 when you need one ? How do I select the relevant wedge ? I have a standard PW (47) SW (55) and LW (58) People are saying I need a GW but what sort of distances would I use it ?
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 you have quite a strong SW, Stokie, so you may not need one. do you find any gapws in your distances? My Wedges are PW(45) GW(52) SW(56) LW(60) So it depends on your lofts. Ideally you want about 5* between them.
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 Mine are P/W(45) G/W(50) S/W(55) L/W(60) all nicely spaced 5* increments, Hence no real gaps and around 15 yds distance increments too! All covered from 105 yds in!
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 I have a 46*pw, 50* gap, 54*sand and 60*lob. Having sadi that the 50* is hardly used as I can just work the pw and sand to just about marry up. The 54* is my club of choice from anything 70 or so in.
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 On my cav,s I have 46* PW, 50* GW, 56* SW and 60* LW, this set up changes if I use the blades though.
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Don't mention the B word here Greengrass, It upsets the mid hcp's like myself who still can't use them!!!
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 My current set up is a 45º pw, 50º gw, 54º sw, 58º lw. I could actually get away with not having the gw anyway. If I use it once a round I'd be surprised. Not generally because of the distance though, just the fact that its part of the iron set that I dont get on with too well. I'd either use a knock down pw or a hellforleather sw.
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 I have recently been using a set of irons without a GW - completely lost without it, as I cannot nip a ball off tight lies with a SW. I rarely use anything with a loft more than 52* around the green - never found the need - unless in a bunker, where the SW works fine, doing the job it's bounce is designed for.
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 47 51 55 there is a hug gap between the 47 and 55 and so the 51 becomes the gap, and also my fave club around the greens
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 As 23rd said in the other thread, today's GW would have been a PW twenty years ago - and nobody would have gone without a PW. Most players should use their GW almost anytime they currently use their LW - unless you really really need maximum height and stop, it's probably a better choice. A 3/4 GW is also more reliable than a full SW from hard fairways. I play either 46PW - 50GW - 54SW - 58LW or 46PW - 50GW - 56SW.
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Gary I haven't carried a pw for over 4 years, it only comes out in big comps, I prefer to hit an easy 9 iron 130 down to 80, the gap below it, and the 8 iron 130 to 145, then the 7 145 to 155. I have always hated hitting full wedges and short irons
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My point was, Wormy, that it's a bit odd to give up your most lofted "normal" club - ie not a SW with its extra bounce, or a LW which hardly ever matches your irons - because that would naturally be your default one as you approach the green: yet we have all in effect done that as lofts have strengthened, if we don't carry a Gap Wedge. Personally I've been playing a half-set lately so I often don't have a PW either, as I'm not going anywhere without my GW!
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Hmmm, I see what you mean, but I suppose its how you see the shots. I play with a pro sometimes who visualises nearly every shot with his lob, I never do, its always the 55 sw or 51, so I no longer carry a lob wedge or PW, nor a 4 iron, so its just an 11 club set.
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 I don't see the need for an handicap golfer to carry 4 wedges, I did it for a while but did not get much use fro 4 - went to 3 47, 52 and 58 degree and added a hybrid which is more useful.
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 47pw 52gw 58s/lw Perfect 15 yard gap between them,too much between the 47 and a standard 56sw,dont see why so many people carry a 60 deg lob though,plenty of height on a 58sw
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Dandy I got the 60* cause it matched my other wedges and it was a bit of consistancy plus they did'nt do a 58*
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 My PW is 46 degrees and a have 50, 56 and 60 degree wedges. 50 degree is second most used club in the bag these days. Took me a while to get used to the 60 but reaing the rewards a bit more now.
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geldap said "I don't see the need for an handicap golfer to carry 4 wedges" But these days a PW is hardly a wedge (it's a 10-iron). My PW and GW came as part of my iron set, and if I was only to have 3 nominal wedges I'd only have one club with more than 50* on it - ie either have a high-bounce wedge for sand and nothing low-bounce for tight lies or vice versa. Meanwhile, I can't hit a 3, 4 or even 5 iron with any consistency so I can carry 6I-9I, 4H and 5H, Driver/4W/7W, and with my putter that's only 10 clubs so 4 wedges don't cost me anything I could actually use. Each to their own, I suppose.
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 I use to carry 48*, 52*,56*, 60* but then bought a 585H rescue so had to drop a wedge, so I now carry 48* 54* 60* use the Pelz method of 7 O'clock, 9 O'Clock etc. and can say that my wedge play is the best part of my game. So personally I think 3 wedges is enough can get a bit confusing if you carry more.
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