Donn lost in San Diego 44 Posted June 9, 2018 Share Posted June 9, 2018 Do cast wedges spin better than forged wedges? 1 Quote Driver Callaway Epic on Recoil F2 (senior) flex Three wood is TM Burner Superfast 3.0 on M (mature) flex 3H Old Adams A3OS red boxster on stock Graffaloy Platinum reg shaft 3 MP 18 MMC and 4 GFF hybrid Mizuno irons 5 Mizu hybrid Fli-hi 6 - W Ping I 500 irons on Recoil F3 reg flex shafts Wedges: Mizuno blue 52 09, 60 06, and old original Hogan Sure-out 56 14 sand Chipper (yep I carry a chipper) old Don Martin Up n In bronze Putter Musty wood mallet, sometimes switch with my Scotty Cameron Futura X counter weight face balanced Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlukes 16,187 Posted June 9, 2018 Share Posted June 9, 2018 Do cast wedges spin better than forged wedges? No - cast or forged has no bearing on how much a wedge spins 4 Quote G410 LST 9* VA Nemesys 65X G425 LST 14.5* Tour AD DI 7X 818 H2 20* Tour AD DI 85X MP20 HMB 4 - Tour AD 95X JPX 919 Tour 5-PW OBAN CT 115X(-) Vokey SM7 50F - 54S - 60D PLD Milled Anser 2 ProV1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shankster 31,527 Posted June 9, 2018 Share Posted June 9, 2018 Technique is what makes more spin. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIG STU 9,627 Posted June 9, 2018 Share Posted June 9, 2018 Jlukes and Shankster nailed it. As far as cast versus forged it is all about the feel. Older guys like me that learned the game in the forged era learned the feel of forged. Not knocking anyone at all but some folks can not tell the difference between cast of forged though 3 Quote Driver ---- Honma G1_X Stock tuned Honma R shaft---- 3 wood TM V-Steel Aldila 65G R Flex 15*--- 7 Wood TM V-Steel UST Pro Force 65 R flex 21*---- 9 wood TM V-Steel stock MAS Stiff shaft 24*--- Irons 5 thru 9 1980 Mac VIP Hogan Apex #2 shaft---PW Hogan TK-15 50* KBS Wedge Shaft---- SW Callaway PM 56 modified grind 8* KBS Wedge shaft---- Putter 1997 Rusty Scotty Santa Fe Bullseye fluted shaft--- Bag Old School Jones Classic non stand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HardcoreLooper 5,533 Posted June 9, 2018 Share Posted June 9, 2018 Vokeys are cast. They spin just fine. 3 Quote What's in the bag: Driver - F8 - Aldila NV Blue 60 ( S ) 3 Wood (16*) - F8 - Aldila NV Blue 60 ( S ) 3 Hybrid (19*) - RBZ 4i - PW - D7 Forged - Recoil 760 ( S ) GW - LW - F8 - N.S. Pro Modus3 Tour105 ( S ) Putter - Craz-e Bag - 2.5 (Black) Ball - TP5X Pix Instagram - @hardcorelooper Twitter - @meovino Facebook - mike.eovino Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thin2win 3,583 Posted June 9, 2018 Share Posted June 9, 2018 If you want to trust Rick Shiels, and my memory. I believe he found the Mac daddy forged and the ping glide 2.0 to be the highest spinning wedges. But, that was for him. I know last year when I went wedge shopping, I got the most spin out of the Mac daddy forged. That said, I believe something like 80% of approach shots are left short... So do you really need "the most spin"? Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G930A using MyGolfSpy mobile app 2 Quote WITB: Driver: SIM2 Max 12° - Accra TZ6 M4 FW Wood: F7 17.5° - Fujikura Pro Utility: King Forged 20.5° Utility - Catalyst X Irons: D7 Forged GW-5i - Recoils Wedges: JB 52° , 286 56° Putter: MySpider X Cart: Onewheel XR+ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thin2win 3,583 Posted June 10, 2018 Share Posted June 10, 2018 I think I might have miss hit the OP's question. I'll absolutely agree with everyone that contact and swing can/will determine backspin. I also think that some wedges spin more than others. With that, I can tell you that Mac daddy forged wedges get 600rpm more back spin for me than the cast version of the MD4, 800rpm more than SM7s, and about 800rpm more than RTX3's. So for me, a forged wedge proved to have more spin. I didn't test any other wedges, I used bridgestone e6's and trackman. 56 degree wedges hitting to 90 yards. They ranged from 9800-10600rpm. All of them were accurate and easily had enough backspin to stop a ball, I thought the MD Forged felt the best, so I went with them. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G930A using MyGolfSpy mobile app 1 Quote WITB: Driver: SIM2 Max 12° - Accra TZ6 M4 FW Wood: F7 17.5° - Fujikura Pro Utility: King Forged 20.5° Utility - Catalyst X Irons: D7 Forged GW-5i - Recoils Wedges: JB 52° , 286 56° Putter: MySpider X Cart: Onewheel XR+ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIG STU 9,627 Posted June 10, 2018 Share Posted June 10, 2018 Vokeys are cast. They spin just fine. Correct on both but the older 252 and 254 series (non conforming) are forged along with some of the Oil can ones. I am as big of a fan of the old 252/254 series as I am on 588s 1 Quote Driver ---- Honma G1_X Stock tuned Honma R shaft---- 3 wood TM V-Steel Aldila 65G R Flex 15*--- 7 Wood TM V-Steel UST Pro Force 65 R flex 21*---- 9 wood TM V-Steel stock MAS Stiff shaft 24*--- Irons 5 thru 9 1980 Mac VIP Hogan Apex #2 shaft---PW Hogan TK-15 50* KBS Wedge Shaft---- SW Callaway PM 56 modified grind 8* KBS Wedge shaft---- Putter 1997 Rusty Scotty Santa Fe Bullseye fluted shaft--- Bag Old School Jones Classic non