64 degree lob wedge tried today

[markgs]

Ok, I'll own up I have one in my bag. I bought it when I first started playing as I could not get out of bunkers, you can play out of bunkers using it without opening the face and it will pop the ball up. However now that my bunker play has improved I've realised that it can be a bit inflexible due to the lack carry if you are in the back of a large bunker. Now I just tend to use my sand wedge with an open face, I believe my SW is 55 Deg.

Recently and amazingly I have really been enjoying using wedges, it has started becoming one of the better parts of my game. I tend to play the ball from the middle of the stance, hands well forward, steep swing, hit down and tend to take a massive divot - breeze block size sometimes. Seems to work for me on PW/SW/64, dead straight with tremedous height, such is the confidence with these at the moment that I actually used the 64 twice - full shots, both from the fairway to get over bunkers to small tight greens with trouble behind. Your right about the distance it is 55 yards exactly and stops on a dime, hit one right over the flag and stopped it the other side on a really slopping green. Jaws dropped on the two guys I was playing with, especially as they had just witnessed my driving - Is this the same bloke they must have been thinking?? Oh I also used it last week as well to get over a bunker, this time a stab chip, closer in and needed to stop it urgently.

This is the exact scenario i want one for, i really can not wait to be 55 yards out to use it. i can not believe there is so many haters of this club, not only gets you where you want to be but can be a exactly what is need in certain cases

 

[scratch]

How the hell do you hit a 64* wedge 60 yards??

 

[One Planer]

How the hell do you hit a 64* wedge 60 yards??

With 14* of bounce a fat-thin gets my vote :smirk:

 

[brendy]

Answer: With the back of it

How the hell do you hit a 64* wedge 60 yards??

 

[markgs]

How the hell do you hit a 64* wedge 60 yards??

full swing full commitment

 

[scratch]

full swing full commitment

Well good luck with that! I have a 60* and I seldom try to hit that 60 yards, way too inconsistent. When you get that much loft on a club it is far too easy to slide underneath and pop it straight in the air.

Seriously mate, these sort of clubs are not designed to be hit flat out.

 

[stevie_r]

there's a 64 hidden away in my attic, the distance it went up in the air exceeded the distance it went forward

 

[Yosser]

full swing full commitment

I was going to say that!! It's probably a shot that suits me, I'm an ex-footballer and everybody tells me that my biggest problem is trying to smash it. Been told by my pro and many good players at my club that I only need half a swing due to my physice and I'm getting there apart from when what's between my ears gets in the way.

 

[Yosser]

Where did 60 yards come from?

 

[ScienceBoy]

To hit a lofted club that far you are surely delofting it at impact, my 56 hardly goes that far when I give it full belt and I am pretty sure I am maintaining the loft at impact.

 

[scratch]

Where did 60 yards come from?

It's in the original post :thup:

 

[Yosser]

To hit a lofted club that far you are surely delofting it at impact, my 56 hardly goes that far when I give it full belt and I am pretty sure I am maintaining the loft at impact.

Maybe, if you read my first post I did mention about hand/stance/angle of attack and I hit down. I do accept that it isn't that flexible in terms of a club which warrants a place in the bag, I am look for a 60, but haven't decided on the bounce. To be honest the 64 is actually more relevant to me than my 3 wood, which I can only really use from the tee as I prefer the 5 wood from the fairway. My 3 wood goes the same distance as my driver, so for me the two clubs do the same job, I could swap one for another wedge. Horses for courses, I think well all look at our set and think about which 14 we need for a particular course, I'm as surprised as anyone that the 64 is still in the bag - AND I've used it, as I've been terrified of using it from the fairway until recently.

 

[Yosser]

It's in the original post :thup:

50-60 yard = 55?

I quoted the one that said 55. To be honest 55 is right, that's when I'd be thinking of this club, I've GPS checked on our course with the shot I played its right. Anyway I'm not fussed, nowt to prove, not a BS-er it was one of my better ones yesterday one of the few positives to take forward.

 

[SocketRocket]

My 60 deg carries around 60 yards with a full swing, my 56 SW around 80 yards, 52 GW 100 yards and 48 PW around 120.

 

[sydney greenstreet]

I bought a Dunlop 64 ° LW years ago and I found it too hard to hit and could do the same job with my SW.

 

[patricks148]

I also have a Dunlop 64 deg, that i got from a sport and soccer store for £4.99. Its fantastic its had some real good use.

Esp when we started getting bind weed come though is some of the flower beds in the Garden. When i spot some i shove the grip end in the ground and train the bindweed up it then sprey with week killer, brilliant.

As for golf shots with it... i would imag 60 yards is quite easy easp with 14 deg of bounce.... thin everytime, i fact you might even get it to go further

 

[woody69]

My 60 deg carries around 60 yards with a full swing, my 56 SW around 80 yards, 52 GW 100 yards and 48 PW around 120.

Freaky. I'm exactly the same as this! I don't feel special anymore!

 

[sydney greenstreet]

As for golf shots with it... i would imag 60 yards is quite easy easp with 14 deg of bounce.... thin everytime, i fact you might even get it to go further

Yip on the occasion i hit the thing properly, more than not a thin most of the time.

 

[Matty]

I've hit a 64 degree wedge once and once only. The ball went about 15 yards forward and massively high up - not really a shot I'd need on the course I play so it went back on the shelf.