luckydutch
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I picked up golf in the middle of this year and fell in love with it. I've been obsessively practicing and taking lessons every chance I get and now that I've made some progress, I've decided to treat myself to a new set of irons as the old inherited set I play with are too short for me.
I'm going for the PXG 0211 DC irons (https://www.pxg.com/en-gb/clubs/irons/0211) in 5 through to GW. That GW is only 48 degrees though so it occurs to me that I need to think about what I want to do with wedges next.
I've only got a 54 sand wedge in this old iron set right now and truthfully, I'm not at the point yet when I would reliably know when to chip with a 50/52 vs a Sand wedge vs a Lob Wedge. Until now, the choice has generally been bump-and-run or a sand wedge chip.
Now that I'm assembling a proper set of clubs, should I be looking at buying more than one wedge? The Kirkland (Costco) wedge set looks good value and is well-reviewed. Alternatively, should I invest in just one good chipping wedge for now and look to buy the other wedges later when I've had some lessons specifically on chipping? If I do the latter, how will I learn to use the other wedges in a lesson if I don't yet have one?
I definitely cannot justify dropping £450 on three Vokeys, at least not all at once. So it'd be useful to get some guidance on how best to build that part of my bag.
I'm going for the PXG 0211 DC irons (https://www.pxg.com/en-gb/clubs/irons/0211) in 5 through to GW. That GW is only 48 degrees though so it occurs to me that I need to think about what I want to do with wedges next.
I've only got a 54 sand wedge in this old iron set right now and truthfully, I'm not at the point yet when I would reliably know when to chip with a 50/52 vs a Sand wedge vs a Lob Wedge. Until now, the choice has generally been bump-and-run or a sand wedge chip.
Now that I'm assembling a proper set of clubs, should I be looking at buying more than one wedge? The Kirkland (Costco) wedge set looks good value and is well-reviewed. Alternatively, should I invest in just one good chipping wedge for now and look to buy the other wedges later when I've had some lessons specifically on chipping? If I do the latter, how will I learn to use the other wedges in a lesson if I don't yet have one?
I definitely cannot justify dropping £450 on three Vokeys, at least not all at once. So it'd be useful to get some guidance on how best to build that part of my bag.