Silly little wedge question . . .

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I am planning on purchasing new clubs in the next couple of weeks. I will be fitted and have read Tom Wishon’s book, the search for the perfect club.

My question: I notice that almost all players carry wedges that are a different brand or model than the irons. Why? If I am going to get fitted for clubs, wouldn’t I benefit from buying the fitted Loft, Sand, and/or gap wedges that come with the set?

Thanks,

Ron
 

Dariusz J.

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Ron, IMHO, you cannot go very wrong if you decide to end your iron set at approach (gap) wedge from the original set, or better said, to the shortest club that you tend to use as an iron (for full shots).
The sand and lob wedges are speciality clubs, therefore, their choice should be much more dependent on many factors, such as e.g. weather conditions in which you play most, humidity of the ground you play the most, sand structure, rough type, etc.
The parameters of SW and LW from a given set (bounce, reliefs, grinds, sole width, leading edge curvature) may usually match only small percentage of the golfing population. If you are inside this - it's nothing wrong for your game to use those wedges from the set and it does not matter if you use them or most famous wedge names. But if requirements for your wedge game are different - you have no choice but to put different SW and LW into your bag.
The most important always is to know what type of wedge suits your game. If you read Tom Wishon revert to the pages in "The Search..." book that concern wedges. If you are still not sure - post your answers for the following questions:
- are you a digger or a sweeper with wedges, i.e. your misses are rather fat or thin shots ?
- what kind of around-green roughs you play most - thick, light, short ?
- what kind of sand you play most - fluffy, packed, wet, etc. ?
- are fairways that you play most humid or dry ?

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Thanks -

That makes a lot of sense. It's one thing to read (Wishon's book), another to understand.

I tend to get hung up on the the name the manufactor stamps on the club, (PW) rather than the loft in determining how to use the club.

Ron
 
Speaking of wedges...

I just re-thunk the wedge process. Replaced my Callaway wedges (forged +) with Titliest Vokey Spin Mill. Also, got rid of the 60* and got a 58*. So, my PW is 46, gap 50, SW 54, lw 58. Real happy with this set up and the results.
 
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That looks like a great setup. I am planning on doing the same thing. In trying to really hone my distances at the range, I realized that I really don’t have a 100-110 yard club.

If I really lay into the SW (56) and hit it just right, I can get it there, or I can back off the PW. So the Gap wedge will be part of my new set.

Sand is my enemy, so I am going to start by trying some higher bounce wedges -

Thanks –

Ron
 
That looks like a great setup. I am planning on doing the same thing. In trying to really hone my distances at the range, I realized that I really don’t have a 100-110 yard club.

If I really lay into the SW (56) and hit it just right, I can get it there, or I can back off the PW. So the Gap wedge will be part of my new set.

Sand is my enemy, so I am going to start by trying some higher bounce wedges -

Thanks –

Ron

Get Brian's over and out video. It's almost everything you need on bunker play.
 
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