So there you are, pitching wedges to go long, sand wedges for bunkers and shots that go short, gap wedges which go in between and lob wedges for the spectacular aerial shots around the green. For more information or to speak to one of our PGA qualified customers services team call Lines and emails are open and managed from am - pm , Monday — Friday and am - pm Saturday.
In English Click Me. Click Me. Sell Golf Clubs. Travel Bags Shoe Bags. Sale and Clearance. Filter [-]. The loft of the pitching wedge is typically between 45 and 48 degrees and it is mainly used for shots outside of yards — the average club golfer hits a pitching wedge around yards, while the Tour professional carries it around yards.
It is the most versatile of all the wedges because it can be used for hitting "full out" shots or "chip-and-runs" around the green. The sand wedge SW typically carries a loft between 54 and 58 degrees, and as its name suggests, is mainly used for bunker play. The average club golfer hits a full sand wedge 70 yards, while a Tour professional carries it yards. Because of its wide, rounded and curved head, the SW is ideal for deft little chips from the fringe and for playing those belly-wedge putts from the collar of greenside rough striking the ball on its equator with the leading edge.
Gap wedges range in loft from 50 to 55 degrees and are a compromise between a pitching wedge and a sand wedge. A gap wedge is particularly important to use today because the five-degree difference in degrees between the SW and PW in the s has now grown to approximately 10 degrees. This has created room for club manufacturers to respond by inventing a new club to fill the "gap", and of course, encourage us to buy more products.
They just take a pitching wedge and sand wedge and go. But now they're 45 to 47 degrees while the sand wedge has stayed at That's a two-plus club difference because now the pitching wedge is essentially the loft of a 9-iron. Most instructors recommend you should have around four degrees of difference between all of your wedges. It is useful for throwing the ball up very high from short distances, also known as the "flop shot" - Phil Mickelson is the expert at this.
A lob wedge is built more for more finesse than power so 30 yards is probably its optimum distance for the amateur. If you can pull off the quarter, half, and three-quarter shots with each wedge then your shot possibility has grown from just the four wedge shots to sixteen variations of those shots. As covered above, however, some master the use of wedges to apply them in the short game. You should follow the common advice that getting your ball out of the bunker is the top priority.
Before you think about anything else, like how far away the flag is or whether you can squeeze some extra distance out of the bunker shot, just make sure you escape the bunker when your club meets the ball. You can do this by first making a big swing to compensate for the dampening effect the sand has on all your club impacts. While it may seem strange to use the sand wedge outside of the sand, they use the same principle as their sand performance, which is their generous loft, to power through thick lies.
If you want to lower your scores , then you have to be able to execute with a wedge in your hand. In this article I want to explore why choosing the correct wedge loft is a part of that process. I believe this is the key to avoiding double bogeys and lowering your handicap. Wedge loft is important in this area of the game because you want more options. I strongly recommend that every golfer should visit a knowledgeable fitter at some point, and make sure that you have the proper gapping with your wedge lofts.
The first step to making the right decision with your wedge loft is knowing how far you actually hit the ball. Not how far you think you hit it.
I will run through an example in my game to give you an idea of how I arrived at the different wedge lofts in my bag. I chose the lofts on these wedges because of the various distances I hit the ball, but you can see that I have pretty much every yardage covered inside of yards. If you can work with a teaching professional or club fitter using a launch monitor , then you can arrive at your yardage for each wedge. This will make it easier to decide what lofts you need in order to properly gap yourself.
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