The Importance of Wedge Lie Angles

[@jacobr4558]

I'm so glad you covered this topic! It is been so frustrating trying to do everything with one club and I wasn't even sure why things weren't working. I have many different techniques I use with the wedges as far as like sliding the club or rolling it or even more upright for certain chips and I never really thought of the lie angle being that significant but it is night and day. I'm so glad you covered this hopefully people apply what you're saying cuz it's definitely a huge difference in scores

[@stuboy13]

Great lesson RB! Not enough videos on this subject. Love the headcovers by the way

[@banditbaker1675]

Totally agree, until my current set of wedges I always had an issue hitting wedge shots left, but now my new wedges are 2deg flat no more left pulls and I also get much better contact with the ball and no shanks!

[@LosingitLeft]

Had my wedges adjusted 1° strong and supposedly 1° flat now all my pitch shot and chips are horrible. Why's this??? Help

[@SKBAB97]

Completely agree! I know my wedges (SM7) are a bit flat for my liking. I bought new wedges a month ago but all golf shops in my area are way behind on club modifications because of COVID

[@uioxk]

I have 2 degree up on my irons. Should my wedge be the same degree?

[@bretthenry6723]

Id say yes becuase you are standing slightly closer to the ball then you're irons , just a thought though im just coming to this realization, I've been going right for the passed two years haha

[@snapper1948]

All these fitters who automatically recommend flatter lie angle on wedges are taking for granted a young health target audience. I've played 60 years, have a single digit index and play my iron plus 3 degrees due to two factors: wrist to floor measurement on static and direction on dynamic testing, I also am forced to stand tall to the ball due to back and hip surgeries. Tour players are the most fit golfers in the world. They utilize severe reverse lumbar bend on all of their shots (as a rule) so what works for them has nothing to do with what works for the average single digit index player. Bottom line, get fit for your irons and then buy a scoring wedge at your iron lie minus maybe one degree. If it's pulling left a bit then have it bent one degree by an experienced fitter.

[@Kridian01]

So the next topic should be: *Buying a Lie & Loft Machine That Won't Destroy Your Wallet.* It's such a pain in the ass to find someone nearby to do this, so why not Do-It-Yourself?

[@jacobr4558]

I have the opposite problem. There are a bunch of people around me that do it but do it very poorly. So I would still rather buy it myself

[@fairwayfreunde]

But what about shaft droop at impact? In a full swing my wedge will bend to a different lie angle. So I need two different lie settings: One for the full swing, one for the chip shot. Maybe a third one for pitches... That doesnt make any sense.

[@jacobr4558]

That actually makes sense. How often do you hit full lob wedges? Sand wedges? During a round of golf?

[@fairwayfreunde]

@@jacobr4558 52° and 56° seven times in my last round.

[@jacobr4558]

@@fairwayfreunde sounds like you either hit it super far or are playing a course that is very short. If your short game is solid than don't worry about lie angle. However if you want to improve chips and pitches its worth looking into. Golf is just a complicated game.

[@fairwayfreunde]

@@jacobr4558 I'm old and not hitting it very far. This was on a long and muddy course (6.045 Meters). A short Par 4 there is 320m and with a good drive I could reach the green with a 52°. But for all the long Par 4s I need three strokes to get onto the green and I rather hit a full wedge into the green than a half shot.

[@jacobr4558]

@@fairwayfreunde then maybe keep your 52° and 56° set for full swings and alter your 60° for short game and half shots. We each have to find what works for us.