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GolfKid22 · 06-10-2007, 12:23 AM

i use my gap wedge or 52* anywhere from 115 yards to around the green. its really useful when you have green to work with you can get it tracking at the hole like a putt.

cbwheeler · 06-12-2007, 12:15 AM

I have a 50 degree gap right now, which I got with my iron set. It's a great club to have in the bag. I'm switching it out for a 51 degree Cleveland 588 pretty soon to match my other wedges.

golfermatt91 · 06-19-2007, 03:36 PM

i use it for 100 yards and in and also i use it if im under a tree to get it a little bit lower and make it bight and release.

beachbuzzard · 06-19-2007, 03:57 PM

I love mine... I hit it about 90-95 with a full swing. I'd be careful with some short chips around the green. I've toyed with it in practice and have accidently had a few double hits with it. The ball and the club just seem to wind up in the same path on my chips, especially if the ball is sitting up in the rough. I'm more comfortable short chipping with my pitching wedge. I do like it when I'm out about 20-30 yards and in the fairway. There I seem to be able to get a nice shot up to the pin that doesn't release quite as much as the pitching wedge.

indiginit · 06-22-2007, 04:12 AM

my favorite uses for the a 52 (cleveland CG 10 2 dot (10 deg bounce, i think)):

bunker shots where a SW just doesn't feel like enough and you dont have a lip to contend with.

an easy swing 80 yards to an elevated green... not as much work as a sandwedge (56), but not as much stick... great for back flags

troubleshots where delofting is necessary... still the wedge playablility, but you can move it way back in your stance for knockdown pitches.

a full 95-110 from the fairway.

chipping where you need some uphill release.

when you're/i'm tempted to 'just putt it' (in which case i use it for <1-3 feet of fringe carry to a REALITIVLY NEARBY PIN with a putter stroke/grip)

if i have to lay up, i usually shoot for ~100 yards because the 52 is so handy and easy to jugdel IMO. sometimes i just smile cause i know i can hit (near... hehe HCP 16) the green when i see that 90+ yardage.

i am a firm believer in the 52. my pitching wedge(48)probably feels neglected some days... been relegated to yardage shots, extreme uphill lies/greens and really long pitch shots.

i believe the first 'pitch' was made with ~52 degree club... feels so natural. the information given by another poster (deloftation due to technology/marketing ability by major club makers) seems to support my hunch.