The A wedge addresses this need; instead of trying to pinch off a distance with your pitching wedge, you can take a full swing and be more confident in the distance.
A recent Golf Digest poll shows that 66 percent of iron sets sold in did not contain a three iron. Players are shifting away from harder-to-hit long irons, replacing them with high-lofted hybrids and adding an extra wedge. The approach wedge is something every player should consider adding to their bag. The new club will help you take the guesswork and touch required inside yards out of the way. Add a wedge, learn its carry distance and start hitting more greens.
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Notify me of new comments via email. You might run into some problems if your gap wedge is traveling as far as your pitching wedge! My best advice is to head out to a driving range that allows you to demo different clubs and compare a few gap wedges with your current golf set. From here, your wedge set usually keeps increasing in increments of 4 degrees. So if you determined that you need a degree gap wedge, you would then use a 56 — degree sand wedge and a degree lob wedge.
A pitching wedge is between degrees of loft depending on what type of iron set or wedge company you are using. They are usually labeled with a big P or sometimes W on the clubhead. It is very common for a pitching wedge to be included in a standard iron set. An approach wedge is not usually included in a standard iron set but can be depending on the brand you are using. Many player improvement sets are now including an approach wedge to close out distance gaps for beginning golfers.
A standard iron set consists of:. As mentioned above, you can expect to hit a gap wedge about yards shorter than a pitching wedge. After trying many different combinations, I have found it best to use a gap wedge that is 4 degrees weaker than the loft of your pitching wedge. For example, if you look up the club specs of your irons online and find that your pitching wedge is 46 degrees of loft, it will help to use a gap wedge that has 50 degrees of loft.
Because the pitching wedge is usually included in the iron set, the style and feel of the pitching wedge may be very different than the rest of your wedges. For example, a golfer that plays with Taylormade Rocketballz irons player improvement style and Vokey Titleist wedges blade style might feel a significant difference in both weight and forgiveness of the clubface when going from their pitching wedge to their sand wedge.
The lob wedge is two clubs weaker than an approach wedge and so the distance difference between these clubs is fairly large. Lob wedges are designed to get the ball in the air very quickly and for getting up and down in tight spots, the approach wedge is more for longer distance attacks.
These are very different clubs and I would suggest that if you are looking for a third wedge, the approach wedge is the one you should go for before the lob wedge. The ball position should be in the middle of your stance and you should swing normally with more of a descending blow at the strike. Some golfers even like to have their weight a little more on their front-foot to help improve the contact and spin. It is my opinion that high handicap golfers with a pitching wedge and a sand wedge will have everything they need and can add more wedges as they improve.
Dave Pelz , the shortgame guru, suggests carrying as many wedges as possible and recommends four or five. A pitching wedge 48 degrees as standard an approach wedge 52 degrees as standard and a sand wedge 56 degrees as standard. Bounce is a really technical specification of modern wedges.
It is a measurement of the angle of the leading edge of the club to the ground when the shaft is vertical. It is a feature that helps to stop your wedge from digging into sand or soft ground during the swing.
Every pro uses different wedge lofts and frequently change them depending on where they are playing and the conditions. The world these guys live in is so different to ours that it is almost not worth paying attention to. Titleist have been absolutely flying recently and have gone from being the number one ball on tour to winning many more categories including wedges. Wanna play like the best golfer of our generation? This club gets incredible levels of spin and will have you zipping it in at the flag like Tiger in no time!
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