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So, after looking at a number of iron sets, and seeing the PW in the last 3 years or so work it's way down to a 45*, why haven't the big name wedge companies like Cleveland, Vokey, etc started stocking stores with 50 degree Gap wedges and 55 degree sandwedges to keep the distance gap in line?

 

For instance, if I wanted a 55 degree Vokey, I'd most surely have to order it, even if I walked into a big name golf shop. Back when PW's were 48, it was (and still is) much easier to find a 52, 56 and 60. (that say a 50, 55, and 60)

 

I know a lot of boutique wedge companies make them (hell, almost every wedge company makes them. However, if I modern set of irons with less loft, which seems to the be the newest trend, why would I want a 52 and 56 or 58 wedge?

 

I'm the type of guy who establishes extremely detailed distances on my scoring irons and makes every effort to avoid hitting "less" of a club. I prefer to hit just about every shot a full as possible and know how far the ball will travel. I.e - If I'm 75 yards from the pin, alot of guys would pull a low wedge or PW and hit a nice smooth pitch shot which could check and run. I would pull my 60 and take a full swing and get that 75-80 with almost no accidentally shorting it or having it run off the back of the green.

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Because wedges are all about distance gaps. If you want a stronger loft, get it. Just get the wedges that fit the gaps. If you need a 52* to be your sand wedge, do it. Just 1 degree of loft doesn't do much, plus most companies aren't changing lofts buy 1 degree, it's more like 2 or 3. You need to stop thinking of wedges in degree, and more in yardage, IMO. Another thing, you can always get wedges bent a degree or 2 if you need it.

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I've moved to a 50* gap wedge a couple seasons ago.

 

You gotta realize, if they bump the lofts enough it gives them a chance to sell an extra club to fill that gap. IMHO, that and the appearance of someone gaining extra distance are the two reasons they've moved that way.

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Are we talking GI irons because most of the irons i play still have a PW @ 47/48. maybe I just haven't been checking all the other irons out but most blades are still normal lofts. NO? My Cally Proto's PW =48 my TM TP B heads PW=48

I just did a quick look around and I didn't find one players iron below 47 for PW. Now if you were playing 48 your whole life and now 45 then yes that's a big difference. But we must be talking Game improvement irons being made that way so players thing there hitting the ball as far as a pro hits his wedge,that or maybe because now with so many hybrid sets like half the irons are woods and such. so my question is which set are you playing where the PW is 45*?

 

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Are we talking GI irons because most of the irons i play still have a PW @ 47/48. maybe I just haven't been checking all the other irons out but most blades are still normal lofts. NO? My Cally Proto's PW =48 my TM TP B heads PW=48

I just did a quick look around and I didn't find one players iron below 47 for PW. Now if you were playing 48 your whole life and now 45 then yes that's a big difference. But we must be talking Game improvement irons being made that way so players thing there hitting the ball as far as a pro hits his wedge,that or maybe because now with so many hybrid sets like half the irons are woods and such. so my question is which set are you playing where the PW is 45*?

 

Tim

 

 

My Callaway X-Forged irons (not exactly GI irons) have a 47* PW. If you use the normal gap of 4* between irons, then you would need a 51* GW. With what's made, that either puts you into a slightly weaker 52*, or a slightly stronger 50*. I chose to go with a 50*, because you can always grip down and take a bit off, as opposed to having to grip down too much on my PW or hit a 52 just a bit harder.

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Are we talking GI irons because most of the irons i play still have a PW @ 47/48. maybe I just haven't been checking all the other irons out but most blades are still normal lofts. NO? My Cally Proto's PW =48 my TM TP B heads PW=48

I just did a quick look around and I didn't find one players iron below 47 for PW. Now if you were playing 48 your whole life and now 45 then yes that's a big difference. But we must be talking Game improvement irons being made that way so players thing there hitting the ball as far as a pro hits his wedge,that or maybe because now with so many hybrid sets like half the irons are woods and such. so my question is which set are you playing where the PW is 45*?

