Time for some new wedges
 

Some new irons are on the menu for this year, but I'm also going to get a couple new wedges. I like my pitching and gap wedges to feel and play like the rest of my irons so those will be part of the set, but I prefer something different for my sand/lob wedges.

I wondered what kind of input the lbg membership could provide before I start shopping. Specifically...

• Any thoughts on 54* vs 56* out of the sand?
• Any comments on bounce? (I was going to go with a high bounce on the 54 or 56 and low bounce on the 60)
• Shaft Flex. Do you use a different shaft flex on your wedges than on the rest of your clubs? If so, why?

Any other comments about your wedge setup or things I ought to try are welcomed!!

I've just had a new set built -I would recommend you read "search for the perfect club"by Tom Wishon.

I have spin milled Vokeys 56* and 60* and use a high bounce on the sand wedge and a low bounce on the lob. They really stop the ball well on the greens. I can use both in the sand, and open/close to alter the bounce as needed. They are great out of all sorts of lies in the rough as well.Cleveland 588's are great, too, and are bargain priced.

I'll do that, thanks.

I've owned Vokeys and 588's and was very happy with each. The spin milled Vokeys and CG12's are high on my list. I've also seen some modified 588's that are interesting. They have been "ported", ground, and the grooves enlarged to the max.

I have owned 3 sets of cleveland wedges ,52,56,&60. in the 588's and CG10's.
I have now found I was playing wedges that were too light for me.I have also gone to a 53 and a 58 so I now carry only 3 instead of 4 ,but i can now hit more shots with my gap wedge now that it is weighted correctly.
Also ,the lofts and lies are correct!:)

I agree with neil, at least for me the CG series was too light and didn't have enough feedback. I found the Vokey's didn't have enough heel relief to allow for creativity, just my personal taste I suppose.

I love my Ping Tour wedges (54 and 58 ), worth considering them if you haven't tried them.

Wedge Grinds and Initials
 

Great comment, Ed. As usual, you're right on!

In fact, almost all 'high-bounce' wedges have the same problem (at least for the 'creative' player who wants to 'open' the blade in tight lie situations).

To solve the problem, every PGA TOUR player I work with grinds the heel of his lob wedge (and sometimes his sand wedge, too). For Titleist players, Mr. Vokey often performs that service personally, just before he stamps their initials on the back of the blade!

8-)

Customizing
 

I suppose we could send our wedges to the Bucket's custom shop for tweaking.......:crybaby: :crybaby:

UPP in nice enough to play today Ohio

I've not tried these but will. Are your's straight off the shelf?

weighting
 

The Wishon book is in the mail. I assume it covers how to determine the proper weighting? If not, could you explain how to find the correct weight?

Thanks to golfgnome I now know I need much flatter than normal clubs, so that will be a mandatory adjustement on the new sticks. When I had my current wedges bent, I had the lofts checked, also; I found it interesting that two of the three were over a degree different than what was stamped on the club.

I'd really like to only carry a couple wedges as you are doing. Have you had any grinding done on either of your wedges? What bounce do you play in the 58?

Thanks