How do you use your wedges?

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Akshay ("Ak" + "Shay")
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I have 4 wedges in my bag:

PW
AW
SW
LW

I use the LW for full-shots, chips and pitches (70-80 yards and inside) and use the rest of the clubs for full shots only. I am curious if I am under-utilizing my other wedges and am curious on how most people use them.
 
Basically what I do, except I use my SW for bunker shots around the greens, and my GW/AW for longer sand shots near the green. But interested in what other people say too


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I carry 5 wedges

60 lob cg14
56 sand rtx2
52 rtx 2
48 gap Wilson c200
42 pitch Wilson c200

I pretty much do the same thing you are doing and use my 60 for just about all my chips, pitches and shots under 80. The rest of my wedges are full shots or mostly full shots (I've been trying to remember to take more club out of the rough and swing easier). Every once in a while I'll use a gap for a bump and run but I've gotten very comfortable with my lob wedge around the green.


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Full and partial swing pw, gw, sw.
Partial swing lw.
Chip and pitch with all wedges
 
5 wedges:
set pw
set aw
50
54
58

full swing all wedges. 54 out of the sand. Chip and pitch with 54 and 58. Bump and run with others.
 
I carry a PW, AW, 54 & 60. I use each wedge for full swings, partials, bump & runs, pitches, knock down shots, basically anything I can dream up to get myself out of the trouble I've gotten myself into.


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I use all 4 of them pretty poorly.


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All full swing and use 54 and 58 for partial swings. Use all around the green as well. Try to set up as many full swing 54 and 58 as possible during the round as those are my $ shots.
 
My PW and 50* get used mostly for full shots.
54* is my sand and general chipping and pitching club, and also gets some full swing use.
60* is exclusively a chipping and pitching club for shots where I need extra spin.

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Pw
AW
SW
LW

Try to full swing with them all as much as possible as my "partial swings" end up going long
 
Set PW and AW, 54 and 58. The 58 is still a new club for me, so I use it only for full shots. I use the 54 for partials between 65 (full LW) and 40 or so, then my AW between 40 and 15. From 15 in I will chip and run with any iron in the bag, depending on how much green I have to work with. For me, an 8 runs as far as it flies.
 
PW mostly full swing or 3/4 swings. 50-54-58 will all be used anywhere from full shots to chipping depending on the situation.
 
4 Wedges, previously PW/AW/SW were all set wedges, but now set PW and GW, 54* & 58*. Full shots for all, but not very often with the 58* anymore. Partial shots for all, chips with the PW but might start using GW instead. Most pitch shots are with the 58*.

Why do you feel like you are missing out? Are there shots you aren't comfortable hitting when you get on the course?
 
4 Wedges, previously PW/AW/SW were all set wedges, but now set PW and GW, 54* & 58*. Full shots for all, but not very often with the 58* anymore. Partial shots for all, chips with the PW but might start using GW instead. Most pitch shots are with the 58*.

Why do you feel like you are missing out? Are there shots you aren't comfortable hitting when you get on the course?

Actually that is what I am looking at doing too. Swapping out my set (Ping G30) SW (54) and LW (58) wedges with a MD3 56 S grind and 60 W grind.
 
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 don't do full swings with any of my wedges.
 
I currently have a PW, AW, and 56 degree wedge. At some point I want to go with a 60, 56, 52 and PW.

I use the PW, AW for full swings almost exclusively.
PW is used for 130-115 yards
AW is used for 115-90 yards
56 is used for 90 yards and under.

I've also recently began experimenting with a 9 iron bump and run from the fringe.
 
I carry 5 wedges 48-50-52-56-58. I have no set yardage for each wedge, just what I want it to do. I know that I can't hit a 58* 100 yards but if I want lets say a hi 50 yard shot I will pull it out, or if I want a medium 50 yard shot I will choke down on my 56* etc. Knowing what I can hit my wedges I can get creative in the type of shot I want to pull out.
 
I don't know why/when the name "wedge" made it as though they are all something special. I mean the SW of course has its special intent and even the LW has its special place as well I understand. While we may vary their use in different ways they still do have their special intent.
But PW and AW (or some sets may call it GW)? imo are for the most part just extensions of ones iron sets. Nowadays the PW is basically the old 9iron and the AW (or GW) is what the old PW use to be before it moved to the 9iron spot. I mean the old 9i was never special and yet now that it has a PW on it instead of a "9" it becomes special? Honestly I simply see them as a gap step among the set of irons. 8,9,P,AorG, in accordance with gap steps. Imo full swings, partial, whatever else but just like any other iron. Just not imo somehow special becayse they carry a "W" in the name. Can call them A.B,C imo or 10, 11,12 irons whatever. Just sayin :)
 
I don't know why/when the name "wedge" made it as though they are all something special. I mean the SW of course has its special intent and even the LW has its special place as well I understand. While we may vary their use in different ways they still do have their special intent.
But PW and AW (or some sets may call it GW)? imo are for the most part just extensions of ones iron sets. Nowadays the PW is basically the old 9iron and the AW (or GW) is what the old PW use to be before it moved to the 9iron spot. I mean the old 9i was never special and yet now that it has a PW on it instead of a "9" it becomes special? Honestly I simply see them as a gap step among the set of irons. 8,9,P,AorG, in accordance with gap steps. Imo full swings, partial, whatever else but just like any other iron. Just not imo somehow special becayse they carry a "W" in the name. Can call them A.B,C imo or 10, 11,12 irons whatever. Just sayin :)

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.
 
I hit my PW full, but I hit my GW, SW and LW from a variety of distances based on what the shot demands. Sometimes I need to knock down a GW and sometimes I want to hit it in high and full.

I use my LW pretty exclusively out of greenside sand traps though.
 
Now I carry 5 wedges;
PW 49. 165
54 TM RAC. 150
54 Callaway MD Forged. 135
58 Cleveland Smartsole. 125
64 Callaway PM Grind. 100
I had only planned to carry 4 but my 2 54 wedges carry completely different distances!
I rarely play anything below the 54's on full swings unless I need to go over a tree or something.
Pw and first 54 are only for full swings, 64 is bunkers and the other two serve for any chips or pitches from 100 in.
If I'm on bare ground then I generally use a 7 iron to roll it.


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I carry 45/50/56/60.
I use each depending on what im trying to achieve. 95% of the time its the 60* out of bunkers.
 
I carry PW (47*), GW (52*), SW (56*), LW (60*). I use my LW for most of my chipping needs but on occasion depending on the distance I'll use a lower lofted wedge. PW is exclusively full shots but GW and SW are used at times to hit lower shots that I want to spin and stop

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My PW is 100% a full swing club. I try for my GW to be good from 80-100 yards, but most of my 50-85 yard shots are done with my 54. Everything between 50 and in is lie dependent and will either be a 54 or my 60, which is more and more becoming my work horse.
 
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