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Bounce Angle of your Golf Wedges

June 20, 2007 | under Golf Equipments, Golf Tips, Golf Swing |

All golfers know that the golf wedge is an important club in the golf bag. Majority of the golfers carry 2 wedges; namely, the pitching wedge and the sand wedge. More and more golfers carry additional wedges in their bags to help them in different situations. A popular club is the lob wedge.

The wedges can help us in our short games. If fitted properly and executed correctly, it can help lower golf scores tremendously.

Before you head out to the nearest golf shop to get your wedges, first you need to know how you want to organise your wedges in your bag. Some prefer to have one 52 deg, one 56 deg and another 60 deg with 4 degrees apart for various distances. Choosing the right loft is one factor which is quite obvious. The other is the choosing the right bounce angle for your wedges.

If you notice when you are choosing your wedges, there are various combinations of degree and bounce angles. For example, you may see a wedge the has a loft of 56 degrees and a bounce angle of 14%, and another wedge with the same loft but with an 18 degrees bounce angle.

So what does this bounce angle mean ? Simply put, the “bounce angle” determine how the clubs will react to the surface of play; or how much the club “bounce” from the surface of play, be it turf, rough or sand. If you put the club on the ground, the bounce angle is the angle formed by the leading edge of the golf club and the surface of play.

Players normally maximise the right combination of loft and bounce angle to optimise their play.

Typically, choose a slighter higher bounce angle if you are playing off softer surfaces; such as the bunker or if the course you are playing has softer turf. This will allow the club to “bounce” off the surface preventing the club from digger further into the sand or turf.

If you are playing off harder sand bunkers or harder turf, then the general choice is to go with a lesser degree of bounce. This will allow the club to digger further down and through the turf or sand.

Let say that you are playing on a harder turf and chose a wedge with a lower degree of loft. Due to the lower bounce angle, the club will dig into the turf and this prevents a smooth follow through which may be required of the shot.

I would encourage all to try the different combinations if you are able to get hold of the clubs. This will provide you with the different feel and see how the wedges reacts to your swing with the different bounce angles.

In some instances, golfers with a steeper angle of approach may want to select a wedge with a higher bounce angle so to prevent the club from digging into the turf impeding a smooth follow through.

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  1. What Loft for Your Golf Wedges : Learn Golf with Me on June 28, 2007 2:28 am

    […] factor to consider when choosing your wedges, other than the bounce angle, is the loft of the wedges.  By choosing a good combination of wedges with different lofts, it can […]

  2. Learn and Play Golf | Golf Instructions, Golf Tips, Golf Resources on October 4, 2007 9:21 am

    […] A further step is to take advantage of the bounce of your wedges. You can refer to my earlier articles on the bounce angle for wedges. […]

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