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Wedge Setup and Why?

SuperStroke
I have recently made a change to my wedge setup from a 50*, 56*, and 60* to what I feel is a better set up for me. I went to a 50*, 54*, and 58*, which in my open got me away from taking full swings with my wedges. Since that change my short game has been significantly improved.
 
JB said:
This one is not about brands really, but in recent surveying, we noticed something. Most golfers are going with a 52, 56, and 60 degree wedge. Those that carry 3 wedges anyway. However most of the newer sets are seeing PW's more strong lofted.

I have been noticing a gap between my 52* and my PW, so I am thinking of changing up to a 50*, 54*, and 58* to lessen the gap being that my PW is 46*.

What is your wedge setup and do you fill all the gaps that you need to?
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this is something i may need to address as well, like you i have a stronger lofted pw. I currently play rotex 52*/56* both with 10*bounce... the gap between my rocketbladez pw to 52* is large and becomes a problem in the 105-115 range... which es no bueno.

The rocketbladez aw is 50* and great!... but it puts me over my 14 club limit... and then there would be a huge gap between the aw and the sw... (if i threw out the 52*...

I finally have the top end of my bag figure out... but i think i'm making a huge mistake slighting myself in the wedges...
 
To me, less is more. I use my 42° Smart Sole C wedge and my 58° Smart Sole S wedge for all of my wedge needs. Despite the gap in lofts, the C is so versatile that it does everything I need that can allow for a little roll out. From green side chips to full swings from 100y out with one club, from any lie (including a tee box). The S is for the shots 55y and in that do not allow for much rollout if any. Short sided lies or tucked in pins that I have to go at or a carry over trouble to the green.

I have a PW, but that is only for full shots in the 110-120y range.

I have seen people I play with get lost in all the choices they carry with 4 or more wedges, and they never have any of them really mastered. I think the everyday hacker would be far better suited to just find two clubs they can really focus on, then add more options in after having that foundation laid.
 
I play 50, 54, 58 because it fills the full swing yardage gaps for my irons.
 
I've completely changed my wedges now that I have experiences success with the set GW. Right now what I have in the bag are the set PW (45.5*), GW (50.5*), 56* and 60*. Still considering dropping the 60* and my 52* is being tossed in and out of the bag as I decide on what works best.
 
Yea i'm trying to figure this out now to. Right now I'm at 44pw 49gw 56 then 60. #thpmc I'm thinking 44, 48, 52, 56/58??? Want a 60 for the sand since I use that now but I'm thinking a 56 58 will work fine. Hopefully tonight I'll really find out what I need.
 
coers said:
Yea i'm trying to figure this out now to. Right now I'm at 44pw 49gw 56 then 60. #thpmc I'm thinking 44, 48, 52, 56/58??? Want a 60 for the sand since I use that now but I'm thinking a 56 58 will work fine. Hopefully tonight I'll really find out what I need.
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why not just go 60 instead of 58?
 
I'm going 4° gaps like always. They will serve me well*
 
mikedean441 said:
Bumping an old thread to talk wedge setups.

Historically Ive played 50/54/58
The last few months Ive played 52/56/60

What Ive noticed.

In the first setup I loved using my 54* from everywhere along with the 58* and then the 50 was hardly ever used.

In the 2nd setup pretty much the same thing happened, Im in LOVE with my PW and would rather hit a 3/4 of it than a full swing 52*

So Im pondering a setup that due to PW loft will give me an extra club to ponder on the other end of the bag.

thinking 49/53/57...with bounce gradually decreasing.

Anyone have any experience with this kind of setup or have any thoughts?
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Yeah this is the setup I play with, PW at 48 then a 53 and then 57, I do have a 60 if I need it for a certain course, but I play driver three wood and 2 hybrids instead. Those lofts on wedges do work well for me, great yardages hit from them all
 
mikedean441 said:
why not just go 60 instead of 58?
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you think a 8* jump will be good. say I play with my 56* all over the place now basically 75 and in.
 
coers said:
you think a 8* jump will be good. say I play with my 56* all over the place now basically 75 and in.
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my bad I misread it, I thought you were going 48/52/56 and then 60 as well
 
