Largest grooves for spin on a FORGED wedge?

[MrGator]

mizuno black ox raw ....very good spin

[Laxplayer201092]

Heres my take on the mizzys..

They will do what you tell them to do.. if you want em to spin, they will spin, if you want em to release, they will release. My take on the callys was that no matter how i tried, i always got a good deal of spin, So i really prefered the mizzys, just because i felt that they reacted to what i wanted better. Thats just me tho.

the Scratch wedges were also 140 for both of them..so something like 65 a piece.. 120 brand new at my store.

[tonyq217]

I've found the VR wedges are a bit wider and deeper and cut the hell out of the ball, I mean even on harder balls as well. If that's your scale for biting wedges then there you go.

[indacup]

Shoot...looking for the most spin in a forged wedge.

Take a peak at the concept/design of these....MORE grooves, close as legally possible...concept is more grooves making contact = more spin.

http://wishongolf.com/designs_detail...7&dType;=wedge# These are not forged...but very soft.

[ScruffyScraper]

If spin is the ultimate requirement, then the Spin Doctor wedge with the reverse groove insert is your club. Aim for the back of the green, and hope the ball doesn't spin back off the front.

[RocketSauce]

If spin is the ultimate requirement, then the Spin Doctor wedge with the reverse groove insert is your club. Aim for the back of the green, and hope the ball doesn't spin back off the front.

hehe, i have one of those and use it from time to time for fun. ive made the ball back-up thru rough back onto the green before, UPHILL. the guy standing near the ball at the time said he could actually hear the ball spinning. those things are fun to use

[indacup]

This reminds me of a great story......

We have this guy (we call him Gilligan for obvious reasons) at our club who is the kinda customer a shop likes...I believe in the last five years he has spent $10k in golf equipment to improve his game...but has spent not a dime in lessons.

He also has come up with some bizarre ideas and has bought some gimmicky items, some of which I never new existed.

Matter of fact, often right before a tournament, he'll come up to us and ask us to look thru his bag to make sure there's nothing illegal.

Anyway.....

He went thru a couple month spell about a year ago where he was obsessed in finding, or creating the ultimate spin wedge.

He had heard that some players were drilling holes in their wedges...(I remember Freddie Couples used to drill ports in the back of his wedges to reduce weight

But "Gilligan", thought it was to increase spin...and he actually drilled about 30 holes, about 1/8" deep each in the face ...he figured to grab the ball better!...LOL

So we told him that was illegal and go back to the drawing board.

One day he announced he himself designed "the ultimate Wedge" he was going to put into play in next weeks EIGA invitational tournament. He wouldn't elaborate, other than to say it was a a unique idea.....and once the tournament was over, he was going to have it patented.

Of course we questioned him..."did you drill, bend, weld, cut anything to the material that we should know about"?

He said no.

So, the big day comes around. All the players assembled either in the clubhouse or practicing on the green.

Someone runs into my shop and says "Rory, you gotta take a peak outside....Gilligan is practicing chip shots...and ya gotta see this"!

So me and a few others go to the window and watch him.

I shit you not, he is popping up wedge shots about 4 feet high or higher...maybe 10 feet long and spinning them back to the freakin fringe!

Prior to this, the only time I ever saw him hit a ball and have it come back is if it hit a tree or a building.

So I walk out there and ask to see it.

He proudly hands it over to me and I see what he did was buy some of that non-skid abrasive tape (the kind you see on boats and ladders to prevent your foot from slipping (see below) and applied it to the entire face of the driver!



Well, ya gotta admire his originality.....

[MrGator]

the mizuno black ox spins the ball too