Bridgestone Black Wedge Range Session

JB said:

So amollerud and myself had a chance to take these over to the range this morning. Everybody at the club was drooling over the looks. Our first thoughts are pretty simple. We really liked them. Neither of us had played Bridgestone wedges before and were loving the feel that they provided. He had some trouble with the high bounce options that are available, but said the same thing that I did, "the results do not lie". We were both hitting these really well.

Josh, thanks for the info on your first impression of the wedges. I wanted to clarify Bridgestone's thoughts on the high bounce options. You may have seen recently in Golfweek where Bob Vokey talked about bounce being the amateur golfer's friend, and that high bounce is important especially for approach shots from the fairway. Bridgestone subscribes to this belief as well, and has since the inception of the first WC Design wedges 2 years ago. But Bridgestone also knows that not every wedge shot is played as a fairway approach, so to allow for less bounce when needed, Bridgestone has designed its WC Wedges with Variable Bounce Technology. This means that when around the greens, players have the option of hooding or opening up the club face to use less bounce by hitting the shot using more of the heel or toe. The VBT technology in Bridgestone wedges is designed to be gradual, so you don't see drastic changes from one zone of the club to the other, like some of the other products on the market in which the bounce changes are more drastic. The reason for this is that Bridgestone believes their method offers more consistency and less likelihood of mis hitting the desired shot. You guys can decide for yourself if it works, but most players I talk with a really happy with the wedges around the green as well as from the fairway.

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