Otis32
Active member
So I found a good Black Friday weekend deal on a set of Cleveland CG16's and pulled the trigger. The lofts are stronger on these irons than my current set of TA-7's so I need to re-work my wedges too.
My current wedges are CG14's in 52-degree (gap) and 56-degree (SW). My thoughts are to go 50, 54 & 58. When I look at available sets of CG16's and even the ATV wedges the 54-degree always seems to be the SW.
Must be my lack of short game sophistication but why is the middle wedge in the set the SW and not the 58-degree? That 54 will fill a pretty critical gap for me around the 100-115ish yards area and my distance control with full swings and the sand wedge (bounce?) has not been very consistent.
I know I could probably pick up these clubs in the configuration I want "ala carte" but is there something I'm missing in the short game that makes the 58-degree lob wedge so much more important or versatile than a 58-degree SW?
Is it for "flop" type shots around the green? I honestly seem to score better with standard chips/pitches and living with the extra roll-out.
My current wedges are CG14's in 52-degree (gap) and 56-degree (SW). My thoughts are to go 50, 54 & 58. When I look at available sets of CG16's and even the ATV wedges the 54-degree always seems to be the SW.
Must be my lack of short game sophistication but why is the middle wedge in the set the SW and not the 58-degree? That 54 will fill a pretty critical gap for me around the 100-115ish yards area and my distance control with full swings and the sand wedge (bounce?) has not been very consistent.
I know I could probably pick up these clubs in the configuration I want "ala carte" but is there something I'm missing in the short game that makes the 58-degree lob wedge so much more important or versatile than a 58-degree SW?
Is it for "flop" type shots around the green? I honestly seem to score better with standard chips/pitches and living with the extra roll-out.