This is an old clip from GC's 7 Nights at the Academy shows, featuring Raymond Floyd's advice on deciding how much bounce your 60° wedge needs.
This advice seemed almost counter-intuitive to me at first, but it made sense after I thought about it. Normally you would think that tight fairways would dictate using less bounce, simply because more bounce raises the front edge of the wedge off the ground. Wouldn't more bounce make you more likely to hit the ball thin?
However, Raymond says you honestly do need MORE bounce in this situation. Otherwise you risk having that front facet dig too much into the floor and mess up your shot. That's once I realized that the wedge I have constantly hit great from the golf green is absolutely one with high jump, much like Raymond shows!
But make sure you test the wedge first, because your swing's angle of attack also plays a part. A steeper swing generally requires more bounce than a flatter swing. Raymond always had a fairly steep swing, so that would have influenced his advice as well.
So that is something you may need to don't forget if you're having trouble hitting excellent method photographs together with your lob wedge. You may additionally really want more jump than you are the usage of.
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