Gap Wedge

[Tim S]

Tell me about your wedges. Who uses a PW, SW and Gap Wedge. Lob Wedge, too? Anyone up to 64 degrees?

I find it all confusing to play. I use a PW for everything, but I might hit a LW at 60 yards because I know that is as far as I can hit it. Am I missing something?

:)

TS

[oneil003]

I use a pw, gw, and sw. I only have 13 clubs in the bag, so I might go get a lw also

[dhyv]

I have a PW and SW. Considering a LW or GW but working on other club situations first.

[Dyna]

I have a Gap wedge, bought it to replace my pitching wedge which I somehow managed to lose, no big lose though since I couldn't the damn thing very well anyways. A standard pitching wedge by itself was next to impossible to find in the stores around me & to be honest I hit the gap a lot better than I ever did the lost club.

[c_mack9]

i recently replaced my old SW and 59* LW with a gap wedge and 56* SW. i like the combo much better. i can do anything with my new 56* than i couild with my 59* plus i got a nice gap wedge to fill in the ...gap

[Lahey]

i need to get a gap wedge really bad

[CG031]

i have pw 45* gw 52* sw 56* and lw 60*...i think it helps not realy havin any big gaps in there.

[Packerdave]

I bought my gap wedge to fill a specific distance. I hit my PW about 125 and my SW about 85. The gap wedge is my 100 yard club.

[AnalogAG]

Hello,

I play a Cleveland 588 SW and a Cleveland 900 GW.
Beside that I use the PW of my Cleveland TA5.

I really consider using a GW! It is the most played club in my bag for short things!

[Cleveland Gunmetal]

Tell me about your wedges. Who uses a PW, SW and Gap Wedge. Lob Wedge, too? Anyone up to 64 degrees?

I carry a gap wedge and find it very useful. There's a pretty big gap between my PW and SW it fills nicely and I like to chip with it around the greens too.

Hello,

I've got the TA5's as well. The TA5 PW is 45 degrees and with a 56 deg SW I really need a gap wedge in there.

[hurley9192]

essentially, most modern "game improvement" sets are set up to force a GW if your SW is 56 or higher. I thought my Titleists were strong with a 46 degree PW, but now I'm seeing 45 and 44, which used to be a 9iron. In the old days, the sets had the PW at 50 and that worked well with a 55 or 56 degree SW. I essentially built my lofts around my SW at 54 degrees and 100 yards and then added a LW for tight touch shots around the green and in the sand and added up everything else on top of that...50 degree GW and PW at 46 and so on. It allowed me to take out my 3 iron because I kept 4 degrees of loft in between all clubs. My 4 iron is almost what an older 2 iron was in loft at 22 degrees.

[Norm66]

My gap (52*) is my go-to club for 110 yards and in. I chip around the greens with it and my 56* depending on how much run I need after it hits.

[ham_man]

I carry a gap wedge (52*) and lob wedge (60*) in my bag, if only because I already had the lob wedge and needed something that fitted nicely between my 46* pitching wedge and my lob. I use my gap for 110yds to 60yds (from then on in, I use my lob wedge...it is my favorite club and the one with which I have the most sentimental attachment).

[longdrive]

I absolutely love my 64 degree. I also carry the 56 and 50 in my bag. SInce i hit my drive 300+ yards most shots into the greens are with my wedges. They work wonders around the green as well.

[Tim S]

Thanks everyone. Longdrive, I'm with you. I'm a 280+ hitter, but I need to score better, and trying to baby a PW or slam a LW ain't working.

I've gotten rid of my fairway woods and now use a Rescue Mid #2 and #5, which I find are much more accurate than my 3W and 3/4 iron (although I still carry a 4-iron for punch shots out of the woods :) My PW is 47*, SW is 56*, and LW is 60*. I'm at my best when I can take the same speed full swing on any shot, so I'm looking at a nice 52* gap. My new Odyssey Rossi putter has saved my butt this year!

[WhiteSoxFan]

Wow, this topic never comes up!

I have a GW coming next week. This will make my setup. PW - 45, GW - 52, SW - 56, LW - 60.

[philipy]

I bought my wedges one at a time as my game progressed. My first was a 56° that I can hit about 105 to 110 yards on a full swing. But i had a big gap between that and my 46° PW. So i filled it in with a 50° gap wedge. My last purchase was a 60° LW.

[gogolfing]

I just dumped the 3 iron with my new set, and replaced it with a lob wedge to go along with my 47 PW, 52 Gap and 56 sand. Only really used the 3 iron for chipping out of the trees anyway because of my hybrid, and a 4 iron does the trick out of the junk just as good as the 3.