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CG16 64 degree ???

• bearclaw27 553 Posts

  Mon, Apr 23 2012 7:19 PM

  Anybody got a primer or some helpful info on how to effectively use this wedge..?

  I recently bought it, and I love using it around the green (especially the pitch shot), but I am having a hard time getting a feel for the amount of spin to employ when hitting a full shot..

  It seems that knowing the slope of each green is imperative when using this puppy ...

• sardono 114 Posts

  Mon, Apr 23 2012 7:31 PM

  No spin 90% of the time, top spin 9.9%.

  Backspin .1%.

  lol

• hpurey 11,505 Posts

  Mon, Apr 23 2012 8:04 PM

  sardono:

  No spin 90% of the time, top spin 9.9%.

  Backspin .1%.

  LOL  this^^^^

• mkg335 5,491 Posts

  Mon, Apr 23 2012 8:15 PM

  It's true, use full backspin with that club and your ball will end somewhere in the 20th century. 

  Backspin with pitch and flop can be very useful, stopping the ball in otherwise impossible places...but backspin with a full shot is like throwing a boomerang.

  edit:  Almost forgot, don't forget the punch, also very useful.  The Clevelands are really nice.

• bearclaw27 553 Posts

  Mon, Apr 23 2012 9:05 PM

  mkg335:

  It's true, use full backspin with that club and your ball will end somewhere in the 20th century. 

  lol... yea

  I'm starting to figure that out, yet it is still very hard to resist the Hollywood effect of a shot that spins backwards 30 feet, and goes in the hole...

   

• kmarline21 442 Posts

  Mon, Apr 23 2012 9:15 PM

  I almost never use BS with Cleveland's except when I flop then use full BS unless the shot is a bit out of range like a yard or 2 then i will use top spin once you get used to them wedges you will love them you can make some awesome shots they are dead on once you learn to control them i had the pings they were good but not like the Cleveland's   good luck

• mkg335 5,491 Posts

  Mon, Apr 23 2012 9:25 PM

  bearclaw27:

  mkg335:

  It's true, use full backspin with that club and your ball will end somewhere in the 20th century. 

  lol... yea

  I'm starting to figure that out, yet it is still very hard to resist the Hollywood effect of a shot that spins backwards 30 feet, and goes in the hole...

   

  Har!  Indeed, very tempting.

• labordayk 389 Posts

  Tue, Apr 24 2012 12:40 PM

  I use full BS on Chips, Pitches, and Flops.

  Punches are little trickier.  I use full BS 40 or below, usually none above 45, but between 40 and 45 it varies.

  Full shots and hard punches, even out of the rough, I put none, a little BS or TS depending on wind, slope, and yardage.

  Headwinds and Crosswinds can still cause spin with no spin or even top spin, so make sure to account for that.

• skccvb 799 Posts

  Tue, Apr 24 2012 1:02 PM

  You have about all the advice you need in this thread to use the CG64 properly- especially note the very judicious (almost never) backspin on a full shot. Once in a blue moon, it can be FUN (especially in a multi player game) to take the RISK of back-spinning a full shot that plays about 50 ish yards, have it go past the hole and come back - but it is a whole lot easier and more predictable to just punch it right at the target.

  This is the most valuable club in your bag - especially learn the pitch shot and its distances with backspin - you can make some 'wow' shots around the green with that one (about 17 yds).  6 yard chip shot (full backspin) will either be in, or next to the hole. Look to these first (with other CG wedges), then consider a flop - which will be about a 20 yarder with full shot, also can be useful out of bunker with no green to work with. The more skilled you get with these clubs, the more 'saves' you will make...and if within 40-65 yards of the green, birdie awaits...should get it within 5-10 feet or closer- no backspin required; also will spin a bit in the direction of the wind, keep that in mind.