 

Tim

 

Cobras, Taylor Mades, Nikes? Not a huge list, but some popular clubs.

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My Callaway X-Forged irons (not exactly GI irons) have a 47* PW. If you use the normal gap of 4* between irons, then you would need a 51* GW. With what's made, that either puts you into a slightly weaker 52*, or a slightly stronger 50*. I chose to go with a 50*, because you can always grip down and take a bit off, as opposed to having to grip down too much on my PW or hit a 52 just a bit harder.

 

Or you could just have them bent to the right loft to fill the gap.

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Cobras, Taylor Mades, Nikes? Not a huge list, but some popular clubs.

 

Ping also with the Raptures.

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Covered that in post 2.....

 

You sure did. I missed that - nice job.

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My Callaway X-Forged irons (not exactly GI irons) have a 47* PW. If you use the normal gap of 4* between irons, then you would need a 51* GW. With what's made, that either puts you into a slightly weaker 52*, or a slightly stronger 50*. I chose to go with a 50*, because you can always grip down and take a bit off, as opposed to having to grip down too much on my PW or hit a 52 just a bit harder.

 

 

Not 45* PW like stated above, that's what I'm questioning. What sets have standard PW @ 45? 48 is the norm or was for a long time 1* is one thing but 4* is another club. If you can't adjust for 1* then well I don't know you must be one precise golfer knocking down those flag sticks!! :lol:

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TM R7 17.5 HFS w/ Tour AD 7S Stiff 42"

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Not 45* PW like stated above, that's what I'm questioning. What sets have standard PW @ 45? 48 is the norm or was for a long time 1* is one thing but 4* is another club. If you can't adjust for 1* then well I don't know you must be one precise golfer knocking down those flag sticks!! :lol:

 

Taylor Made Burner, Nike Machspeed, Ping Rapture V2, Mizuno MX 1000 (44*), Cobra S2 Max (43*), Titleist AP1, Adams Idea A7OS Max (44*), Callaway FT i-brid (44*). And that isn't listing companies with repeat PW's with 45* lofts.

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Taylor Made Burner, Nike Machspeed, Ping Rapture V2, Mizuno MX 1000 (44*), Cobra S2 Max (43*), Titleist AP1, Adams Idea A7OS Max (44*), Callaway FT i-brid (44*). And that isn't listing companies with repeat PW's with 45* lofts.

 

So you proved my point the only irons that have 45 or less loft for PW are made for high handicappers or what we call GI irons! Not players irons. In other words to make people feel like there hitting the ball as far or similar to the PROS! JMO

 

It's that ego thing where you can say I hit a PW from 140 when in fact your hitting a 8 iron real loft! That's what they are appealing too... the OEM's. Trying to make the average weekend golfer feel like their playing a game similar to the pro's. little do many of them realize that their 43* or 45* pw is really 8 or 9 iron.

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TM R7 17.5 HFS w/ Tour AD 7S Stiff 42"

Cobra S3 Pro's 4-pw w/ Aldila RIP Tours SLT 115 Reg. 5i 38.5"

Titleist Vokey Proto's

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I think you're kind of missing the point of my question. I believe at least 2 different people here have provided you numerous examples of companies who are doing this. That's not to say I care in the least why they're delofting clubs. My question was why they're delofting their iron sets and not offering standard "strong" gap and sand wedges.

 

Seriously dude, it doesn't matter if they're doing this to blades or super game improvement Big Berthas. If you could get past the fact that this is only being done for game improvement irons, you might actually realize that game improvement or cavity back irons make up a very large percentage of irons sold, probably more than 3 to 1 to a set of blades. And that this question applies to people playing GI irons.

