Soft 8620 carbon steel tour inspired look and an extra 1 2 groove.
Ping eye 2 sand wedge loft degree.
Golfers used to have one or two wedges in their golf bag the pitching wedge which is included in most sets of irons and the sand wedge.
Glide 2 0 stealth.
I used to be pure out of the sand with that club but have switched to more classic sand wedges to get the improved play from the fairway and for chipping but my sand game has really suffered.
In the last 20 years club manufacturers have strengthened the irons by decreasing loft and thereby creating more distance with each club.
The loft is 60 degrees.
Ping engineers took a grip to grind approach in redesigning the glide 3 0.
Ping wedges glide 3 0 wedges.
The eye2 sand wedge matches the original.
The original ping eye sw was 57 the lw 61 the ping eye 2 plus sw is 53 sw 58.
5 iron is standard length black dot.
This classic golf club design from ping features the same sole profile hosel transition and high toe shpe as the origianl eye2 sand wedge for the utlimate in bunker performance.
Glide 2 0 wedge.
I believe they were 53 degrees of loft but i am interested in bounce and i cant find it anywhere.
Standard shaft options include ping jz series steel and ping 350 series graphite with additional shafts available through the ping wrx program.
A pitching wedge has about 46 48 degrees of loft a sand wedge has about 54 56.
With the advent of gap and lob wedges the pitching wedge now has greater competition.
Grooves are closer to increase friction and spin for maximum control.
In the lower lofted wedges 46 50 and 52 degrees the sidewall is milled at 20 degrees with an edge radius of 005 inches for full shot performance.
The pitching wedge was once the club of choice for a variety of approach shots.
Ping eye 2 sw specs posted in equipment opinions.
But as important as the short game is a pitching wedge remains an important part of most golfers.
When a golfer was beyond sand wedge distance but needed more loft than a 9 iron offered he reached for the pitching wedge.
In other words a pitching wedge has a loft that is similar to that of an older 9 iron.