How many wedges

[pulledabill]

Im sure this has been discussed but being new to the form.....How many wedges do you carry?  Currently i carry a PW, SW, and LW.  I can control the gap between the LW and SW , but Im struggling with that SW to PW gap.  ha...the GW.  What club did you drop to add the 4th wedge? I can hit the 3i but rarely need it and plan to drop it out my my bag.  To be honest Id rather adf a 3h and stay with 3 wedges, but it is costing me a stroke or two a round. 

[Piz]

I carry a "weak" sand wedge (58) rather than a sand wedge and lob wedge.  I use a PW, or GW, for most shots inside 120.  The 58 only comes into play when nothing else will do.  

[saevel25]

My bag consists of,

Driver
3-Wood
2-Hybrid
4 iron (22°)
5 iron (26°)
6 iron (30°, currently broken)
7 iron (34°)
8 iron (38°)
9 iron (42°)
PW (47°)
GW (52°)
SW (56°)
LW (60°)

The only thing I might not even slightly consider is dropping the LW for something on the top end. I am OK with having a big gap between my 2-hybrid and my 3 wood, and my 4 iron and my 2-hybrid because I don't get many of those shots. What matters more is that I have proper gaps in yardages between my irons. The old school iron degrees would have made my PW be around 52 degrees. I would have a SW and a LW. That means I probably would add in a 3 iron. I still get the same effect.

[dennyjones]

I have 3 wedges

[Vinsk]

PW-UW-56 bent to 55 and 60 bent to 59. Ping Glide 2.0

[WUTiger]

9 hours ago, pulledabill said:

Currently i carry a PW, SW, and LW.

As shown below, I now carry the same set-up as you. With my old wedges, I carried a 46° PW and a 50° GW. But, I found in most rounds I used one or the other. So, I split the difference and picked up a 48° with my Callaway MD additions.

Main challenge I have now is a gap between the 9i and PW. I handle this with a choke down 9i, or by delofting the PW a little extra. Three wedges are much easier for me to manage than the old four. Just choke down a tad to shave off a few yards.

When I carried 4 wedges, I alternated a 4H or a 4i as club No. 14, depending on the course I was playing. Now I carry both, although I seldom use the 4i. 

[dave s]

4 wedges here and no plans to drop 1 or reconfigure the short end of the bag.

PW - 45*; UW - 50*; SW 54* LW 58*

Yardages are 100-110; 90-100; 80-90; 80 and under.

Also, I use the 58* wedge for a lot of shots around the green.  It's my 'go-to' greenside wedge.

Dialing in short, or scoring irons is important to my game.  Hitting it close from 120 out is the only thing keeping me in the game anymore.  To me, wedges are critically important.

dave

 

 

Edited August 21, 2017 by dave s

[jsgolfer]

10 minutes ago, dave s said:

4 wedges here and no plans to drop 1 or reconfigure the short end of the bag.

PW - 45*; UW - 50*; SW 54* LW 58*

Yardages are 100-110; 90-100; 80-90; 80 and under.

Also, I use the 58* wedge for a lot of shots around the green.  It's my 'go-to' greenside wedge.

Dialing in short, or scoring irons is important to my game.  Hitting it close from 120 out is the only thing keeping me in the game anymore.  To me, wedges are critically important.

dave

 

 

I have this same setup, except my yardages are 135 PW/125 GW/115 SW/105 LW and wouldn't change anything either.  And my PW is a 46 degree

[rehmwa]

PW - 46 - 120 yards full - Mizzy MP15

GW - 50 - 110 yards full - Mizzy JPX

SW - 56 - 100 yards full - Mizzy JPX (also have a 54 Callaway Mack Daddy 2 - trying to choose leaning toward the JPX oddly enough)

LW - 58 - anything up to 90 yards - Callaway Mack Daddy 2 - Love this club  (I have the MIzzy 60, but it's out of the bag for good, no question vs the Mack Daddy)

For chipping and greenside, "normally" use the SW and PW.  Though any club in the bag is an option depending on lie and shot.

I wouldn't trade a single one of my 4 wedges for another, longer, club - approach shots are king for me to score well.

So,,,I have spares for a Driver, SW, LW, and a 5 wood.  I'm good with that.