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Because wedges are all about distance gaps. If you want a stronger loft, get it. Just get the wedges that fit the gaps. If you need a 52* to be your sand wedge, do it. Just 1 degree of loft doesn't do much, plus most companies aren't changing lofts buy 1 degree, it's more like 2 or 3. You need to stop thinking of wedges in degree, and more in yardage, IMO. Another thing, you can always get wedges bent a degree or 2 if you need it.

I agree. I look at all of my clubs as distance and really pay no attention to the number or loft. The most important thing is knowing how far you hit each and then fill the gaps in the shorter clubs or wedges to be even more accurate.

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@TWShoot67

 

I think you're kind of missing the point of my question. I believe at least 2 different people here have provided you numerous examples of companies who are doing this. That's not to say I care in the least why they're delofting clubs. My question was why they're delofting their iron sets and not offering standard "strong" gap and sand wedges.

 

Seriously dude, it doesn't matter if they're doing this to blades or super game improvement Big Berthas. If you could get past the fact that this is only being done for game improvement irons, you might actually realize that game improvement or cavity back irons make up a very large percentage of irons sold, probably more than 3 to 1 to a set of blades. And that this question applies to people playing GI irons.

 

So then what is the purpose of this I ask? Is it to add more wedges for possible sales? I just don't know why it's such a big deal anyway. Well seriously dude there NOT doing this to players irons that includes players cb's and blades. I only mentioned GI because that's happens to be the irons there doing this too, which is probably the larger SOLD irons! I didn't know we were getting into a discussion about which irons sell the most. Maybe i didn't make my opinion correctly. Now as far as sales go I could care less. All I was trying to say is that they (OEM's) are playing off what everyone does at the course when your playing with your fore some. Instead of having your own game and your own yardages, people are always worried about how far their buddy hits the ball. (it's the male ego) People should learn that it doesn't matter what # is on the bottom. People should just play what works for them. Basically I never noticed my irons lofts changing more the a 1*. If it bother's someone what # or letter is on the bottom they cam do what Ryan Moore has done with Scrath, just have degree's on 13 clubs and a P for putter.

 

And to answer your question about how come there's no 50* gap wedges well there are and many more in the last 3 years. LOL

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Cobra King FLYZ+ 10.5* w/ Aldila Rogue 125 R 44.5"

Tour Issued TM M2 10.5 w/ Mitsubishi Tensi CK Pro Blue 60S

Tour Issued TM M2 15* w/ GD Tour AD 7S 43"

TM R7 17.5 HFS w/ Tour AD 7S Stiff 42"

Cobra S3 Pro's 4-pw w/ Aldila RIP Tours SLT 115 Reg. 5i 38.5"

Titleist Vokey Proto's

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TM TP5 X

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From what I have been told by many company reps and higher ups, the strengthening of club lofts has been the result of two driving forces. The first is that players are always looking for clubs that will let them hit the ball further, strengthening lofts is a quick and easy way to make them think that they are doing that. I find this reasoning a bit more believable than the second answer that I have gotten. The modern game improvement irons are designed to launch the ball higher and enable the player to get the ball off of the ground. If they maintain the more traditional lofts, the ball will go too high and lose most of it's energy climbing higher rather than traveling further.

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From what I have been told by many company reps and higher ups, the strengthening of club lofts has been the result of two driving forces. The first is that players are always looking for clubs that will let them hit the ball further, strengthening lofts is a quick and easy way to make them think that they are doing that. I find this reasoning a bit more believable than the second answer that I have gotten. The modern game improvement irons are designed to launch the ball higher and enable the player to get the ball off of the ground. If they maintain the more traditional lofts, the ball will go too high and lose most of it's energy climbing higher rather than traveling further.

 

Thank you for the second half now that makes perfect sense. I take back all I said. <_>

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Cobra King FLYZ+ 10.5* w/ Aldila Rogue 125 R 44.5"

Tour Issued TM M2 10.5 w/ Mitsubishi Tensi CK Pro Blue 60S

Tour Issued TM M2 15* w/ GD Tour AD 7S 43"

TM R7 17.5 HFS w/ Tour AD 7S Stiff 42"

Cobra S3 Pro's 4-pw w/ Aldila RIP Tours SLT 115 Reg. 5i 38.5"

Titleist Vokey Proto's

52*,54*,58* all TTDG S-400

TM TP5 X

Scotty Cameron SSS Tiffany 009 350 34.5" or Bettinardi BB1 DASS Proto

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Or you could just have them bent to the right loft to fill the gap.

