GAP WEDGE COMPARISON | Should You Play Traditional Or Set Gap Wedge?

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This gap wedge comparison video focuses on a common discussion that takes place in many 2nd Swing golf club fittings. Should you play a traditional or set gap wedge? Ideally, this gap wedge comparison video will help golfers dial in their short games and hit better shots with the gap wedge they choose.
2nd Swing's Drew Mahowald is joined by master club fitter Kevin Kraft to test and review four different types of gap wedges for this gap wedge comparison. Featured is a Titleist SM9 gap wedge, Cleveland CBX ZipCore gap wedge, Mizuno JPX 921 Hot Metal gap wedge, and TaylorMade Stealth HD gap wedge. How do the numbers compare between these different gap wedges?
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18 янв 2024

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@atxrich 4 месяца назад

I’m a set GW player (Mizuno JPX 923). I like to play partial and full shots with it and I prefer how it blends/performs with my PW. I play more feel shots with my SW and LW so naturally, those are specialty wedges.

@1averageamerican 4 месяца назад

Just got fit today and had this conversation. In the end, I got Cobra King Forged CB 5-PW with Cleveland RTX6 Zipcore 50, 54, 58. Not at all what I had in mind going in to the fitting.

@xBlade173 4 месяца назад

Cle is a top tier wedge. RTX is sooo nice

@GOLFADDICT65 4 месяца назад

I have the regular stealths and have the PW , AW , SW and love them used to have clevelands and ended up selling them great review cheers from Vulcan Canada

@bigbluemsp 4 месяца назад

I just went back last year to the set GW for added forgiveness.

@2ndswing 4 месяца назад

Nice, are you seeing that it works a little better for you?

@thehighhandicapgolfer 4 месяца назад

Nice video! I’ver never used a specialty gap wedge. Always the set wedge. I like it bc it’s definitely a full swing club, but I will chip around green with it

@kberg222 5 дней назад

I play the P790 irons with PW at 44 and set GW at 49. I tried a 48 degree RTX 6 in place of the set gap wedge and loved it for pitch shots and chips around the green, but didn't have the consistency on the full swing compared to the set gap wedge. The set gap wedge is a little too hot of the face on pitches and chips. Just ordered a CBX 4 at 48 degrees to hopefully get the happy medium between set gap wedge and blade wedge.

@markwertschnig8766 4 месяца назад

Perfect timing!! Looking to get a 48 degree wedge to fill between my pw and 52.

@scottwatson9479 4 месяца назад

For the first time ever I am using a set GW, the short irons and PW in the Cobra King CBs just perform and look amazing, I initially tested a 50 degree Titleist Vokey SM9 but the distance gap was slightly too big while the 50 degree Cobra King CB GW was just perfect so I added it to the bag.

@michaelreilly5888 4 месяца назад

Interesting findings guys. Once again though, fitting is critical in the process of shaping one's bag. It's not a simple "one size fits all" solution with with the gap wedge.

@slytown 4 месяца назад

I think everyone should be playing a forgiving gap wedge with a ton of bounce. My CBX2 is so good for balls in divots, soft turf, wet turf, and plugged lies. I play regular mid bounce samd and lob wedges, but gaps are a great place to go cavity back.

@DrVegiAlex 4 месяца назад

I'm here to throw in a 3rd option! I play: Cleveland Zipcore 60° + 55° Cobra King MB 50° + 46° Titleist T100S Irons, bent 2° weak (42° 9 Iron) I like my PW + GW to be a bit more iron like as they are full swing clubs. But blade set wedges help to smooth the transition between my irons and "specialist" SW +LW

@StevelandCleamer 4 месяца назад

I have a mizuno gap wedge that came with my iron set. Honestly I don’t think I’d ever want to go for a bladed wedge. I freaking love it, it’s easy to hit, and the yardage is spot on every time

@thomasgodfrey758 4 месяца назад

Try their S23 wedges, you will probably love them

@StevelandCleamer 4 месяца назад

@@thomasgodfrey758 I like them also! I’ve hit them a few times. I have a t22 54 degree and I love it. Looking to get another with a little bit of a higher loft when the new blue ions drop this month

@thegrimreaper7777 4 месяца назад

My last set of clubs (Ping G10) I had 3 through 9, then W,U, S & L wedges. When I changed them last year for Ping i525, I went 5 through 9 and bought the Glide 4.0 wedges 46, 50, 54 & 60. Much better control with the scoring clubs in this setup. Not many (if any) sets go through to Lob wedge anymore.

@anthonyschibilia6602 4 месяца назад

I just added a 46 Zipcore RTX 6, to match gap and sand wedges. We’ll see how it goes.

@barrymuller5131 4 месяца назад

The sound of that SM9 was sweet. More solid, no cavity in back makes a cool sound in my opinion.