Edited August 21, 2017 by rehmwa

[Mr. Desmond]

I consider the 50, 55, 59 as clubs that are used for 3/4 shots and around the green, with the 55 and 59 as specialty wedges.

Edited August 21, 2017 by Mr. Desmond

[Typhoon92]

5 wedges for me.  PW, 50, 56, 60 and 64.

Only Fw I carry is a 17 degree then I go to a 4 iron.  Very rare that I'm in the 215 yard range, but if I am I can manage with the 17 degree or 4 iron.  I have many more opportunities carrying the 64 degree wedge

[p1n9183]

PW (43°) 140 yards
WW (47°) 130 yards
GW (51°) now out of the bag in order to bring in a 2 hybrid.
SW (56°) 105 yards
LW (60°) 95 yards

Yes i have a 25 yards gap between my WW and my SW but i can easily play a cut WW that carry 115, and a punch draw that carry 125.

The gap between my 3 wood and 4 iron was 40 yards wide, needed to reduce that gap for long par 3 and "off the tee" strategy pourposes. The 2 hybird (19°) worked like a charm, and it´s my go to shot on 2nd shot´s on par 5s. 

[klineka]

On 8/21/2017 at 2:06 AM, pulledabill said:

To be honest Id rather adf a 3h and stay with 3 wedges, but it is costing me a stroke or two a round. 

How is only having 3 wedges costing you 2 strokes per round? If you did a proper gapping session with those 3 wedges you could write down and account for every distance from your full PW to 20 yard pitches. 

Not having a 4th wedge isnt what is costing you 1-2 strokes per round, lack of distance control with your current wedges is what is costing you those strokes

[dbuck]

The PW in my iron set is 43.5. I carry 48,52, and 56 in addition to that.

For years I scoffed at carrying additional wedges. Now I am hooked.

 

[onthehunt526]

You don't necessarily need four wedges per se... If you want to stick with three, I'd suggest getting like a 58° wedge with more bounce (i.e. weak sand wedge) and a wedge that is in between the 58° and loft of your PW. Most likely that will be about a 52°.

Props for being able to hit a 3-iron. 

I'm personally at this point, not using a 60° wedge, for 3 reasons. 

A) I would literally use it 3 times a year

B) I can't hit a full shot with it.

C) It has the same exact bounce as my 56° wedge.

I'm actually tossing around the idea of going with only 3 wedges myself. My issue is my wedges are 44, 48, 52, and 56.... I definitely would want to stay with my PW and 56°. I hit my EXi AW which we will call my 48° so well I don't want to replace it. I thought of getting just the stock AW in 50°. But I don't want to. So I have a 52° wedge, I literally NEVER use... I just grip down on my 48° if I have 95 or so yards.

[pulledabill]

7 hours ago, klineka said:

How is only having 3 wedges costing you 2 strokes per round? If you did a proper gapping session with those 3 wedges you could write down and account for every distance from your full PW to 20 yard pitches. 

Not having a 4th wedge isnt what is costing you 1-2 strokes per round, lack of distance control with your current wedges is what is costing you those strokes

I couldnt agree more about the control.  Been working on it and had a conversation with coworker today about it. Ideally id rather have the feel and control of 3 then always hitting "full" shots with 4.  Ive gotten decent from that 25 yard to 80 mark with various wedges depending on the lie.  Just hard time in that 115ish to 120ish range I seem to struggle with a couple times a round. 

[onthehunt526]

56 minutes ago, pulledabill said:

I couldnt agree more about the control.  Been working on it and had a conversation with coworker today about it. Ideally id rather have the feel and control of 3 then always hitting "full" shots with 4.  Ive gotten decent from that 25 yard to 80 mark with various wedges depending on the lie.  Just hard time in that 115ish to 120ish range I seem to struggle with a couple times a round. 

Have you tried gripping down? That seems to work for me from 95-100 yards with my 48° wedge.

[pulledabill]

24 minutes ago, onthehunt526 said:

Have you tried gripping down? That seems to work for me from 95-100 yards with my 48° wedge.

Yes..just finished up at range doing so.  I knew that would help just a comfort zone and confidence  thing im working on.