8 Reasons You MUST Get Fitted For Your Wedges!

In this video, Joel Tadman runs through the eight things golfers need to consider when choosing new wedges and to go through during the custom fitting process. Wedges are the clubs in the bag many golfers fail to get properly dialled in for, which can lead to shortcomings when it comes to trying to get up and down around the green. These pointers should help create a checklist for you to tick off when buying new wedges to ensure they’re perfectly suited to your technique and typical home course conditions.

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0:34 Bounce Angle
2:17 Lie Angle
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5:32 Loft Gapping
6:33 Length
7:45 Grip
9:03 Shaft
10:10 Swing Weight

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Now be honest how many of you been custom fitted for your wedges well the stats say that the wedge is the club that golfers tend to not get fitted for the most along with your putter but I would argue getting fitted for your wedges is probably one of the most

Important clubs in your bag to get fitted for cuz it’s really going to save you shots around the green and help you get up and down so in this video I’m going to cover the eight reasons why you should get custom fitted for your wedges let’s get into It So one of the main things you need to consider when choosing new wedges is the amount of Bounce you have on your wedges now bounce is the relationship between the Leading Edge and the trailing Edge you can see here it’s the angle between the two and the steeper the angle the

More bounce your wedge has and bounce is really important because it increases your margin for error on your strike if you had a wedge with completely no bounce that Leading Edge would be incredibly sharp the margin for error on the strike would be nothing at all it be

Very difficult to strike your chip and Pitch shots cleanly so it just gives you a little bit of leeway on the strike and your Technique as well as the prevailing ground conditions would influence the amount of Bounce you should have so if you’ll tend to be quite steep into the

Golf ball you want a bit more bounce to give you a little bit more resistance through the turf as if you’re quite shallow into the golf ball you don’t need as much bounce on your wedges and then in terms of the turf conditions if you play on quite tight links firm Turf

You don’t need a lot of bounce because the ground is firm and obvious as the name suggest if you have too much bounce the Leaning Edge won’t get under the ball the wedge will bounce off the ground and you won’t be able to strike the ball cleanly conversely if you play

A lot of uh courses that have damp Turf soft ground conditions you want a little bit more bounce to stop that Leading Edge and the soul from digging too much into the ground through the strike so really think about the amount of Bounce you have the other thing you need to

Think about is how you tend to play your shot so if you play a lot of shots with an open face that will effectively increase the effective bounce on the so so you might want to go for a lower static bounce and then when you open the

Face on your chip and pit shots that’s going to give you more effective bounce so lot to think about when it comes to bounce technique ground conditions the way you open or close the face Factor all that in to get the right bounce for you now really crucial element to get

Right on your wedges is the L angle of the club now the lle is the angle the shaft comes out of the head when it’s kind of sat flush on the ground there’s two reasons why lle is really important the first is in terms of where the loft is

Pointing so if the the toe of the club is too far off the ground The Loft on the face is actually pointing to the left of the target it’s a concept called face plane tilt um so that can really affect your start lines so if if the

Toe’s too far up you’re missing to the left if the toe is too far down or the heels off the ground the face is pointing to the right so even though the Leading Edge might look Square to the you the line goes off missing to the right you’re GNA hit Wayward wed shots

Which is something that no one wants to do so it’s really important to try and get that sole of the club flushed to the ground at the point of impact and that’s why you probably want to go for a slightly flatter lle in your wedges than

You do with your irons because with a wedge you’re not swinging it as fast the Sha isn’t flexing as much you’re not getting as much Shar droop where the the Sha bends in this direction um so you probably want to go slightly flatter with your wedges to account for that now

The other reason lle is really important is to the kind of the the cleanliness of the strike so to speak so if you’re if you are hitting lots of Chip shots around the G but your heel is into the ground the toeses off the ground you’re

Not going to get clean strikes with your wedge shots you know the face might close especially if the toes up you can miss to the left so with your wed shots it’s really important to get that sole flush to the ground get that L angle nice and

