Length of wedges

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By JPheffer

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  1. JPheffer

    JPheffer
    Overland Park, KS

    Military

    So my Titleist T250 set is 1/2" long and 2 degrees flat. 43 degree pitching wedge is 36.25". My wedges are 48, 53, 58. Do you all just extend those 1/2" as well or do you play them all at the same length as your pitching wedge. I have read all sorts of variations. Also I assume your wedges should be 2 degrees flat as well?

  2. Lou G

    Lou G
    San Diego, CA

    I play my 44F at 35.75". All others are 35" 64* lie angle.
  3. GMcClanahan

    GMcClanahan
    Pinehurst, NC

    My irons are 1/2" over standard length and I get my Vokeys made that way also (whatever the standard Vokey length for each Vokey, add 1/2" just like for your irons). If you need the additional 1/2" in your irons, you will need it in your Vokeys, at least for the clubs used for full swings. The lie angle gets a little more complicated. My irons are 1 degree upright. My Vokeys are 52, 56 and 60. The 52 is almost entirely used as a full swing club so I get the lie angle to match my irons at 1 degree up. The 56 is a full swing club also but its my primary club around the green. And I typically only use the 60 out of bunkers (low bounce K) and around the green, almost never from the fairway. So for the 56 and 60, I go standard lie, which is 1 degree flatter than my irons. Some pros make their wedges 2 degrees flatter than their irons. When you swing a club, the shaft bows downward and curves away from you on the downswing due to the weight of the club combined with the speed of the clubhead (physics gurus please forgive my crude explanation)- referred to as the toe down effect). So at address, the toe will be slightly off the ground to make up for the toe down effect. Around the greens, you are not getting enough speed to cause the toe to drop, so the toe will be up at impact on short shots around the green. So for your wedges, think about how you use them the majority of the time and have the lie angles set accordingly. What I have described above is pretty common amount both pros and recreational players.
  4. Jason R

    Jason R
    Ottawa, ON

    I have the same + 1/2" through my irons. I do lengthen my wedges by 1/2". In my case I have the irons at 2 degrees up and both gap and sand at 2 degrees up. Lob wedge is at 1 degree up. Just depends on your stance / swing. Best way to determine specs is with data from a fitting session if you can manage it.

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