How often you replace your Wedges?

[Ed G]

I love the "bite" and stop of a good wedge shot. I just run my groove tool every 3-4 months and I'm a happy guy!

[revkev]

So this topic came up over the weekend.  I have new wedges, about four months old, for the first time in 5 or 6 years.  I have had tons of trouble with the 53 which was my go to wedge in my old set.  On number 10 I hit what looked like the most beautiful little pitch shot out of rough over the false front of an elevated green and thought it would run out to the pin - it stopped dead 12 feet short of the hole - not the shot that I was looking for   Good news was that I made the putt but still.  Two holes later I had a very similar pitch only from the fairway, should be much easier to stop, I thought that I nipped it clean and it rolled 10 feet past the cup - granted it is Florida and grain comes into play but I am on the verge of putting the old wedge back in.  I could still spin it some but not so much as this one.  I'm really struggling with dialing in the new grooves.

 

[revkev]

Now you guys have me putting my old wedges in the bag…… aghhhh

 

At least I have enough equipment in the closest that I can do this with buying anything. 

[THEZIPR23]

On 6/16/2021 at 12:16 PM, revkev said:

So this topic came up over the weekend.  I have new wedges, about four months old, for the first time in 5 or 6 years.  I have had tons of trouble with the 53 which was my go to wedge in my old set.  On number 10 I hit what looked like the most beautiful little pitch shot out of rough over the false front of an elevated green and thought it would run out to the pin - it stopped dead 12 feet short of the hole - not the shot that I was looking for   Good news was that I made the putt but still.  Two holes later I had a very similar pitch only from the fairway, should be much easier to stop, I thought that I nipped it clean and it rolled 10 feet past the cup - granted it is Florida and grain comes into play but I am on the verge of putting the old wedge back in.  I could still spin it some but not so much as this one.  I'm really struggling with dialing in the new grooves.

 

One thing you can do to combat new grooves is hit a bunch of bunker shots. Usually you only have to do it in the beginning and it will take the "edge" off. Sand does wonders to grooves. 

[JeremyD]

Great topic. I've been playing the same TM wedges for about 6 years, but I don't have the same wear and tear. I have a 60 degree oil can vokey in my office that seems to have some face roughness due to the rust on it, and I may put that back in my bag. The topic gets me thinking it's likely time to at least update my 56

[revkev]

43 minutes ago, THEZIPR23 said:

One thing you can do to combat new grooves is hit a bunch of bunker shots. Usually you only have to do it in the beginning and it will take the "edge" off. Sand does wonders to grooves. 

I also prefer the smaller footprint of the SCORS - 

 

we will see - for now they are back in and I will give the Edison’s another try at the end of the season - I just haven’t had enough time to practice with them. 

[MrBandit]

8 minutes ago, revkev said:

I also prefer the smaller footprint of the SCORS - 

 

we will see - for now they are back in and I will give the Edison’s another try at the end of the season - I just haven’t had enough time to practice with them. 

I thought the SCORS where no longer been made.

The Edison wedges I have heard good things , never actually seen one or hit one, this could be something to look at for next year.

[fozcycle]

6 minutes ago, MrBandit said:

I thought the SCORS where no longer been made.

The Edison wedges I have heard good things , never actually seen one or hit one, this could be something to look at for next year.

When they stopped making SCORs, they became the Ben Hogan Tkt15’s.  I know, because I have a set in my closet.  They played exactly like the SCOR’s, with the V-sole.  If I get tiered of my Cleveland Zipcores(50*/54*/58*) I will put the Tkt15’s back in the bag.

I have Scor wedges, 41/45/49/53/57 with Genius 10 shafts.  My Hogans have Recoil 460 shafts(64 gram) and my Zipcores have DGSpinner shafts(123 gram).  I know there is a big weight difference, for now I have adjusted to the 123 gram Zipcores.

[MrBandit]

2 minutes ago, fozcycle said:

When they stopped making SCORs, they became the Ben Hogan Tkt15’s.  I know, because I have a set in my closet.  They played exactly like the SCOR’s, with the V-sole.  If I get tiered of my Cleveland Zipcores(50*/54*/58*) I will put the Tkt15’s back in the bag.

I have Scor wedges, 41/45/49/53/57 with Genius 10 shafts.  My Hogans have Recoil 460 shafts(64 gram) and my Zipcores have DGSpinner shafts(123 gram).  I know there is a big weight difference, for now I have adjusted to the 123 gram Zipcores.

I currently using the Cleveland's RTX4 RAW., I was thinking of moving over to the ZipCores but couldn't decided if there was significant gains from this new version.

 

[fozcycle]

1 hour ago, MrBandit said:

I currently using the Cleveland's RTX4 RAW., I was thinking of moving over to the ZipCores but couldn't decided if there was significant gains from this new version.

 

If you are hitting them well, no need to change.  The big difference between the Rtx4 and Zipcore is weight.  They removed weight from the heel and placed it up the blade making a hump on the back of the shaft.

[Puttingmatt]

On 6/18/2021 at 2:49 PM, fozcycle said:

If you are hitting them well, no need to change.  The big difference between the Rtx4 and ZipCore is weight.  They removed weight from the heel and placed it up the blade making a hump on the back of the shaft.

I play the RTX 4 in a gap and this does very well, but I have just put a ZipCore 58* full face wedge in the bag . I am impressed with the feel and ease of the Zipcore.

Considering upgrading  the southern bag with the ZipCore,  Very satisfied with the Cleveland wedges. 

[jroot327]

Recently received my raw Zipcores, and man I was missing the spin of fresher grooves on the quick greens I play. I've been able to hit some really nice low spinners on some front to back sloped greens that are always tough to hold, and have a bit more control out of the rough. My RTX3 was trying to hang in there, and my CG15 was dead. Glad to have the control of new wedges back, and still working on how my custom grinds can best be used.