Anyone know where to buy a lofted wedge?

[cotney]

Looking for a reasonably decent 60 degree wedge, around the £30-£50 mark.

No specific golf shops in my area is the problem, so wondered if anyone knows any good websites or national shops to try whilst out on my travels?

[BIGDAI]

Don't know where you are based but you could do worse than give this guy a try - always found him to be helpful & reasonably priced http://jimlawsgolfshop.myprogolfer.co.uk/

[condor]

Has it got a number ie like a 6 iron ?

[cotney]

BIGDAI said:

Don't know where you are based but you could do worse than give this guy a try - always found him to be helpful & reasonably priced http://jimlawsgolfshop.myprogolfer.co.uk/

They have some nice ones on there, cheers fella!

condor said:

Has it got a number ie like a 6 iron ?

Nah I just want a lofted wedge, at either 60 or 56 degree hopefully. Lofted wedges have a bigger angle than sand wedges, for chipping up high when you're close to the green.

[kiethton]

You mention that you want either a 56 or 60 degree wedge but do you already have a sand wedge in your bag as part of your iron set. For the majority of manufacturers this will be approx 54 degrees. Thsi makes the 56 degree wedge next to useless as your degree gap will be too small.

You must also remember that the sand wedge from yuor set will hae a high bounce (good for fluffy lies and bunkers) and thus no good for tight/bare lie shots/flop shots where you need to get under the ball.

Due to this i would say get either a 58 or 60 degree wedge but make sure that it has a low bounce angle (presuming your current sandwedge is either part of a set/has the common high bounce angle of most 54/56 degree wedges) This will give you far more flexibility around the greens.

If you do happen to live in SW london/surrey come to the big range on the A3, i am one of the golf club custom fitters and am sure i could sort somthing out for you.

[cotney]

kiethton said:

Due to this i would say get either a 58 or 60 degree wedge but make sure that it has a low bounce angle (presuming your current sandwedge is either part of a set/has the common high bounce angle of most 54/56 degree wedges) This will give you far more flexibility around the greens.

If you do happen to live in SW london/surrey come to the big range on the A3, i am one of the golf club custom fitters and am sure i could sort somthing out for you.

Thanks for the advice. I was thinking initially 60 degrees. And when you say low bounce angle, how low are you talking? From what I've been reading, a 60 degree wedge with a bounce angle of between 10 - 13 is more controllable than a 70 degree wedge with 7 to 8 bounce angle? Out of interest, what is the lowest bounce angle you could get on a 60 degree wedge?

And I live near Derby I'm afraid, but I do sometimes go down Windsor way, so you never know.

Edited by cotney on Saturday 17th July 00:08

[samwilliams]

golfbidder.co.uk is pretty good for reliable and good 2nd hand stuff. Got a couple of wedges from there in the past.

[kiethton]

cotney said:

kiethton said:

Due to this i would say get either a 58 or 60 degree wedge but make sure that it has a low bounce angle (presuming your current sandwedge is either part of a set/has the common high bounce angle of most 54/56 degree wedges) This will give you far more flexibility around the greens.

If you do happen to live in SW london/surrey come to the big range on the A3, i am one of the golf club custom fitters and am sure i could sort somthing out for you.

Thanks for the advice. I was thinking initially 60 degrees. And when you say low bounce angle, how low are you talking? From what I've been reading, a 60 degree wedge with a bounce angle of between 10 - 13 is more controllable than a 70 degree wedge with 7 to 8 bounce angle? Out of interest, what is the lowest bounce angle you could get on a 60 degree wedge?

And I live near Derby I'm afraid, but I do sometimes go down Windsor way, so you never know.

Edited by cotney on Saturday 17th July 00:08

Much depends on your handicap with regard to playability and ease of use. 10-13 would be slightly too high for a lob wedge as most sand wedges are typically 14-16 so there wouldn't be much differance.

I would reccomend a 60 degree wedge with a bounce of 7-8 if your a mid to high handicapper as it will be noticably differant to the sand wedge, yet won't dig in too much (less likely to catch it fat compared to a lower bounce angle which would dig in more) If your a lower handicapper (about 12 or below) i would get somthing with around 4-6 degrees as you will be alot more accurate with how you come through the ball and be able to get better results (with a little practice)

Wedges of 62 degrees or more are more than useless (unless playing courses with lots of raised greens) as they will only allow for flop style shots and offer little flexibility for longer pitches.

The lowest common bounce angles available on a 60 degree wedge is 4 on the titliest vokey spin milled (i have one myself) the majority of manufacturers offer 6 degrees or similar. Bounce can be shaved off a wedge by a club repair workshop relitivly in-expensively but cant really be added easily so is worth thinking about.

[cotney]

kiethton said:

Much depends on your handicap with regard to playability and ease of use. 10-13 would be slightly too high for a lob wedge as most sand wedges are typically 14-16 so there wouldn't be much differance.

I would reccomend a 60 degree wedge with a bounce of 7-8 if your a mid to high handicapper as it will be noticably differant to the sand wedge, yet won't dig in too much (less likely to catch it fat compared to a lower bounce angle which would dig in more) If your a lower handicapper (about 12 or below) i would get somthing with around 4-6 degrees as you will be alot more accurate with how you come through the ball and be able to get better results (with a little practice)

Wedges of 62 degrees or more are more than useless (unless playing courses with lots of raised greens) as they will only allow for flop style shots and offer little flexibility for longer pitches.

The lowest common bounce angles available on a 60 degree wedge is 4 on the titliest vokey spin milled (i have one myself) the majority of manufacturers offer 6 degrees or similar. Bounce can be shaved off a wedge by a club repair workshop relitivly in-expensively but cant really be added easily so is worth thinking about.

Very useful points. I've only been playing for about 8 months, so still learning. I managed to pick up a cheap 60 degree wedge, with low bounce today. Just goin to play with it for abit and see how I get on I think. Thanks for the advice!

[Allblackdup]

www.golfbuyitonline.com

May not be the cheapest place, but huge amount of stock and offer great advice. I use the range there and can spend ages looking at the equipment.

[DuncanM]

The wedge thing is very interesting in golf. I used to play a 60deg Lob wedge and had some great success with it.

This changed when I bought myself a good 56deg SW, which was so much better and more versatile that I ended up dropping the 60deg (literally defunct) and added a 52deg gap wedge to sit between the PW and SW.

I guess my point is that if you can get a good SW, with the right loft and bounce then a LW becomes less used and a bit of an extravagance. Where as having a GW to fill the gap between PW(48-49) and SW(56) is actually much more useful.

I have the Wilson FW6 wedges and LOVE them. They rip a ball up and give genuine backspin ha ha! Absolute delight compared to my previous DCI 962 wedges (good but v shaped grooves were not aggressive).

Any of the good brands will provide a great step up in performance .

Duncan