I'm gonna chime in...

Bending a wedge to change it's loft will also change the bounce of the club. not always the best thing to do.

 

@TWShoot67

 

I think you're kind of missing the point of my question. I believe at least 2 different people here have provided you numerous examples of companies who are doing this. That's not to say I care in the least why they're delofting clubs. My question was why they're delofting their iron sets and not offering standard "strong" gap and sand wedges.

 

 

 

I have found that most companies are offering stronger "standard" gap wedges in recent years. There is also the CLeveland/Titleist/Callaway/Ping method. All of those companies offer a standalone wedge lofted down to at least 50* and sometimes as low as 46*.

From what I have been told by many company reps and higher ups, the strengthening of club lofts has been the result of two driving forces. The first is that players are always looking for clubs that will let them hit the ball further, strengthening lofts is a quick and easy way to make them think that they are doing that. I find this reasoning a bit more believable than the second answer that I have gotten. The modern game improvement irons are designed to launch the ball higher and enable the player to get the ball off of the ground. If they maintain the more traditional lofts, the ball will go too high and lose most of it's energy climbing higher rather than traveling further.

I have heard these same arguments from the reps. It's all hogwash IMO. Is a customer is hitting 3 different 7 irons, and one goes 10 yards farther, which one is the average consumer gonna buy????

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I'm gonna chime in...

Bending a wedge to change it's loft will also change the bounce of the club. not always the best thing to do.

 

 

 

I have found that most companies are offering stronger "standard" gap wedges in recent years. There is also the CLeveland/Titleist/Callaway/Ping method. All of those companies offer a standalone wedge lofted down to at least 50* and sometimes as low as 46*.

I have heard these same arguments from the reps. It's all hogwash IMO. Is a customer is hitting 3 different 7 irons, and one goes 10 yards farther, which one is the average consumer gonna buy????

 

This is a major frustration for me when demoing irons. I feel like I need to print out spec sheets before I go, because if I'm hitting a Cobra 6I, it's not close to the same thing as a Mizuno 6I. I'm not someone who cares about how far I hit my 6I, or any club for that matter, but I do want to compare apples to apples.

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This is a major frustration for me when demoing irons. I feel like I need to print out spec sheets before I go, because if I'm hitting a Cobra 6I, it's not close to the same thing as a Mizuno 6I. I'm not someone who cares about how far I hit my 6I, or any club for that matter, but I do want to compare apples to apples.

 

 

That's absolutely true...just like with any other big money purchase -- you gotta be an educated consumer.

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That's absolutely true...just like with any other big money purchase -- you gotta be an educated consumer.

Thats the thing though... most people are not educating themselves.... "the monitor said I hit this club 15 yards farther. I better buy it." It works, or the companies would not do it.

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Thats the thing though... most people are not educating themselves.... "the monitor said I hit this club 15 yards farther. I better buy it." It works, or the companies would not do it.

 

That only works on new guys.

 

When you've been playing Golf long enough you're more likely to be more interested in how the club looks, feels and if you can point it with reliable distances therefore getting a better chance at hitting your target. If you knew more, you would be wanting to see how well you could shape a shot or adjust the height your ball flies or bites. There are also differences in how well a club can pick a ball up from odd lies.

 

You might want a new set simply for the sake of change, but not too much as you still want to preserve the practice time and familiarity you invested in your tired old set. Then again, you might want greater range and think you can live with the reduced lofts.

