Lime green Vokey wedges, yay or nay?

[ChillyDip69]

3 minutes ago, iacas said:

That's about 5x too little.

I play courses with tightly mowed areas, more bounce is cancerous for a player of my skill. A wedge with 20 degrees of bounce is for hacks. You saying 20 degrees of bounce is normal leads me to think you tell people to get graphite shafts in their wedges as well. 

Edited June 26, 2017 by ChillyDip69

[David in FL]

20 minutes ago, ChillyDip69 said:

Only thing good about that wedge is that it only has 4 degrees of bounce

That's the one thing that makes it less desirable than that hideous color!  

[ChillyDip69]

1 minute ago, David in FL said:

That's the one thing that makes it less desirable than that hideous color!  

Why is that? You need that bounce to bail you out from chunking a chip shot?

As a 6.6 handicap are you seriously incapable of clipping a chip/pitch shot clean?

[iacas]

4 minutes ago, ChillyDip69 said:

I play courses with tightly mowed areas, more bounce is cancerous for a player of my skill. A wedge with 20 degrees of bounce is for hacks. You saying 20 degrees of bounce is normal leads me to think you tell people to get graphite shafts in their wedges as well. 

Do yourself a favor and click and read. You're not going to get very far here insulting people in your first few posts.

I'm a better golfer than you (by a little), and my pitching wedge has 14° bounce. My lob wedge has 22°.

Bounce is just one number, too. The grind, camber, sole width, etc. all play a role.

Oh, and I can hit my 22° bounce lob wedge off a cart path or hardpan.

[ChillyDip69]

1 minute ago, David in FL said:

That's the one thing that makes it less desirable than that hideous color!  

I agree with chillydiper69 100%. If you think you need bounce I think you need to check out what the tour players work with. The bounce is only there to help you cause you cant hit it soild. With lots of bounce you cant hit low flighted wedge shots you need to hit to play on real courses. 

[ChillyDip69]

8 minutes ago, iacas said:

Do yourself a favor and click and read. You're not going to get very far here insulting people in your first few posts.

I'm a better golfer than you (by a little), and my pitching wedge has 14° bounce. My lob wedge has 22°.

Bounce is just one number, too. The grind, camber, sole width, etc. all play a role.

Oh, and I can hit my 22° bounce lob wedge off a cart path or hardpan.

Well I can't say whether I can hit my 3 degree bounce 60 degree off a cartpath because I don't miss the fairway. 22 degrees bounce is a joke, you can't be serious. 

 

Edited June 26, 2017 by ChillyDip69

[David in FL]

1 minute ago, ChillyDip69 said:

Why is that? You need that bounce to bail you out from chunking a chip shot?

As a 6.6 handicap are you seriously incapable of clipping a chip/pitch shot clean?

Why make something more difficult than it needs to be?  The game is hard enough.  Bounce, properly used provides options and aids in virtually all types of shots.

As a 2.7 handicap, are you seriously incapable of understanding that?  

[Jack Watson]

Bounce is the best!  Without using it what do you do?  Forward press and dig trenches around the greens?  

I can hit pitches all day sw right off the green and not mark it up.  Try that without bounce on a club!

That color is atrocious!

 

[ChillyDip69]

1 minute ago, David in FL said:

Why make something more difficult than it needs to be?  The game is hard enough.  Bounce, properly used provides options and aids in virtually all types of shots.

As a 2.7 handicap, are you seriously incapable of understanding that?  

I'm a purist. I play for the tips, I play the ball down, and I play with blades. 

I don't need 22 degrees bounce and a Callaway ERC driver to make myself feel better by breaking 80 on a course playing 6200 yards. 

[iacas]

8 minutes ago, ChillyDip69 said:

I agree with chillydiper69 100%.

Go figure, since you had the same IP address, and both of you just signed up… So, we merged your accounts.

8 minutes ago, ChillyDip69 said:

If you think you need bounce I think you need to check out what the tour players work with.

Tour players take the flagstick out when they shouldn't, too. And a lot of Tour players have more bounce than you'd think. Plus, I don't practice my short game for an hour+ per day.

8 minutes ago, ChillyDip69 said:

The bounce is only there to help you cause you cant hit it soild.

I hit it solid.

8 minutes ago, ChillyDip69 said:

With lots of bounce you cant hit low flighted wedge shots you need to hit to play on real courses. 

Not at all correct.

7 minutes ago, ChillyDip69 said:

Well I can't say whether I can hit my 3 degree bounce 60 degree off a cartpath because I don't miss the fairway. 22 degrees bounce is a joke, you can't be serious.

Dead serious. Look around. I shared links and topics with you… look around.

I can hit a flop shot off hardpan with 22° bounce.

4 minutes ago, ChillyDip69 said:

I'm a purist. I play for the tips, I play the ball down, and I play with blades.

You're also being a bit of a jerk.

My handicap is lower than yours (despite the fact that I rarely get the chance to play or practice). I play Miura blades. I birdied the Road Hole the only time I've played it.

4 minutes ago, ChillyDip69 said:

I don't need 22 degrees bounce and a Callaway ERC driver to make myself feel better by breaking 80 on a course playing 6200 yards. 

Yeah, so that part about you being a bit of a jerk… there you go.

Go read some topics.

[saevel25]

16 minutes ago, ChillyDip69 said:

The bounce is only there to help you cause you cant hit it soild. With lots of bounce you cant hit low flighted wedge shots you need to hit to play on real courses. 

Not true at all. There are more to wedges than just bounce. If you read what was posted you would have seen that. 

Guess what, even PGA Tour player need help. I've seen PGA Tour players duff shots. They play golf many strokes better than you. Guess what, if they used the bounce they would have ended up with a better shot. 

 

[iacas]

Back to the original topic… nay.

@georgep had a muted blue Mizuno wedge that looked nice. I've always liked the darker or raw wedges, too. But that… no.

I wonder how a dark green wedge would work… Nike had those dark green putters for awhile. Though a short while, so maybe dark green would be bad.

[saevel25]

My only concern with color wedges is that the color will wear off. I had a set of black wedges many years ago. The color on the club face definitely faded after many strikes with the golf ball. 

[MuniGrit]

1 hour ago, ChillyDip69 said:

Only thing good about that wedge is that it only has 4 degrees of bounce

Yeah you don't need much bounce since you are such a stick!

[jamo]

I wonder what the glare is like off these on a sunny day. I'm sure the matte finish helps, but that much?

[Valleygolfer]

1 hour ago, jamo said:

I wonder what the glare is like off these on a sunny day. I'm sure the matte finish helps, but that much?

https://youtu.be/88qrriKcwvlY

[MuniGrit]

On 6/26/2017 at 3:11 AM, jamo said:

I wonder what the glare is like off these on a sunny day. I'm sure the matte finish helps, but that much?

Probably pretty bad. I have played with guys who wear such bright neon green shirts you need sunglasses to look at them. Kind of like those eye burning Volvik bright neon balls.

[Denny Bang Bang]

I like the color of the wedge a lot, it reminds me of my ski jacket as a kid in the 80's.  But I don't like it on a wedge.

I prefer wedges with a dark, non-shiny finish