Wedges "Survey" - all in one place

[Vater]

Always interested to know which wedges folks are using - always zooming in on that for WITB, picking up on comments/mention of them, glancing at signatures on posts... So thought I'd try to bottle some of it up in one thread.

 

A. What wedges are you using (which also answers whether or not all your wedges match one another)?

B. Do your wedges match the maker of your irons? If not, what irons do you play?

C. Starting with your pitching wedge, what is the gapping of your wedges (which also answers how many wedges you play)?

D. What bounce/grind?

E. What shafts do you have in your wedges?

Edited September 18, 2021 by Vater

[Vater]

Answers to my own question:

A. Titleist 718 AP1 PW and GW, SM7 SW and LW

B. Yes

C. 43/48/54/60

D. S grind on 54 and 60

E. AMT Red in set PW and GW, DG S200 in 54 and Modus3 Tour125 in 60

[dciccoritti]

A. Cleveland RTX 4

B. No. 716MB

C. 52.10 | 56.10 | 60.03 | 64.06

D. Mid (Full) | Full | X-Low | Low

E. S400

[Brausch24]

A. SM6 46, 52, 56, 60.

B. Yes, currently gaming 710 AP2s.. Switching to either T100 or Apex Pros soon, then... probably no. Love the vokey wedges..

C. 4 degrees for the GW-LW. 
D. F in 46 & 52, S in 56 & 60.

E. I have DG X100 in all my wedges, so they match the shafts in my irons..

[ChipNRun]

1 hour ago, Vater said:

 

Here are the specifications on my wedges. All are Callaway:

• MD3 48°/10 S-grind | KBS Tour R-flex 110 gram
• MD3 54°/12 W-grind | KBS Tour R-flex 110 gram
• MD4 54°/10 S-grind | DG Tour Issue.115 Wedge flex
• MD4 58°/8 C-grind | DG Tour Issue.115 Wedge flex
• MD-PM 60°/10 U-grind | KBS Tour V Wedge flex

The three bolded in blue are currently in my bag. In 54°, the S-grind replaced the W due to most courses in my area going to heavy sand; the W hung up too much. Next, the 58° replaced the 60°, which was hard to control on all but greenside shots.

 

My irons, shown below, are TE Exotics CB Pro Tungstens, which have a 38° 8i and a 42° 9i.

 

Gapping is 48-54-58. The 48° replaces both the 46° PW from my old iron set, and the 50° GW from my old Cleveland wedges. I also include my 9i in my wedge matrix for half and 3/4 swings to cover a couple of yardage gaps.

 

When new graphite shafted irons arrive, I likely will reshaft these in Recoil 80 or Recoil 95 shafts.

[lefthack]

Current

3 hours ago, Vater said:

Always interested to know which wedges folks are using - always zooming in on that for WITB, picking up on comments/mention of them, glancing at signatures on posts... So thought I'd try to bottle some of it up in one thread.

 

A. What wedges are you using (which also answers whether or not all your wedges match one another)?

B. Do your wedges match the maker of your irons? If not, what irons do you play?

C. Starting with your pitching wedge, what is the gapping of your wedges (which also answers how many wedges you play)?

D. What bounce/grind?

E. What shafts do you have in your wedges

Currently have:

A. Lazrus gap and sand 

B. No. Byrdie Golf Designs

C. 47*, 52, 56 

D. 6 and 12 

E. Was stock junk, just upgraded the 52 to graphite to match my irons. 

 

Eventually: 

A. Cleveland A, Maltby gap and sand 

B. No. Takomo 101 

C. 44, 48, 52, 56 

D. ?, 6, 12 

E. Stock steel in the Cleveland, graphite to match irons in gap and sand

[ap300c]

A. 49 degree gap wedge from irons, Ping Glide 2.0 54 & 58

B. Yes but brand wasn’t a factor, I hit all the big players and these worked best for my swing

C. 46, 49, 54, 58

D.  54 and 58 are ES

E. The 46 & 49 are Ping AWT 2.0, 54 is AWT 2.0 wedge and 58 is KBS tour (bought used)

[Flip4000]

4 hours ago, Vater said:

Always interested to know which wedges folks are using - always zooming in on that for WITB, picking up on comments/mention of them, glancing at signatures on posts... So thought I'd try to bottle some of it up in one thread.

