recommend a wedge

seanieclarke

hi

can anyone recommend any good wedges? i currently dont have one and havent really hit many shots before with one so im not sure which one to get.

thanks

Mister Sifter

titleist vokey, cleveland, callaway, taylor made... all good wedges. If i was you, i'd go for either the vokey spin milled wedges or the new cleveland cg12.

Trampas

I have 3 vokey wedges and top notch stuff

ShriekingSheet

Any of the above named are all quality made wedges.
It's really a matter of personal choice after that.

I use Callaway myself. They have a slightly smaller, neater head and I like the way they sit behind the ball.

Mister Sifter

anybody tried the new cg12 wedges from cleveland. i'm thinking of swapping my old vokeys either for the new spin milled vokeys or the cg12s. hadn't considered the callaways until shrieking sheet metioned them there. I'm looking for something that will give me more spin as my current grooves have gone fairly smooth and there's not much bite off them.

shapez

I have a Mizuno R-Series 58'. I find it excellent.

dexterfletcher

Can't recommend the Vokey's enough. I bought a oil can 252.08 for about €110 from the UK and I play loads of shots with it. When you strike the ball cleanly, it has a real 'buttery' feel to it. Does feel a bit heavy for some people's liking but I love it.

dunser

Try out MD Superstrong Milled Wedge, Pure Class

padlad

I've a vokey spin milled 58 wedge and it's great

MGrah

Was going to ask a similar question to the OP, so will put it in here....

Took a look at the vokey wedges being recommended and they're considerably higher in price than I would be looking to go. (Also more importantly, they are probably way more refined than I would have the ability to get the most out of.) Judging by the language in the OP's message I would say that these are probably beyond what that person should be aiming at also (having not hit many shots with a wedge), hope I'm not misjudging and moving this away from what the OP wanted.

Anyway - to narrow the question a llittle, for a middle of the road wedge (of the pitching variety), i.e. to be used between a sand wedge (56 degrees I think) and a 9 iron, what would people recommend? Would I be right in thinking I'm looking for a 52 degree wedge?

By middle of the road I am thinking €50 - €80 rather than €130 -€150 for the vokeys.

stringy

between 9iron and SW you're lookin at 48* PW, a 52* would be a gap wedge.

MD Golf (N. Ireland) make great equipment at a reasonable price, you can pick the stuff up online

Mister Sifter

The loft on your pitching wedge will most likely be 48 degrees. The loft on a sand wedge will probably be 54 or 56. It is recommended that you have 4 degrees between each wedge, so yeah, a 52 degree wedge would be a good idea if your looking to buy a new wedge.

You shouldn't really pay over 109 euro for a new vokey wedge, although some of the rip off places over here do try and get up to 150 euro out of you. Shocking!

The nike wedges are a little cheaper and generally very good. Other than that i'd possibly recommend picking up a second hand version of the top brands... i.e. vokey, cleveland etc.

milltown

My 2 cents on 2nd hand wedges:

As Graeme says, it's all in the grooves and when these wear or smooth out you start to lose the ability to put spin on the ball. Then you're relying mostly on the ball's angle of descent onto the green to stop it, you've lost half of what a good wedge should offer you.

I bought a Mizuno raw haze wedge 2nd hand on Ebay, one of the ones that's supposed to rust. The grooves are quite worn on it and their profile is dulled by the rust so apart from little chip shots it's not a whole lot of use for approach play unless the greens are very, very receptive. I'll have to try polish up the face and see if I can put it on a milling machine in work to put a bit of bite back in the grooves.

In hindsight, the money would have been better spent on a new, lesser wedge. The likes of MD Golf have been getting very good reviews for their wedges at half the price of the bigger names.

badbrian

I've 2 very old wedges and I've lost confidence with them. I went looking for wedges and was particularly keen to look into the Vokeys. However I couldn't see them lower than €139 and when I asked what sort of of discount I might get (always worth telling them you saw it cheaper/were offered a discount in a rival competitor's store) I was told €270 for 2 (€8 off - nothing to get too excited about).
Anyone know the best place to shop in and around Dublin/Leinster?

Tx
Brian

Mister Sifter

badbrian wrote:

I've 2 very old wedges and I've lost confidence with them. I went looking for wedges and was particularly keen to look into the Vokeys. However I couldn't see them lower than €139 and when I asked what sort of of discount I might get (always worth telling them you saw it cheaper/were offered a discount in a rival competitor's store) I was told €270 for 2 (€8 off - nothing to get too excited about).
Anyone know the best place to shop in and around Dublin/Leinster?

