Gap wedge distance issue

[GreggerKBR]

Some possible things to investigate -

(a) Have you been gripping down? Therefore making shaft length the same? That will mean same clubhead speed.

(b) What balls are you hitting? Range balls (and when wet) can make a mess of spin rates and "ball speed".
In the cooler winter air, sometimes high launch angle with spinning balls tend to carry a comparable distance to a lower spinning shot.

(c) Landing in wet turf - may make it look the same but on dry turf could be +5 yards difference.

There are other factors, ball position, centered strike, launch angle etc.
using something like Trackman would answer the question

 

[Deleted Member 1156]

The simple answer is that every head/shaft combination is different and there are no fixed yardages for any given loft. I think you need to try a few different wedges to find one that goes the distance you require then splash some cash.

 

[Roops]

Had a really interesting chat with a club fitter when I had my lies adjusted. The Manufacturers have between 1 and 2 degree allowed variance for loft. So your 52 might be 53 and you 56, 55 or 54. Just a thought.

 

[jamielaing]

When I got fitted for my new irons and wedges there was quite a bit of discussion about the distances. I carry a 45* PW (130 yards club), 54* SW (100 yards clubs) and 60* LW (75 yard club) and wanted to fill the gap between PW and SW with another wedge. Tried a 50* which was only going around 105 and therefore pretty useless when I was looking for a club to go 115 yards.

The fitter went through a few points and said that, if you have a fast swing then the power transfers on an upward trajectory and forces the ball high which can result in lower distance. I therefore ended up with a lower lofted GW than I expected to compensate. Makes sense to me when you think of all the times you have tried to put a little extra on a wedge and it goes the same distance as normal.

 

[Simbo]

Possibly becoming target orientated without realising it?? Like hitting your nice easy 52 wedge at a target then swapping to your 56 and thinking your hitting the same swing but because you've honed in on the target your actually swinging it harder than you realise to get it to the target. Also 56 wedges the harder you hit them the higher they tend to go and not really further.
The average distance between my 52 and 56 is about 18 yards, so unless I'm hitting it spot on with nearly all the shots a little bit heavy with the 56 compared with a sweet 52 and ther might not be much in it from what you can see from 90 yards.
I'd recommend going to grass somewhere without a specific target, hitting 20 full shots with your 52, th n getting the average of them, then the same with the 56 and see what the differences are then.

 

[shivas irons]

I bought 3 barely used sm 5's 52,56,60 that didnt feel right,took them to Robert Joyce at Felixstowe GC who checked all the lofts which were ok and the lengths and swing weighs which were all over the place,he took the standard length specs which I prefer off the net and cut them to the correct lengths with the correct swing weights,re-gripped them and the result was incredible,they felt like completely different clubs,he did a great job with them,well worth doing.