wedge gaps?

[Fat Slice]

Right now I think I need to change something:

47 (PW), 52, 55, 58

I like the 47 and the 58 but the gap between 47 and 52 is too big I think.

How about 47, 50, 54, 58? What do you play?

[chef35ca]

  Fat Slice said:

Right now I think I need to change something:

I think...

you think too much. What's the yardage difference on the 47 vs the 52? 8 yds? Doesn't it get confusing when it's time to chip or pitch a ball? I'm not ragging on you personally. It just seems like there's an unhealthy amount of time being spent obsessing over club selection. I'm done my bitchin' now. Here anyways.

[shades9323]

  Fat Slice said:

Right now I think I need to change something:

I think you should just take the 55 out of the bag. You don't need it. Mine are 46pw, 52gw, 58sw. I also agree with the other poster. You are thinking too much.

[gators13]

i hit 48, 52, 56, 60

[saevel25]

47 to a 52 can be up to 15 yards.. I had this issue forever, my PW was a 48 and my SW was a 56, that was a 20 yard gap, 125 was no mans land for me.

Now i got a 4 equally spaced wedges,

[mrmiller8]

There is a lot to be said about taking three quarter swings with different and getting creative with your wedges. I only carry three wedges (48 (pw) 54 and 60) and becuase of this I have to definately get creative with my shots and play some knockdowns and lay the club back at times. You dont always have to take full swings to hit great shots...

[Saig55]

PW = 46 about 115 yds
GW = 52 about 105 yds
SW = 56 about 85 yds
LW = 60 about 70 yds

I very seldom hit the 60. The 56 is my go to club around the green and most bunkers.

[martytilma]

Pw - 48*
gw - 53*
sw - 56*
lw - 60*

[c. lassiter]

I carried 4 wedges at one time (46, 50, 56 and 60), but my scores never improved, I was always struggling with which one to use and I hated it.

So now I have three (48.5, 53 and 58), and I can hit any kind of shot I need to hit.

[Jonnydanger81]

I carry 3 wedges. PW, SW and a 60*. The 60 I MIGHT use once a round when I absolutely need to get the ball high really quick like maybe carry a trap and have no green to work with. When I'm close to the green, say 40-50 yards, I don't want to be taking a full swing with a club, I'd much rather have a 3/4 or 1/2 swing with my SW. Less clubs to worry about yardages and such too.

[EightBlue]

this discussion needs to include the bounced of the wedge. This much more than the pure loft should be the determining factor. I have a SW with a ton of bounce for bunkers and deep grass and a GW with no bounce for tighter lies.

[enis750]

  EightBlue said:

this discussion needs to include the bounced of the wedge. This much more than the pure loft should be the determining factor. I have a SW with a ton of bounce for bunkers and deep grass and a GW with no bounce for tighter lies.

very true

the bounce can affect what that wedge does in certain lies myself-i like HIGH bounch numbers on all my wedges I like to take a healty divot (not Sergio style) so the high bounce helps me dig the turf w/out hitting it fat low bounce wedges i often dig em too deep and hit a tonn of fat shots i just switched my wedge set up from 3 to 4 (see sig) really liking the new SV Tour 60/10 (and becasue SV are my initials!! hahah) the other battle is actually practicing w them and learning all types of shots most guys will grap a sand or lob wedge once inside 80yds or so but learning how to hit that knockdown PW, or roll up 8i can be an essential part of getting up and down AND scoring