i am looking to buy a lob wedge can any 1 recommend one

I use Taylormade RAC, the rusty type. Ive only ever owned one other 60 degree, being a vokey so I have not tried many, but I am happy with mine.

I would suggest going for 58 degrees and avoiding going for 60.  You probably wont be able to use it properly being a high handicap player-it requires quite a bit of skill.

I had a 60 deg Vokey and was very poor with it.

I now have Mizuno MP-R series black nickel wedges, 54 and 58 degrees.  I am MUCH better now.

You cant go wrong with these wedges-in my opinion they are better than Vokey wedges.  Every magazine and review says Vokey is the best-I don't agree-I say Mizuno!!!  But whatever you get-stay with 58 degrees and no more lofted

Stephen, you wont know what feels comfortable or what works with your swing unless you try loads out. Get down to any store which has a range attached and try out as many as possible. As Matt says, the most popular may not suit you, so try, try and try again until you are happy with your choice.

Also consider having a lesson or two for wedge play / short game.

It's not the wedges you need to worry about it if you can use them or not!

I'd recommend having a lesson with a pro before deciding on which wedge to buy.

They will be able to tell you if you need to buy one with lots of bounce or maybe not so much.

Russ

A wedge is a wedge is a wedge. it takes no time at all to learn how each one behaves and the best way to use it.

I think that is just not true all wedges are not equal, different loft, bounce, weights etc make them all subtly different.  Good point about having a lesson-its well worth having a lesson on wedge play, it helped me a lot.  But you don't need a pro to tell you how much bounce you need-its fairly simple.  If you are a big divot taker-a digger, then go for a little more bounce, the opposite if you take little divots and are a bit more shallow.  Also take into account the type of course you play-if the ground is very soft-then a little more bounce will again be more helpful.

For a 28 handicapper just go for a standard 'mid bounce' wedge-it isnt going to make a huge ammount of difference at that ability level.

Its well know and said by a number of coaches that these very high loft lob wedges, ie 60 and 64 degree wegdes,  are very hard to master.  For a 28 handicapper if you go with a very high lofted wedge, you are going to thin and fat a lot of shots-you got to be consistently striking it well to use. 

For a relative beginner, its much better to keep it simple and stick to a 54 and 58 degree wedge. You will find it extremely hard to use wedges with more lofy effectively and consistently until you are a better player.

If you need to play a lob over a bunker from a short distance-hence requiring a little more loft.  then just open the face a little.  You can easily open the face to make the 58 into a 60-64.

As to taking no time at all-well it depends on your skill level, what standard you class as mastering that given wedge.  I find I practice my wedges more than anything else-its crucial, and my scores are improving due to my poor wedge play getting better.  But I wouldn't say it has taken me no time at all-I had to buy a 60 deg wedge and get rid of it to realise it wasn't a good move!

For a 28 handicapper (the OP) I would suggest it is going to take a long while to get his wedges where they need to be, and chosing the right wedges will be a big help.

 I tend to agree with John. Think of it as another club. Too many of us fear certain types of club and shy away from them with the result that they're missing out on an aspect of the game. You can discounting fat/thin shots, which you can do with any club. I can't say that iI'm more fearfull of using my 60* as opposed to the 56* (you can mess up either one depending on the shot). . The tricky shots are the non full shots which require practice.

 By the way, I can't say enough about Nike SV tour wedges, I have two as above.

Patrick, you are right, it is just another club, which comes in all shapes and sizes and I doubt there is a wedge made that I couldn't use effectively.

The probable reason players tend to struggle with the wedge is that they hit them so far, judging by the comments on this forum. Up to 150 yards I have read on occasion.

This then means that to cover all the distances below this figure requires a lot more skill, flair, imagination and dexterity than thjey possess.

My PW I can hit 100 yards and then I have a Gap wedge, a sand wedge and a lob wedge, which means I can hit full shots down as low as 40 yards.

Got to say that I used to fear the wedges in my bag but I've recently sorted out the problem with my short game...my weight wasnt predominantly on my left leg so I found I was almost leaning back on the shots and thinning them constantly as a result.

With this new found confidence I added a 60 degree Vokey to my TaylorMade RAC PW and Mizuno Tour 56 and I've not thinned it once. Its all about confidence to judge what club you need and when.

I;d say get that 60 degree if you want it and then get down to a local field and just hit balls with it until you have that confidnce.

Taking JP's point about a wedge being a wedge. Do you guys know why we have 60* and 64* wedges today when a 52* did the same job years ago?

I used to have a 60 degree wedge but it was difficult to use and encouraged me to try and stiff every chip next to the pin and play some stupid elaborate shots which usually got thinned or rolled straight off the top of the face and went about 20 yards up and 5 yrds forward.

 I got rid and I now have a 52 and a 56 degree Vokey wedges. The wedges are brilliant and reducing the loft has given me much more confidence and consistancy I just open the club up if really neccesary but this is rarly the case.

 David, very valid point though I'll bet you (as no doubt JP and I did) opened the pitching wedge (or 10 iron as they were known) to 64* or more when the shot required it. By the way if you're not up to anything tomorrow afternoon I'll be playing at MoorAllerton 4 pm if you want to join me.

Hi Patrick,

Planning anything for tomorrow is off the course at the moment. went for an interview yesterday to run a 9hole Golf Course on a Holiday Park for the Summer. They will let me know tomorrow.

On Monday my pal from The Glen is coming down for 3 days and is looking for games Mon, Tues & Weds evenings. Horsforth is one because of "1906 Club", Fulford may be another and somewhere else.

TheLyth

 David, ok, good luck with the job. If you've not chosen the third venue what about MoorAllerton? As my guest it'll only be £20-£25 p p gree fees.I'm not too sure about my committments at work but should be able to move things about for a game Tues 4pm ish (weather for Wed is pretty crappy).