Wedge Fitting

"Optimize Your Sort Game"

The goal of a wedge fitting is to provide the best combination of wedges to optimize short game performance and yardage gaps necessary for lowering scores. Wedge Fitting will guide the player through the process of selecting wedge model, bounce, and spin characteristics.

Club Properties

The fitter will identify the proper sole profile that best suits the player's short game technique. Bounce and sole width work hand-in-hand to provide golfers with ideal turf interaction that compliments their swing style.

Swing Styles

There are also two primary swing styles that will determine which wedge variables are best for the player's short game technique.

Slider/Sweeper
This player has a shallow angle of attack and slides the leading edge of the club under the ball. They will play their best with a wedge that has a narrow sole, less bounce and more camber.

Driver/Digger

This player type uses less hand action, a stronger grip, and steeper angle of attack. This player may position the ball back in their stance and trap the ball at impact. This player will play their best with a wedge that has a wider sole, more bounce and less camber.

In order to identify each golfer's swing style the fitter will apply lie tape to the wedges with different bounce and sole characteristics and have the player hit shots from a lie board. The impact marks are evaluated to determine the player's wedge swing style. In addition, the impact tape identifies if the player's lie angle should be adjusted with their wedges. Many better players use wedges that have a flatter lie angle than their set of irons.

By hitting shots from sand, rough, and fairway conditions the golfer will select the wedge that provides the best all-around performance. During this process the fitter and golfer will determine if more spin and ball stopping performance is needed. 

Next the fitter and player will determine the number of wedges a player needs between their sand wedge and pitching wedge. It is important that a player’s wedges produce predictable yardages and preferred ball stopping performance.

The player’s full-swing pitching and sand wedge distances will be measured to calculate the difference in yardage, typically between 30 and 50 yards. The player will then hit wedges with lofts between their pitching and sand wedge in order to determine the number and specific lofts of wedges desired to span the yardage gap identified earlier.

 

Fitting Charge £29.00
Please allow 45 minutes for this process.