 

A. What wedges are you using (which also answers whether or not all your wedges match one another)?

B. Do your wedges match the maker of your irons? If not, what irons do you play?

C. Starting with your pitching wedge, what is the gapping of your wedges (which also answers how many wedges you play)?

D. What bounce/grind?

E. What shafts do you have in your wedges?

A.Sm7 

B No callaway Xforged 18

C.45( set wedge) ,50,54,58 (3 wedges)

D 50 12f, 54 8 M, 58 12 k

E project X 6.0 flighted 

Edited September 19, 2021 by Flip4000

[nitram]

A. What wedges are you using (which also answers whether or not all your wedges match one another)? Chikara V1 Proto's.

 

B. Do your wedges match the maker of your irons? If not, what irons do you play?

     NO. MIURA CB57/MB001

 

C. Starting with your pitching wedge, what is the gapping of your wedges (which also answers how many wedges you play)? 47/5, 52/8, 57/14, 61/10

 

D. What bounce/grind? Carlton Matsui Custom

 

E. What shafts do you have in your wedges? MCA MMT-125TX (8-iron).

[gsrjc]

1.  Edel 49, 54, 59

2. No Srixon ZX7

3. T grind

4. Modus 115 

[jomatty]

5 hours ago, Vater said:

Always interested to know which wedges folks are using - always zooming in on that for WITB, picking up on comments/mention of them, glancing at signatures on posts... So thought I'd try to bottle some of it up in one thread.

 

A. What wedges are you using (which also answers whether or not all your wedges match one another)?

B. Do your wedges match the maker of your irons? If not, what irons do you play?

C. Starting with your pitching wedge, what is the gapping of your wedges (which also answers how many wedges you play)?

D. What bounce/grind?

E. What shafts do you have in your wedges?

 Xforged cb pw, ping glide 3.0 50 degree ss, zipcore 54 mid bounce, 58 low bounce

only the pw matches 

E.  Steelfiber 110 cw (steelfiber i95 in 6-9)

 

Edited September 19, 2021 by jomatty

[wam78]

A.  Honma tw-21, Vokey sm8

B.  Yes & No.  Honma tr20v

C.  45 PW / 49.10 / 54.10 / 60.08 low bounce k

D.  Modus 120x in irons & gap wedge.  S400 in sand and lob.

[Yoshifan151]

A. Cleveland RTX-4, but I do have a Vokey T grind coming in soon to test out. 

B. I'd say so (Srixon).

C. 46, 50, 54, 60 (PW is from the iron set).

D. Mid/10 in 50/54, low/6 in 60. 

E. S400 TI

[Roejye]

1. Cleveland pitching, gap, and sand wedge, Solus 720 ws 64°.

2. Yes and no.

3.  45/8, 50/10, 56/14, 64/? 64 is the smart sole/Callaway sure out style.

4. PW and DW are the stock Cleveland traction 85 steel, SW is stock TT Cleveland traction wedge flex. Possibly the same. Solus is some uniflex steel.

 

I'm seriously thinking of switching back to the Warrior custom golf 60° lob wedge, the rough at my home course is pretty thick and I'm thinking going back to a lower bounce/loft to help with that.

[QuigleyDU]

A. What wedges are you using (which also answers whether or not all your wedges match one another)? Mizuno T-22 51 and 55. Have a 60 as well but my 60 degree is the Mizuno es21

B. Do your wedges match the maker of your irons? If not, what irons do you play? No. Irons are srixon 

C. Starting with your pitching wedge, what is the gapping of your wedges (which also answers how many wedges you play)? 46, 51, 55, 60

D. What bounce/grind? M grind 6, 8, 10

E. What shafts do you have in your wedges?

Pw- nippon modus 120x

51/55-nippon modus 125 wedge

60 kbs hi rev.

