Howdy! Multi-part question here.
I recently played a round with a friend and he pulled out an old vokey oilcan 8620 from the early 2000s. The head felt really heavy and I tried a few partial swings around a few greens and hit it really well (much better/more stable than my current cleve rtx’s on the partial swings).
Now I’m looking at getting some max milled wedges, probably 54 in the 1.05 sole. I would probably go to swapping in the 4g screws as well. My current Cleveland rtx is around a d4/d5 swing weight I believe. I am also swapping my sti2 for some ts3.5 with graphite shafts.
So my question is, how should I go about trying to build a wedge with that super heavy head feeling? Do I try to push swing weight into the E range? Also with a switch to graphite in irons, should I move to a lighter weight steel in the wedge also, say the TT vector? I used to have graphite in my old Mizuno jpx wedges and my feel and dispersion was all over the place, I gained more consistency going to steel in the wedges.
Cheers!
John
John I would say the max milled head will be heavier than most of the OEM counterparts out in the market. When you increase the swing weight by more than what your body is comfortable with the club might be laid off at the top of the swing or you could have contact issues. I’d recommend starting really slow with adding weight and use impact stickers on the face of your club. Document what you see as you take shots. Do you see a pull or a push when you add more weight?
Also lead tape is your friend in situations like this no need to start buying those extra weights until you get specs and results where you want them.