Tx
Brian

yeh, the price of them over here is ridiculous. I've ordered a couple online from a company in the uk (2 for 130 pounds). I'm getting them sent to my parents house back in scotland and i'll pick them up when i drive over in a couple of weeks. Works out at about 70-80 euro cheaper than buying them here.

Badbrian,

Even if you were to order them from direct golf at 2 for 130 pounds, the postage would only cost you about 20 euro so you'd still be making a fairly big saving.

markymac

Seanie,

I use Callaway X-Tour Vintage wedges, they are great for getting check or bite on the ball and llok good too.

Marky

billy3sheets

milltown wrote:

My 2 cents on 2nd hand wedges:
I'll have to try polish up the face and see if I can put it on a milling machine in work to put a bit of bite back in the grooves.

Isn't there a rule about modifying clubs? Aren't there rules governing groove shape & depth?
What if you are caught - would you become the "Gangster of The Groove"?

milltown

billy3sheets wrote:

Isn't there a rule about modifying clubs? Aren't there rules governing groove shape & depth?
What if you are caught - would you become the "Gangster of The Groove"?

Rules shmules!
I'm definitely gonna do it now, just for the nickname :cool:

Sandwich

milltown wrote:

Rules shmules!

A few more handy tips for you then. Should be worth a few shots a round to you (more than you're likely to gain from club mods) :
- Lost ball ? Always keep a spare ball in your pocket identical to the one you're playing. Just tell your partners to carry on, then when they are not looking drop the spare and call 'found it' . Play out the hole without penalty.
- ball in the trees ? make sure to go ahead or your partners. If the ball is stymied by trees then move it to a more favourable position before they get to you and might see it.
- dont like your lie ? Spot a better bit of ground nearby. keeping your eyes on the people around you, when no one is looking, nudge the ball to the better position with your foot.

You could cut strokes from your handicap, and pickup some nice prizes.:D

WHIP IT!

Also, just do as one or two fellas I used to get stuck playing with often did - Simply take away one shot from your score at the end of every hole... It goes a little like this...

Marker: "Six there, was it?"
You: "No, five..."
Marker: "Oh... okay..."

milltown

Sandwich wrote:

A few more handy tips for you then. Should be worth a few shots a round to you (more than you're likely to gain from club mods) :
- Lost ball ? Always keep a spare ball in your pocket identical to the one you're playing. Just tell your partners to carry on, then when they are not looking drop the spare and call 'found it' . Play out the hole without penalty.
- ball in the trees ? make sure to go ahead or your partners. If the ball is stymied by trees then move it to a more favourable position before they get to you and might see it.
- dont like your lie ? Spot a better bit of ground nearby. keeping your eyes on the people around you, when no one is looking, nudge the ball to the better position with your foot.

You could cut strokes from your handicap, and pickup some nice prizes.:D

Ooooooh! Saucer of milk for Sandwich

FWIW I've yet to actually play a competition, in spite of being lumbered with a 22 handicap and only breaking 30 points off it on three occasions in a year and a half. I play because I enjoy the game and entertain the vague hope that, given enough time, I will eventually get better at it. In the meantime, every single round costs me an extra €3 for our standard bet of €1 front 9, back 9 and overall. Although I make the odd few € back for our nearest the pin on the par 3s € bet.

Why am I even defending myself? Do we not read in the golf mags how various tour players have clubs with custom sole grinds or bent 1 or 2 degrees strong etc? These are the guys who discard a wedge after a round or two and collect a new one from the tour van because it's worn out. I'm not looking for illegal spin. I'm looking for "as new" without paying new prices.

It was said to me a long time ago, and I strongly believe it "the man who will cheat at golf will cheat at anything". That ain't me.

Golf Ninja

Vokey spin milled wedge all the way for great spin
If you have a pitching wedge it should be around 48 degree aim for a 56 degree as a sand wedge and 60 degree for a lob wedge and maybe 52 degree as a gap wedge.

Gold Ninja

seanieclarke

also whats the correct technigue to use with a wedge?

the same as a chip with a PW - ie closed stance+no wrist hinging?

Golf Ninja

seanieclarke wrote:

also whats the correct technigue to use with a wedge?

the same as a chip with a PW - ie closed stance+no wrist hinging?

Good question depends on the distance say your 5 to 15 yards away from the green i would both my feet together and place the ball on line with my right toe and simply swing back and forward with no wrist action. Try to feel as if the ball points of your shoulders are doing the work.

If say you were 30 to 50 yards out i would use the same setup only this time hold the club very loose and use the wrists.