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How do you use your wedges?

SuperStroke
PW is usually a full swing club but I will take some off depending on the shot as well.

50- partial swing rarely full

54- partial swings and chips

58- sand and chips

I really try not to hit my wedges full out I feel there is much less control doing so and my scores would agree when I made that mental change my scores dropped a good bit.

I really don't chip all that much with the 58 either I think the margin for error is far to high with it and you need to be so precise to execute the correct shot.

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I carry pw, 50,55 & 60 degree wedges.
All I can hit full swing
50 is full swing and 97% of greenside chips and pitches
55 is full swing and choked down 1/2-3/4 swing for shots less than 100 yards
60 is full swing and primarily my greenside bunker club or my high lofted flop club.


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I go set PW, old set GW, 54, 60. I hit full and partial with all, but hardly ever touch my 60. 54 for most chipping and pitching.

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4 wedges in the bag - PW, 50, 54 and 58. Use them all for full shots and partial shots. I use them all for chips around the green depending on how I am trying/hoping to get the ball to the pin.
 
I play PW, 48, 52 and 56. I'll use the PW and 48 mostly for full shots. The 52 is by far my most versatile club in the bag, I'll use it for everything. Full shots, partial shots, low, high and chipping around the green. The 56 is used mostly around the green and 50 yards and in. Very rarely does that get used for full shots.
 
Im curious what degree of bounce do you people have for your Lob Wedges say 58,60 and higher. I actually forget at the moment but I believe mine is either 8 or 10 so that would be mid I assume.
 
My current set up is:

PW - Full shots
AW - Full shots and pitches
54* - Partial shots, chips and pitches
60* - Chips and pitches
 
They are all capable of full swings and lower. However, most often

PW - full and partial swings. Can't think of a time I've ever used it on a pitch.
50* - full, partial, pitch, and even the occasional chip.
54* - full, partial, pitch, and even the occasional chip.
58* - full partial, pitch, and even the occasional chip.

I don't do bunkers.

~Rock
 
I carry 4 wedges

Set PW (Mizuno JPX 850) - Full shots
RTX 2.0 52 - Full shots
RTX 2.0 56 - Full and partial shots
RTX 2.0 60 - Everything under 50 yards
 
58* I use out of the sand or a green side chip that I need no roll out. Full swing 80 yard full swings.
54* I use mostly for chipping and full swing 90 yard swings.
50* Chipping that I need more roll out and 100 yard full swings.
 
EaglevsFalcon said:
I carry s 48, 52, and 58 and I hit chips and pitches with all of them, but I don't full swing any of them. I'd rather hit a controlled 3/4 48° than take a full swing with a 52°.

I also use my 8 iron a lot for chipping longer runs.
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I have almost the same Wedge setup and just carry 3 as well. I will bump and run every chance I get with the PW. Highest lofted wedge only comes out if I have to hit over something. The middle wedge is for full swings usually right around 100 yards or so.
 
4 wedges for me, PW, GW, SW, & LW.

I like to keep to full swings whenever possible especially PW and GW, but I will play a partial swing with whatever wedge when the shot calls for it. My SW is my workhorse, and I really only use the LW when I have to go over a bunker, or I'm short sided greenside.
 
I know the yardages for all my wedges (49/53/57/60) with 1/2, 3/4, and full swings. For any shot inside 125 I will decide which shot will suit the situation best depending on carry/spin needed.

Front pin tucked behind a bunker 115 away - full swing 53.
Back pin 100 away with lots of green to work with - 3/4 53.
 
fistfullofbeer said:
I honestly tend to agree with you. With the way clubs are lofted now, the new PW is similar to the old 9I. The AW is questionable because seems like quite a people use them on partial swings. I absolutely agree that the SW and LW are more unique cases. Main reason I am looking for a 'specialist' SW and LW to replace my stock Iron set (Ping G30) ones. I would like wedges that can offer me more control around the greens and I think the wedges with most standard Iron sets will not give you that. I am not even close to being an expert with golf equipment but the certainly appears to be the case to me.
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The only real reason an AW may be used a bit more on partials is because I think is just a natural progression as for the closer we get to the pin the more we tend to partial our shots if need be. But just the same we also partial 7 or 8 irons or whatever when/if between clubs and the situation calls for it so it still not really imo all that different. But I would ask why wouldn't a set pw, aw, sw be any less or more capable vs any other non set wedges? I do understand some people have specifics with their wedges as for bounce. feel, etc.. but that's not to say there is anything at all wrong or incapable with match iron set pw's and aw's and also sw's as well as lw's which also have been known to come as a set piece. Other than personal preference they should be 100% legit to do their job.
 
I happen to think if you are playing mostly full shots with your wedges then you are leaving a great deal in the bag. Wedges are for scoring and I know very few weekend golfers that are accurate using full shots. What happens if you have a partial yardage? Are you guessing how far you have swing to get to that yardage? It's a rare occasion that I hit a full wedge during a round
 
PW and GW I hit full or 3/4. 54 I hit partial and it does 95% of my chipping, 58 is only used when little green to work with.