Flat and it should lead to better chip shots oh nearly H it now another really important area of your wedges when it comes to getting fitted is the grind on your wedge now grind refers to the shaping or the geometry on the sole of the wedge and all major manufacturers

Will offer different grinds especially in those mid to high Lofts where you’re hitting a lot of different types of shot you want to get a bit more creative around the greens it’s important to have the right grind to match up to the type of shots you like to play and also a

Little bit with your Technique as well so um you know in those mid to high lofs you’ll often see some of the wedge and especially in the heel and toe kind of ground away or grinded away whatever floats your boat on the the lower lofted wedges where you play a lot of full

Shots the sole will look a lot more like an eye inste of kind of be even all the way along from Hill to toe whereas in those mid high lofs like I’ve got here got a little bit of heel relief a little bit of toe relief and that’s just to

Give you that freedom to open or close the face depending like how you like to play your shot so especially if you like to open the club face having heel relief is really important because if you didn’t that Leading Edge would rise up above the ground when you open the face

And that’ll leave you to thin the ball across the green so it’s really important to have some her Leaf if you do like to open the face that’ll keep the Leading Edge nice and low and allow the club to get under the ball smoothly so hopefully try and

Demonstrate that for you now so on this particular shot just going to open the face slightly and that should allow the club just to Glide along the ground and pick the ball cleanly hit that one a bit too hard but as you can see good result nice clean

Interaction with the turf so get the right grind for you should lead to better shots now arguably one of the most important things when it comes to getting custom fit for wedges is having the right gapping now you can carry as many wedges as you want in your bag

People some people have three wedges some people have four some people have five wedges depending on the other clubs in the other area ends of the bag so for me personally I recently switched into a new set of Ires where the pitching wed was a little bit stronger went from 46

To 44° and as a result I had to get rid of my 50° and go into a slightly stronger gap wedge at 48° just to hit an even distance gap between my pitching wedge and my sand wedge which is 54° bit confusing but it’s really important to

Have even distance gaps as you work through the wedges you don’t want to have you know a 15 20 yard gap between your pitching wedge and your Sand Wedge you want to have nice even gaps that’s going to allow you to attack different flags different distances with different

Swing length as well so um think about how many wedges you want to carry the shots you want to hit around the greens and make sure you have nice even distance apps in those Lofts to cover off all those distances now the next area to consider when it comes to your

Wedges is the length of the shaft again really important especially when it comes to controlling the low point of your swing which is really critical when it comes to wedges and getting a clean strike on the golf ball if your wedges are too long there’s a good chance that

You’ll tend to bottom out too early strike the ground before the ball Duff shots thin shots not a great result conversely if your wedges are too short which can be the case if you quite tall golfer you’re an inch longer in your irons and then you just go and buy some

Standard wedges off the rack obviously that results in compensations that you have to make especially on those full shots you could be reaching for it with your arms just moves the low Point all over the place not good for your strike both in terms of where you’re striking

The ground but also laterally heel and toe if the lengths off you know you could be striking the ball too far the toe or too far the hill so it’s really important to get the length of the the shaft right it needs to feel comfortable

To you on full shots a general rule is so for me personally you know I’m an inch longer in the irons and half an inch longer in my wedges so still slightly shorter than my irons but a little bit longer than standard so it’s important you get the right length

That’s going to give you the clean strikes that you need on full shots also those chip shots around the green now an underrated area of your wedge construction is the grip and it can have an impact on the performance um in especially the size of the grip it needs

To feel comfortable in your hands obviously it’s the only point of connection you have with the club so it needs to feel nice in your hands but if you go for a grip that’s too thin that can accentuate wrist action through the shot could lead to the club botting out

Too early or thinning the ball over the green so it needs to be one that’s not going to give you excessive wrist action generally having a grip size that matches your irons is a good idea you can also get wedge grips wedge specific grips like I’ve got here where they tend

