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Date Posted: 22:33:43 04/21/08 Mon
Author: paul
Subject: X wedge?

Mr. Lake,

Starting to see some really encouraging things from my set of irons out on the course. Only my second round out with them, and I hit an exceptionally high number of fairways and greens (for me) and posted a decent score even with a singularly horrible putting day. Looking forward to even better things this season.

Given any thought to developing a high lob/X-Wedge? I read in your playing tips archive that for all short shots you like to land the ball as near the hole as possible to minimize the problem of reading the green's break (from my experiences this seems like the best philosophy too) and I would think that the fastest-stopping club would be the one with the most loft. Also, players with fast swing speeds would probably appreciate being able to still take a full shot in the 60-80 yard range where others would hit the lob wedge. Personally, I love hitting [other company's] super-duper-high wedges too much to drop them from my bag, and I like the fact that they also have consistent weights and lengths (though not the same as my 1 Iron specs). But if you made something comparable in loft, I for one would have nothing to stop me from swapping in the 1 Iron wedges (besides being a poor college student, of course).

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[> Re: X wedge? -- David Lake, 07:28:34 04/22/08 Tue

Paul,

Some stronger golfers like to carry a wedge in the 64º or 65º loft angle range as well as a #2 iron in the 15º or 16º loft angle range. However, there is a point of diminishing returns where the addition of a higher lofted incremental iron (as in a very high lofted wedge) or a lower lofted incremental iron (as in a #2 iron) produces very poor results for the average golfer. In fact, only about 2% of the entire golfing population (the extremely strong hitter) can play a #2 iron or a very high lofted wedge effectively. For this reason we limited our designed loft angle range in our irons from 19º (#3 iron) to LW (59º).

David Lake

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[> [> Re: X wedge? -- paul, 08:30:01 04/22/08 Tue

Gotcha. Just for my own knowledge though, am I on target regarding the short game (chips and pitches, not full shots)? I don't have the years of experience with wedge play that some people do, but so far I've had as much/more success with my X wedge than any other. I'm wondering if, assuming he initially started learning the short game with an X wedge to develop the proper feel and whatnot, a really solid wedge player would feel the same way or if there is some confounding variable that makes a (comparably) lower-lofted wedge the best choice for a serious player.

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[> [> [> Re: X wedge? -- David Lake, 08:49:47 04/22/08 Tue

Paul,

I am not saying that a very high lofted wedge has lessened value for a skilled golfer, I am only saying that it would not particularly be of help to the vast majority of recreational golfers who play at an average level. There is another consideration and that is the fourteen club limit. For every wedge that you add you have to eliminate another club from your bag.

David Lake

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[> [> Re: X wedge? -- matt, 14:43:17 05/15/08 Thu

sure wish 1 iron golf would make a 64 deg wedge...m

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