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Cleveland wedges: personal experiences

Tue, Sep 20 2011 9:36 AM (18 replies)
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  • Boomerboy44
    1,514 Posts
    Wed, Sep 14 2011 8:04 AM

    A bit off backspin helps but it does shorten the shot. you really have to play around with these clubs awhile to get the feel of what each club does. After you learn these clubs you will be sticking approach shots close to the pin,  if you can hit the ding.  Good Luck.

  • TonyTurbo78
    340 Posts
    Wed, Sep 14 2011 1:22 PM

    ahhhh the punch shot...my fav shot type, so deadly with the satins from 40yds all the way up to the PW punch at around 105.  The punch really bridges the gap beautifully if the full shot doesnt look good.  Im in no mood to purchase the clevelands, I dont like the look of all that spin and of course the price is outrageous.  Z satins all the way :)

  • YankeeJim
    25,827 Posts
    Wed, Sep 14 2011 5:20 PM

    pillsy:
    the 2.0 irons are new to me, so i need to practice a bit more, but it seems like the 108 punch doesn't really stick that well.  the couple times i tried it hit the green & took off.  am i wrong, or was that not normal?

    I use the Callaway s ball and that shot is very consistent. You can use spin to augment that 108 quite effectively. I've never tried it with anything other than Tour-SDs and the Callaways. 

  • SHRUDE
    5,835 Posts
    Wed, Sep 14 2011 8:33 PM

    Luv my Clevo's backed off the Callaways though and use Srixons for more control.

     

  • Teedaawg
    276 Posts
    Wed, Sep 14 2011 8:59 PM

    Well i must say, it really does pay to check these forums!!! I was having the same issues with that 54* (115y) Cleveland wedge...just got the 56* and am loving it already, especially with the PW punch to fill the gap...very useful, thanks for the tips gents!!!

    Tee

  • Kinga
    237 Posts
    Thu, Sep 15 2011 11:43 PM

    TY YankeeJim,

    I will never forget the round I played with you when you introduced the punch shot approach to me.

    Invaluable!

  • txfisherman
    713 Posts
    Sat, Sep 17 2011 12:46 PM

    Amazing.......I just read this post and have the same 3 wedges for the same reasons.  Thanks for the post on confirming my choices of wedges.

  • DarSum
    1,440 Posts
    Tue, Sep 20 2011 9:00 AM

    genorb:

    Cleveland CG16 52° Wedge (L74+) (115yds):

    I made the mistake to buy this wedge. I do not mean that this club is bad, I just mean it was not suitable for the gap I have to bridge. Yes sometime, I don't think enough :) . But it was reported that backspin was working so well even for strongly choked shot that I thought it would be OK.

    I tested how much I had to choke to get 80yds or so. Starting from full shot it's around the fourth avatar movements. But then, the shot is not reliable at all, at least this is my experience. Indeed with full backspin, either the ball was stopping almost dead (fine) or it would make a big jump after the bounce and roll quite long.

    So if you have to bridge a similar gap (80-105yds) don't use that wedge. Perhaps some players can master this wedge to get reliable shot when they choke a lot but I was not able.

    It is strange how clubs react different for different players on here. I'm finding this wedge to be pretty close to accuracy as the CG 60 degree 80 yrd wedge. I have it mapped out down to 83 yrds using -4 avatar movements and full bs, half bs and no bs I can cover from 117 down to 83.

    I will say when you choke this club it likes to have bs applied.

    Here's a shot that was 103 yrds with a 9mph tail wind. I played it for 98 yrds which is 2 movements down and half bs.

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    The reason I bought the 52 degree was because I already have a TM 105 yrd wedge that I wasn't using. I had just bought the 2.0 irons and wasn't sure how the PW would hold greens being choked. The G10 wouldn't hold a green with any tail wind over 10 or so. Especially if choked. So now I only use the 2.0 PW down to 115 which is 1 movement down full bs and use the CG 52 for everything else that gets me to the 60 degree range (85 or so with ts).

    I'm still learning this wedge and it seems to have pretty decent accuracy so far. I don't think it's as accurate as the CG 60 degree. But like I said I'm still learning it. The 60 degree is deadly accurate.

  • zagraniczniak
    1,984 Posts
    Tue, Sep 20 2011 9:36 AM

    DarSum:
    I will say when you choke this club it likes to have bs applied.

    Have noticed that recently when experimenting with choked-down shots with the Cleveland wedges instead of pitching (to cut out the break on the green among other reasons). When choking down, there is some rollout if you don't use backspin. This makes sense because when you hit a partial shot you don't have a lot of clubhead speed, and thus the amount of natural backspin imparted to the ball is small.

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