What's your bunker play setup?

Tmiller72 · May 28, 2007

Just curious to know what you guys use for greenside bunker shots? Loft and bounce.

ChipNRun · Jun 1, 2013

I use my 54/12 SW. I try to keep my weight even on both feet so I don't dig in too much. Also...

If I need to get it up really quick, it's the 60/10.
If the sand is wet and hard-packed, I'll pick it off the top with a PW.

GolfWRX · Jan 1, 2005

Scanodd · Jun 7, 2009

I use a Callaway 64 degree Sure Out. It works.

jackbauer · Dec 7, 2016

SM7 58.10 S bent to 59.11.

CAT GOLFER · Apr 16, 2010

58.10

Krt22 · Jul 4, 2013

58 V grind bent to 60

kiw1982 · Jan 20, 2014

fluffy lie - 56/10
wet/shallow sand - 60/05

GolfWRX · Jan 1, 2005

Booker · Mar 30, 2016

O.g. eye 2 S for everything greenside.

@_the_crook · Dec 12, 2010

knowing the course was pretty wet, yesterday I used a 56/14 wedge and it worked well both from bunkers and rough around the greens. might be a bit bouncy for drier times.

Evilduckhunter · Mar 20, 2019 5:54pm

Short ones or short sided is the TM Hi Toe 60 10 with four way sole. Longer shots is the Cleveland RTX4 56 10 full grind. I did give the 56 some heel and trailing edge relief.

pwgj1478 · Feb 19, 2015

TM Hi toe 58ATV

Chuck905 · Oct 26, 2015

T7s.

56-10 for medium/firm sands and 60-14 for fluffy sand; pretty much got every conditions covered and no altering of technique required.

GolfWRX · Jan 1, 2005

stryper · Feb 22, 2007

On -, @Scanodd said:

I use a Callaway 64 degree Sure Out. It works.

That’s me...wouldn’t quite say it’s like cheating, but it almost is. Once I figured out you can open the face and play it like a flop shot my bunker play improved exponentially.

gdb99 · Feb 15, 2006

Depending on length of shot, I have an SM7 52/8 and 56/8, and an old Cleveland 588 RTG 60*.

Joelsim · Jun 9, 2018

Mack Daddy 4 58* X Grind, weight 75% on front foot, clubface very open, full swing with lots of speed.

For longer bunker shots i.e. over 20 feet I use a lower lofted club, which one depends on the distance. Same full stroke every time.

chisag · May 27, 2005

... 58* D Grind with 12* of bounce for the majority of bunker shots. 52* F Grind with 8* of bounce for really long bunker shots.

tannyhoban · Nov 8, 2005

SM7 60/12 D

GolfWRX · Jan 1, 2005

StackMan1 · Mar 23, 2019 12:07pm

SM6 58/10 S

toc · Jul 10, 2013

Bunkers? Who hits into bunkers?

Viktoryred3 · Jan 27, 2018

Nike VR Pro 60-06.....most versatile club in the bag for me

MtlJeff · Nov 1, 2008

60 degree Callaway PM grind.

Essentially it's a Ping Eye2

MtlJeff · Nov 1, 2008

On -, @toc said:

Bunkers? Who hits into bunkers?

Usually a 3rd on par 5's

GolfWRX · Jan 1, 2005

Markrip · Mar 8, 2015

Hand or foot wedge.

Tmiller72 · May 28, 2007

Thanks for the replies. I've been messing around with my wedges recently and trying to figure out what to go to out of bunkers. Right now I've got a 62-10 and a 56-10 in the bag. Not sure if that's enough bounce on the 56 for me out of bunkers. Our bunkers just got uncovered, so I haven't had a chance to hit any shots out of them. I'll never open up the 56 around the greens, just in the bunkers. It will just be used for straight forward chips and pitches. The 62 would be the club that I open up around the greens. I would rarely use it from the sand.

kiwihacker · Nov 14, 2013

Up until recently 56°/10 but I've recently switched to a 54°/12, 58°/9 combo.

I'm liking this setup as we have a few bunkers at my home course in front of greens that require a long carry to get to the green , especially if the pins at the back of the green and the 54° gives me that extra carry. For greenside bunker shots the 58° does the job.

LightBearer · Jan 27, 2016

56 and 9.
Square grind on a Nike Engage, which has proved to be pretty versatile to me. I will use it in greenside bunkers, and 9 iron in mid range bunkers (20 to 70 yards)

PlayfromtheBrain · Oct 17, 2017

Vokey 60.06 K-grind (low bounce)

I enjoy using it anywhere from about 90 yards and in, though the sand is where the grind really proves its worth. The wide sole pretty much guarantees a decent or better out for me. Its great around the green and I have no problem opening it up for different shots. Definitely has inspired confidence.

This type of grind demands near perfect contact, but there isn't a more versatile wedge than one with a wide sole and lower bounce.

GolfWRX · Jan 1, 2005

JAMH03 · Jun 10, 2018

60º TS Black dot
Prior to that an Eidolon and prior to that an Eidolon,

RogerinNewZealand · Nov 3, 2011

sm6 58S is my winner after 60k plus 200 and sm2 series updates and an old Vokey sm 54 thats solid for longer sand exits !Keen too look at one Copper Coated wedge at Xmas..for Show/Coolness etc.Im a Shallow Wrxr !

Viktoryred3 · Jan 27, 2018

I can’t agree any more....love the versatility of the low bounce

On -, @PlayfromtheBrain said:

Vokey 60.06 K-grind (low bounce)
I enjoy using it anywhere from about 90 yards and in, though the sand is where the grind really proves its worth. The wide sole pretty much guarantees a decent or better out for me. Its great around the green and I have no problem opening it up for different shots. Definitely has inspired confidence.

This type of grind demands near perfect contact, but there isn't a more versatile wedge than one with a wide sole and lower bounce.

GolfWRX · Jan 1, 2005

dubbelbogey · Jul 15, 2005

Great question, in my opinion, and is the reason I don't "simplify" my wedges. I seem to encounter two types of sand, with relatively little predictability as to which I'll encounter on any given day: 1) hardpan with a thin dusting of sand on top or 2) deep, fluffy stuff that has little "substance". For the first case, I use a 60/8 and for the second, a 56/14.

If I get lucky and end up in a bunker with decently dense sand of decent depth, then either club would work for me, but I rarely get so lucky.

What's your bunker play setup?

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