[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":20},["ShallowReactive",2],{"article-cobra-golf-clubs-building-a-cobra-wedge-setup-for-your-course":3},{"slug":4,"title":5,"subtitle":6,"image":7,"imageAlt":8,"category":9,"html":12,"wordCount":13,"prev":14,"next":17},"building-a-cobra-wedge-setup-for-your-course","Building a Cobra Wedge Setup for Your Course","Turning lofts and bounces into a wedge set that suits the ground you play on.","\u002Fimg\u002Fcobra-golf-clubs\u002Fbuilding-a-cobra-wedge-setup-for-your-course_cobra-wedge-setup.png","Building a Cobra Wedge Setup for Your Course illustration",{"slug":10,"title":11},"cobra-golf-clubs","Cobra Golf Clubs","\u003Ch3>Start with the ground\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\u003Cp>Wedges are the only clubs whose performance depends as much on turf as on your swing. Describe your home course honestly before choosing anything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Firm, dry, tight lies, sandy soil.\u003C\u002Fstrong> Lower bounce. High bounce will bounce the leading edge into the middle of the ball.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Soft, lush, wet winters, heavy soil.\u003C\u002Fstrong> More bounce. Low bounce will dig and produce fat shots.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Mixed.\u003C\u002Fstrong> Mid bounce, accepting that no setup is ideal in both.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ch3>Then check your divot\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\u003Cp>Take a wedge to grass and hit five shots.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>Deep divots\u003C\u002Fstrong> — you are steep. Take more bounce.\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>Shallow bruises\u003C\u002Fstrong> — you are shallow. Take less.\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>No divot at all\u003C\u002Fstrong> — significantly less bounce.\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003C\u002Ful>\n\u003Cp>Five minutes of this outperforms any amount of reading, including this article.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ch3>The bunker exception\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\u003Cp>Bunker sand is often nothing like the turf around it. Soft, deep sand wants high bounce; firm, thin sand wants less.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If your course has soft turf and firm bunkers, or the reverse, fit your sand wedge to the bunkers and the rest to the turf.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ch3>Setting the lofts\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\u003Cp>Work down from your pitching wedge, not up from your lob wedge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Col>\n\u003Cli>Note the actual loft of your set pitching wedge. With KING or KING MAX this may be far stronger than you assume.\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Space each wedge 4–6° apart.\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Stop when the highest-lofted wedge is one you will genuinely use under pressure.\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003C\u002Fol>\n\u003Cp>A 60° wedge is not compulsory. Plenty of golfers score better with 50\u002F54\u002F58 and nothing above it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ch3>Worked examples\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Strong KING lofts, firm course:\u003C\u002Fstrong> PW at 42°, then 47° mid bounce, 52° mid, 58° low.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Standard lofts, soft course:\u003C\u002Fstrong> PW at 46°, then 52° mid, 56° high, 60° mid to high.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Two wedges only:\u003C\u002Fstrong> 52° and 58°, both mid bounce. Simple, and it removes a decision from every approach.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ch3>Measure the carries\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\u003Cp>Once built, record carry at a full swing and at a controlled three-quarter swing for each wedge. That gives you six numbers instead of three, and the six are what you will actually use.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Write them down. Recollection of what a 54° carries is almost always optimistic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ch3>Match the shafts\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\u003Cp>Wedge shafts should be at least as heavy as your iron shafts, ideally slightly heavier. A light wedge shaft encourages a fast, loose transition that ruins distance control.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is the most commonly skipped detail in an otherwise careful wedge fitting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ch3>One Length and wedges\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\u003Cp>If you play One Length irons, decide deliberately whether your wedges follow. Most golfers keep conventional wedges even with a One Length iron set, because short-game feel around the green benefits from a shorter club.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There is no wrong answer, but it should be a decision rather than an accident.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cblockquote>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Buying tip:\u003C\u002Fstrong> Replace your most-used wedge every second season and let the others run longer. Uniform replacement wastes money on clubs that barely get used.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003C\u002Fblockquote>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cem>Model names current as of September 2026.\u003C\u002Fem>\u003C\u002Fp>\n",483,{"slug":15,"title":16},"cobra-snakebite-and-snakebite-x-wedges-explained","Cobra Snakebite and Snakebite-X Wedges Explained",{"slug":18,"title":19},"cobra-custom-fitting-and-futurefit33-explained","Cobra Custom Fitting and FutureFit33 Explained",1788299816317]