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I want to replace my 58 degree wedge, it is two years old and pretty beat up.  According to Arccos it is in my top 3 most used clubs.

I am gaming Callaway MD3 50-10, 54-10,58-9 all in S grind.

 I use the 50 for partial swing (wedge swing) 90-110 and lots of low spinning chips around the green.  A low spinning chip is my best scoring shot, magic.

I use the 54 for 70-95 wedge swings and long bunker shots.  I think I would like more bounce for those shots and I might make it my main sand club if it felt right so I could have a big bounce sand club and a lower bounce lob wedge.  I am not afraid of bounce.
 
I use my 58 for short pitches, chips most sand shots and  up to 70 yard wedge shots.  Of the wedges I use the 58 the most.  On the course I don't really find the need to open it up much.  It happens but you don't need to open it much from a grass lie.  In the trap I take most of the shots with is open quite a bit to wide open.  
 
I dislike hitting the 50 degree for distance.  I am very uncomfortable with it.  If I was going to call a miss it would be short left.  Money on low chips my least favorite club otherwise.
 
I was not fit for my current wedges, I bought the same lie as my irons.  I am considering an indoor wedge fitting to replace al three wedges.
Does anyone have any thoughts on a indoor wedge fitting?  They use trackman.
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Invariably, people tend to swing differently indoors, off a mat, than they do off grass.

So, I generally advise against that when possible.

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2 hours ago, iacas said:

Invariably, people tend to swing differently indoors, off a mat, than they do off grass.

So, I generally advise against that when possible.

I get bored in the winter and want to "retool".  I'll wait until spring.  I think I am going to Swap to the Ping Glide 2.0 wedges.

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I am also waiting for warm weather to evaluate new clubs. My pro told me the winter was not a good time for new clubs.


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8 hours ago, iacas said:

Invariably, people tend to swing differently indoors, off a mat, than they do off grass.

So, I generally advise against that when possible.

I feel like this may be a dumb question, but does that apply to woods as well?

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22 minutes ago, Ty_Webb said:

I feel like this may be a dumb question, but does that apply to woods as well?

Drivers, sometimes. Less so if there's a lot of room.

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I'm looking to replace some or all of my wedgrs, as well. Waiting for the spring primarily so I can hit them off grass for the turf interaction.

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On 1/30/2018 at 8:21 AM, iacas said:

Invariably, people tend to swing differently indoors, off a mat, than they do off grass.

So, I generally advise against that when possible.

I have always felt I do this.

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