I have spin milled Vokeys 56* and 60* and use a high bounce on the sand wedge and a low bounce on the lob. They really stop the ball well on the greens. I can use both in the sand, and open/close to alter the bounce as needed. They are great out of all sorts of lies in the rough as well.Cleveland 588's are great, too, and are bargain priced.
I've just had a new set built -I would recommend you read "search for the perfect club"by Tom Wishon.
I'll do that, thanks.
Originally Posted by efnef
I have spin milled Vokeys 56* and 60* and use a high bounce on the sand wedge and a low bounce on the lob. They really stop the ball well on the greens. I can use both in the sand, and open/close to alter the bounce as needed. They are great out of all sorts of lies in the rough as well.Cleveland 588's are great, too, and are bargain priced.
I've owned Vokeys and 588's and was very happy with each. The spin milled Vokeys and CG12's are high on my list. I've also seen some modified 588's that are interesting. They have been "ported", ground, and the grooves enlarged to the max.
I have owned 3 sets of cleveland wedges ,52,56,&60. in the 588's and CG10's.
I have now found I was playing wedges that were too light for me.I have also gone to a 53 and a 58 so I now carry only 3 instead of 4 ,but i can now hit more shots with my gap wedge now that it is weighted correctly.
Also ,the lofts and lies are correct!
I agree with neil, at least for me the CG series was too light and didn't have enough feedback. I found the Vokey's didn't have enough heel relief to allow for creativity, just my personal taste I suppose.
I love my Ping Tour wedges (54 and 58 ), worth considering them if you haven't tried them.
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I found the Vokey's didn't have enough heel relief to allow for creativity, just my personal taste I suppose.
Great comment, Ed. As usual, you're right on!
In fact, almost all 'high-bounce' wedges have the same problem (at least for the 'creative' player who wants to 'open' the blade in tight lie situations).
To solve the problem, every PGA TOUR player I work with grinds the heel of his lob wedge (and sometimes his sand wedge, too). For Titleist players, Mr. Vokey often performs that service personally, just before he stamps their initials on the back of the blade!
It's pretty easy to grind your wedges to suit your needs...
Originally Posted by EdZ
I agree with neil, at least for me the CG series was too light and didn't have enough feedback. I found the Vokey's didn't have enough heel relief to allow for creativity, just my personal taste I suppose.
I love my Ping Tour wedges (54 and 58 ), worth considering them if you haven't tried them.
Which is why I have a bench grinder... to fix the heels, among other tasks. The Ping wedges look nice, harkening back to the old Eye 2 wedges. You can also still pick up the Trinity Golf Eye 2 remakes on eBay.
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