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As others have alluded to, you can't just focus on one number as it can be achieved many ways. Some of those ways may be beneficial and other not so beneficial. Fitting/swing improvement is about blending all the numbers together to find the right combination.

The dots on the Cleveland wedges indicated bounce; low, mid, and high

You can buy them on bridgestone’s site. If you want to find out about local purchase talk to you retailer.

What more about the grinds would you want to know, description on the site seems fairly comprehensive

Looks like the new Edel wedges are out at $200 each. Big tech change is adjustable weighting. Same concept as putters and drivers; adjust the weight; heel, toe, center, to control the swing. My first thought was PXG, but when I looked at the pxg site they didn’t mention moving their weights. Could be interesting to try since I tend to pull wedges and close the face; maybe some toe weighting would be good. Biggest issue is the ability to try this and experiment with the weights. While I can buy them from Edel, the only option to try them is CC and I don’t want to pay for a wedge fitting just to swing the wedges a couple of time

I am going to give my first reaction to this post; yes is is sarcastic but sums up the player/fitter relationship we often see...guess I woke up a little cranky this morning. 1. Player goes to what we can only assume was a competent fitter. The fitter puts him in a driver that works for the dynamics of the swing 2. Player, not bragging, says my swing speed is too high for a forgiving driver and I should really be in another model. 3. Without any actual LM data, the player indicates they have an upward angle of attack and hit the ball high on the face. This generally means high launch low spin. 4. Player has doubts about equipment and is looking for confirmation based on a description that he should be playing a more “players” club and not the high handicap version. Fitting is designed to look at how the player swings the club and how the ball reacts. With clubs designed to lower spin the player gets lower spin number that when hit perfectly generate a great shot. However when looking at the players less than perfect shots the results are far less than adequate; bordering on bad. The ego of the player wants the low handicap version because of that one drive. They prefer lower launching clubs because they get More roll from those low launch no spin drives giving the impression of better performance. Fitting is not a perfect science and multiple fittings may come up with different results. If you want some input/clarification on your fitting post the numbers the fitter was looking at and we can provide some feedback. If you really want the sim and not the max, just go buy one.

If you find out what it is please share. I think we all suffer from that problem.

Your points were very relevant and more in depth than mine. I was going to come back and post more stuff. As Dave mentioned, identify and work on your weaknesses. To do this you should figure out how to identify those weaknesses. This could be compiled from your on course stats or from executing tests on the range. I’ve seen sheets on the Internet that detail practice plans and you should be able to find them by doing some google searches. Some things to work on at the practice area: Mechanics - are you trying to change anything in your swing. Mechanical swing changes may direct you work on those areas more than others Shot dispersion with each club - knowing this is key to determining targets when playing. 125 and in - starting to get into flag hunting distance so you need to know how to hit clubs these specific distances Putting - are you going to work on stroke mechanics, startline, distance control, or read? All these are important skills that should be practiced with distance control probably being most important; although, we could argue green reading. Don’t know how much you know about strokes gained metrics, but I would recommend understanding this concept as it can help you see you weak areas. Additionally I would look at pga player proximity to the hole stats To help manage expectations. Lou Stagner is a great follow on Twitter for this type of info.

Can’t wait to see how it turns out on a ball.

What do you want to accomplish at the range? I would personally focus almost all the time on short game, around the green and putting. That is a big gap between clubs, what is the loft of your PW to help understand if the gapping is related to a big gap in loft or if it may be related to the difference from a set wedge to a specialty wedge. Have you had the lofts on your clubs checked?

I wasn't in the driver testing this year.

When I read your posts, your game sounds exactly like mine.

High MOI doesn't help if you are delivering the clubface open or closed. Is the MOI for helping keep the clubface square or to minimize rotation on off center hits. You are also looking at a collection of shots from X golfers. If one golfer hits the ball right and another hits it left, you get bigger shot circles. All the test says is that across a pool of golfers this is how it compared. As an individual YMMV

A dispersion circle includes the shortest, longest, farthest left, and farthest right; you may have an overall better center dispersion but outliers make the circle larger. Something like average dispersion from centerline might provide something better than the circle.

The DIY groove sharpeners are reported to work; but you should keep in mind that it will potentially make your clubs non conforming. The only other option would be to send them to a club refinishing company; the drawback to this would be time and cost.

Why do people collect anything? Every manufacturer has their take on a design. They feel different. They are made from different materials. Milling patterns. The shaping of the heel, toes, bumpers, hosels, inserts are different. So while to some putters look the same, there can be subtle differences.

I can tell you it does have 120+ guys and there are players that straddle the 105 line making it hard to determine where to put them. But you have to make a break somewhere and 105 is probably a good place to establish that breakpoint; or you would have to break down the results more. I would also guess that this category has the highest performance variance from 1st to worst.

Interesting to see that the LPGA is imposing fines on players for slow play. I knew that they impose stroke penalties but have never hear if a player actually being fined especially multiple times. If the pGA is serious about fixing slow play they should actually penalize players. https://golf.com/news/lpga-rookie-massive-slow-play-fine-10k/

What did you get made? Initials or son kind of logo?

Playing golf in windy weather is another Skillset that needs to be learned. The first aspect is ball flight control by adjusting trajectory. Simple answer is move the ball back and/or deloft the club. Taking partial swings/punch shot will help lower the trajectory. The other aspect is learning to read the wind and figuring out how much the wind influences distance downwind, upwind, and quartering wind. As you learned the wind will also increase the curve on big hooks and slices. Before really worrying about the wind work on controlling trajectory again no shortcuts, have to get out and actually experiment with hitting those shots. I say don’t worry about the wind initially because you need to learn how different trajectories influence distance. After you learn how the shot is impacted with no wind you can then apply wind calculations

You just can't think about it. Whenever I am visiting my daughter at college, I don't think about the fact that I am an hour from Pinehurst and 40 minutes from Tobacco Road .

My grandmother and great aunt got me started when I was about 10. They got into golf and when they visited I wanted to play as well. Took some lessons and quit playing after high school. Post college I started playing with my father in law. In 2000 a friend asked me to join their group and while the group has dwindled from about 30 to 3 I have been playing with the same group every week since then.

I am being careful. The doctors have released me to get back to normal routine so I am not going against any of their desires. I specifically asked about golf when discussing what I could do.

I know this struggle well as I have spent the last year working on this aspect if my game. 40-60 yards is kind of golfs no mans land; it is the transition point from finesse shots to partial/full swing type mechanics. Professional golfers typically don’t hit a lot Off shots from these distances. How to work on this part of your game 1. Fix mechanics. Work on ensuring you can make good contact for these distances. You can do this into a net as you start to learn the swing that will go these distances. 2. Go to a short game practice area and hit shots in this distance range. 3. When playing, move up a set of tees to put yourself into this distance range more frequently. Or you could just avoid this distance when playing. If you struggle with these shots don’t hit the ball into this range. There isn’t a magic bullet. if your mechanics are suspect, get lesson. If mechanics are Good you need to practice. Unfortunately this is the distance range that personal Launch monitors struggle with so actual range time is probably best. If you have a launch monitor just keep in mind that the in course distance may vary.

Thanks for the compliments and well wishes. Unfortunately I am not patient and want to play golf. I did take a couple of weeks off based on doctors recommendation and I worked my way back by hitting a few balls at a golf shop, then hitting balls for about an hour, then a extra long range session. Didn’t think I would have an issue but didn’t have the stamina to do the walking. Also Doesn’t help that the surgery was on my neck so there are some issues when it swells. My company golf league starts tonight so I will give it another go. Only 9 holes so it should be better.