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Originally Posted by REDeYeS00
14 - i'm interested in the gap between your PW (likely around 45*) and the 54*. i kind of agree that carrying both a 58 and 60 for us common folk is really a bit redundant since they will rarely be used on full shots and with the right bounce can each do similar things around the greens. how often are you hitting full wedge shots?
as an example, i carry a PW, 50*, 54*, and 58* which cover roughly a 12 yard gap between clubs on full shots. it's fairly easy to open up the 58* to hit a flop, or use the 54* or 58* out of greenside sand depending on the length of shot.
The gap between my pitching wedge and 54 is probably around 30 yards. For some reason I have lost like 10 yards on my 54 in recent times with no idea why, but have likely gained some with the pitching wedge.
I'll hit full wedges a few times a round I guess, but it's pretty variable. Truth is I basically have been using the 60 almost exclusively from the sand, but for most shots I use the 54 or 58. The reason I got the 60 was because I thought the lower bounce on it would help for a flop type shot. This belief was inspired by a beer-influenced session of hitting flop shots rather successfully with the 54 rather than the 58, which I thought was odd since it has less loft, but later I read that flop shots were better with a lower bounce, which the 54 definitely had over the 58. I figured I might want to add a little loft as well and thus I got the 60 with 6 degrees of bounce. The truth is though that I don't like how the 60 is a bit heavier in the head than the other wedges, but I was in a hurry to just buy something after the salesperson gave me an earful about not hitting flop shots and trying out a special beginner's wedge.
When I got my Taylormade p790's, I wanted a gap wedge, which would be around 50 degrees, but the set simply doesn't come with one. My old Rocketballz iron set did have a gap wedge, which I liked quite a bit.