Question about SW yardages

[Golfaway]

First of all, I'd like to know what is your average SW yardage on a full swing shot.
Second, is there a huge difference between a blade style SW (like Vokeys or Mizuno MP wedges) and a cavity back SW, in terms of forgivness and yardage??

I used to game a very old cavity SW called FOXBAT and I loved it. It was my most confident and preferred shot in 100 yards and under. Now with my new Adams Tom Watson wedge, which is a blade style, I seem to be having hard time hitting it the same distance I used to hit the FOXBAT. It's much better in chipping, pitching and bunker shots, but in full shots I don't know why I am not liking the feeling, I find it a little bit tougher to control and even on flushed shots I am not going as far as I used to be.

Whats the problem here??

[James_Black]

First of all, I'd like to know what is your average SW yardage on a full swing shot.

Well I hit my SW 100 yards if a close the clubface slightly.

70 yards if I leave it slightly open. 50 yards if I flop it. My friend has a old sam snead SW blade style. He hits is considerably shorter than me (20 yards shorter). He hits his other irons further than mine though. Yeah the SW he's got is great for all those things you said but he doesn't like full shots.

[michaeljames92]

Could be a combination of things: lower loft, longer shaft, lighter shaft different COG's etc

[leezer99]

54* Sand Wedge goes 115 yards.

[NormH3]

56° around 90

[uttexas]

60 degree LW 95 yards carry on a full shot
56 degree SW 110 yards carry on a full shot
50 degree GW 125 yards carry on a full shot

As far as blades vs cavity back, blades tend to have a smaller club face, thus maybe not as forgiving. Cavity backs tend to have a lower center of gravity, so probably hit the ball a little higher, thus maybe not quite as far.

The happy medium here is a forged, forgiving club. I have a forged 56 degree MacGregor EZ out and love it. It has a good combination of feel and forgiveness.

[chilly]

I hit my 56* Vokey 105yds if I bust it. Rest of short irons are 52* Vokey 125, 45* PW 145, 9iron 155. The SW seems very short and leaves a tricky little yardage gap for me.

[leo3]

Wedges are about control and accuracy, not how far you can hit it if you swing out of your shoes. I guess some people are impressed by a 110 yard sandwedge, but I will settle for hitting mine 80 - 85 yards, and knowing it will be 5 - 10 feet from the pin.

[Dub]

Evidently I must fall into the "shortknocker" group...judging by the distances the others are showing.

I game my 54*SW 70-85 yards.

[wubskis]

Blade 56*, 80-85 yards for a full shot.

[bananas]

75-85 yards. Accuracy > Distance everyday. If I try to murder it I can get maybe 100, but thats the reason there is another club with a lower loft to swing =]

[billysandy]

I don't use a sandwedge my gap wedge is what you would call a more forgiving wedge (Mizuno MX see sig). It doesn't have a cavity, just a bit more muscle low down. Still all the same versatility, but more distance than a wedge of Vokey dimensions. I would buy the lob wedge of the MX series wedge if it came in a 58* loft. . . .

[kleraudio]

I carry my 56* SW 195 yards



Anyways, its an 80 yard club for me all day, I have a gap between my 56 and 52, so if I have 90 to the hole I will wail on a SW but I really dont like doing that....

You may be trying to help the ball in the air, thus not hitting down on it, which may have been masked by your other irons, but now with the blade, you gotta hit down on it consistently....

wow I hope that made sense, I dont feel like proofreading tonight.

[MizunoPlayer]

First of all, I'd like to know what is your average SW yardage on a full swing shot.

I very rarely hit a "full" sandwedge. If I'm in that 110-115 range, I will go up a few wraps on a 52* to lessen up the spin and bring it in a little lower. I feel it's a much more controlled shot then getting on a sandwedge. As far as distances go, I would say the reason you're not getting the distance is because you don't have the perimeter weighting of the cavity back behind the ball. On the flip side, you have much more control around the greens. :)

[MizunoPlayer]

I don't use a sandwedge

Hey Billy, why not get the lob wedge and just have it bent 2* strong?

[flap]

My S/W is 80 yards max.The harder I try to hit it the higher it goes and so it goes shorter.

[LoafyD]

My 56SW goes ~90yds with a good 3/4 swing. I get ~105yds with my 52GW. I can hit both further, but I lose a lot of accuracy. Both my wedges are Cleveland TA 900's.

This is my first post...WOOHOO!!

[Bosock]

my sandwedge is 54...i hit it about 80 pretty consistently with nice loft and it stopping pretty much where it lands...one two small bounces max...shorter say 60 yards i use my 58 wedge and around 100 i used my approach wedge...pitch wedge around 110-120. Now that i am getting the distances they are becoming pretty automatic...inside 60 i take a less swing with my 58 pending how far out i am and up to lob/close chip shots....my wedges are cleveland CG14s...really starting to like them