Wedges.

[DCB]

Don't think anyone is telling him he's off his head. You've got to balance out your bag, going top heavy in the wedge department isn't really going to help in the long run. Learning to be more versatile with the wedges he currently has will help his game.

 

[duncan mackie]

I may be wrong but I had always thought that spin, and to a degree trajectory, were more of a function of how you hit it than what you hit?

Reading some of these threads would seem to suggest that it's actually about how new the club is, and the number printed on it...interesting.

As for 'sharpenning grooves' I can do no more than quote from Appendix II regarding the design of club face markings -

"Grooves must not have sharp edges or raised lips

For clubs that have a loft angle greater than or equal to 25 degrees, groove edges must be substantially in the form of a round ...."

 

[MashieNiblick]

I may be wrong but I had always thought that spin, and to a degree trajectory, were more of a function of how you hit it than what you hit?

Reading some of these threads would seem to suggest that it's actually about how new the club is, and the number printed on it...interesting.

I think it is a bit of both

I recently put a brand new SW in my bag and have to say that I seem to be getting more spin than with the previous one, which was several years old, providing I hit it properly!

I think I read somewhere that Rory McIlroy changes his wedges about every month or so to make sure he always has new grooves as that means he is able to predict the spin better.

 

[Fish]

So if you get a 64, which club are you going to take out of your bag?

I'd lose my 4 iron, it's hardly used other than punching out from behind tree's

I am extremely confident with my wedges and always take full committed shots with them and many players I have gone around with say they wish they could play their 60 degree like mine but they choose to bump & run instead.

I suppose its everyone to their own.

I don't like half-hearted shots and I can really send my 60 degree but when very close to the green or directly behind a bunker with little width of green to work with I want a 64 to flop up vertical and bite immediately taking a full follow through swing.

Its what I'm confident in doing and works for me.

 

[kid2]

For me 3 wedges are plenty... If i do change it Will be for a 58 instead of the 56.
At that id have a pw at 47deg a gw at 52 and the 58 for sand.
A half swing with each of these would take care of the distances that you would take need a 50,56 or 60 for.
I think any more than 3wedges is just sacrificing distance and flexibility at the longer end.

 

[Deleted Member 1156]

What is it with this modern fascination with wedges? 3 wedges are more than enough for any club golfer. I am quite capable of missing ANY green with 3 wedges, why would I want to waste another 1 or 2 clubs in my bag so that I have the option of missing the green with 4 or 5 wedges?

You guys need to spend more time on the practice ground learning to be creative. Or spend time watching footage of Seve around the greens. Learn to open the face, close it, slide it under the ball, punch it, make it run, make it check, full swings, half swings. And also learn to bump and run with a 6 iron if there is no trouble to go over.

Rant over :rant:

 

[DCB]

You guys need to spend more time on the practice ground learning to be creative. Or spend time watching footage of Seve around the greens. Learn to open the face, close it, slide it under the ball, punch it, make it run, make it check, full swings, half swings. And also learn to bump and run with a 6 iron if there is no trouble to go over.

:thup: That's what the game is all about, playing the right shot for the conditions.

 

[Imurg]

What is it with this modern fascination with wedges? 3 wedges are more than enough for any club golfer. I am quite capable of missing ANY green with 3 wedges, why would I want to waste another 1 or 2 clubs in my bag so that I have the option of missing the green with 4 or 5 wedges?

You guys need to spend more time on the practice ground learning to be creative. Or spend time watching footage of Seve around the greens. Learn to open the face, close it, slide it under the ball, punch it, make it run, make it check, full swings, half swings. And also learn to bump and run with a 6 iron if there is no trouble to go over.

Rant over :rant:

Remember - for the majority of golf sets, the PW is really a 9 iron.
So you don't have 4 wedges if you also have a GW, SW, LW combo....

I had 4 (3) wedges until recently. I wasn't missing greens with them, I was using them to get on the green when I'd missed with a long iron or wood.........