supo Posted May 20, 2019 Report Share Posted May 20, 2019 (edited) Gents ....... the bounce of your wdges makes a fricken ENORMOUS difference if u didnt know that already, I think I proved it sat. conds were good mid thick grass erring on tighter than fluffier at this time of the year. so ordinalriy id gale low bounce , but sat I had one of my rounds where I hit as many balls as humanly possible. I took 2 sets of wedges. just to see what is what old prgr tr03 high bounce 14*sw and 10 aw and prgr tr low bounce 8/10, very similar heads think maybe a year or two diff release, both with the same shaft NS m43 I tell ya it may have been left hand right handed in terms of similarity!!!!!!!!!!! the high bounce wedges have some ONSET to them. its a strange look bec although onset they have a gooseneck, its freaky but it works, these lauch LOW , I mean LOW, these are for hitting dead straight and just before the flag definitely not past the pin, they do not move in the air, I can not cut them in and its EXTREMELY hard to get funky with them . they are point shoot grip roll a bit stop. sort of like the SYARD bolds, I find these very similar in play style. I get the same results. both high bounce wedges. the low bounce ones are the polar opposite, , I can lay them open, hit cuts, draws anything I can think of , chips flops all of it , basically they are MILES more versatile, BUT with the versatility also cometh more variable results IF you don't swing em sweet. I found I hit the most consistent shots over the day with the higher bounce bunt shots as a rule but I got closer on tricky shots or shorter shots ( inside 50 yards ) with the higher bounced ones . the lower bounce wedges play best with high shots over the pin as they back up a fair bit when I hit these short the putt got very long very quickly BUT I had a ton more shots to decide on with lower bounce. from the bunker the diff is even more pronounced, with the lower bounce the ball ALWAYs comes out short so I had to really commit to hitting the ball harder to get the distance right, or I was missing the green short!.. with the higher bounce it was longer and thinning the ball I was struggling with , a mid fariway bunker like 50 yards from the green the high bounce blew the lower ones away for results but close by the green the opposite was true. what I discovered is I much prefer the higher bounce 52* GAP wedge and the lower bounce 56* . prob not everyones cup of tee mixing and matching wedges but it was pretty obvious to to me that that's how I play wedges best, which is vexing bec I kind of like matching pairs..... normally il game a set of wedges but in a match . now I know exactly what pairing suits my game it will be the high bounce 52 and the low bounce 56 with a super low bounce 60/61. was a good educational round sat. now, if I can only find where my once indispensably reliable cut/ fade 6 iron shot ive seemed to have lost went , id be a chance !! Edited May 20, 2019 by supo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daamartin Posted May 21, 2019 Report Share Posted May 21, 2019 Love this. From a bloke who sure knows how to test!!! Just goes to show we all need to keep our minds open re bag setup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RLL33 Posted May 21, 2019 Report Share Posted May 21, 2019 Yeah, I appreciate this, too, Stew. If my back would let me, it inspired me to think about taking a bunch of my wedges out to try some different combos... (PS. I finally had a microdiscectomy (Tiger surgery No.1...) two weeks ago, and the doc says August for me hopefully to return to play... Man, it's a drag being away from the game... but at least the pain seems gone for now...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nobmontana Posted May 24, 2019 Report Share Posted May 24, 2019 Speaking of wedges, I just picked up a 50 54 58 set of Cleveland RTX 2.0 Precision Forged wedges. Wasn't really paying attention to these wedges, but these are apparently designed with much feedback from Hideki Matsuyama and S20C forged in Japan. ( have not validated ) Think Cleveland's version of the Vokey Forged , I guess..... All the bounces on these are 10 deg .... which is mid way and I think that's really what I'm looking for in the Pacific Northwest course conditions where it's rock hard dry in the summer and soupy wet in the summer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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