Popular Wedge Lofts and Grinds on the PGA Tour
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- Опубликовано: 22 авг 2024
- PGA Tour stars like Justin Thomas, Jordan Spieth, Will Zalatoris and others have lots of options when it comes to picking their wedges. I talked with Titleist's Aaron Dill do discover the most-popular Vokey Design wedge lofts and grinds. You might be surprised at what he reveals.
So many to choose from. Everybody swings different, whether it's digging, picking, sweeping, it's good to have varieties. Thanks Dave.
Long live the “M” grind. So versatile.
The M Grind is Bob Vokey's MOST favorite grind.
Awesome review! so many things too look before buying the wedge hahaha
Good information. Good job!
Glad it was helpful!
I just got SM9 46F and 56F !🎉
A classic setup, and as Aaron explained, the most-popular wedge grinds for those lofts on the PGA Tour. Enjoy.
60T is so good
If play a wide variety of grass types and firmness of fairway on different courses, need to own several configurations.
Geoff,
In a perfect world, yes, you would have a few different wedges and tweak your setup based on the course conditions you are facing each day, but that's not realistic for amateur golfers. So, there are two solutions that can work.
1. Get the most versatile wedges you can with moderate bounce in all the wedges so they can perform well in a wide variety of conditions.
2. Make sure that between your sand wedge and your lob wedge, you have a high-bounce club and a low-bounce club. It doesn't really matter which is which, but the idea is that you will always have something that can work around the green from a variety of lies.
Thanks for the question and I hope you will subscribe to my channel. I'm just getting it started and there are some cool things on the way. - DD
48-10F, 54-10S, 60-08M
PW 46, 54.08M fairways and wet sand early in morn, 58.12D rough and dry sand.
is anyone using the D Grind on tour? Specifically in the 56?
Went from vokey to Cleveland and not lookin back sorry bob
You went from quality to quality with that move.
Crazy how a 46° pw has become the norm over the past few years, basically a 9 1/2 iron and that’s not even strong compared to some. Clubs have basically become stamped at least a full club less than they used to be and they were already stronger than traditionally when a pw was 52°. Take Bryson for example, his so called “sand wedge” is 52°, his “gap wedge” is a degree stronger than my pw at 47° and his pw is the same as my 8 at 40°! It doesn’t make much sense besides for sales & ego. Whether it’s stamped pw, 9, or 8 a 40° club does the same job so when people claim “it’s because of his spin” that doesn’t make much sense because he could have the exact same set up but with them stamped more appropriately. Also They’ve made pitching wedges 9irons so players just need a 2nd pw and 1 & 2 irons have become nearly extinct because a 3i is what they used to be. I think there’s should be a degree range for club types, something like 58°-62° lob, 54°-57° sand, 53°-50° gap, 46°-49° pw, 45°-42° 9i, 41°-38° 8i, 37°-34° 7i and so on. Any player could still play any degree club they wanted, there would just be more uniformity when someone says “pitching wedge”, “strong pitching wedge”, “weak pitching wedge”, “8-iron” “strong 8-iron”, etc. you’d know what they mean. Club names mean absolutely nothing these days without noting the lofts as well.
Chill dude
They're just identifiers so you can easily tell one club in a set from another in that same set.
The loft that matters anyway is Dynamic. Static loft is just a fitting tool.
Whats the difference between L and T?
All I know is that the t grind 60 has low to no bounce amazing around the green
@@mikestrauser2944 Yeah, they have the same stated bounce though. So, I think it’s more to do with a bit of a different grind.
No mention of "T" grind
The T Grind is a very low-bounce lob wedge option (58 degrees and above only), and most players who have one only use it on very firm courses and where the runoff areas are cut especially tight. It's not a great option on West Coast Swing (this video was filmed at Riveria) or in Florida because the turf is too soft. A T Grind is great in Arizona, Texas, Australia and links-style courses when they bake out and run fast. For that reason, it is not one of the most popular options on the PGA Tour. Here is my Golfweek story on it: golfweek.usatoday.com/2023/01/19/titleist-vokey-design-sm9-t-grind-wedges/.
Guys who have a T Grind, like Justin Thomas, Jordan Spieth and Will Zalatoris, bring it to tournaments and then add it their bag after seeing the course.
Thanks for the comment and I hope you will subscribe to my channel. - DD
@@DavidDusek100% correct👌
Its all between the ears.
There's not a pro out there playing the k 14 degree without it being touched up in the van.
Why not? Would it be suitable for a high handicap that needs help in the sand?
@@kylewilliams4490 the pros don't use a 14 degree lob wedge as they can't open it up at all without blading it. They play tight fairways so need to be able to open it up and slide it in under the ball. 14degrees would be fine for really soft dry sand bunkers.