@coegj 4 месяца назад

Around the greens I generally use the wedge/club the shot calls for, but if in doubt I go with the gap wedge. The last fifteen years or so I always buy the iron set with 5 through gw, as I have keep using my trusty Solus sand and lob wedge from a long time ago, trust is something I stay with. PS I'm on my third set of Solus sand and lob wedge heads as the very soft faced forged iron heads do wear. PS I bought extra Solus heads long ago so as to add new heads when the face and grooves finally wear to much.

@bosswray54 4 месяца назад

Are the callaway cb wedges the same as playing the gap wedge from the set since they are both cavity backed clubs? Does one have an advantage over the other?

@everardogolf 4 месяца назад

Did the lofts actually get verified? Just sounded like Drew guessed but wouldn’t take much to verify on loft/lie machine before this whole test

@nikoliomlin1370 2 месяца назад

I play mg4 50,54,58 along side my jpx 923 tours, and my only issue with my gap wedge at the moment is i feel when I hit it a groove low, it spins obviously a lot more than when I used to play a GW built into my set.

@bryansmith7490 4 месяца назад

I have a set gap wedge for both clubs, my PXG 0311P Gen 6 and Titleist T200s (2023). More forgiveness and looks like the rest of my irons.

@FM-db3ft 4 месяца назад

Since the New gap wedges are 48* (ie T150) same as old Pw, I use the club set as you mentioned for mostly Full shots. Then at 52 and 56 or 54 and 60, I use Vokeys so I can mess with them a lot more.

@jimbojones420qc 4 месяца назад

whats the difference between Aw and Gw ? every one around me in canada have AW when they purchase iron set but never saw anyone in the US with one

@roondoggers87 4 месяца назад

I struggle with a specialty gap wedge for some reason. I grew up doing flighted PW shots in high school and college golf. Still unsure how I feel about GWs...

@lucasmullin2718 4 месяца назад

If you play a 42* game improvement PW you probaly need the matching set GW (~48*) as well as a 'traditional" GW at 52*....

@xBlade173 4 месяца назад

Yep. Just play them like they are 1 club softer. 42 being a 9i, 48 being a PW. Also assume that set only goes to a 5i that plays like a 4i.

@mattdonovan4860 4 месяца назад

I’m a set gap wedge guy, unfortunately some iron sets are harder to find with a GW.

@user-hg8tw1ld8s 4 месяца назад

You focus on the TM spin, but say nothing about the descent angle. Hello? At 52 plus descent, that spin is of secondary concern.

@airwolfpsu 4 месяца назад

Wouldn't a big determination be trying to appropriately gap from your pitching wedge?

@WLyons9856 4 месяца назад

All of my sets will always stop at PW. When I become a more consistent ball striker I will probably ditch the PW too.

@ChihuAudioMan 4 месяца назад

I want an RTX6 wedge with a small cavity and 10+10 grams of tungsten in toe and heel. Same size and shape, just some extra forgiveness built in. The CBX wedges are just too big in 54 and 58 for me. A CBX in 50 is perfect..

@nikmc7539 4 месяца назад

The GW with the set is always hotter I feel like. Learning curve with little bump and runs and chip shots v performance wedge that is better controlled. Softer feel

@yo-bass-cat4027 4 месяца назад

Puffy vest is loud😂

@djc2323 4 месяца назад

Vokey 50⁰!!

@paulmcgee1867 4 месяца назад

Always a speciality wedge for me, they work better for me with more control.

@zazhou 4 месяца назад

The need for a specialty wedge is more for manipulating the clubface more open or closed, especially on non full shots, where there is a definite requirement for special grinds and bounce. If you play full shots only or even partial shots with no excessive opening of the clubface, there is no need for a specialty wedge. For most golfers, this applies often to gap wedges (48° to 50°).

@Fitter4life 4 месяца назад

I don’t know about you but a gap wedge is typically played for full shots maybe bump and runs. You shouldn’t be manipulating the face on them. That’s what sw and lob wedge are for

@ianshepherd6476 4 месяца назад

Puffy vest has to be put into timeout from now on 😂

@tp0376 4 месяца назад

Ball speed with sm9 is higher than stealth is interesting, if the loft is about the same

@zazhou 4 месяца назад

Yes, loft of the stealth hd is 49° while the SM9 is 48°

@michaelscore6763 4 месяца назад

Taking wedges for every possible lie in the bag is stupid - my opinion. The reason is simple, there will be always a situation you could use a other wedge maybe di that you nevertheless have the complete range of wedges, maybe if you take 14 of them with you, with mivh or less bounce, loft, lie angle. I take a 46/47 PW a 51/52 GW and a 56/58 SW/LW with me. Which 56/58 i decide on the conditions and circumstances, whether there are firm and clean positioning to play or not, whether there is mich our lesson stand in bunkers, whether it is summer or organization winter. One edge for all shots is enough, Ballesteros never had a other wedge than a 56 SW.