Wedge Bounce

accap1f8

I currently have a 52° with 9 bounce and a 58° with 10 bounce.
Am I right in thinking my 52 would be considered low to medium bounce for that loft and my 58 would be considered low bounce?

I've only questioned the bounce recently as coming in quite steep to the ball. My hands would also be forward at impact and delofting the club. I'm taking quite large divots with the 58.

I have also found it much easier to chip with the 52. Duffed chips can happen with the 58.
Would a higher bounce help with this?

tommypepper

http://www.golfalot.com/buyingguides/wedges.aspx

Probably easier just to read the link above than me explain it

accap1f8

So per the picture this should help.
If I'm delofting the club and coming in steep, then a higher bounce club should be flatter at impact

tommypepper

accap1f8 wrote: »

So per the picture this should help.
If I'm delofting the club and coming in steep, then a higher bounce club should be flatter at impact

Not sure what u mean by flatter. Look if your swing is steep then more bounce is better....unless you are playing on hard tight lies in which case u could blade it. In winter more bounce is probably better. In fluffy bunkers more bounce is better. In winter compacted bunkers with little sand low bounce is better. Think 4 even.

Of course opening the face more is another variable.

Bottle

I joined a different parkland golf club last year and found that I was struggling with my 52 degree Vokey. It was mentioned to me that the 8 degree of bounce was quite low for other than perfect summer conditions. I picked up 2 old Callaway forged wedges 2nd hand last winter, a 50 degree with 12 degree bounce and a 56 degree with 15 degree bounce and haven’t looked back since. I would still tend to use my Vokey’s a bit more during the summer, but the higher bounce Callaways really work for me on the softer turf.

When you look at the premium wedges available, it can be difficult to find wedges with high bounce.

newport2

A large part of it depends on how you deliver the club to the ball. The more forward lean of the shaft, the more bounce you're taking off the club and the less you're delivering to the ball. You can open the face to increase the bounce. There's no one correct answer, depends on the player. Either trial and error or get fitted.


"The leading edge digs into the ground; the bounce glides along the ground. Use the bounce!

If your club has ten degrees of bounce and the shaft leans forward more than ten degrees at impact, you effectively have zero -- or even a negative -- bounce.

There should be no divot when you hit a chip shot. If the leading edge is cutting turf, you are not employing the bounce correctly.

Divots with pitching will depend on turf conditions, but there should not be any digging there either.

Lagging the clubhead into impact will lead to a loss of bounce and inconsistent results. Feel as if the hands and clubhead arrive at the ball at the same time. "

https://www.andrewricegolf.com/andrew-rice-golf/2009/09/using-wedge-bounce-correctly