Golf Forums - Wedges + Lie Angle

When I bought my golf club there were custom fitted.

I have an upright stance so my clubs were two degrees upright.

When I take a divot with these clubs the depth is even so I'm happy that they are still correct for my swing.

I've bought to Mizuno Raw Haze wedges, 60 and 53 degrees.

My problem is should I have the lie angle adjusted on these two clubs to the same one as my other irons?

Over the last three rounds I've noticed that when I take a divot the divot is deeper on the outside of the divot than on the inside.

Now my feeling is that yes I should, but I was wondering if anybody actually knew the right answer.

My clubs have steel shafts.

When I had a few lessons on using my wedges I was told to take a divot, which I know do.

Also I was told to check my divots after each shot, direction they point, even depth, etc.

So do you check your divot after each shot?

Russ

Russ - surely the main question is 'does the ball do what you want it to do?"  I would think there is some merit in examining divot depth if your shots are consistently off - line, but if the clubs are doing a good job without you having to manipulate the shot, don't interfere! I was talking to one of our scratch players yesterday who admitted that the guys who are used to taking deepish divots are the ones suffering at the moment (with boggy ground) hitting lots of fat shots.

Carol, my shots either go towards the target or left of the target, not normally right of it.

Now if the toe of my club is hitting the ground first it should open the clubface up and would then send the ball to the right.

So I think I'll leave them as they are at the moment.

The ones that go left are probably due to my swing rather than the clubs.

Russ

Russ,

Absolutely, yes, you should get the lie angle of your wedges checked as the loft magnifies any directional errors due to the lie angle (same reason that the ball goes left when its above your feet - it goes right when its above mine, but I'm left handed :-)

However, this is where it gets confusing. As I'm sure you know there are no standards in golf, so one manufacturers 2 degrees upright is another's standard lie. Most manufacturers publish club spec on their websites so you could make a rudimentary check of the intended lie angle of your wedges against your most lofted 2 degree upright iron (don't forget to add the two degrees ;-). To be "correct" the wedges should be about another degree upright. However just to confuse things manufacturing tolerances are often +/- 2 degrees. So they could seem correct yet be wrong, or wrong and be correct (the worst I've seen is a 2 degree lie angle error and a 3 degree loft error).

So, the only way to be certain is to get them measured professionally. Don't simply get them statically checked and bent on a bench based on the lie angle of the previous club. Its much better to get it checked dynamically by hitting against a lie board (a board that marks tape on the bottom of the club). In fact, its probably not a bad idea to get all your irons dynamically checked. Most pro shops should be able to do this for you. If not I'm happy to help out - oh yes I can, I have the technology :-).

Hope that help,

Colin