 

 

When it comes to Irons, the business is hitting your targets and new guys don't do that so well unless they are truly talented, or you really aren't that good. Distance counts with Drivers and sometimes even fairways but Irons are all about hitting and holding targets and it really doesn't matter which club you used to hit it with.

 

 

 

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Thats the thing though... most people are not educating themselves.... "the monitor said I hit this club 15 yards farther. I better buy it." It works, or the companies would not do it.

 

 

Well, for me, I won't necessarily check loft specs before I get them....but I most definitely do afterwards. If I need to hit it a 150yds, I don't care whether the stupid club says 6,7,8, or 9 iron on it -- I just want to know that I'm gonna get my needed yardage out of it every time I chose to hit it. And, I want to know if I need to fill any gaps between clubs.

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That only works on new guys.

 

When you've been playing Golf long enough you're more likely to be more interested in how the club looks, feels and if you can point it with reliable distances therefore getting a better chance at hitting your target. If you knew more, you would be wanting to see how well you could shape a shot or adjust the height your ball flies or bites. There are also differences in how well a club can pick a ball up from odd lies.

 

You might want a new set simply for the sake of change, but not too much as you still want to preserve the practice time and familiarity you invested in your tired old set. Then again, you might want greater range and think you can live with the reduced lofts.

 

 

When it comes to Irons, the business is hitting your targets and new guys don't do that so well unless they are truly talented, or you really aren't that good. Distance counts with Drivers and sometimes even fairways but Irons are all about hitting and holding targets and it really doesn't matter which club you used to hit it with.

 

 

 

Shambles

 

 

Well, for me, I won't necessarily check loft specs before I get them....but I most definitely do afterwards. If I need to hit it a 150yds, I don't care whether the stupid club says 6,7,8, or 9 iron on it -- I just want to know that I'm gonna get my needed yardage out of it every time I chose to hit it. And, I want to know if I need to fill any gaps between clubs.

Right. My point is that the TYPICAL consumer will buy whatever GOES FARTHER... accuracy be damned.. Educated members of a discussion group might have a better idea of what they are looking for. The Vendors are trying to sell iron sets to the uneducated player.. IMO.

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Right. My point is that the TYPICAL consumer will buy whatever GOES FARTHER... accuracy be damned.. Educated members of a discussion group might have a better idea of what they are looking for. The Vendors are trying to sell iron sets to the uneducated player.. IMO.

 

There are practical limits to such low loft gimicks. Evidence already exists in the presence of the gap wedge and the L wedge. You lower the lofts of the irons and you end up needing to add the missing higher lofts at some point in your development.

 

Granted that the new guy will be attracted to and be tempted by the one that seems to go farther. However it's rare that a guy goes off all on his own to make a purchase. He is normally accompanied by a friend or two to whom he has turned for advice, from which I can surmise he considers them knowledgeable. Hopefully for him, they are.

 

 

 

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There are practical limits to such low loft gimicks. Evidence already exists in the presence of the gap wedge and the L wedge. You lower the lofts of the irons and you end up needing to add the missing higher lofts at some point in your development.

 

Granted that the new guy will be attracted to and be tempted by the one that seems to go farther. However it's rare that a guy goes off all on his own to make a purchase. He is normally accompanied by a friend or two to whom he has turned for advice, from which I can surmise he considers them knowledgeable. Hopefully for him, they are.

 

 

 

Shambles

FWIW, I work in a pretty big golf shop, and have tried to have the wedge loft conversation with customers for many years. For a very large portion of the population, It matters not what the loft of the PW, GW,and SW they carry are. All that matters is that they hit one less club than their buddy into a par 3.

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Irons -  :srixon-small: ZX7 MKII  4-Pw | TTDGTI S400, std length  1° flat
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FWIW, I work in a pretty big golf shop, and have tried to have the wedge loft conversation with customers for many years. For a very large portion of the population, It matters not what the loft of the PW, GW,and SW they carry are. All that matters is that they hit one less club than their buddy into a par 3.

 

 

And there you have the majority of golfers.

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