Question

1.54K viewsJune 12, 2022

danieljlee 12 June 10, 2022 1 Comment

Hi, I have the worst chip/pitch shots of anyone I know :(. I’ve been struggling for years, but recently found that my wife’s cheap sand wedge is much more reliable than my Vokey SM7 wedges, and I think it might be the overall weight of the club. My SM7 58* wedge is 480g, I’m guessing the shaft is about 120-130g. My wife’s wedge is a total of 400g, so I’m looking for a shaft that’s under 50g. All the graphite wedge shafts on golfworks.com are 110g+, and the lightest graphite iron shaft with a .355″ tip is UST Mamiya Recoil at 64g.

If I’m using this mostly for chip/pitch shots under 50 yards, does the shaft matter much? Can I use a graphite iron shaft instead of a wedge shaft? And are there any lighter shafts for a .355″ tip? I found the UST Mamiya 440 ESX iron shaft at 48g, but it’s only available with a .370″ tip.

Would appreciate any recommendations. Thanks!

statechamp Posted new comment June 12, 2022

statechamp commented June 12, 2022

I wonder if it’s the kickpoint of the shaft that you are liking on your wife’s club? It might be that it has a little bit of waggle/soft tip that makes you slow down and time it better?

Britt have you a few shaft suggestions but Aldila also makes a very light iron shaft in the NV line. Do not discount the L tech line of shafts as well. These are .370 tip shafts but could be sanded down to .355 easily to fit your wedges.

Your wedges could also be reemed to .370 and no tapering would be needed on the shafts.

1 Answer

I wonder if it’s the kickpoint of the shaft that you are liking on your wife’s club? It might be that it has a little bit of waggle/soft tip that makes you slow down and time it better?

Britt have you a few shaft suggestions but Aldila also makes a very light iron shaft in the NV line. Do not discount the L tech line of shafts as well. These are .370 tip shafts but could be sanded down to .355 easily to fit your wedges.

Your wedges could also be reemed to .370 and no tapering would be needed on the shafts.

Answer 1 · 2022-06-10T13:22:46+00:00

The shaft can matter, but whatever you feel you need to execute the shots is what you should try. If you have experimented with the ultralight shaft in a wedge and it seems to work, then you should put it in play. I don’t believe you necessarily need to go sub 50 grams, which is extremely light and limits the options. Shafts designated as “wedge” shafts are specifically for wedges, but you can use any irons shafts and trim them for he wedge. When you trim an iron shaft for a wedge, the overall weight will be a little less than the published weight. The UST Recoil 65 is an option and when you trim it to final playing length it will be a few grams lighter than the 64 gram raw weight. KBS Max Graphite makes a taper tip .355 option (FS0074) that is 45 grams in the Lite flex. It is the most expensive at $84.95, but it is the lightest taper tip option we carry.

Britt Lindsey