A few weeks back we asked you how many wedges you carry. The results are in:
- 47% carry three wedges
- 29% carry four wedges
- 24% carry two wedges
Overall, we aren’t surprised by the results. We didn’t have anyone on either extreme — carrying only one wedge or carrying five or more.
As always, we don’t ever want to leave you empty handed, so here are a few bits of wisdom from our own Steve Atherton — GolfTEC VP of Research and Development and PGA Master Professional in Instruction — on choosing how many wedges to carry.
- Longer hitters should consider playing four wedges (which includes your PW) — the resulting increased yardage-gap between clubs can be minimized by carrying an additional wedge.
- Match your wedge selection to the course you’re playing — each course presents unique challenges based on the conditions. Adding specific wedges to your bag according to the course can give you an advantage.
- Consider not just the lofts that you need, but also the bounce…
…which happens to lead us to today’s poll, or rather, quiz.
Related to this quiz, we have an idea: we want to make Steve Atherton (follow him on Twitter: @AthertonPGA) a familiar face on this blog — which makes sense considering he is our top pro and this is, afterall, the GolfTEC Blog. Currently, we’re considering a weekly or biweekly Q&A type post. Basically, we open the floor up to all of our readers (that’s you) to ask any question they have related to golf, and then Steve chooses one and offers his insights.
Pretty cool to have the opportunity to get personal advice from a PGA Master Professional and Golf Digest Top 20 Under 40 instructor, huh?
We think it will be a great way to connect with our readers. It may work, it may not, but we’re at least going to give it a shot.
To transition towards getting direct questions from our readers, we’ll start with a few quizzes. Here’s how this works: below you’ll see our quiz; click on the answer that you think is most accurate. We’ll gather the results, and then Steve will provide his additional insight on the topic in the next week or so.
So let’s get to it — what do you know about bounce?
