What club do you use for 50-80 yards in?

[SoundandFury]

I carry a 50*, 54*, and 58* wedge setup. I hit the 54* around 95-100 with a full swing. The 60-70 yard shots always leaving me trying to decide between the sw and lw.  Usually go with the sw because the low bounce lw is a bit easier to screw up and hit a little fat or thin. Curious to hear what people tend to use in the range.

On a follow up note, if you don't use the lw for these short approaches, what's really the use of the club?  Thinking I might be better served with something in between my 3w and 3 hybrid instead.

[Jacob Smith]

From about 100 yes I use my pitching wedge initial about 60 yds when I choke down on my sand wedge and play a pitch shot! They come off most times and are low risk unlike the lob wedge which is quick easy to shank"

[BENtSwing]

54*...just adjust the length of the backswing according to the yardage.

[Shindig]

Depends. If it's in the fairway and an unguarded green, a half PW for me goes about 55 yards. A half 9-iron goes about 65, and I can hit half an 8-iron about 75, or I can hit most of a sand wedge that distance. Why require it to be a wedge when an easy shot with another club will do just fine?

[iacas]

Anything from about a 7-iron to a LW, depending on the factors.

[SoundandFury]

Mind giving some examples? Anything from straightforward (little wind, even lie to a green at the same elevation), into elevated greens, etc.

[iacas]

Mind giving some examples? Anything from straightforward (little wind, even lie to a green at the same elevation), into elevated greens, etc.

If the pin is in the back and there's an upslope, it could be a 7I bump and run into the hill.

If the pin is tucked over a bunker, and I want to fly it just past the pin and have it stop quickly, a LW.

[Spitfisher]

always 58* lob wedge and drop it right on the pin or somewhere I wish to  putt from......I lob from everywhere, been doing it all my life.

[WUTiger]

Some people I play with don't use a LW for anything more than a half-swing shot. But, they use it effectively inside 40 yds.

I had a 46* PW, along with your 50 - 54 - 58 setup for about a season and a half. Last summer I dumped the 54 and 58 for a high-bounce 56* SW. The 54 didn't always get me out of the trap cleanly, and I had distance control problems with the 58.

Also note that I'm 63 years old. I was hitting greenside cut shots with a SW for 20 years before the LW showed up.

[BuckeyeNut]

If the pin is in the back and there's an upslope, it could be a 7I bump and run into the hill.

If the pin is tucked over a bunker, and I want to fly it just past the pin and have it stop quickly, a LW.

These are exactly my thoughts.  The wind direction and pin placement are the key deciding factors.

[Maddog10]

Normally I would hit a partial 54 from that range. If its a special situation where I have no green to work with (tucked pin), then I will try to drop my 60 right on top of it.

[14ledo81]

LW or SW for me.

[Dirtyzecret]

60 degree!

[Uncle Peter]

I hit a little shorter than most, so most of the times I use a 56* SW or a 50* wedge from that range, adjusting my swing for yardage and the lie.

[MPtheKid]

Depends on the variables of the specific shot, but I generally play this with a 60 degree wedge. I adjust the length of my swing with the distance and try to not go after it in order to control spin.

[David in FL]

Anything from about a 7-iron to a LW, depending on the factors.

^^^^ This ^^^^

[cuzcapri]

depend on the shot im trying to hit it from 60 up to my pw

[tmac20]

It really depends on the pin position and what's around the green. I would hit anything from a 60* wedge to an 8 iron.