Is the 60 degree wedge really that useful?

[SocketRocket]

It's the last club I would take out of my bag. I agree that you have to use it in the right place and with the right lie though.

I use it from most greenside bunkers, short chips that need to check and its the only way to get a nice high floating shot over a bunker that drops on a parashute into a narrow green.

Practice with it and learn to love it.

 

[goldenbare]

Ah, but you're a good player
The average newbie who can't chip or pitch goes to one of these to mask the gap in their knowledge.

but then they find they can't use it so go back to the usual wedge line up.

It actually takes a good/experienced player to use it properly

 

[garyinderry]

It's the last club I would take out of my bag. I agree that you have to use it in the right place and with the right lie though.

I use it from most greenside bunkers, short chips that need to check and its the only way to get a nice high floating shot over a bunker that drops on a parashute into a narrow green.

Practice with it and learn to love it.

what way do you use it for short chips that check. hands,ball placdment etc? i can only play high soft shots but not really short checky ones

 

[Dave B]

I use a 46, 51, 56, 60 set up and I wouldn't be without my 60 degree, 12 degree bounce wedge as it's my go to club from anywhere inside 40 yds. I tend not to use it for bunkers as it does have a tendency to go under the ball if you're not careful, (56 is a much better option ).

I think wedge choice depends very much on your style of play. With four wedges I can give a full swing from anywhere inside 110 yds and stop the ball almost dead on the green without worrying about duffing my shot.

It may not suit everybody's style of play but I'd rather compromise on my long iron play than my green approach play.

 

[SocketRocket]

what way do you use it for short chips that check. hands,ball placdment etc? i can only play high soft shots but not really short checky ones

Make a normal chip shot. Narow stance, hit out of the toe, hinge and hold.

 

[Dreamer2]

i use my 60 if about 10/15ft away from flag if the ground is bad(or in a bunker) between the ball & flag with a 3/4 swing accelerating the follow through with a good contact you know the ball will land near the flag
i would proffer to use the 60 than open the club face with the sand wedge

 

[HomerJSimpson]

I have enough issues with a PW, 52 and 58. I did go to a 52, 56 and 60 combo for the summer over the last few summers but to be honest the 60 didn't bring anything to my game that the 58 wasn't doing. Perhaps marginally better out of sand but it cost me as many shots around the green as it saved and its a plan that has been well and truly shelved

 

[HawkeyeMS]

I dropped mine a few months ago as I found I was using it so rarely there was no point carrying it. If you can use it, it can be a great club, if you can't it will cost you shots.

 

[chris661]

I've got PW, 52 and 58.

Don't want any more wedges (i.e. go 52, 56 and 60) and, if and when they need replacing, I'd probably stay the same or even get a 56 instead of a 58.

Is the same as me, only reason I swapped from a 56 to the 58 was some bunkers are being redone at my place and in my mind they are steeper faces than the old ones.

 

[RGDave]

I go for weeks (months?) without a 60 degree. Then I chuck it in the bag and have one of those rounds where I have to splash out of bunkers to a close pin. It works great. I know I could crank open my SW and/or hit it more gently, but t.b.h. I LOVE giving the pesky ball in the bunker a good smash and seeing it miss my nose by a whisker and land softly for another crack at a par-save. Magic.

(oh, and no, I'm not dreaming..........)

 

[Jaymosafehands]

Used at the right time a 60 is a magic wand.
Most people don't use them in the right place or at the right time and don't practice with them enough.
I've had 60's in the past, I have a 58 now only because it fits the rest of my set better.

Luke said once - everyone should get a 60 degree wedge and LEARN HOW TO USE IT PROPERLY.

I've read on here that some can't play a decent shot with one - that's probably becasue they're choosing the wrong time/place/lie to use it.

If you spend time learning it - it will become easier and you will hit good shots with it.

+1

I've spent hours prating about getting used to mine, tight lies, fluffy patches, divots, the lot. As I'm bloody useless with long irons, I tend to end up left and right of greens, so the little lob over a bunker is a regular occurrence for me.

I guess it's horses for courses.

 

[Doc]

I love my 60!

Had a 588 with 3 deg of bounce, used it that often that I wore the grooves out.

Now on my 2nd jaws 60 with 10 deg bounce, maybe once per round I duff a shot with it but only if I use it in the wrong place.

I practise a lot with all 4 of my wedges.

Thinking about going to a 54, 58 but I know my distances and shot types so well with them all that I am reluctant to change.

It's my 5 wood that costs me more shots for some reason.

Cheers

Steve...

 

[DavidO]

I'm a real novice at all this. I've got a PW, SW, 52 & 64. Which I will normally use 3 out of 4.

Just downloaded an app, to work out the loft of the PW & SW, so will see where the 52 & 64 sit with them.

I've used the 64 a few times for lob shots and it works quite well, 52 is new, so I need to go practice!

 

[Achilles]

I've had a mess around with one previously but couldn't get on with it so the highest I have is my 56. That does the job nicely and if I'm in a particularly tight spot then opening the face seem to (mostly) to the job. If I've left myself behind a bunker with next to no green to play with then I will make sure I get over the bunker and take my punishment.

If you've got the time to practice and the confidence to use it I can see the advantages, but for me, at the moment, it would probably do more harm than good. I have enough to worry about without the fear of launching a golf ball up my nose!