stand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIG STU 9,627 Posted June 10, 2018 Share Posted June 10, 2018 I believe spin with wedges is created by making quality ball contact. Some players think wedge grooves (or maybe wedge material as well) heavily influence the amount of spin. I believe that if a player makes good- square-quality ball contact, the resulting shot from a wedge will spin just fine (regardless of groove type, club age, or condition). My own experience is that the grooves of a brand new never played wedge will produce extra spin for about 15-20 strikes of the golf ball. After that I don't notice spin difference between a wedge with 30 swings and one that has struck thousands of golf balls. Some Tour guys put new wedges in their bag every week or two. Tom Kite once played a 10 year stretch on Tour with the same set of wedges.So, I think this topic is more of a personal preference answer than it is a matter of fact one. Regarding cast or forged, I can't imagine why one manufacturing process would yield more spin than the other. On face value IMHO grooves are not all they are cracked up to be. had a friend of mine that played the same 588s for 20 years. His 60 was so worn out the face was concave. you could still spin it though. No zippers so to speak but it would still spin. A lot of it is technique. Not tooting my own horn but with my cut swing I can stop some of my antique dot faced wedges and with one of them can still hit a zipper with a balata ball from 60 yards 3 Quote Driver ---- Honma G1_X Stock tuned Honma R shaft---- 3 wood TM V-Steel Aldila 65G R Flex 15*--- 7 Wood TM V-Steel UST Pro Force 65 R flex 21*---- 9 wood TM V-Steel stock MAS Stiff shaft 24*--- Irons 5 thru 9 1980 Mac VIP Hogan Apex #2 shaft---PW Hogan TK-15 50* KBS Wedge Shaft---- SW Callaway PM 56 modified grind 8* KBS Wedge shaft---- Putter 1997 Rusty Scotty Santa Fe Bullseye fluted shaft--- Bag Old School Jones Classic non stand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIG STU 9,627 Posted June 10, 2018 Share Posted June 10, 2018 I think I might have miss hit the OP's question. I'll absolutely agree with everyone that contact and swing can/will determine backspin. I also think that some wedges spin more than others. With that, I can tell you that Mac daddy forged wedges get 600rpm more back spin for me than the cast version of the MD4, 800rpm more than SM7s, and about 800rpm more than RTX3's. So for me, a forged wedge proved to have more spin. I didn't test any other wedges, I used bridgestone e6's and trackman. 56 degree wedges hitting to 90 yards. They ranged from 9800-10600rpm. All of them were accurate and easily had enough backspin to stop a ball, I thought the MD Forged felt the best, so I went with them. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G930A using MyGolfSpy mobile app For me it is all about feel. I do know I have a couple of Mack Daddy cast wedges (trade deal) and those things feel like crap to me. Have never hit a Mack Daddy forged Quote Driver ---- Honma G1_X Stock tuned Honma R shaft---- 3 wood TM V-Steel Aldila 65G R Flex 15*--- 7 Wood TM V-Steel UST Pro Force 65 R flex 21*---- 9 wood TM V-Steel stock MAS Stiff shaft 24*--- Irons 5 thru 9 1980 Mac VIP Hogan Apex #2 shaft---PW Hogan TK-15 50* KBS Wedge Shaft---- SW Callaway PM 56 modified grind 8* KBS Wedge shaft---- Putter 1997 Rusty Scotty Santa Fe Bullseye fluted shaft--- Bag Old School Jones Classic non stand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DawgDaddy 3,182 Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 Welcome to MGS! Quote Driver - Epic Speed Woods - Mavrik 3 Wood & Epic Flash Heavenwood Hybrid - Epic Flash 4H Irons - Rogue X 5 - AW Wedges - CBX2 54* & 58* Putter - ER2 Rangefinder - Bushnell Pro XE Ball - Tour Response Stripe Bag - 2020 Bag Boy Chiller Cart Bag Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No3PuttLaLa 2,097 Posted June 13, 2018 Share Posted June 13, 2018 Good ball contact and clean grooves will help create the spin. Welcome to MGS from the great PNW! Quote Driver: M4 10.5* / Evenflow Blue 6.0 Stiff / Golf Pride MCC +4 Midsize Woods: M6 3W 15* / Evenflow Blue 6.0 Stiff / Golf Pride MCC +4 Midsize Hybrid: M4 Rescue 19* / KBS Tour Graphite Hybrid Prototype 85g Stiff / Golf Pride MCC +4 Midsize Irons: Z585 4-AW / KBS Tour 90 - Regular +1" / Golf Pride MCC +4 Midsize Wedges: CBX - 56* & 60* / KBS Hi Rev 2.0 - Regular +1" / Golf Pride MCC +4 Midsize Putter: Sigma 2 Tyne 4 Platinum / Superstroke Pistol Ball: Project a Bag: Hoofer 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CFrazier 202 Posted June 14, 2018 Share Posted June 14, 2018 Clean groves, hitting down into the ball before making ground contact, and playing a urethane ball produces the most spin. Sent from my iPhone using MyGolfSpy Quote Driver- Callaway GBB Epic 9.5 Aldila Rouge Max 75X 3 Wood- Callaway GBB Epic 15 Aldila Rouge Max 85X Hybrid- Callaway GBB Epic 19 UST Recoil F4 Irons- Callaway CF Apex 16' 4-PW S300 Wedges- Titleist SM6 GW/SW/LW S300 Putter- Ping Anser Sigma G w/ Superstroke Pistol GT 2.0 Ball- Bridgestone B330/ TaylorMade TP4/ Titleist ProV1 Grips- Golf Pride MCC Plus 4 Grey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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