A wedge with less bounce would allow you to "pick" the ball cleaner from the ground and also let you hit it higher.  If you play on fairways that are firmer than getting another wedge around 60* with less bounce would be a good idea.  Something around 8-10* of bounce would be good.  The new TVD wedges offered through bob Vokey's website are great.  The 60* has 8* of bounce and would make it easier to hit higher shots from the fairway.  Also with its M grind sole it is very easy to open the face.

That's definitely a digging wedge which, from the sound of things, doesn't match your pitching style.  I suggest chipping with your left hand, then right hand, and figure out which hand is better.  Based on results, maybe we can modify your technique just a little.  In the meantime, indeed the 56.10 may be a lower bounce option that takes advantage of your style and keeps enough bounce for bunker shots.

RC

I agree with the other comment.

I do not think that your game is suited for the 14 degree bounce.  I use a 58-12 and there is not laying it open.  Unless you are in the sand or in high rough, there is no laying it open and expecting it to stop.  That just is not going to happen.

You do need to go with less bounce.  That would best suit your game.  That would also make it much easier to stop the ball or land it soft.  The only other option with a wedge with that much bounce it to hit it a mile high and land it soft.  That is about it.

Hope that helps.

Joey

Ryan Crysler

That's definitely a digging wedge which, from the sound of things, doesn't match your pitching style.  I suggest chipping with your left hand, then right hand, and figure out which hand is better.  Based on results, maybe we can modify your technique just a little.  In the meantime, indeed the 56.10 may be a lower bounce option that takes advantage of your style and keeps enough bounce for bunker shots.

RC

 

isn't is a 56.11?  I have one and LOVE it.  I can hit it in the fairway, rough or sand!!

Ah yes!  56.11 in the current line.  Went old school.  RC

Thanks for the replies everyone. Unfortunately I cant get new clubs until the 712 series comes out. I guess the lesson to learn here is to stop short siding myself haha.

The purpose of a 56-14 is to hit out of soft bunkers or thick grass. You can hit off a tight lie but you are delofting it to the point where you may fare better with a gap wedge with low bounce. It is about useless in a wet or hard-packed bunker. I have a 54-11 bent to 55 and it works well in 90 percent of pitching and sand situations. I can still get under the ball in a wet bunker. I have a 60-07 that I use in 99 percent of all pitching situations from 50 yards and less with a tight lie where I need to drop the ball on a dime. I also have a 64-07 and I use it for very high lob shots and some short bunker shots where pin position is very close to the edge of the green.

Jacob

Now is the time to learn how to use that wedge, yes a lower bounce wedge is easier to use, but your higher bounce wedge is not impossible.

Open the wedge, raise the toe, have the club setting on the heel of the sole. The bounce is less on the heel so that you can open the club and not have the bounce getting in the way. You raise the toe by lowering the handle, which means you have to squat a little more.

This changes the wedge. You still want the center of the face in line with the ball and your swing, which means the heel of the leading edge will be closer to the ball, you will not hit with the center of the leading edge.

The ball will not come off the face in the direction it appears the face is pointing, it will come off more in the direction of your swing, this will take some practice to get the feel of where the ball is going. This is the same as hitting the ball above your feet with a square face, the ball will go left.

When you raise the toe you also raise the center of the face whcih means you have also raised the center of gravity, so the ball will come off the face lower and with more spin.

55-12 (achieved by bending a 54-11 to 55 deg) is pretty much a universal loft and lie angle found in sand wedges that are part of an iron set. Before I got the Vokey Spin Milled c-c 54-11, I had a set of Snake Eyes Q3I irons I constructed and I got rather proficient at the things I could do with the sand wedge. One should know capabilities and limitations with his/her wedges. Wedges should be a constant "science project". The 54-11 has a rather narrow sole.