Jogaan

Last 2 range sessions I have been testing a virtually no wrist break back swing. I have some arthritis in my fingers which is just starting to stiffen my wrists a bit so thought I would experiment. I am not adding any wrist set as such, just turning away from the ball while retaining the natural set from the address position then turning back and just prior to impact adding a little 'omph' to release the tiny amount of set I had from address. I am not very flexible so I have always played with a shorter than most backswing, but this does not seem to hinder me on this new swing anymore than it did in my more traditional swing. The results have been impressive, clean contact, straight ball flight and surprisingly, no loss of distance, with what feels like less effort. I think it may be more difficult to shape shots with this swing, but playing off 10 I don't really have the skill level to reliably shape shots anyway so being able to hit straighter more often seems like a good trade off. Have to try it on a course now as range golf is easier, and see if it can survive the 'honeymoon' period! Anybody got any experience/opinions on this?

Good point re: the length, If I could go back to when I re-gripped mine I would be tempted to lop a couple of inches off too. When I look at Mr North video and how far bent over he is, he must be 7 feet tall!

Fezzler, Good to hear someone else has one of the other wedges. I would be interested to know how you play it, putting stroke?, wrist break?, width of stance?, ball position?

I don't think there is an infomercial for these, I think they sent me an email after I ordered the 45.

You're welcome, am I the only one who has all three wedges? Would love to hear from anyone with the other two to know how they are getting on with them.

I would like to offer my 10 pence regarding Square Strike Wedges, first a little background; I have played many sports throughout my life (and been good at all of them) except golf which continually kicks me in the nuts! I am well above average athleticism for my age and my handicap currently hovers around 10 on a particularly unforgiving course. My biggest problem is the nearer the green the worse I get. I moved from using very lofted clubs (chunked and thinned!) to a 52 wedge hit in low with some bite and had some success with this method but it didn't work when I got closer and I also developed a terrible case of the ‘Macbeths' (s***ks) on full shots of around 80 yards. Anyway took the plunge and bought the Square Strike 45 wedge after one practice session and one round I ordered the other two wedges in the set, the 55 and 60 degree lofts. So far I have only had a few (6 ish) range sessions and two rounds with these wedges however, already I can see a massive improvement in my short game and I am nowhere near proficient with them yet. It sounds ridiculous but I almost want to miss the green so I can use these wedges! Firstly let's look at the stigma ‘I wouldn't be seen dead with one of those in my bag'. Personally I would hit the ball with my umbrella if it would improve my game and lower my scores. So far no one has even commented on my wedges (except the odd nice chip comment!) and if they do, I could not give a flying f**k, my character is stronger than that and all I am interested in is playing better golf, lowering my score and consequently enjoying the game more. I do think, specifically regarding the ‘chipper' 45 degree wedge, the designers dropped the ball, they should have realised the stigma attached to 'chippers' and made the design less like a toy, if they had made the rear insert black or grey instead of bright green this may have made the club somewhat more appealing, same goes for the grip, but in my case, I play JumboMax XL grips so I stripped the green ones off right out the box. The other comment is the ‘one trick pony', my driver and putter are one trick ponies, these wedges are not, by moving the ball position and introducing the slightest wrist break you can alter the height and roll out just like any other club, the thing about these clubs THEY GO STRAIGHT. Once you're lined up it is just a matter of practicing to control your distance, THEY ALWAYS GO STRAIGHT down your target line, this breeds a lot of confidence. Making room in my bag? I just took out my 52, 59 and 65 degree wedges. I have played with so many different people and all but the lowest handicappers have clubs in their bag that they rarely hit or rarely hit well. I think it would be easy to make room for a club that will very likely lower your score. If you are a low single figure handicapper and/or have a great short game then these may not be for you, I believe if your handicap is over say 8ish, unless your short game is excellent then a bit of diligent practice with these clubs will produce way better results than the same amount of time put in with traditional wedges and will improve your scoring and enjoyment. I haven't had an opportunity to try them out of sand yet, hoping that won't be a problem. Unlikely anyone on this forum will be turning PRO, golf is the most difficult sport, do whatever it takes to make it easier and more enjoyable. Sorry if this is a bit long winded but just wanted to share my experiences for what it's worth, if you are sitting on the fence, take the plunge, I don't think you will be disappointed.