64 deg X wedge

[scotton]

I've played with an X wedge for a few years and I thought it was a growing trend. It seems like it never caught on based on the number of companies not making them and the number of players not playing them. Is anyone else using an X wedge? I hit mine so rarely that I'm considering replacing it with a fairway wood. Just wondering if others have tried the X wedge and gone back or never tried it at all.

[Cleveland Gunmetal]

I've played with an X wedge for a few years and I thought it was a growing trend. It seems like it never caught on based on the number of companies not making them and the number of players not playing them. Is anyone else using an X wedge? I hit mine so rarely that I'm considering replacing it with a fairway wood. Just wondering if others have tried the X wedge and gone back or never tried it at all.

I don't know too many players who carry a 64 degree wedge. Actually I don't know of too many tour players who carry one either. Mickelson, Paddy Harrington (I think) but there aren't too many. I did have one a long time ago in high school and it suprisingly worked pretty well for me but I had to practice those flop shots with it a lot and wouldn't think of carrying one now. I see your handicap is a "Bazillion" so I'd think you'd get more use out of an extra fairway wood, hybrid or a different wedge, say a gap wedge. I'm not even totally sold on carrying a 60 degree wedge either.

[scotton]

I actually carry a gap wedge and a lob wedge. I was sold on the Pelz 4 wedge system for a while, and it worked well for me. But now I feel like carrying 5 wedges is over kill, and I can probably make the same shots with my 60 as I do with my 64 if I open it up a little. The fact that I don't like hitting it full, or even 3/4 full also makes me ready to ditch it. The more I think about it, the more I realize that the few times that I could really use the 64, I don't trust myself to hit it well. That's it. It's gone. Now I can change my handicap to half a bazillion.

[Cleveland Gunmetal]

I actually carry a gap wedge and a lob wedge. I was sold on the Pelz 4 wedge system for a while, and it worked well for me. But now I feel like carrying 5 wedges is over kill, and I can probably make the same shots with my 60 as I do with my 64 if I open it up a little.

Yeah, 5 wedges seems like over kill to me. I imagine, carrying that many wedges you'd have some big distance gaps with your longer clubs. Plus I think 60 is plenty of loft to hit those flop shots.

Now I can change my handicap to half a bazillion.

Good luck!

[scotton]

For a while I justified it by saying that I could not carry a 4 iron and just choke down on a 7 wood when I need to hit it 200, but I have missed the 4 iron.

[CG031]

5 wedges is rediculous. I carry two...

well three if you count the Pitching Wedge?

[lamebums]

I've played with an X wedge for a few years and I thought it was a growing trend. It seems like it never caught on based on the number of companies not making them and the number of players not playing them. Is anyone else using an X wedge? I hit mine so rarely that I'm considering replacing it with a fairway wood. Just wondering if others have tried the X wedge and gone back or never tried it at all.

If Golf Galaxy had a 64 degree wedge (they only had one, by Cleveland, and it wasn't in stock) the day I was looking for a high loft wedge, I would've probably gone for it. I have a pretty low trajectory with my irons, and I can never hold a green with my pitching wedge because it comes out too hot and too low. I'm using a 60 degree Mizuno, but there are still occasions where I hit a flop shot, and the ball rolls off the green.

[scotton]

Played a round yesterday without the X wedge and have to say I didn't miss it. I did hit a killer flop shot with my lob wedge, and I hit the 7 wood a few times, most of them well.

[scotton]

5 wedges is rediculous. I carry two...

According to your sig, you don't carry a sand wedge. What do you hit 100 yards? My sand wedge is my go to club. I played a round the other day with the SW that matches my iron set and had to put it back in the closet. There's nothing like having a magic wedge that you can hit 100 yards and stick it every time. In fact, here I go. Stand back.

Ode to a Sand Wedge Oh Sandy, how I love thee. All covered in rust with a shiny face. Thou dost spin like a mutha. Just because you aren't a Cleveland or a Vokey, Doesn't diminish my love for you. Much.

[bigboom]

i played around with a 64 deg wedge and i found that if i just got a 60 deg with a sole grind on it i could open up the face enough to play a flop shot without skulling the ball. for me though the key is to get a wedge with a sole grind, i went from a cleveland cg10 to the ping tour wedge with the t grind and have been loving it.

[lamebums]

With anything from 50 yards in, I use my 60 degree wedge. Its money for flopping the ball into the air and landing it soft on the green. I don't use my sand wedge out of a tight lie because of the bounce. I have a tendency to hit it super thin, leaving me with a low screamer that would never hold a green.