To be a little bit longer they also have markings on there so if you tend to play a lot of wed shots where you like to grip down the club having a reminder in terms of where your thumbs are Position will just give you that consistency of strike which should help your

Performance so um consider a wedge specific grip I know ping do a lot of those other brands do it as well but generally speaking try and go for one that feels comfortable Golden Rule is to have when you’re putting your hands it should kind of just your finger should

Be just touching the pad of your thumb there if it’s too far away the grip’s probably too thick and if it’s overlapping too much it’s probably too thin so have it just where they’re touching that’ll give you a nice reminder as to the size of the grip being nice and correct and comfortable

In your hands and that should help your performance now another area to consider in your wedges is the shaft that you play now you can get wedge specific shafts that give you a little bit more spin but I would say generally speaking it’s a good idea to have a make a model

Of shaft that’s similar to what you’ve got in your irons that gives you the consistency of feel when it comes to your full shots with your wedges let’s face it you do hit a lot of full shots with your wedges um so that’s a really important factor one thing I would

Recommend and something a lot of tour players do is they do tend to go down on a stiffness profile when it comes to the shafts in their wedges versus their irons you think about wedges you don’t apply as much load or pressure in the shaft with a wedge shot as you might do

A six or a sevene so you think of people like Jordan Speed you he’s got a project X 6.5s in his irons and 6.0 in his wedges so slightly softer profile in his wedges just to give you that feel and responsiveness especially on those shorter shots into around the green you

Don’t want a shaft that feels too boardy or too stiff you want it to have a little a little bit of give to it a little bit of kind of feeling there so that’s why it’s really important have that conversation with your fitter they’ll be able to guide you into the

Right making model and flex of shaft in your wedges for you now last but by no means least is Swing weight and this can have an effect on the performance of your wedge shots now swing weight is effectively a measure of the weight distribution of

The club if the the club is more head heavy it has a heavier swing weight and if you’ve put kind of a heavier grip on it the balance point moves up and the swing weight becomes lighter but swing weight can have an effect on your wedge shots as I’ve mentioned generally if

Your wedge is too head heavy can lead you to kind of pull the handle too much the head gets left behind and you get a bit snatchy with the club head um conversely if the swing weight is too light you can get a bit too flicky throw

Impact which could affect the quality of the strike so do consider swing weight it is an important factor when um choosing your wedges obviously the fit will be to guide you into the right swing work for you to make sure that you’re getting that consistent strike and angle of attack attack and delivery

Into the ball it’s going to give you the best results so just a little bonus tip on bouts when it comes to bunkers now think about what club you use mostly out of the bunkers it’s typically your highest lofted wedge and as a result you probably want to go for something a

Little bit higher and bounce but that is dictated by the the sand conditions that are prevailing at your course so if your sand in the course that you mostly play is nice and fluffy if there’s a quite a lot of sand in your bunkers you’re going

To want More Bounce to give you more resistance and stop the Leading Edge from digging conversely if your bunkers are quite shallow the sand often gets quite compacted you probably want to go for Less bounce to help get the club under the ball so all depending on the

Kind of Bunker shots you like to play in the conditions but for example this particular bunker is pretty soft it’s freshly R there’s a decent amount of sand in it as you can see when you wiggle your feet so luckily I’ve got quite a high bounce here also quite a

Wide so as well that’s going to help get better performance in the bunkers when the sounds like this so that gives you confidence that you get the club in and the sand then out again quickly so that concludes our look at the eight reasons why you should get

Custom fitted for your wedges I hope you found it useful in terms of when you’re getting next died in for your new set of wedges some of the things that you really need to think about maybe some things that you hadn’t considered in the past that you’re going to think about

When it comes to getting a new wedge but if you did like the video make sure you click the like button and comment down below is there anything that we’ve missed when it comes to choosing a new set of wedges I’d love to hear from you

But that’s all for me for Bley Park Golf Club I’ll see you next Time