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FIVE Wedges....

For the club golfer:

2 wedges - admirable
3 wedges - fine if you need a lob wedge
4 wedges - starting to look a little silly and a bit all the gear and no idea
5 wedges - HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!


For Mickleson:

Do what you want - you are doing it for a living and being very successful too!


On a different note, Tiger will probably keep a driver in his bag as it has the largest surface area of any club. Consequently, this allows him to inflict the greatest damage on the tees of our hallowed links as he smashes it into the ground whilst swearing loudly in front of a crowd of youngsters during one of his regular tantrums after yet another poor shot.

TW post shot routine, coming to a TV near you very soon: Swing, hoick, deep rough, swear, smash club, scowl, glare, swear, mumble and finally (the piece de resistance!) launch large glob of phlegm and spittle into the warm summer air........

Delightful.
 
Snelly said:
For the club golfer:

2 wedges - admirable
3 wedges - fine if you need a lob wedge
4 wedges - starting to look a little silly and a bit all the gear and no idea
5 wedges - HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!


For Mickleson:

Do what you want - you are doing it for a living and being very successful too!


On a different note, Tiger will probably keep a driver in his bag as it has the largest surface area of any club. Consequently, this allows him to inflict the greatest damage on the tees of our hallowed links as he smashes it into the ground whilst swearing loudly in front of a crowd of youngsters during one of his regular tantrums after yet another poor shot.

TW post shot routine, coming to a TV near you very soon: Swing, hoick, deep rough, swear, smash club, scowl, glare, swear, mumble and finally (the piece de resistance!) launch large glob of phlegm and spittle into the warm summer air........

Delightful.
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While I am a Tiger fan this did make me laugh a lot...
 
Snelly said:
For the club golfer:

2 wedges - admirable
3 wedges - fine if you need a lob wedge
4 wedges - starting to look a little silly and a bit all the gear and no idea
5 wedges - HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!


For Mickleson:

Do what you want - you are doing it for a living and being very successful too!


On a different note, Tiger will probably keep a driver in his bag as it has the largest surface area of any club. Consequently, this allows him to inflict the greatest damage on the tees of our hallowed links as he smashes it into the ground whilst swearing loudly in front of a crowd of youngsters during one of his regular tantrums after yet another poor shot.

TW post shot routine, coming to a TV near you very soon: Swing, hoick, deep rough, swear, smash club, scowl, glare, swear, mumble and finally (the piece de resistance!) launch large glob of phlegm and spittle into the warm summer air........

Delightful.
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first part was amusing......:lol:

bold part....Oh dear!
 
Snelly said:
On a different note, Tiger will probably keep a driver in his bag as it has the largest surface area of any club. Consequently, this allows him to inflict the greatest damage on the tees of our hallowed links as he smashes it into the ground whilst swearing loudly in front of a crowd of youngsters during one of his regular tantrums after yet another poor shot.

TW post shot routine, coming to a TV near you very soon: Swing, hoick, deep rough, swear, smash club, scowl, glare, swear, mumble and finally (the piece de resistance!) launch large glob of phlegm and spittle into the warm summer air........

Delightful.
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Not paid you TW Fan Club fees recently?

I trust you have the same attitude when Footballers 'gob; as well! I certainly do!
 
Makes me laugh when The Mickelson Callaway ad is on TV during a comp that Mickelson is playing & yet again he as dropped the Driver.
 
I hope Mickelson wins,lots of players could learn a lot from him the way he conducts himself and how he interacts with the fans.
As for the wedges do you need a driver? these guys can hit their irons 300 yards in this weather,think someone tweeted last week Laird hit a 4i 280 yards,and Jason Day is carrying a 1 iron.
 
what phil is doing is playing to his strengths.


the same applies to us here.


if you hit your long clubs, long and straight, then fill that end of the bag. if not, then stick in some scoring clubs.

having a bunch of wedges makes it so much easier to make the right contact and get the right trajectory for each shot that presents itself.


GO PHIL :)
 
Bet Callaway are well chuffed he dropped the RFE, and after bigging it up at Phoenix too. What I don't quite get is he genuinely did drive it beautifully that week, why did he drop it...?

I'm having some money on Jason Day. He is so close to breaking his major duck. 1 iron? Sweet.
 
understanding and respecting bounce makes the short game so much easier.


alot people either don't really understand it or are ignorant of it as they blade yet another one across the green or chunk another chip.


;)
 
garyinderry said:
understanding and respecting bounce makes the short game so much easier.


alot people either don't really understand it or are ignorant of it as they blade yet another one across the green or chunk another chip.


;)
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Bounce does make a difference but it's not that significant, the majority of players don't have a clue how much bounce they have yet still manage to have good short games.
 
To carry 5 wedges you need to know how and when to use them!

Better to carry less but find the heart of greens with chips and make sure you have options across all clubs.

Far easier to learn how to do 3/4 and half shots with a wedge than spend hours learning how to finesse the distances of a 64* and not slice a ball in half.
 
I think what's in Mickleson's bag is specific to him, his game and what he feels is needed for this specific event. Hasn't he carried 2 drivers before?

I also think that one of those clubs is a pretty traditional PW which almost every player pro or amateur will carry and not count in their 'specialist' wedges BUT because it is Phil we are talking about its been deemed another 'specialist' wedge. Not sure if I'm being clear but hopefully someone knows what I mean....
 
drive4show said:
Bounce does make a difference but it's not that significant, the majority of players don't have a clue how much bounce they have yet still manage to have good short games.
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I know how much bounce I have and it's a lot. I would bounce right back up if you dropped me off a roof!
 
Snelly said:
For the club golfer:

2 wedges - admirable
3 wedges - fine if you need a lob wedge
4 wedges - starting to look a little silly and a bit all the gear and no idea
5 wedges - HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!
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I've put 4 wedges in the bag this year, too early to tell but I don't feel like I'm missing out elsewhere.

I've not got the touch of the pros so playing full shots is a lot easier for me... Pitching wedge 110 yards, 50 degree 95 yards, 55 degree 80 yards...have a 60 but don't really use that unless I have to pop it over a bunker or a get it up and out of the sand quickly... So for anything over 80 yards i don't even need to think about touch shots. For an average golfer we're playing loads of shots from 120 and in, doesn't it make sense to have a few more clubs in this area?
 
This whole 'wedge' thing is a bit misleading with modern clubs. I carry PW, 50, 54 and 60 but my PW is 45* so in old money it's really a 9i so effectively I carry 3 wedges. Same clubs as I used to carry years ago, just the numbers have all increased by 1.
 
garyinderry said:
understanding and respecting bounce makes the short game so much easier.


alot people either don't really understand it or are ignorant of it as they blade yet another one across the green or chunk another chip.


;)
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Disagree :D

If you're making a ball first contact it wont matter one jot how much bounce is on the wedge as the ball will be moving and away from the club face by the time the club bottoms out.

If people are chunking and thinning chips/pitches, that's a technique issue, not a bounce issue.

Further more to my point. When I brought my TM R7 irons they came 4-SW. The SW had 55* of loft and 16* of bounce. I had no issue hitting good pitches and chips with that.

Bounce can help for sure and should be accounted for in your wedge selection, but it wont make up for poor technique.
 
ive seen many clip a med/high bounce wedge over a bunker and thin the life out of it off a light lie.


similarly, when its soggy as hell ive watched many a man chunk his chip sticking the leading edge of his low bounce wedge into the turf.
 
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