Saw my neighbor using a Square Strike wedge

Typhoon · 2019-05-30T12:39:52+00:00

I've never seen him play...but I know he's not good. I've seen his equipment in the garage, old Cally warbird woods, some mongrel driver and ping eye 2 iro...

pellmell

scotts33 poor technique and a close second have bad equipment design

Irons have bounce for a reason. Poor technique will negate bounce and the club will dig.

scotts33

pellmell Irons have bounce for a reason. Poor technique will negate bounce and the club will dig.

From my own experience plus fitting clients for wedges. I have yet to find a player who developed some type of decent wedge technique who couldn't play a Wishon HM Micro-Groove wedge (Eidolon etal) with it's sole design that couldn't play good shots from either tight lies or fluffy rough by dialing in bounce. With these kinds of sole designs it makes the short wedge game much easier than traditional design wedges.

Rickochet

The only chipper I ever liked was made by Golfworks. It a green mallet shaped head and I think it was called the Frankly Frog chipper. It came in three different lofts and had a very nice feel to it. Most other chippers I tried I always had distance control but not with the Frankly Frog.

Rickochet

scotts33 From my own experience plus fitting clients for wedges. I have yet to find a player who developed some type of decent wedge technique who couldn't play a Wishon HM Micro-Groove wedge (Eidolon etal) with it's sole design that couldn't play good shots from either tight lies or fluffy rough by dialing in bounce. With these kinds of sole designs it makes the short wedge game much easier than traditional design wedges.

I have a set of Reid Lockhart wedges with similar soles and they do tend to dig less on chips. I also have a Wishon HM A wedge that has the knock down grind sole that I snagged off of ebay. I wanted to match it with a S and L wedge so I ordered two from Diamond golf. Unfortunately the new S and L did not have the knock down grind which was the main reason I ordered them.

scotts33

Rickochet Unfortunately the new S and L did not have the knock down grind which was the main reason I ordered them.

They do now so far as I know. Check with Diamond Golf if still looking. I just got some a few weeks back. Diamond is closing out the PCF line. I would think one reason being the popularity of the HM sole design and it's play ability.

Rickochet

scotts33 They do now so far as I know. Check with Diamond Golf if still looking. I just got some a few weeks back.

That is good news Scott I will check with them. The ones I ordered came from a shipment they just received after taking on the Wishon line, so maybe they got the issue corrected. I really like the looks of these and they are a nice size.

johnnydoom

I’ve never looked beyond the ugly green insert on the Square Strike. Is it basically a chipper (a high lofted putter) or is it meant for longer shots too?

accufitgolf

I was taught to use a 7 to 9 iron for chipping. Putting grip, putting stance, putting swing. Get the ball on the green and rolling as soon as possible.
Difference in club is how much fairway/fringe versus green.
Little fairway/fringe, lot of green, say 20/80 then 7 iron
half and half, 8 iron
Lot of fairway/fringe, say 70/30, then 9 iron

ode

accufitgolf this is what the Square Strike wedge is supposed to be for, but the guys I've seen using it, were trying to chip normally with it.

sdandrea1

accufitgolf I was taught to use a 7 to 9 iron for chipping. Putting grip, putting stance, putting swing. Get the ball on the green and rolling as soon as possible.
Difference in club is how much fairway/fringe versus green.
Little fairway/fringe, lot of green, say 20/80 then 7 iron
half and half, 8 iron
Lot of fairway/fringe, say 70/30, then 9 iron

Yep! My courses in Fla in the winter are so freaking tight that I live or die by the bump and run. Sometimes my lie is so scary from 100+ yards out, I'll bump it with a 7i, land it before the green and watch it release on up.

Typhoon

sdandrea1

Bump and run from 100 yards...you chickenshit...🙄

sdandrea1

Typhoon Bump and run from 100 yards...you chickenshit.

Busted.............😉

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