Working With Wedges

—David Savona

First the bad news: It’s probably time to change your wedges. Many golf clubs can last you a decade, but wedges need changing at about two years old. Wedges are the scalpels of golf clubs, high-lofted irons for short shots that send balls high, ideally imparting spin. Unlike a great cigar, they don’t improve with age. “Spin comes from the grooves on a wedge,” says Dalton Northcutt, a golf-club fitter and assistant pro at Shorehaven Golf Club in Norwalk, Connecticut. “And those grooves wear out.” Count yourself lucky. Tour players replace their wedges every couple of months. The good news is that even a high handicapper will notice the difference when hitting a new one and watching that ball zip back or stop on a dime when hit just so. “These are…

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