Laying Sod ... how embarrassing.
Hi, Freddie and other Members who may assist and who have this issue. I believe this is the second thread I have begun, the first was my intro... but the question is about laying sod over the ball in conditions not ideally suited to your wedge grind and swing.
With Wedges, I have more of a neutral swing, an Edel trapper, or a sweeper/picker - I don't try to retain lag with less than 60 yrd pitches and have a very shallow divot.
In my setups, I have played a 50-08, 56-10, and 60-08 in SM7, with my present setup, the Ping 2.0 Stealth, I have a 56-08 (ES), and 60-10 (SS) both have heel and toe and some trailing edge relief. In other words, we are talking mid-bounce.
I like bounce - have played Miura K Grinds with 11 and 12 deg of bounce, and had success. I sometimes like more bounce than my Titleist fitting above suggests.
The wedges seem to do well in normal dry, tight conditions which was once Texas almost all year round - but lots of rain in 2018 year and winter. So it's tight and soft.
I am throwing sod over the ball, especially with the mid-bounce LWs. When I went to a SM7 60-12, no problem. The SW was okay.
I don't really want to buy 2 different sets of wedges for different conditions, but if one must...
I setup with all weight on the front side on short pitches and chips and vary ball position - from front to back -
Possible Solutions:
I do have a tendency of an in to out swing, and when I think "cut!" the path is more neutral on the full swing with better results.
Could a wandering path be the issue? (probably) More "cut" thinking for a neutral path.
Do I just need to gut it up and include at least one high bounce wedge in the bag, gut it up and surrender creativity to conditions and just move the ball back so I don't lay sod? (probably) or treat everything like a bunker shot and use bounce so club doesn't dig - hmmm ... haven't tried that yet but doesn't seem precise or accurate.
Any feedback is appreciated or shared stories about wedges - especially inside of 50 yards. What should be an easy shot turns into biting a steel shaft, which is a useless outlet for frustration.
Thx.
Hi, Freddie and other Members who may assist and who have this issue. I believe this is the second thread I have begun, the first was my intro... but the question is about laying sod over the ball in conditions not ideally suited to your wedge grind and swing.
With Wedges, I have more of a neutral swing, an Edel trapper, or a sweeper/picker - I don't try to retain lag with less than 60 yrd pitches and have a very shallow divot.
In my setups, I have played a 50-08, 56-10, and 60-08 in SM7, with my present setup, the Ping 2.0 Stealth, I have a 56-08 (ES), and 60-10 (SS) both have heel and toe and some trailing edge relief. In other words, we are talking mid-bounce.
I like bounce - have played Miura K Grinds with 11 and 12 deg of bounce, and had success. I sometimes like more bounce than my Titleist fitting above suggests.
The wedges seem to do well in normal dry, tight conditions which was once Texas almost all year round - but lots of rain in 2018 year and winter. So it's tight and soft.
I am throwing sod over the ball, especially with the mid-bounce LWs. When I went to a SM7 60-12, no problem. The SW was okay.
I don't really want to buy 2 different sets of wedges for different conditions, but if one must...
I setup with all weight on the front side on short pitches and chips and vary ball position - from front to back -
Possible Solutions:
I do have a tendency of an in to out swing, and when I think "cut!" the path is more neutral on the full swing with better results.
Could a wandering path be the issue? (probably) More "cut" thinking for a neutral path.
Do I just need to gut it up and include at least one high bounce wedge in the bag, gut it up and surrender creativity to conditions and just move the ball back so I don't lay sod? (probably) or treat everything like a bunker shot and use bounce so club doesn't dig - hmmm ... haven't tried that yet but doesn't seem precise or accurate.
Any feedback is appreciated or shared stories about wedges - especially inside of 50 yards. What should be an easy shot turns into biting a steel shaft, which is a useless outlet for frustration.
Thx.
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