chipping? I was thinking of concentrating on one club for everything from ~60 yds to greenside (excluding traps). Read about Daly and Woods doing this. Seems to work well, but requires a very precise setup and swing to be consistent. I like the idea of no indecision as to which club to use.

[Crafty]

I wouldn't say I always use my 60, but I heavily favor it around the greens.

Aaron Baddeley use a 60 for every greenside shot as well.

However, I thought Tiger uses his 56 quite a bit as well (but wouldn't doubt that im wrong).

[FlopShotArtist]

I do. I guess it's easier to take a lower lofted club and hit a bump and run, but I'm better just by shootin' for the pin.

[Dent]

I am all a bout the bump and run with lots of green to work with, anything else I use my 54* I always keep the ball as low as possible, because I don't feel comfortable lobing it up high in the air. I favor my PW now.

[Franco!]

I wouldn't say I always use my 60, but I heavily favor it around the greens.

Aaron was where I got it from.

So, yes, I use my 60 on all shots.

[geezer]

Definately not. I rarely use my 60*. For some shots, I may favour my 54*, for example between two or three different shots I might pick the SW just out of preference. But, in general, the less loft I can get away with the better.

[Franco!]

Does anyone like a lob wedge as their primary club for greenside chipping? I was thinking of concentrating on one club for everything from ~60 yds to greenside (excluding traps). Read about Daly and Woods doing this. Seems to work well, but requires a very precise setup and swing to be consistent. I like the idea of no indecision as to which club to use.

It's great.

I can hit every shot I want with one club. Ps. How do you like your 755's? They're great.

[Eore]

It's great.

the one thing i could never do was keep it low.

so now i use it the majority of the time, but if i want a low roller i hit the PW or even the 56* for some reason i can control hight with that

[kafka01]

Chipping for me is always as low as possible with as much run (and as little swing) as possible so i use from PW to LW depending on the lie.

[bm303]

definitely not. I prefer to use the bump and run technique. Log wedge only for shots that need less roll or are over a bunker.

[iWALK18]

I adhered to this for a while but have abandoned it. I probably hit 60% of my chips with my 60, but i use my pitching and gap wedges a lot as well.

- If I am in the fringe or fairway its almost always a gap wedge
- Steep uphill lie and i will use gap or pitching wedge
- Level lies in the rough i use lob.
- Sandtrap i use Lob, long bunker its a gap wedge.

[erniebanks]

I look at distance to green and distance from edge of green to hole.
Club selection depends on this. I may use a 5 or 6 or 7 or etc.
The greens I play on usually have a lot of break and are hard to stop a chip close. I would not recommend expecting a wedge to always get the same result.
Play the shot you have, not the club you prefer.
Read the green, the distance factor, then make your choice.
I have a playing partner who has a non-conforming wedge ("Rip-stop" I think). It will stop every thing within 6 inches of where hits . Of course he can't control where he hits, so results are varied (usually bad).
I hit chips like putts, speed and direction are key.
Practice. Practice. Practice. That usually works no matter what you chose.

[iQuest Golfer]

Nope! Definitely not for all greenside chipping...

I learned many years ago from a caddie at Carnoustie that the best and most reliable approach for most golfers (leaving the pros outta this) was mastering the PW around the greens and the 8-iron for the bump and run. Back then, there wasn't the attraction with the 60*, and flop shots, as there is now-a-days.

Now, having said that, I use a 56* around the greens in the rough at the suggestion of my son instead of the PW. So far, it works.

[Stillhacken]

I recently just switched to using my 60 around the green for all shots.
If I want to bump and run it I just deloft it. Using one wedge I feel more confident in what the ball is going to do as far as roll out and checking.

[nasabogey24]

I play my 58* SM Vokey almost exclusively for all green side shots and pretty much from 85 and in. I also like my Vokey GW for longer approach shots and for knock downs. I personally believe a 58* wedge is the most versatile wedge there is.

[jcrew]

Really depends on the shot. I try to use only as much loft as I need to but in all honesty I'm all about gratuitous loft. I think I use my 54 and 60 about the same amount. I'm pretty good with flop shots so I love using my 60. I will try to use my 22* (when I'm right up against the rough on the fringe) and anywhere from a 54-9 for bump and runs around the green. I mostly use the 54 for bump and runs though because I can deloft it and hold off my release effectively. Chipping is one of my strengths so I like playing many different kinds of shots with my 54 and 60.

[alf174]

No, the LOB wedge is too sensitive to the ball's lie. I try to only use it if I have to go over an obstacle. If I know the course has deeper rough around the greens, the LOB stays out of the bag so that I'm not tempted to use it.

[m11]

i used to stick with only the lob wedge.

then i started using my short irons to chip and noticed that it takes much less effort to get the ball close.