[gentles]

Rtx4 46 50 56 all mid grind, vokey 60-D

p770 irons

dg s400 In wedge shafts

lob wedge 34.5”

 

[Hawkeye77]

17 hours ago, Vater said:

Always interested to know which wedges folks are using - always zooming in on that for WITB, picking up on comments/mention of them, glancing at signatures on posts... So thought I'd try to bottle some of it up in one thread.

 

A. What wedges are you using (which also answers whether or not all your wedges match one another)? 

Wedges crafted by @joey3108.

B. Do your wedges match the maker of your irons? If not, what irons do you play?

No.  Callaway Legacy Black. Srixon zx7s are out of the bag the past three weeks or so, not sure they'll get back in.  I have another set of "Stenson" irons with shafts that are no good for me (knew that when I bought them) I'm going to send to Joe for a different shaft than I currently have and see how those work as well.  Nothing seems to knock those irons out of the bag the past 5 years (kind of dumb to keep trying, lol).

C. Starting with your pitching wedge, what is the gapping of your wedges (which also answers how many wedges you play)?

50, 54, 58.

D. What bounce/grind?

Fairly level leading edge, can't remember the grinds, discussed what I needed with Joe he did the grinding for each wedge and they work! Bounce is basically medium, definitely not low.

E. What shafts do you have in your wedges?

Soft stepped black Pro Modus 3 Tour 105s.  Iron shafts are Recoil 95s in stiff.

 

Edited September 19, 2021 by Hawkeye77

[driveandputtmachine]

A. Cleveland Zipcore, 46, 50, 54, 60

B. KInda, I play Srixon irons

C. 46, 50, 54, 60

D. Zipcore mid in all.  I tried the full and low in the 54 and 60, 46 and 50 only come in mid.

E. Same as my irons, Recoil 110 F5

[phil75070]

A. Callaway Apex 19 PW & GW, Callaway JAWS SW & LW

B. All are Callaway

C. 43° / 48° / 54° / 58°

D. 54=C / 58=W 

E. Recoil 760 in PW and GW / KBS Hi_Rev in SW and LW

[naws-golfer]

A. National Custom Works 56 and 60 custom grinds, Vokey sm6 52F bent to 50

B. Vokey blends nicely into the 620 CBs, all wedges are raw, 52 was jet black, but stripped

C. PW 47*-135/140, 52* bent to 50* 120/115,  56*- 105/100, 60* 95-90

D. 56/60 are custom, low bounce, 50* 6-7* bounce

E. KBS $ Taper shafts PW and Gap are 120(Stiff) , 56 and 60 are 115 (R+)

 

they were brand new here, will add some rusty pics soon

Edited September 19, 2021 by naws-golfer

[Bye]

Vokey SM7

Titleist 716CB irons

46 - 50.08 - 54M  - 60M (bent to 59)

Dynamic Gold S400

 

[iknowbagu]

A. Vokey SM8

B. Basically, since Vokey falls under the Titleist umbrella

C. 48°/54°/60°

D. F grind in the 48° (10° bounce), D grind in the 54° and 60° (12° bounce)

E. X100, matching my irons

[rkillian]

A. Vokey SM8 and SM7

B. They are not the same make as my irons, which are Callaway Mavrik Pros

C. My irons are strong lofted so Set PW-43, Set GW-48, SM8 53, SM7 58

D. SM8 is a 52.08F bent to 53.09, SM7 is a 58.12D?

E. Vokey Wedge flex shaft which I believe are S200s (PW and GW have the Elevate 105S)

[hagimihale]

A. Until 2021, was playing all Mizuno S18.  Still have S18 sand wedge, but added Vegas (VW-04 and VW-10) and a Yururi Gekku to the bag this year

B. Until 2021, irons matched as I had played Mizuno irons for years.  Now gaming Grindworks PR-202 irons.

C. PW 45*, then 48*, 52*, 54*, 58*.  Gaming 5 wedges to bring my distance gaps down to 10yds between clubs.

D. 8* (48* GW), 10* (52* GW and 58* LW), 12* (54* SW) 

E. Until 2021 I gamed tour issues S400 in all my wedges.  The Vegas came with KBS (either Tour 120 FLT or Tour 105) and the Yururi has a Nippon 125 wedge shaft.  Not sure what direction I'll go, but I like the feel of the Tour 120 FLT and the Nippon, if I change from S400. The Tour 105 seems too light.

