bending wedges

[indharbor]

I am thinkg about bending lofts on my EPON wedges.

One from 58 degrees to 56 and another one from 58 to 59 or 60. This would give me 3 wedge system, 52, 56 and 60.

Does the bending lofts on wedges affect playability in any negative way?

I would appreciate your input.

Thanks!

[Duffer19]

Any time you bend a wedge, you would change the bounce slightly. As to whether it would play negatively, I cannot say for just 1 to 2 degrees espeically already high loft. I have bended my 55 degree Miura sand to to play it like a 53 degree gap, it just did not play right perhaps of the bounce (it has since been bended back as a SW,)

[Blader-X]

Rule of thumb is for every one degree you bend a wedge open you add one degree of bounce. For every one degree you bend a wedge closed you decrease the bounce by one degree.

For instance, my 56° (bounce 12°) Epon X-model I had bent to 55° which made the bounce 11°. It has worked very well for me and my game. I also have a 50°/6° and a 60°/6°.

In your case, both 58° models of Epons (Technity and X-model) have 10° of bounce. So if you bend one to 56°, that wedge will then have 8° of bounce. Sand wedges usually do better with a little more. I do use my 55° in the fairway and find it to work well. It is money from a bunker however.

Bending the other 58° to 60° will give that wedge a bounce of 12° which will work well in the sand but might pose problems with tight lies from the fairway.

My Epon 60° has just 6° of bounce and works well from any lie with the exception of the bunker. I don't like it from there and haven't had good results. So I strictly use the 55° from all bunkers regardless of the sand. Hard-packed, wet, fluffy I really like the way it performs. It (55) has never let me down from a bunker. The 60 is not a good bunker club, but its not designed for that. Tight lies in the fairway, lies in the rough (regardless of length) are its strengths however. I tell you my experiences not to tell you what to do, but to give you some insight on the Epons I use and how I use them in my game and situations I find myself in. Hope this helps you somewhat.

B

[tmtp]

Both posters were correct about changing the bounce when you change the loft. Also, when you strengthen the loft of a club, you increase the off set, weaken the loft and you decrease the off set. This is really only visible after a change of about 3 degrees of loft.