Great article concerning wedge fitting.

Are you a slider or a digger?
Thought this was worth a thread as this is the most informative simple explanation of what wedges suit what golfers. Well worth a read. There are also videos.
[url]http://www.mygolfspy.com/wedge-fitting/[/url]

I'm gonna take that slider/digger test Sunday morning just before we play. I hope once I know what type of short game player I am that you will have an appropriate selection of wedges for me to choose from.

That's the fitting system Scratch Golf uses when helping you decide on your $600 dollar wedges. It does have merit for sure.

I dont see any mention of the Lovett Wedge? Silly system

Edgey

Good article, OP. I now know that I am screwed. I like to slide on my chip shots around the green and I like to dig my pitch shots. So, basically, whatever wedge and bounce I choose, I am going to be good at one and suck at the other.

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I think I fixed my digging problems with the highest lofted wedges. I recently picked up two used Vokey wedges real cheap and put 103 gram dynalite gold sl's in them. All the wedges I've ever had came with the True Temper "Wedge Flex" and were the heaviest TT shafts. Well, I no longer dig unless I do it on purpose. Much easier for me to control full swing trajectories and hook or fade spins. And much better for the chip and pitch finesse shots.

I consider myself to be a pinger. I ping it off the turf. In other words, I hit it tighter than last night.

[QUOTE=oldplayer]Are you a slider or a digger?
Thought this was worth a thread as this is the most informative simple explanation of what wedges suit what golfers. Well worth a read. There are also videos.
[url]http://www.mygolfspy.com/wedge-fitting/[/url][/QUOTE]

based on the setup in the videos then I am digger... also I dig beautiful women with great bơơbs , any problems with that ?:) :) :)

[quote=Pky6471]based on the setup in the videos then I am digger... also I dig beautiful women with great bơơbs , any problems with that ?:) :) :)[/quote]

Over the years I have found that I can either be a skuller or a fatter but almost never a chunker. Chunkers are for choppers. The skilled can hit a skull and all of us have had a fatty at least one time in our lives. Usually when we've had too much to drink.

i play both a slide and a dig!! i play links golf so when playing into a srong wind i like to dig to keep the ball flight low and early in the year when the course is soft and responsive spin the ball. when i need a bit of height to carry a bunker or rough ground or when the course is firm i like to slide!! where does that leave me with my wedge selection?

Just another money making scheme

Op - good article but i'm a bit confused. I am a natural left hander who plays golf right handed - i know that i can hit chips way better with my left hand than i can with my right. When i put two hands on the club i can't swing left handed to save myself. Does this make me a digger or what?? SWMBO has given me the ok to get a new sand wedge (currently play 56* with 12* bounce). I am really struggling lately with bunker shots - hitting them over the green. I'm thinking of getting a 56* 13*bounce mpt10 and a 60* with 8* bounce. I figured i could use either one from the bunker depending on soft/hard sand. Now i'm not so sure, i can get them in 10* and 6* bounce (can afford 2 cause of the Aussie dollar!!). Any suggestions?? Our bunkers vary with hard/soft sand, although the depth of sand is usually a little on the thin side.

[QUOTE=rooboy]Op - good article but i'm a bit confused. I am a natural left hander who plays golf right handed - i know that i can hit chips way better with my left hand than i can with my right. When i put two hands on the club i can't swing left handed to save myself. Does this make me a digger or what?? SWMBO has given me the ok to get a new sand wedge (currently play 56* with 12* bounce). I am really struggling lately with bunker shots - hitting them over the green. I'm thinking of getting a 56* 13*bounce mpt10 and a 60* with 8* bounce. I figured i could use either one from the bunker depending on soft/hard sand. Now i'm not so sure, i can get them in 10* and 6* bounce (can afford 2 cause of the Aussie dollar!!). Any suggestions?? Our bunkers vary with hard/soft sand, although the depth of sand is usually a little on the thin side.[/QUOTE]
Sounds like with your hand action you would be a digger. The most relevent factor in being a digger is the angle of attack I believe. If you hit down on the ball (with chips) and don't break your wrists then a digger you are.
Struggling with bunker shots would often have more to do with techinque than whether your wedge has 2 degrees more bounce or not. The best lesson I ever got on bunker shots was from a pro. The most common cause of skulling shots over the green is trying to lift the ball out of the bunker. If you stay on the back foot and lift up through the shot that is the opposite of correct technique. Keep your weight on your left side, push your sternum forward and hit down behind the ball the appropriate distance. (tpye of shot can be dictated by how much sand you take). You may already know all this, excuse me if you do, I am trying to be helpful.
I actually liked the bunkers on your course. They sand was a nice texture and was fairly firm. from those pots you would not need too much bounce. Of course you know them better than I do and conditions can vary week to week.
The 56/10 and 60/6 would be the best option I would say. 6 degrees of bounce on a lob wedge is the maximum I believe in order to play the the type of shots a specialist wedge like that is required for. Especially in the firmer summer conditions. Unless your bunkers are like talcum powder you can make do with a 56/10 and it is far more versatile for chips, full shots etc.

