bending wedges

[Ryanrocksfender]

so my main sand wedge is my 56* cleveland, and in my adams set came a 55* degree wedge i was wondering if there is anyway you can bend a 55 to about a 52?

[neudi]

The simple answer to your question is yes, depending on the material used. Some of the cleveland wedges are extremely hard to bend, so some retailers send them back to have the company bend them. Your adams should not be hard to bend, but 3 degrees is risky. Each time you bend a club you take the risk of having microfractures within the metal that will wear over time. Just take it to your local golf club or to a retailer like golf galaxy although galaxy does not like to bend clubs more than 2 degrees either way.

[elchene]

The simple answer to your question is yes, depending on the material used. Some of the cleveland wedges are extremely hard to bend, so some retailers send them back to have the company bend them. Your adams should not be hard to bend, but 3 degrees is risky. Each time you bend a club you take the risk of having microfractures within the metal that will wear over time. Just take it to your local golf club or to a retailer like golf galaxy although galaxy does not like to bend clubs more than 2 degrees either way.

I agree, bending it three degrees is quite a bit.

so my main sand wedge is my 56* cleveland, and in my adams set came a 55* degree wedge i was wondering if there is anyway you can bend a 55 to about a 52?

Also, bending a wedge 3* strong will reduce the bounce of the wedge by 3*.

[Hidalgo]

It shouldn't be a problem to bend the wedge to adjust the loft 2 degrees...but 3 is getting borderline.

BUT ..... what about the bounce? That is the biggest thing to keep in mind. If you can live with the reduced bounce that results from a bend to a stronger loft, then you might be OK with a 2* adjustment.

Any tour van operator will tell you that moving a loft more than 1.5* usually creates a ill-handling club. I have seen wedges bent 2* before with no ill effects. But I would sell the club and replace it with the proper lofted wedge if it were me.

[Zeph]

I agree that bending it 3º is too much. It might work, but probably not as well as a new or used 52º wedge. If you like the Cleveland wedge, you can try to sell the 55º wedge to fund a new or used 52º. If you can't sell it, try to scrape together some cash to buy a new wedge anyways.