Vokey Wedges Seminar at PGA Show

LarryRinkerGolf — Thu, 30 Jan 2014 14:46:00 +0000

Vokey Wedges Seminar at PGA Show. Last Wednesday, January 22, 2014, Bob Vokey spoke and did a seminar at the PGA Show for the Titleist Staff professionals. He went over the new Spin Mill 5’s or SM5’s coming out in March and described the different grinds available. He talked about the difference between the effective bounce (what you have at impact) vs bounce angle (which is built into the club.)

Low Bounce: L Grind 14 degrees of bounce, but effective bounce 4 degrees. Firm conditions.
Mid-Bounce: T Grind only on the 62 degree wedge which has a forward and trailing bounce. S Grind Full Sole
Mid/High Bounce: M Grind The grind that I use and it’s for players who like to play different shots. F Grind Full Soles Most forgiving wedge.
High Bounce: K Grind High lofted only.

I personally like the M grind because it is a mid to high bounce and the sole allows the player to open and square the club face to hit different trajectory shots. I asked Voke why he made mid-lofted wedges 54-56 with only 8 degrees of bounce and he said they are not going that low with the bounce anymore on those wedges. Lowest will be 10 degrees. Voke also talked about swing types for bounce and someone with a more up and down swing, which I prefer and teach with a sand wedge, can use more bounce. A flatter swing could use less bounce.

I’m looking forward to getting my SM5’s in March. For the record I play a 55/12 and a 60/10 with the M grind. For my students I recommend SM5’s with a 54/10 and a 58/8 all in the M Grind. These can be bent to a 55/11 and a 59/9 if you add one degree of loft to those wedges. Add a degree of loft = adding a degree of bounce. I’ve been playing Vokey Wedges since they came out on Tour in the late 1990’s.

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2014 PGA Show TPI Seminar

LarryRinkerGolf — Sat, 25 Jan 2014 23:24:00 +0000

2014 PGA Show TPI Seminar. Great seminar at the PGA Show with Dave Phillips and Greg Rose of TPI or Titleist Performance Institute. The focus was on power and how to get more club head speed.
Rose’s top three exercises were:
1. Train both sides of body for power. Be explosive in the opposite direction.
2. Overload vs Over speed. Make it harder, make it easier. Run uphill and then run downhill. Live in over speed swinging a bat, throwing a baseball, swinging a club. Swing a heavier club first, then swing your driver, then swing the lightest club. 6 balls each.
3. Sprinting.

Power technique.
1. Load the back leg. Let lower body and head move in the back swing. Lift left heel off the ground for right handed golfer.
2. Get your hands high at the top of your back swing with a bent lead arm. 100% width with the lead arm at the top doesn’t mean anything. Want to go from narrow at the top to wide going through the impact area.
3. Squat down in downswing and jump through impact. Power is coming through the traction in the ground. After the lower body shifts, the trail foot, leg, and knee fire first and then the forward leg pushes up from the ground rotating the lead hip as the club head goes flying through impact.

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Vokey Wedges Seminar at PGA Show

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