Nervous about distance on new vokeys

[Bird E3]

I never played vokey wedges and bought them this year. I played a round the other day, it was 38 degrees out mind you but i hit my 54 vokey 95 yards and I used to hit my cleveland 56 110. I'm hoping it was the the cold weather because I can't afford a gap of 125 yards with my pw to 95 with my 54 vokey. I did leave the clubs and balls out in my car overnight as well.

[Fourputt]

I guess the logical question is: "Why did you switch from Cleveland?"

I have a 54° Vokey that is exclusively my sand club, and a 56° Cleveland CG15 which is my LW (I don't carry anything higher).  I love both for those purposes.  I'm not in love with the Vokey for anything else though, and I don't use either for full shots.

[Kieran123]

38 degrees? I would safely say this would affect distances greatly....maybe 15 yards worth.

[awmgolfer]

Definitely cold weather will be a factor, is it the only one, won't know till it warms up. I would try them side by side if you can then no matter what the temp is you'll at least have a base comparison. I know at the end of last season I was playing in early november, I think it was in the teens with the windchill and my distances were a joke, all you could do is laugh. I normally hit my pitching wedge 120 and I was lucky to get 90 yards that day due to the weather and just being bundled up.

[sean_miller]

  Bird E3 said:

Originally Posted by Bird E3

I never played vokey wedges and bought them this year. I played a round the other day, it was 38 degrees out mind you but i hit my 54 vokey 95 yards and I used to hit my cleveland 56 110. I'm hoping it was the the cold weather because I can't afford a gap of 125 yards with my pw to 95 with my 54 vokey. I did leave the clubs and balls out in my car overnight as well.

I hit my 52 degree Vokey the same distance as any other OEM's 50 degree wedge. I think it was the weather.

[TourSpoon]

At 38 degrees out I would be lucky to be within 1 and 1/2 clubs on any shot.

[AzGolfGeek]

At the match play tournament in AZ I over heard Bubba Watson discussing the distance loss due to the frost delay. Between him and his caddy, they figured it was about 25 yards of carry, but that distance was made up by 30 yards extra of roll. At the Phoenix tournament, I remember someone in the 1st group off on Friday hitting an 8 iron from 130, didn't seem to hit it bad and ended up pin high. Temperature has a big effect on how much the ball is compressed at impact.

[Fourputt]

  AzGolfGeek said:

Originally Posted by AzGolfGeek

At the match play tournament in AZ I over heard Bubba Watson discussing the distance loss due to the frost delay. Between him and his caddy, they figured it was about 25 yards of carry, but that distance was made up by 30 yards extra of roll. At the Phoenix tournament, I remember someone in the 1st group off on Friday hitting an 8 iron from 130, didn't seem to hit it bad and ended up pin high. Temperature has a big effect on how much the ball is compressed at impact.

Only if the ball is as cold as the air.  Cold air itself has little effect on carry.  Cold air is slightly denser than warm air, but it doesn't have a huge impact, certainly not more than a half club.

[zeg]

How's the weight/swingweight difference between the wedges?  I recall the vokeys I've swung feeling really heavy to me, although it was in comparison to the Adams wedge I have which is extremely light.  I've not swung the Clevelands, but if there's a large difference in weight, maybe it causes you to contact the ball with more loft with the Vokey, leading to the lost distance.  That's about the only thing I can think of, but I'm inclined to think that the 38 degrees could do it.  Especially if you're wearing heavier clothes than you use for your normal distance measurement.