Interested in thoughts on this topic. Thinking I’ll do 52/56/60. Thanks!
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Interested in thoughts on this topic. Thinking I’ll do 52/56/60. Thanks!
Wedges are as individual as your irons or putter. I think the DRT wedges, with all the options, would be the first series I would look at. Evaluate how you use them, the turf conditions you usually play and what you skill level is on the scoring shots and compare with the guidelines we list for each grind. I use the 48G, the 52S and 56S most of the time. I am neutral to shallow in my attack angle and play neutral to slightly soft turf conditions here in Ohio. If it gets firm, definitely stay with the S grind. If it gets really soft, I move to the A grind on the 54 and 56 because of the slightly wider sole. If I’m in Texas, where I grew up, and the conditions are mostly firm, its S grind for sure. Just relate this to illustrate the thought process you should go through when deciding the best option.
So I suggest you do some self evaluating and then take a look at the options.
Hope this helps.
Britt Lindsey
Britt, just to gain clarity, what angle of attack do you correlate with ‘shallow’ and ‘neutral’? Thanks!
Shallow, in my mind, means not a lot of divot. Neutral would be maybe more of a normal divot. Steep would be deeper divots. That is the only way I can attempt to explain it without being in person and showing actual swing angles and positions.
The A 56 is probably really good out of the sand you play. I would say the S 56 would be more what might work for the usual turf conditions you would have in that part of Texas, but the A can work too. The S52 or the G52 are fine for the Gap. Not a lot of difference. The S 52 would have a lightly wider sole than the G, but not much.
Where exactly WNW of Austin are you? Very familiar with that area. Have a son that lives in Burnet. Would love to get back there someday. Texas is still home for me, even though I have been in central Ohio for 23 years. We like Ohio too, but just not the winters, especially the last one.
Britt Lindsey
Small world – we live about 15 miles from Burnet, and I play at Delaware Springs in Burnet mostly, occasionally in Kingsland or Lampasas. We’re in the process of downsizing the house and upsizing the land and will likely end up in northern Burnet County (Williamson County now, Liberty Hill). I asked the AI tool attached to my Flightscope Mevo Gen 2 and it defined shallow as AOA -1 to -3, neutral as -3 to -5, and steep as > -5. I’m in the shallow category at ~ -2. The S is sounding better. BTW, I’ve never really missed those Ohio winters. My friend and family up there are just now getting out to play. Golf, like youth baseball, is a year-round sport down here and that’s fine with me. If you want to get out and play when you’re visiting, let me know — always up for a round…
Is a small world. You are very close to where my son is. If or when we do come back to Texas, that area is definitely on our list. No way we would move back to Austin, Round Rock which is where we lived before. Not what it used to be.
Your shallow numbers are accurate. If your -2, S Grind would be what that would point too.
Golf is just now waking up here in Ohio. Was 45 degrees yesterday, but 65 today. Courses are now open. I remember youth baseball in Round Rock. Coached it for 10 years. Pretty much started in March, ended in August, then fall ball started. Definitely longer seasons for golf and baseball in Texas.
Thanks for the conversation and interest. Let me know how the wedges work out.
Britt Lindsey
Thanks, Britt. We’re living inverse lives, apparently. I grew up in SW Ohio and moved to Texas after graduating from OSU. Been here ever since, now in Central Texas (WNW of Austin). I have a DRT-A 54/12 that I use in the sand. I’m generally not an excellent bunker player, especially in the sand we have around here (slightly softer than pavement). I was considering an A 56 and a G 52, but maybe I’ll try an S 52. It can get expensive experimenting with these heads — with there was a way to try them out local.