Which Wedges?

[Th3Dude]

I currently own the CG14s (60, 56, 52) and I'm not getting the distance I want out of them. I hit every club long except my wedges. Just to give you an idea I hit my 9i anywhere from 140 to 155 if i need to, and I've carried a straight away flat par 4 that was 295 to the front. But with my 60 degree the max i can get out of it is 60 yds. I'm working with about a 10-15 yd gap between my 52 and pitching wedge.

I'm up for getting a brand new set altogether. Any ideas?

[GaijinGolfer]

60 yards with a lob wedge actually isnt all that bad and its not as if you are going to do any better the Clevelands.  Perhaps you should be looking at more of a GI wedge instead of a blade wedge like a Cleveland or Vokey.

[Th3Dude]

I'm not really worried about the distance with the LW, but I'm concerned about the gap between pitching and GW.

[rdwoody]

What loft is your pitching wedge? Maybe you should consider a 50 or 51 degree gap wedge.

[sean_miller]

Originally Posted by Th3Dude

I currently own the CG14s (60, 56, 52) and I'm not getting the distance I want out of them. I hit every club long except my wedges. Just to give you an idea I hit my 9i anywhere from 140 to 155 if i need to, and I've carried a straight away flat par 4 that was 295 to the front. But with my 60 degree the max i can get out of it is 60 yds. I'm working with about a 10-15 yd gap between my 52 and pitching wedge.

I'm up for getting a brand new set altogether. Any ideas?

Could you list your stock PW, 52, 56, and LW yardages, because the way you worded this it sounds like your big gap is between your 56 (not sure of the distance) and your 60.

[JeffreyD]

If you hit a 9 iron 145 on average, you should hit your PW about 130, your 52* about 115, your 56* about 100, and your 60* about 85. These would be consistent stock swing averages. What it sounds like to me is that your 60* might be a little open faced when your making contact with the ball. Is it a high 60 yard shot or a low 60 yard shot?

[WUTiger]

It would help if we knew what irons you were playing, and loft of the 9i and PW (assume you use stock PW from iron set).

The 60* LW is an interesting club. Some people can hit them 80 to 90 yds., others use them just for partial shots.

Here's the shaft specs on your CG14s:

• 52* = 35.5"
• 56* and 60* = 35.25"

CG14 wedge shafts are just about the same length. In most golf sets, numbered irons have 1/2" length differences between clubs up and down the set. For wedges, it is often less than this. Thus, you might get less than expected yardage differences between wedges. And if you mix Vokeys with CG14s, or Mizunos with Ping, the shaft differences really get interesting.

Solution: If the 52* and 56* have little distance differences, trim a little off the 56* shaft.

[tomvk77]

I only carry 3 wedges one with 54 loft and a 58 loft. and than the the PW from the iron set.

I hardly hit a full wedge into the green, i usualy play a 3/4 swing just to get little less spin on the ball

i think the carry on your lobwedge isn't that long because off the bounce it has, think you slide just

to much under the ball with it. less bounce better faiway hitting club, you might be able to flatten out the bounce,

i know Luke Donald carry's wedges with no bounce at all