Looking to get a wedge. 54 or 56 degree?

Question

I have a 46 degree pitching wedge and a 60 degree lob wedge. Would you suggest a 54 or a 56 degree sand wedge?

Answer 1

Based on your question, and that you will likely carry three wedges in your bag, I am guessing you are an excellent/scratch golfer.

Therefore, I would definitely recommend you go with the 54 degree sand wedge. It will give you more flexibility/options than the 56 with the other two wedges you use.

Good luck.

PS> I carry a 46 PW and a 62 LOB and play to a 7 HC.

Answer 2

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Looking to get a wedge. 54 or 56 degree?
I have a 46 degree pitching wedge and a 60 degree lob wedge. Would you suggest a 54 or a 56 degree sand wedge?

Answer 3

genrally you dont want more then 5 degrees between each wedge I have 52, 56, 60 and my pw is 48. If looking for a great green side wedge what is multiverstile I would defiently go 56 degree. I have the cleveland 588 tour action gun metal wedge and I play it on 90% of my greenside shots. Good luck with whatever you go with but i think 56 is a great overall wedge to get used to chipping and shots from 0-95 yrds.

Answer 4

there are a whole bunch of considerations...

1. depends on what your other wedges are... usually you try to have a consistant gap between them all. example... say your pw is 48 degrees (normal), and you have a 60 degree lw, then you have 2 choices,get 54 degree sw (3 wedges, 6 degree gap), or a 52 gw and a 56 sw (4 wedges, 4 degree gaps)

2. yardage gaps. say you hit your pw 120 yards, and you are comfortable with using the pw for yardages less then 120, except for the 100 yard shots. then you probably want a gw around 51 degrees, for the 100 yard shots. or, maybe you have a pw that goes 120, a sw that goes 90, and you are looking for that middle club. if pw is 48, sw is 56, obviously go look for a 52 degree gw.

3) shot types. you may be a person that uses their sw from 100 yards in for every shot, and are very good at it. in that case, you may want to get a 60 degree for super lob shots, or a 51 degree for punch shots that stop.

bottom line.... there is no correct answer to your question. it all depends on your current equipment, your goals, and your strengths/weaknesses.

in my case i have a 48 pw, 52 gw, 56 sw, 60 lw. full swing distances are 120, 105, 85, 60. i use the 56 and 60 from bunkers, based on shot requirements.

Answer 5

Since it is 2009...the lofts have changed from the old traditional lofts of 56* being the standard to 54* being the most used these days. When Cobra came out with the original King Cobra's, the lofts have gotten stronger...pitching wedges are now 45* instead of 48*. Gap wedges are now, 50* in most game improvement clubs, aka, Callaway X-22, Taylormade Burner, etc. Lob wedges are 60+* up to 64*. But...2010 brings in new grooves, V-grooves, that don't hold the green like the box grooves we have all learned to appreciate. One word of advise...GET A SAND WEDGE BEFORE THE NEW ONES FOR 2010 COME OUT!!!

Answer 6

personally i would get a 52 degree gap wedge and the matching 56 degree sw to fill in the gaps but i guess the most important thing is that you have a wedge that has a low bounce, which is your lw or gw, to chip out of fairways and tight lies for crisper ball contact and another wedge with high bounce, usually a sw for the roughs and the sand.

Answer 7

53 would be best because it's exactly in the middle. Get a 54 with high bounce and bend it 1 degree strong. Or get a 52 with low bounce and bend it 1 degree weak.

Answer 8

54, you should have something in the middle to play a nice, full shot. You can easily change the loft of a 54 to get it to be a 56 by turning the club. Hope it helps.

Answer 9

Whichever feels better to you when you swing it. That 2 degrees isn't going to matter much. If it's the same model and both feel the same, I'd go with the 54 just to make a little more difference between it and the 60.

Answer 10

Personally I would go somewhere near there. I would go with a 55 degree sand wedge.