wedges

[saevel25]

I been wondering this. I am usually a one wedge guy, unless i am playing a tight lie were i need less bounce.

my question is, i am thinking of buying a new set of wedges. My current iron set goes from 3 to PW basically. were my PW is 48 degrees. I am thinking of getting three new wedges, a 52, and two 56's. I am wondering if anyone else has ditched the lobwedge in place of two 56's. I don't realy need the lob wedge, i rarely find myself in the need for that much ups. Unless i am going out to the road hole at st. andrews.

[Gioguy21]

...why...do i dare ask...two 56's?

[saevel25]

Well i don't want a 60 anymore. I don't use it. So i thought i get two 56's, one with a lower bounce and one with a higher bounce. Then i can just use one or the other depending on how the ground surface is. Higher bounces are used for soft ground, to keep the club from digging.

[Gioguy21]

get a 56 standard bounce (covers both lays of the land) and pick up a 60 or a 58...just doesn't make a whole lotta sense to buy 2 wedges when you can pay for one and play it on both conditions...or, allows you to put a hybrid in your bag if you want or need help with the gap between your 3W and 4I

[zeg]

If you can't think of any other club that you need, and you really don't like the LW, then why not? I've currently just got the PW and a 56/13 sand wedge and it's very rare that I really wish I had a lower-bounced 56. So if I were you, I'd just do the 52 and a normal (i.e., highish-bounced) 56 and save the $.

[Ping for life]

  Gioguy21 said:

get a 56 standard bounce (covers both lays of the land) and pick up a 60 or a 58...just doesn't make a whole lotta sense to buy 2 wedges when you can pay for one and play it on both conditions...or, allows you to put a hybrid in your bag if you want or need help with the gap between your 3W and 4I

I agree 100% don't see the need for 2 56's

[Ozarkhillbilly]

Why not carry a 52 & 58?

[saevel25]

Well i am wondering about gap distances. My iron set PW is at 48 degrees, don't i want to go 52, then 56 degrees, to keep that 4 degrees difference for gap yardages.

[clearwaterms]

  saevel25 said:

Well i am wondering about gap distances. My iron set PW is at 48 degrees, don't i want to go 52, then 56 degrees, to keep that 4 degrees difference for gap yardages.

correct me if I am wrong, but how often do you really swing your 56 degree wedge at full swing that you are worried about distance gaps? I have found that anything beyond my pitching wedge really only works with about a 3/4 swing at most. anything more than that and I end up with alot of hosel rockets. Also, I have noticed very little difference in distance between a 52 degree and 56 degree, one just hits it higher.

[Ozarkhillbilly]

My PW is also 48 degrees and my next lofted club is my 54 degree.....If I want to hit it a yardage between those clubs I usually just choke down on the PW and swing accordingly.....Good Luck and I hope you find what best works for you.....

[Gebus]

I roll with a 52,56,60 and use them all frequently, You should aspire to be a short game shot maker and that requires tools... I would think of my set as incomplete if I got up to my ball and thought "well this would be much easier with a 60* wedge if only I hadn't bought two 56* wedges..."