What would be the top 2 wedges(loft) that i would want to pick up before the season?

Question

not brand name, degree and loft please

Answer 1

You should at a minimum have a sand wedge and a pitching wedge.

I'd also want to pick up a "Gap Wedge." Look at the loft of your pitching wedge and the loft of your sand. Typically, they will be 47 degrees and 54 degrees. That's a lot of difference. There's typically just 3-4 degrees difference between, say, a 5 iron and a 6 iron.

The "Gap" wedge fills in the loft and distance gap between the PW and the SW. So a GW would be around 50 degrees.

I'm not a fan of the so-called "lob wedge." There's very little you can do with that that you can't also do by opening the face on the sand wedge.

Answer 2

I would have a good set of 3 wedges in addition to your pitching wedge.

I use a forged 52, 56, and 60 degree. Depends on what your PW is and what you want to use to close the  gap. Most people don't recommend a Lob wedge (60) but i'd rather have a nice crisp shot with a lob wedge than try to open the face of my sand wedge and blade it because there's now a ridiculous amount of bounce. All my wedges have 6 degrees normally.

Hope this helps.

Answer 3

I bought Cleveland CG 10 in 52 and 56 degrees to complete my set about 1 yr ago. Love them both and yes it has helped my handicap. Should have bought them sooner.

Answer 4

I have a 52 degree gap a 56 degree sand and a 60 degree lob.

Each has their place and I use the 60 degree around the greens.  If I was building a new set today I would probably make 2 wedges do the work of 3 so I could carry  a 5 wood.  I would have a 53 degree and a 58 degree.  I think that these 2 would serve the purpose of the other 3 and not leave huge gaps in your distances.

Good luck