Thanks for the reply OP, and about technique you are right on the money. When i use the practise bunker, the first few clear the green then they are ok. In comp, the first one or two bunker shots usually clear the green, then if i have any more after that they are usually ok. I have a tendancey in comp to grip too tight and make too big a swing. Can't remember the last time i left one in the bunker. Due to the shallowness of the sand i find i'm often saying how it felt like the club bounced on the bottom of the bunker - so some of my "air mail" shots are in reality probably skinny whilst other times i seem to pick the ball clean which is no doubt a technique issue.

[QUOTE=rooboy]Thanks for the reply OP, and about technique you are right on the money. When i use the practise bunker, the first few clear the green then they are ok. In comp, the first one or two bunker shots usually clear the green, then if i have any more after that they are usually ok. I have a tendancey in comp to grip too tight and make too big a swing. Can't remember the last time i left one in the bunker. Due to the shallowness of the sand i find i'm often saying how it felt like the club bounced on the bottom of the bunker - so some of my "air mail" shots are in reality probably skinny whilst other times i seem to pick the ball clean which is no doubt a technique issue.[/QUOTE]

With predominately shallow sand you should use lob wedge type bounce more often than not.

[QUOTE=oldplayer]Sounds like with your hand action you would be a digger. The most relevent factor in being a digger is the angle of attack I believe. If you hit down on the ball (with chips) and don't break your wrists then a digger you are.
Struggling with bunker shots would often have more to do with techinque than whether your wedge has 2 degrees more bounce or not. The best lesson I ever got on bunker shots was from a pro. The most common cause of skulling shots over the green is trying to lift the ball out of the bunker. If you stay on the back foot and lift up through the shot that is the opposite of correct technique. Keep your weight on your left side, push your sternum forward and hit down behind the ball the appropriate distance. (tpye of shot can be dictated by how much sand you take). You may already know all this, excuse me if you do, I am trying to be helpful.
I actually liked the bunkers on your course. They sand was a nice texture and was fairly firm. from those pots you would not need too much bounce. Of course you know them better than I do and conditions can vary week to week.
The 56/10 and 60/6 would be the best option I would say. 6 degrees of bounce on a lob wedge is the maximum I believe in order to play the the type of shots a specialist wedge like that is required for. Especially in the firmer summer conditions. Unless your bunkers are like talcum powder you can make do with a 56/10 and it is far more versatile for chips, full shots etc.[/QUOTE]

Definitely I am a digger by your description. I've play this Lajolla Knife wedge for a few years now and it's the best $8.95 investment that I ever made. In fact I like it so much I bought 4... Anyway, it has little or no bounce by it design, and because of that (I think) the ball goes up in the air pretty quick, in fact I had to bend it from 52* to 48* to make it play like a normal 50* gap wedge.

Thanks for sharing, O. Think I'll mess around with S&T on partial wedge shots.

Although for anything other than chipping, pitching and partial wedges I wouldn't consider S&T a legitimate way to swing a club.

[QUOTE=oldplayer]With predominately shallow sand you should use lob wedge type bounce more often than not.[/QUOTE]
Op my 58 is some reworked sole, but started out 58*/10 with a added super stiff shaft, reworked grooves, all by the nomad tour van, in a raw black ox finish. Its awsome 60 and in, from anywhere, and didnt cost 600 dollars. My 50*/6 is a great club 100 and in. Same finish. Its not often you find wedges that perform from anywhere.