| I agree about the lob wedges in that they were difficult to judge distance for me. I didn't practice enough to learn, but what bothered me was that I couldn't make a full swing and ever get a reasonable idea of how far I could hit the silly things. With my most recent 58 degree Callaway wedge, I could get between 50-70 yards with no appreciable feel for why I had hit it so poorly or so much better that it fell short or flew over my target. In short, I have tried both 60 degree and then 58 degree wedges, thinking the latter might let me put the effort into a swing that I THINK should be enough, only to fail miserably most of the time.
The sand wedge I have used for a few years now was 54 degrees, so my hope is that the 56 degree wedge will serve double duty in the sand and as somewhat of a lob wedge in a few situations every round where I wish I had one. For some reason, I have always been able to hit an open faced cut shot pretty well. A combination of that with the 56 degrees ought to equal something close to lob wedge characteristics, as long as I don't try to hit the ball a long way.
So, my wedge lineup is now a 46 degree PW, a 50 degree Gap and a 56 degree SW. I'm not concerned about the 6 degree difference between the gap and sand wedges.
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