Thinking of getting a 58deg wedge.

[Darren24]

Hi all I'm currently looking into getting a 58deg lob wedge. At the moment I'm just using a SW to chip on the green if I need hight but find I cannot stop the ball quick enough. I was thinking of getting 58 wedge as this will help stop the ball quicker but my main concern is I play off 24 and can be very inconsistent so would this degree of club be too difficult to use. All advice welcome thank you.

 

[the_coach]

what loft is your current SW?

 

[Darren24]

It's 54 degrees.

 

[the_coach]

no reason not to get a 58º as the gap ok. worth while getting PGA pro to look over your set-up/swing motion when your looking to get some height on a short pitch.
then you can get some advice given your swing motion re what degree of 'bounce' would better suit both the swing & what the ground conditions & sand in the bunkers on the course/s you play most.

 

[spawn_ukuk]

Hi all I'm currently looking into getting a 58deg lob wedge. At the moment I'm just using a SW to chip on the green if I need hight but find I cannot stop the ball quick enough. I was thinking of getting 58 wedge as this will help stop the ball quicker but my main concern is I play off 24 and can be very inconsistent so would this degree of club be too difficult to use. All advice welcome thank you.

Playing off 24 its going to be difficult for you to uses the really lofted wedges I see alot of players using them and not ready to use them.

You have a 54 degree SW which should offer plenty of height, I would go to a range practice with it, try to get what you want out of it.
If you cant do that yourself perhaps lessons as suggested.

Id personally go to the range first and just see what I could do myself, Find what works for you

I have never had a lesson and my handicap is 8, But I have suggested to many to get lessons as golf just so different for everyone

 

[Darren24]

Id personally go to the range first and just see what I could do myself, Find what works for you

i have had lesson on my chipping and have practiced hitting the ball off my front foot but I'm still getting a lot off roll of it that is why I was thinking of getting a higher lofted club.

 

[spawn_ukuk]

i have had lesson on my chipping and have practiced hitting the ball off my front foot but I'm still getting a lot off roll of it that is why I was thinking of getting a higher lofted club.

I think getting a higher lofted club is a easy solution that wont really fix the problem though.

Full wedge shots I hit closer to my back foot, Concentrate on presenting the loft to the ball, Alot of people change the loft during the swing de-lofting the club and not really realizing it

 

[garyinderry]

But it, have fun with it.


What's the worst that could happen?

 

[shewy]

As others have said getting a higher lofted club wont help stop the roll on landing only quality of strike will do that, watch the pro's chip and grip with lower lofted clubs man I wish I had that in my bag!
Personally I'd pop a 58 wedge in as you have nothing to loose, but I'd only use it if you have obstacles to go over,get it running on the green like a putt is usually the best and safest option.

 

[Lord Tyrion]

I have a 60 degree wedge in my bag and rarely hit a bad shot with it. Around the greens, chipping over bunkers small distances etc, it is invaluable. Having a high handicap doesn't exclude you from playing a particular shot. It may be the flop is your shot.

Get one, practise and enjoy. It can be a very satisfying club.

 

[Markw]

I think that it makes it more complicated when you're a higher handicap with multiple wedges to learn, the higher lofted wedges are also difficult with distance control along with the occasional skulled shot. I used a 56* degree only when I started and when I got better with it I then opened it up to play like a 60* and you learnt different shots with just one wedge.
What wedge do you have? One possible option that might work and very cost effective is get it bent from 54 to 56 with the benefit of a 2 degrees of extra bounce to assist you.

 

[Darren24]

Thanks for the info and advice guys. 1 last question on the topic of a wedge. The bounce figure does it work the higher the number the more bounce you will get?

 

[Markw]

Thanks for the info and advice guys. 1 last question on the topic of a wedge. The bounce figure does it work the higher the number the more bounce you will get?

Yes, higher has more bounce so if you are a digger its better and will help you more out of sand. I am a digger and need at least 12 bounce or more. If you bend yours from 54 to 56 the bounce increases relative to the loft increase by 2 degrees.

 

[bobmac]

The ball doesn't just stop quickly because of the height.
If you learned to spin the ball more, it would stop quicker. And you wont do that with the ball off your front foot

 

[SVB]

The ball doesn't just stop quickly because of the height.
If you learned to spin the ball more, it would stop quicker. And you wont do that with the ball off your front foot

That's what I was thinking reading the above posts. Other things that came to mind were type of ball and age / condition of existing wedge. An old wedge with mud filled beaten up grooves playing a top-flight XL is never going to stop. On the other hand, if it is a clean, newish wedge with a reasonable quality ball then it must be technique and a higher loft will hide that only so much but probably at the expense of inconsistent flight / distance that will probably cost more shots than it saves.

So, I'd be looking at my current kit and if that were fine, having a short game lesson first as gut feel says youl'll be in a better place overall with a series of 3 focused short game lessons for £75 than spend that sort of money on a wedge.

S

 

[mteam]

Is this where your losing shots? I've been guilty of trying to fix things that aren't broke

What sort of distance away are you using the sw from?

I would say improvement on technique would be better than buying a new club. If your near London have a look at Andy Traynor @ Chingford GC he has transformed my short game

 

[Darren24]

Yes short game and putting mainly. I've just got new clubs so not sure how far I will hit the SW but I expect it to be about 90-100yrds.

 

[HawkeyeMS]

My advice would be to learn to chip with less loft, not more.

 

[patricks148]

As Bob says its not the loft thats going to get the ball to stop, it will be the quality of the strike and amount of spin.

 

[mteam]

Sorry I meant on the pitch shots not full shots.

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