cavity wedges?
I often wonder why most manufacturers make great forged wedges but only as small blade designs. Whilst this is fine for short chips etc , it makes full swing shots tougher for a lot of us mid/high h/cappers who cannot strike blades consistently. I use mizuno mx wedges as they are larger/forged and much more forgiving(and a bit cheaper?) than tiny pear shaped designs. As cavity back clubs fill most bags nowadays it just seems strange to go from a large forgiving 9 iron or PW to a tiny GW or LW and expect to nail them on a regular basis! What do you guys think?
Reply : Thu 22nd Jul 2010 09:29
Wayne, that was my whole point, although scratch players like yourself will be able to use blades, some us h/cappers cannot hit full shots regularly enough and scoring suffers. Since I changed to larger (but not ugly)mx forged wedges I can now use both the GW/LW with just as much confidence as my normal irons(mx200) for both full pitch/chip shots and my scores are falling as a result. I just noticed that most mags/websites guide everyone towards the small vokey/mp/cleveland type of wedge that can be a handful for higher h/cap players.
Reply : Thu 22nd Jul 2010 11:47
I'm sure you could wayne! If only I had the time to spare. I have had clevelands etc in the past but struggled to hit good shots on a regular basis. As you may know my irons are pocket cavity in the 4-7 irons and solid cavity 8-pw. The mx wedges are just an extension from these and although they still have thin toplines etc they are larger and more forgiving overall. My shortgame has improved no end since getting 'em. I just could't figure out why all manufacturers make a range of models to suit various levels of ability but when it comes to wedges most types are easier for good ball strikers to use than the rest of us.
Reply : Thu 22nd Jul 2010 16:43
The puzzling thing for me David R, is how on earth have you got to 11 handicap if you cannot play a wedge.
Reply : Thu 22nd Jul 2010 20:45
I can now, john as explained in my post.
Reply : Thu 22nd Jul 2010 20:54
Well done, David, but you are compromising your game because the specialist wedges are much better, especially for a player of your capabilities. Any club that forgives a poor strike does one no favours in the long term.