If you are a golfer like me, you will have watched in amazement when watching the pros around the greens, in what look likes thick rough, just flop the ball out and put it within a couple of feet of the flag.
Well the trick to this shot is to use your most lofted club and literally let the loft of the club get the ball in the air and land it softly on the green with plenty of control. The Titleist Vokey 60 degree lob web is ideal for playing this kind of shot.
I like to think my short has always been above average, however since buying the Vokey lob wedge it has improved to a very high level considering I play of an 11 handicap. I own the oil can finish with 4 degree angle of bounce. For information, the abgle of bounce is the angle formed by the leading edge of the clubhead and the ground. This angle reduces the club digging under the ball, which is not good for sand shots or shots of tight lies. The 4 degree bounce lob wedge that I own is ideal for shot out of the rough or fairway. There is also a 10 degree bounce lob wedge. This is better for sand shots, but is also very useful off the fairway and out of rough.
The Vokey comes in a chrome finish or an oil can finish. The oil can finish is designed to "rust" up over time. I have owned mine for about a year now and is rusting up nicely. This increases the spin on the ball and allows the ball to stop even quicker on the green. For the types of flop shots you will be playing with this club, that is absolutely ideal.
The club itself feels great. It has a lovely weighting to it and when hit properly the feel of the ball off the clubface is perfect. You can almost feel the ball sliding up the clubface and the spin being imparted. The face behind the ball has a perfect setup. The 60 degrees of loft gives you all the confidence in the world to just swing the club and let it do most of the work to get the ball on the green and more often than not, near the hole within one putt range. It is perfect to use from a tight fairway lie as it is perfect to use from a fluffy or even rough lie around the green.
I bought my lob wedge from American Golf Discount for £79.99
The internet discount site, County Golf (county-golf.com) are selling them at the moment for £69.99 and I would say, except for maybe ebay, it would be hard to find it for cheaper than that price. As I said earlier, this is at the high end of lob wedge prices. However out of the tob brands for wedges, Taylor Made, Mizuno and Cleveland they are all basically the same price and this was by the far the best wedge I tried out.
I only own the lob wedge, however Vokey do a range of wedges with 50, 52, 54, 56 and 58 degrees of lofts. This covers all your pitching, gap and sand wedges. I have not tried these out, but have heard they are all excellent wedges, however I am very happy with the pitching and sand wedges that came with my set of Sxrixon!
I would definitely recommend this club to any golfer looking to improve around the greens and help knock a few shots of their round. If there is anymore information you would like I would be happy to help.