Anyone play 5 wedges?

[onthehunt526]

I know a lot of you people set in your ways. But has anyone ever played 5 wedges?

I've had a weird idea stuck in my head for a couple days. 

The top of my bag, the gaps actually are fine.

Driver- 260

4-wood- 225

4-iron- 200 (ish)

The rest of my bag is OK too..

9-iron- 142

PW- 130

AW- 115

54°- 98

58°- 84

So with that in mind I'm thinking of yanking my 3-hybrid AND 4-iron, the 4-hybrid back in (I'm working on it, I'm getting close to the same with the 4-hybrid as the 4-iron) and throwing in a fifth wedge...

The weird thing is I don't want a 62° or 64°... I'm thinking of getting the Tour Edge 1-out plus Sand wedge... I'm pretty good out of bunkers, however I occasionally hit a thin bullet... And I think it would help with my short sided chips and fast downhillers from over the green at Newman... It would basically a get out of the crap club... Am I crazy? Most people that DO carry 5 wedges probably would do the 62 or 64° wedge.

It's a funky idea.. 

Happy thanksgiving to all... I would be thankful for any suggestions.

P.S. I have messed around with one a little... It is pure magic... However, not so good outside 50 yards or so.

Edited November 26, 2015 by onthehunt526
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[Mr. Desmond]

If you have room for an extra specialty club, do it.

I like to fill up the first part of my bag with as much distance as possible to get near the hole. I don't count the PW as a wedge because I typically use it like an iron at 45 degrees. The 50, 55, and 60 are the more specific specialty clubs, with most work going to the 55 and 60.

[pganapathy]

Provided you use the club more than once or twice in a round, it is a good idea.  Anyway, distance wise there are no issues at the top of the bag, so there is no major need for the 3 unless you use the hybrid for other things like chip and run, out of rough etc.

[JxQx]

It depends how much you would use it in comparison to the clubs you are replacing. The one thing I would ask is how consistent off the tee are you with your driver? If you have bad days with your driver it could be rough having to give up 60 yards off the tee given the gap you would have. 

[SavvySwede]

I have a 62 in the bag as a specialty club, gets me out of a lot of trouble. Those "sure-out" style sandwedges are a bad IMO because regular use could cause you to unlearn how to use the bounce properly. Watch this video from the bunker thread and throw in a 62 or hybrid instead.

[onthehunt526]

3 hours ago, SavvySwede said:

I have a 62 in the bag as a specialty club, gets me out of a lot of trouble. Those "sure-out" style sandwedges are a bad IMO because regular use could cause you to unlearn how to use the bounce properly. Watch this video from the bunker thread and throw in a 62 or hybrid instead.

Watched the video, and I really don't open my stance or my clubface out of bunkers... Slightly but not much.  I'd hit it more than once or twice a round, unless I pulled a miracle and hit every green in regulation, besides Tour Edge doesn't make a 62° TGS... And I'm not really a fan of having a club in the bag, I'd use a couple times a year... However, @SavvySwede I do appreciate the video... Maybe I'll pick up a 62° of some sort and mess around with it.

[SavvySwede]

40 minutes ago, onthehunt526 said:

Watched the video, and I really don't open my stance or my clubface out of bunkers... Slightly but not much.  I'd hit it more than once or twice a round, unless I pulled a miracle and hit every green in regulation, besides Tour Edge doesn't make a 62° TGS... And I'm not really a fan of having a club in the bag, I'd use a couple times a year... However, @SavvySwede I do appreciate the video... Maybe I'll pick up a 62° of some sort and mess around with it.

I feel the more important idea from the video is not so much the square setup but the idea of weakening the right hand grip to cup the wrists and maintain the bounce throughout the backswing instead of the takeaway uses in full swing mechanics.

[onthehunt526]

20 minutes ago, SavvySwede said:

I feel the more important idea from the video is not so much the square setup but the idea of weakening the right hand grip to cup the wrists and maintain the bounce throughout the backswing instead of the takeaway uses in full swing mechanics.

The butterfly grip?

[bubble]

thats a lot of club selection fr a not so low index.

dont you think you could benefit more long term with technical game improvement ?

[SavvySwede]

1 hour ago, onthehunt526 said:

The butterfly grip?

from 4:34-4:50 he mentions how he  takes the club back differently on the backswing to maintain the bounce angle. Butterfly grip makes this easier to do but I don't think it's a necessity.

[onthehunt526]

Well since I'm a 10.1 HI, I think a technical game improvement would help long term... But yeah, All the teachers around here are quacks. I need to move down south or take a golf vacation to go to a golf school...

In the short term maybe throw some counterweights in my Grips.

