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Originally Posted by JPsuff
.The one wedge setup is definitely "old school" but like they say, "There's no school like the old school" and I'm very happy to have made this change and now be able to focus once again on driving the nail into the board instead of wasting time trying to decide which hammer to use.
Keep it simple, keep it fun.
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I think this is one of those areas where a lot of people forget that one of the reasons the pros can carry 3 or 4 wedges and make it work is the amount of
practice they do with them. If you only have limited time to practice, then getting really familiar with one wedge is almost certainly a better idea that being minimally familar with 3 or 4.
Ignoring the pitching wedge as you do (and I basically agree that it's not part of the specialized short game wedge family), I carry two Cleveland wedges: a 52 degree, low-bounce wedge that I use for most shots around the green, and a 58 degree wedge with more bounce for use in a few specialty situations.
Basically, unless I'm afraid the club will go right underneath the ball, or if I'm in particularly soft sand, I use the 52 degree. I practice with it a
lot and I have a lot of confidence that I know how the ball is going to react with a number of different swings, and because of that, a lot of confidence that if I hit my landing spot, I'm going to put it close. I don't feel that I can be nearly as consistent with the 58, but there are some situations where I want a wedge with more bounce. If I had to do it over again, I probably wouldn't get a 58, but a more normal 56 degree sand wedge in its place.
Then, if I really devoted myself to practicing, I'd add a 60 as my third wedge.