You may have heard the term 'bounce' mentioned before regarding wedges: gap wedges, sand irons and lob wedges'. We thought we would help clear up any confusion around what 'bounce' is by providing you with a definition, so you can make the right decision about what 'bounce' will be right for you on your wedges.
Definition of bounce: Measurement in degrees of the angle from the front edge of a club's sole to the point that actually rests on the ground at address. The middle or rear of many soles is lower than the front edge. Bounce is most commonly applied to wedges. More bounce will keep the club from digging too deeply into turf or sand.
The amount of bounce needed depends on conditions. If you play courses with soft, fluffy sand, you'll need more bounce. If the courses you play typically have harder sand, you'll need less bounce. Playing from fairway - less bounce.
The type of swing can influence the amount of bounce needed, too. Players who swing their wedges steeply into impact need more bounce. Players who sweep through and undercut need less bounce.
At golf traders, we have an excellent range of wedges with varying lofts and degrees of bounce. When you see writing on a wedge, typically there will be two numbers: the first being loft eg - 56, and the second number being bounce eg -10 (10/11 is a standard amount of bounce, 8 is less bounce, and 14 more bounce.) You can easily get an idea of what bounce our wedges have by looking at those two numbers as in one of our photo's. For example, the Callaway wedge in the photo on this post has 58 degrees loft with 10 degrees bounce.
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