[mvmac]

17 hours ago, onthehunt526 said:

I'm pretty good out of bunkers, however I occasionally hit a thin bullet

I think if it's occasional it might not be worth getting the specialty wedge. You should be able to hit all the shots you need around the greens with the 54 and 58 (or at least most). 

[Natural Patrick]

I'm not sure this qualifies or is what you are referring to but, in my bag currently are.

PW

AW

SW

59*

64*

 

 

[DrvFrShow]

Yep, that's 5 wedges.

I went to the black friday sale, and was toying around with the driver or new shoes thing. I couldn't tell on the driver because the tee in the area wasn't high enough. I also need a lesson on my driver again. This made it shoes. But then I don't hit my 3W. It sits in my bag all summer and does nothing. Maybe I hit it once during the summer.

I'm also not comfortable opening the club face on my 60 degree and standing open. I tend to blade the ball when I do that. I've practiced it at the range and no matter what, in a course situation I will blade the ball or chunk it. 

So I picked up a Callaway PM Grind 64/10. I tried it out on a 40 yd lob shot and put 24 shots in a row within 3 yds of each other. It felt good in my hands, and I felt confident with it. I didn't have to make any swing adjustments to hit the shot. And no, it was not on sale. So the 3W is gone and the 64 replaces it. My inconsistent mid game causes me to have to rely heavily on my short game. Until that improves I'm not going to handicap myself further.

Besides, the 64 can come in handy playing from pot bunkers.

Count me as another 5 wedge player.

[Natural Patrick]

16 minutes ago, DrvFrShow said:

Yep, that's 5 wedges.

I went to the black friday sale, and was toying around with the driver or new shoes thing. I couldn't tell on the driver because the tee in the area wasn't high enough. I also need a lesson on my driver again. This made it shoes. But then I don't hit my 3W. It sits in my bag all summer and does nothing. Maybe I hit it once during the summer.

I'm also not comfortable opening the club face on my 60 degree and standing open. I tend to blade the ball when I do that. I've practiced it at the range and no matter what, in a course situation I will blade the ball or chunk it. 

So I picked up a Callaway PM Grind 64/10. I tried it out on a 40 yd lob shot and put 24 shots in a row within 3 yds of each other. It felt good in my hands, and I felt confident with it. I didn't have to make any swing adjustments to hit the shot. And no, it was not on sale. So the 3W is gone and the 64 replaces it. My inconsistent mid game causes me to have to rely heavily on my short game. Until that improves I'm not going to handicap myself further.

Besides, the 64 can come in handy playing from pot bunkers.

Count me as another 5 wedge player.

I really like my 64* a lot.

[imsys0042]

I sometimes swap in a 64 degree wedge and take out a longer club.   Depending on how I am hitting or course conditions I swap a 3-iron and a hybrid.  I might remove the club in that slot for the 64 degree wedge.   The next club up is a 4-wood and I can choke down to the hybrid distance.

My home course has a lot of weird shaped greens (non-circle) where you can aim for the center and still get a delicate shot with little green to work with.   The 64 notice-ably flies higher without opening the face.

That gives me:

46 (PW from set) and then 50, 56, 60 and 64.

Edited November 30, 2015 by imsys0042

[inthehole]

On ‎11‎/‎26‎/‎2015‎ ‎2‎:‎21‎:‎57‎, onthehunt526 said:

I know a lot of you people set in your ways. But has anyone ever played 5 wedges?

I've had a weird idea stuck in my head for a couple days. 

The top of my bag, the gaps actually are fine.

Driver- 260

4-wood- 225

4-iron- 200 (ish)

The rest of my bag is OK too..

9-iron- 142

PW- 130

AW- 115

54°- 98

58°- 84

So with that in mind I'm thinking of yanking my 3-hybrid AND 4-iron, the 4-hybrid back in (I'm working on it, I'm getting close to the same with the 4-hybrid as the 4-iron) and throwing in a fifth wedge...

The weird thing is I don't want a 62° or 64°... I'm thinking of getting the Tour Edge 1-out plus Sand wedge... I'm pretty good out of bunkers, however I occasionally hit a thin bullet... And I think it would help with my short sided chips and fast downhillers from over the green at Newman... It would basically a get out of the crap club... Am I crazy? Most people that DO carry 5 wedges probably would do the 62 or 64° wedge.

It's a funky idea.. 

Happy thanksgiving to all... I would be thankful for any suggestions.

P.S. I have messed around with one a little... It is pure magic... However, not so good outside 50 yards or so.

when the rough gets high in the summer, I drop my 4i for a 64° - I find I use it more every round to hack my way out of greenside trouble.