Like a few others, I dropped a wedge recently. My set PW is 45 degrees to a 135 yardage, and I play a bent ATV to 50 for about a 122 full carry and a bent ATV to 55 for a 110 carry. I dropped the 60 in favor of carrying a 3 iron and a 5 wood. I just didn't use the 60 hardly ever and the ATV grind can be flipped open and scoot under a ball so easily that the 55 can mimic the 60 in nearly all situations and I use it for almost everything short. My last round I hit the PW twice, the gap wedge twice and the 55 thirteen times.
 
sign me up for 50/54/58. I love my 50 from 100 to 105 on full swings (its money) the other two or more specialty. When I leave an odd distance say 50 yards I have dialed in 58* so well. I use my 50* around the greens a ton for bump and runs as I get just a bit more bite than my PW. I will also use my 58* around the green as well with forced carries like bunkers as such. I only use my 54* from the sand and I find for some reason i tend to decel on chips around the green with it.
 
I currently have my wedges as PW 45 - AW 50 - SW 56 - LW 58.

As I type it I feel like it makes no sense though

PW - 150
AW - 125-130
SW - 100
LW 75

Those are all full swing distances. Thinking about switching out the AW that came with my irons to a more tradtional style wedge at 50* and also a new SW at 54*. I use my 58 around the greens and for short shots, but I almost never hit a full shot with it.
 
When i talked to my fitter, we talked about the pitching wedge gap, and we settled on a 52* bent to a 51, then a 56* and finally a 60*. i love it. the set up fits perfect to what i needed.
 
Thats great Ricky. Always nice to have something dialed in.
 
I'm going back to a true one wedge setup.

With my old irons (original AMP's) I used the GW for full swings, and was pretty darned deadly with it. It was my 110 club, so if I needed to lay up, I made the effort to do it to that yardage.

After getting the Apex irons, I got the set GW and went with 54° and 58° wedges in the Callaway dark chrome. After being able to try out an Apex SW..... well. it's in the bag now. I do like full swings with the set GW and SW, and have always practiced with a 58°-60° around the greens. So I am very comfortable with this setup, and I think it leaves me a lot less room for error. Which is my goal around the greens; to minimize errors that cost me strokes.

It's not what the better players do as far as my wedge setup..... but I'm not one of them either. :D
 
It is written. ..49/53/57
 
I use a four wedge system - I25 PW 46*, then Ping Tour 50/54/58*. The distances are 128/118/110/95. Thinking about tweaking the 54 to 55 and the 58 to 59. I had the 54 and 58 adjusted to heel grinds, stock 50 sole. I moved from a 52/56/60 combo, and seemed to be more consistent w the 60 out of the sand. Not sure if it is because of the current 58 heel grind.
I also miss not having a 100 yard, go-to club, but I am just spinning the heck out of the 54, so the results are pretty close.
 
I play 50,54 and 58 because of the strong pw I have. I love it because Im used to it
 
47° PW, 52° Gap, 57° Sand. I'm fairly good at distance control and this 5° gapping gives me plenty of options from anywhere inside 120 yards.
 
I was in PGASS the other day and had a chat with the club builder. He looked at me like I was crazy when I said I use a 48/54/60 setup, as if I was leaving sure strokes on the course by not going 48/52/56/60.

Nevermind that Zach Johnson and Steve Stricker, 2 of the best wedge players in the game, go 48/54/60.
 
Pitching Iron, gap wedge (52), and two sand wedges. One ground down Wilson for hard ground, wet traps, flop shots, and more and a Ping Zing 2 for medium to soft ground and dry sand.
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My wedge set up is PW 47° (AP2 712) - 54°(11) - 60°(04). My opinion, according to my game and the course I play, is that yardage gap for wedge is irrelevant.

The most important for me is to have a wedge setup that fits to the course you usually play, possible lie conditions, and so on. I'm a big advocate of half swing, chocking down, etc. For instance, for a 100 m shot, I can use anything from 8i to 54°, according to lie, pin position, wind, etc.

Then, having a "sandwege" around 55° with decent bounce AND lobwedge with low bounce is the perfect combination. Another example, I'm able to make flop shot either with 54° or 60°, depending on the lie.

On top of this, my course is pretty long from the back tees (6'240m / around 6'850 yds) and I have to carry both 3i and 4i.

If I ever switch to Cally Apex as I think, I will probably reconsider my wedge setup a little bit but I don't think I'll go for a 4 wedges setup.

But once again, that's really personnal...
 
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