Wedge setup. Need your opinions!

[rrassoc]

Well, 11 months after my previous post: I did buy a 60° wedge. It complicated my game quite a bit!

I agree with cigarnut81. I found that I absolutely need the lob wedge at my home course for the many trouble shots I find my way into, where I need to hit the ball practically straight up. I take my 5 wood out of the bag there.

As for hitting short shots of different distances, I've learned that I can play all sorts of shots with any of the 4 wedges. One area I seem to have a huge problem with is consistency in my swing speed. I can do serious damage to my score trying to get cute by trying to pick a particular wedge and swing. Unless I'm really likely to need the lob wedge like at my home course, my decision to carry it is based more on my likely need to my 3 or 5 wood.

So, I let the course dictate my setup.

More work to do in '09! A little knowledge is truly dangerous. I only reduced my handicap in '08 by 3 strokes, but if I do that again next year I guess I won't complain!

[lewisgl]

I have fiddled around with just about every kind of wedge combination one can think of over the past 5 years or so. Just lately I switched over to the 52 (12 degrees of bounce, Callaway X-Forged) and 60 degree wedge, another X-Forged, with 9 degrees of bounce (and a Cally X-Forged 48 degree pitching wedge). Prior to that I was using a 48-54-60 which worked fairly well but that 6 degree gap between the 48 and 54 was a little too bothersome at times, so I replaced the 54 with the 52. I may soon take the 60 out and put a 58 in to close the gap from the 52 some. I have found the 58 to be just as effective over all around the greens as the 60 (with similar bounce angles) and the 52-58 gap is a little easier to manage than the 52-60, but probably not a big enough difference to sweat too much. It sure would be nice to add a 56 degree wedge in the set with 12 or 14 degrees of bounce. It would be very helpful from the fairway and would offer some more options around the green with the added bounce but in order to do that I would have to replace the two hybrids with one hybrid (or get rid of some other iron) and that would create some gaps that would be pretty bothersome on some par 3's, short par 4's and some par 5's, which wouldn't really justifty adding that 4th wedge (MHO). I am still in the process of trying to manipulate the set to where I can get that 4th wedge in there and not create undesirable gap problems elsewhere in the set.

[miller72]

well, i play a 52.06 spin milled and a 58.12 or 14 or something and a 73 with like 9 bounce. The 73 is a great, fun wedge to play with. full swing is just like a flop shot, but better. Its not normal, but its great fun. i use my 58 out of the sand and as a lob wedge. and then i can pretty much swing my 73 full swing and it will go 40 yds. its a sick club. Golfsmith has them for like 120$

[golfaddict714]

Cleveland CG 14 52 and 58....2 wedges is all I need

[dave_u]

Recently put together a set of Zing 2 BeCu's (52, 57, 61), and I'm in the process of dialing them in now. Ugly, but a feel like none other...

[Titleist Man]

Right now i have 52 and 58 vokeys but thinking of changing to 54 and 60

[kevidinho]

i only do 52-56. my 52 is my 100 yard club and my 56 goes 80-85, but i feel very confident in controlling the distance on that club. if i have a 90 yard shot, i just hit a smooth 52. on anything less than 85 i use that 56

i dont carry a 60 because of my confidence with my 56. i also prefer the 56 around the green

[r7 425]

I play Cleveland Tour Chrome 588 56 and 60 degrees--two wedges is what most tour players prefer---but if i had three wedges they would be 53 57 and 61 degrees respectfully