MP 60 vs Ping I5: Bounce Angle

[green6767]

I have about made up my mind that I am going from my Ping I5's to the Mizuno MP60's. I've hit them so many times on the range now that I feel comfortable with finally making my decision to go with the MP60's.

My question is the bounce angle/degree. What does it mean? I was looking on Ping's website on the I5 specs and the bounce degree is higher by a lot more than the MP60's on all the clubs. (Ping has a LOWER number) What does that specific number mean? The lower the number, the less the ball with bounce???

[tdinneen]

If you hold up your wedge bringing the clubhead to eye level. Make sure the shaft is at 90 degree's to the ground (so it's straight up). Notice that the trailing edge of the sole is lower than the leading edge. That height difference is the bounce angle. More bounce helps the club dig less, less bounce allows the club to dig more.

Generally you'd be better off with more bounce if you are a digger, ie. take a big divot and less bounce if you take little or no divot.. a sweeper.

Where bounce really comes into play is in sand traps, where one would put a different sand wedge in the bag based on conditions. More bounce for soft sand... you don't want the sand wedge to dig, less bounce for harder / heavier sand.

As for the Ping's having more bounce that the MP-60's. Think of hitting a ball fat with a club with lots of bounce, if you sweep it (as most beginners do) the trailing edge is more likely to hit the ground first rather than the leading edge, so the club is more likely to 'bounce' up off the gound rather than dig into it. So you'd normally see more bounce on game-improvement clubs.

[green6767]

Well that about covered everything I was asking. Very nice! Thanks!