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Tadashi70 said:
I happen to think if you are playing mostly full shots with your wedges then you are leaving a great deal in the bag. Wedges are for scoring and I know very few weekend golfers that are accurate using full shots. What happens if you have a partial yardage? Are you guessing how far you have swing to get to that yardage? It's a rare occasion that I hit a full wedge during a round
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My instructor told me in my last session he wants me to not game full swings with wedges. We didn't get to talk much about it as it came up,at the end of the session as something we are going to work on in upcoming sessions. This makes me feel mor comfortable about his train of thought
 
Tadashi70 said:
I happen to think if you are playing mostly full shots with your wedges then you are leaving a great deal in the bag. Wedges are for scoring and I know very few weekend golfers that are accurate using full shots. What happens if you have a partial yardage? Are you guessing how far you have swing to get to that yardage? It's a rare occasion that I hit a full wedge during a round
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I agree with this but as a weekend warrior I feel most comfortable with full shots, so that's what I play. Otherwise I'm guessing how much of a shot I need. Only way to fix it is to have the time to put in the practice. Usually my GIR leave longer putts than desired.


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Tadashi70 said:
I happen to think if you are playing mostly full shots with your wedges then you are leaving a great deal in the bag. Wedges are for scoring and I know very few weekend golfers that are accurate using full shots. What happens if you have a partial yardage? Are you guessing how far you have swing to get to that yardage? It's a rare occasion that I hit a full wedge during a round
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I'm quickly coming around to this line of thinking. I've been pretty much hitting a knockdown with everything shorter than 9i lately, and it seems to be helping my accuracy significantly (although I've still got some work to do).
 
Trmpt98 said:
I agree with this but as a weekend warrior I feel most comfortable with full shots, so that's what I play. Otherwise I'm guessing how much of a shot I need. Only way to fix it is to have the time to put in the practice. Usually my GIR leave longer putts than desired.


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So practice, it literally takes 10-15 minutes before a round to halfway dial in some numbers. You have nothing to lose since you are already left with long putts. It's also simple math. If you 56* travel 100 on a full swing. It should travel 80 on a 3/4 and 60 on half (just using numbers) choke down an inch and make a full swing and you'll lose maybe 7 yards. At some point the comfort zone needs to blown up in order to improve.
 
SkiBumGolfer said:
I'm quickly coming around to this line of thinking. I've been pretty much hitting a knockdown with everything shorter than 9i lately, and it seems to be helping my accuracy significantly (although I've still got some work to do).
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It takes work but it can be done on the course of a few rounds to get dialed in. Next time out commit to 3/4 swings with 9i and lower. Play for the release on back pins and be a bit long on short pins. This will get you dialed in.
 
Tadashi70 said:
So practice, it literally takes 10-15 minutes before a round to halfway dial in some numbers. You have nothing to lose since you are already left with long putts. It's also simple math. If you 56* travel 100 on a full swing. It should travel 80 on a 3/4 and 60 on half (just using numbers) choke down an inch and make a full swing and you'll lose maybe 7 yards. At some point the comfort zone needs to blown up in order to improve.
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I'll give it a shot, unfortunately the course I typically play only has a net for practice facilities. I will be blowing my comfort zone very soon as I have signed up for my first ever set of lessons. That choking down an inch is nice to know. I see alot of people here with only 4 wedges and bigger gaps. I kept mine all at 4 degrees of difference (mainly because I thought I was upgrading my gap wedge at 52 degrees and found out it was in fact 48 degrees in my set).
 
Tadashi70 said:
So practice, it literally takes 10-15 minutes before a round to halfway dial in some numbers. You have nothing to lose since you are already left with long putts. It's also simple math. If you 56* travel 100 on a full swing. It should travel 80 on a 3/4 and 60 on half (just using numbers) choke down an inch and make a full swing and you'll lose maybe 7 yards. At some point the comfort zone needs to blown up in order to improve.
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This is something I've worked on this year and it's been huge for my game. It's opened up so many options that I didn't have before and had made me better from 100 and in.

On average I play once a week and get a range session maybe every other week so I don't spend a ton of time practicing either. If you just dedicate a little practice you can start picking it up pretty quickly. Actually a lot of it was dropping a second ball while on the course and trying different shots.
 
Tadashi70 said:
So practice, it literally takes 10-15 minutes before a round to halfway dial in some numbers. You have nothing to lose since you are already left with long putts. It's also simple math. If you 56* travel 100 on a full swing. It should travel 80 on a 3/4 and 60 on half (just using numbers) choke down an inch and make a full swing and you'll lose maybe 7 yards. At some point the comfort zone needs to blown up in order to improve.
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I totally get what you are saying. Infact, this is what I want to be able to do. But you have understand that for weekend warriors, figuring out if my half-swing is actually a half-swing or not is a lot harder than just have distances dialed down with the full-swing and have clubs for different distances with those full swings. To me the full-swing is a lot more consistently repeatable than a half or three-quarter swing.
 
KEV said:
This is something I've worked on this year and it's been huge for my game. It's opened up so many options that I didn't have before and had made me better from 100 and in.

On average I play once a week and get a range session maybe every other week so I don't spend a ton of time practicing either. If you just dedicate a little practice you can start picking it up pretty quickly. Actually a lot of it was dropping a second ball while on the course and trying different shots.
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I spent all of 2016 playing half and 3/4 wedges. Inside 80 I was playing partial 54*. 110-80 partial 50*. 135-110 partial pw.

In 2017 I changed to PW, 48, 52 and 56 wedges. Still playing 3/4 shots but added the 48 to close that gap in had in 2016. My hdcp moved 2 points both ways while doing this in 2016.
 
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