What wedges

Hello People,

I am curious as to what wedges people carry. I currently have a PW, 52 & 58 degree wedges.

I am thinking I could maybe use a higher degree wedge maybe 60 or above as I am often using my 58 and having to open face even more for some shots as my home course has lots of small elevated greens (that I rarely hit on approach shot).

If I am opening the 58 degree face to get even floppier shots its not a guaranteed outcome for me as sometimes I thin them, I know this is my poor technique, but I was wonder if I would be better with a more lofted wedge and using a normal chip.

Any thoughts, recommendations?

Anyone carry a wedge they can not live without?

It would also be nice to stop the ball dead as well, I cant seem to achieve this with my ping tour wedges.

Hi Spiffo,

I carry 4 wedges, they are Mizuno MP R type.

Pitching wedge
52 deg gap wedge
56 deg Sand wedge
60 deg Lob wedge

I find this a good mix that allows me to manage just about all eventualities inside 120 yards.

You may be having problems hitting flop shots with your 58 due to amount of bounce it has, is it a sand wedge? The bounce will make it difficult to slide the face under the ball. You should maybe try a 60 or 62 with little bounce.

There will not be any problem with your ping wedges, they are good clubs. A nice high lob shot will stop up if dropping straight down.

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Brian

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Funny o'l game!

Thanks for your reply Brian.

Im not sure if my 58 degree is a sand wedge. I do use it as a sand wedge, not sure of its bounce also.

My course tends to be soft, so Im not sure whether that means I need a low or high bounce wedge.

Here's an interesting article re wedges. Vokey himself explains what bounce for what conditions about 3/4 way down.

http://www.golfthemidatlantic.com/story/129

Thanks for that rotator. Very useful and now I understand the bounce. More bounce for soft lies and less for hard lies.

I was actually looking at vokey wedges online last night trying to justify the cost to myself.

Cheers
Paul

They are a thing of beauty, aren't they. They can get you hooked, if you should hold them. Online, you can't really get the sense of how they could inspire you to use them as a surgeon's tool in your hands. Clean and sleek, balanced. Ah, the cost.

Ted

I had a couple of Vokey wedges some time ago and they were nice tools. I now have a complete set of Mizuno irons and just love my MP R black nickel wedges, they have a special ground sole that allows for many combinations of shot in difficult lies.

One of the guys I play with swears by the MP R wedges as well and says he find them more forgiving than the titliest vokey he had.

I might get a wee trial run with both before I jump in and buy somit.

Cheers.

They would look cool with that Mizuno top, just like mine do

I carry a 48, 56 and 60. The 60 has part of the bounce ground off and the 56 is extended a half inch.