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sand wedge

• tazman42 53 Posts

  Tue, Sep 10 2013 10:29 PM

  Is there any advantage to keeping your san wedge in this game?

• alosso 21,094 Posts

  Wed, Sep 11 2013 11:17 AM

  Certainly: Two or three good equidistant (tm Courteney) wedges are key to a good short game and low scores. Alas, having two SWs like you do is a waste of slots.

  For you, it might be a good investment to buy two short lvl 38+ Ping or ATV wedges to replace all the wedges in your bag. Then, look at the gap between them and you PW. If it seems too big, you might want to buy a third wedge if necessary. Otherways, wait until you buy better irons and check the gap again.

• hatcojack 410 Posts

  Wed, Sep 11 2013 11:39 AM

  your pw is 110, so i would recommend 3 good wedges of 60yds, 80 yds, 100yds(or therabout) that will cover all the yardages very well. suggest the higher level pings or Z satin. or DEF cleveland if you want to spend the $$$$.  lol

• tazman42 53 Posts

  Wed, Sep 11 2013 5:16 PM

  I am confused. It says I only have 1 sand wedge along with a pitching edge a 54 and 60 wedge and i cant find any sand wedges to upgrade to. Under the wedges everything is just listed as different loft angles

• Chinajohn 1,190 Posts

  Wed, Sep 11 2013 6:36 PM

  I would definitely go for three wedges in addition to your PW as has been said, but further, I would get three of the same brand. The top two are the Clevelands and ATVs. Although the mid level ones are nowhere near as good as the higher level ones.

  The reason for sticking to the same brand is the two top brands (ATV and Cleveland) play very differently, the Clevelands (my fave and just about the most popular) have massive amounts of spin which means they stop dead without any additional spin but it also means the backspin can be VERY difficult to control (most of us just don't use any), but the ATVs are supposed to be more forgiving, have a slower meter, but not as much spin but still enough to stop them dead when using backspin.

• alosso 21,094 Posts

  Thu, Sep 12 2013 9:05 AM

  tazman42:

  I am confused. It says I only have 1 sand wedge along with a pitching edge a 54 and 60 wedge and i cant find any sand wedges to upgrade to. Under the wedges everything is just listed as different loft angles

  You have a Starter SW and a 54° pink SW, and I assume their nominal distance is similar or equal (70 and ... yds).

  For the game it's not the loft which is important but the yardage. You'll want a more or less regular spacing, e.g. 60 - 80 (- 100) or 50 - 75 (-100) yds. They are named by their lofts but with varying yardage - take care!

• jsweetcr 1,209 Posts

  Thu, Sep 12 2013 9:50 AM

  tazman42:

  I am confused. It says I only have 1 sand wedge along with a pitching edge a 54 and 60 wedge and i cant find any sand wedges to upgrade to. Under the wedges everything is just listed as different loft angles

   

  After the starter club wedge they are not listed as SW or LW. They are listed by loft but any of the wedges from 52 -64 will also function in the sand. What everyone is saying is, it is not so important the name of the wedge or its loft but that you look at the rated yardages that they go and try and get 3 that are evenly space that fit with your current irons or fit with irons you believe you will be getting in the future.

  So I heard your PW goes 110, so you might want to get wedges that go 90 75 and 50 or 60 80 and 100.

  To reiterate tho, the new wedges you will be buying in the pro shop are not named sand wedge or lob wedge: only 52 wedge 54 wedge 56 wedge 58 wedge 60 wedge 64 wedge, but effectively all of them are either sand wedges or lob wedges, although some might be called gap wedges but that is a whole different thing.  Just buy the wedges that look good to you and fit your game based on attributes and what other players have said about them