![]() ![]() We believe wedge shafts should be the same weight as your irons so if you are playing 85 gram graphite shafts in your irons, you should not be playing a 130 gram steel shaft in your wedges. If the shafts in your wedges are significantly different in flex or weight than your irons, you could see dramatic changes in distance, feel, trajectory and shot dispersion. This is a pretty heavy shaft but it fits most strong players. Most wedges you purchase off the rack come with a standard True Temper Dynamic Gold S400 shaft which weighs roughly 130 grams. Since most greens are typically 30-40 yards deep, having more than a 15 yard gap can be problematic. For most players, we recommend that you know EXACTLY what your full swing distances are with each of your wedges so that you can fire at the pin regardless of its position on the green. Stronger players will have up to a 25 yard gap and must rely on changing lengths (choking down on a club) or taking a shorter swing to shorten the gaps. Female and junior golfers will have 5-10 yard gaps. What should be my distance gaps?įor most male golfers, distance gaps are 10-15 yards between irons. Another great wedge to have in your bag is the L wedge (Lob), which comes in either 58 or 60 degree lofts. Hence, the introduction of a gap wedge which is usually 50 to 52 degrees in loft. This leaves a very large “gap” between the distance you will hit a PW and your sand wedge. But the lofts on standard sand wedges have not changed and are typically 54 to 56 degrees. ![]() Because of the lofts in iron sets being 4 degrees apart, a typical 9 iron is now 40 degrees and a pitching wedge (PW) is 44 to 46 degrees. So, for example, if you hit your 6 iron 165 yards, you may hit your 7 iron 150 to 155 yards, etc. Lofts in irons are 4 degrees apart so that you get a distance separation of 10 to 15 yards from club to club. The modern 6 iron is the same loft as a 4 iron from the 1970’s. Since the late 1970’s there has been a trend to stronger lofts in irons. You try to get the ball in, or at least as close as possible to the hole and take away an extra putting attempt.Wedge Bounce Guide (A quick guide to what bounce to play in varying conditions) Now you can buy online at Why do I need a gap wedge? Wedges are also called ‘the scoring clubs’. The lob wedge is the latest addition to the set of clubs and is also named after the amount of loft e.g. With a full swing distances of 50 to 60 meters are made. The leading edge of this club is thin and has also little bounce. The degrees of loft varies between 58° and 65°. Experience golfers will take a lob wedge when they are close to the green and try to hit a clean shot so that the ball will fly high into the air and land on the green with loads of spin and rolls back to the hole. So to finish up the wedges, the club with the most loft is the Lob wedge. a golfer with a pitching wedge lofted at 46° should have a gap wedge of 50°, a sand wedge of 54° and a lob wedge of no less than 58°. The rule of thumb is that a player should have four degrees of difference between each wedges. In a situation where the pitching wedge results in a shot to long and the SW to short, you can use your gap wedge. The ball goes straight up in the air and will land and hardly roll (and leave a deep pitch mark behind).Ī Gap wedge is the club that closes the gap between the two distances mentioned above. On average an amateur player hits about a 70 to a 90 meters with a full swing. ![]() But you also can use your sand wedge on the fairway or to hit a ball out of the rough. As the name implies, to be used in the sandy bunkers. The Sand wedge (SW) has on average a loft of 54° and 58°. Depending on manufactures the range of loft for a PW is between 44° and 49° loft. A pitching wedge has next to letters PW on the club head the amount of degrees of the loft. The ball goes high up in the air and has little roll when landing on the green. The pitching wedge is designed to be able to get under a ball at impact and reach a distance of about 110 to 120 meters. You know how to play those two clubs, because these clubs were in your beginner set, so you made your first chip shots and pitches with these irons. You are probably more than happy if you hit your ball straight and that it ends up in the direction that you want it to go.īut if you’re getting to the point that you learn your distances and you become more and more consistent, you probably start to learn that you ‘are too long’ with your pitching wedge and to short with your sand wedge. The degree of loft of these clubs are higher and determine the distance you make with your full swing.Īs a beginner you don’t have so much to do with these differences. Wedges are the irons in your bag that follow after your nine iron. ![]()
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