[NRJyzr]

A.  Scratch 8620, Wilson Staff PMP, Callaway PM Grind 19  

B.  Irons are Golden Ram Tour Grinds, the TW276 special edition set 

C.  49* PW, 53* GW, 58* SW (Wilson and Callaway are alternated)

D.  PMP has 10* bounce, is their standard grind, fair amount of front to back camber, but not what I'd call an actual heel or trailing edge relief grind.  Callaway has the C Grind sole.  The Scratch has the DS (Driver Slider) grind option from the 8620 line

E.  Scratch has Steelfiber i125 S.  Wilson has a Dynamic S that I had from an old Ram Tom Watson wedge.  PM Grind has KBS Hi-Rev 2.0

 

[Kmagnuss]

On 9/18/2021 at 4:55 PM, Vater said:

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A. What wedges are you using (which also answers whether or not all your wedges match one another)?

PW - MP20MB, 51° Cleveland RTG 588, 56° (sand) Cleveland RTG 588

B. Do your wedges match the maker of your irons? If not, what irons do you play?

PW, yes.  Mizuno MP20 MB

C. Starting with your pitching wedge, what is the gapping of your wedges (which also answers how many wedges you play)?

120, 100, 80

D. What bounce/grind?

No idea

E. What shafts do you have in your wedges?

DG S300

 

[Maroon_19]

A.  Artisan
B.  Wedges do not match irons yet.  When the Artisan hybrid muscle-back irons are available they will.  Until then, I'll keep playing my Mizuno JPX919 Forged irons.
C.  P-46 (Mizuno), 50/54/58 (Artisan)
D.  50 & 54 - standard Artisan grind for bermuda, 58 - Mike's dual proto grind - amazing for sand and flop shots

E.  TT DG S300 - hope to move to Modus 105s when I change irons

Edited September 20, 2021 by Maroon_19

[golfing_penguin]

A. PW is a Mizuno MP25 at 46 degrees, then I go 50.12, 56.14 and 58.10 (F, F, S) in SM6's

B. No - MP25's in 4-PW then SM6's. Modus 105 S in the irons, KBS Tour V 120 X in the wedges

C. PW - 136, GW - 120, SW - 105, LW - 90. I'll happily use 50 and 56 anywhere from <10 to 100. 58 is mainly for short-sided shots

D. and E. As above

[riehlg]

A. PW is Cobra AMP Forged (matches set - 45°), Callaway MD3 W Grind (52°), Callaway MD2 U Grind (58°)

B. PW matches set, 52/58 degree wedges do not.

C. 45/52/58 -- Used to have 45/50/54/58. Hated my 54 degree wedge and never used it for 2 years and so I dropped the 50 and 54 and made it a 58. Never felt like I was missing a wedge so I get another club for the top end of the bag. -- 45 is about 130-100. 52 is 100-80. 58 is 80 and below. 52/58 used around the greens with 58 when I need a shorter roll/bunker shots.

D. 45 is iron set. 52°/11° W Grind -- 58°/10° U Grind.

E. PW has KBS Tour Stiff, 52/58 have True Temper Dynamic Gold wedge.

 

Only having 3 wedges lets me carry both a Utility Iron and a Hybrid. I like the Utility off the tee and out of the rough. Hybrid is nice when I need a higher flight or off a tie fairway lie.

[GeauxGolfLSU]

A. Callaway Jaws Forged 52° and 56° and Callaway Jaws Full Toe 60°

B. Yes, Callaway Apex Pro 21 irons

C. 45°-52°-56°-60°

D. C-grind on all but PW. Bounce is 10°-12°-10°

E. DG S200 on the Jaws Forged and DG Spinner on the Full Toe