Can someone explain "Bounce"

[ThePurpleCobra 0]

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i always just thought wedges were classified as (example.. 54 degree 56 degree etc..)

but i just noticed that there is something called a "bounce" number as you can see on the wedge it says SM 56-14 the 14 being the bounce. Can someone explain what "bounce" is?

[Chadd 916]

http://golf.about.com/cs/golfterms/g/bldef_bounce.htm

Google is an amazing tool

[Drewhunz 3]

From Wikipedia:

Bounce: technically, the measure of the angle from the front edge of a club's sole to the point that rests on the ground when addressing the ball. Clubs (usually wedges) with a higher bounce angle will resist digging into the turf.

[mcgwillie 0]

Put another way, the more bounce, the easier the wedge rides through the sand (or heavy rough). The less bounce, the easier it is to hit from a clean lie in the fairway. So, if you are looking to buy wedges, you need to ask yourself how you are going to use it most and what are the course conditions where you usually play. For example, if your plan is to use, say, your 60 degree wedge from the fairway and around the greens, you might want very little bounce. But if your course has deep bunkers with heavy sand, your sand wedge--56 or 58 degrees--you'll want a lot of bounce.

Mcgwillie

[ThePurpleCobra 0]

Put another way, the more bounce, the easier the wedge rides through the sand (or heavy rough). The less bounce, the easier it is to hit from a clean lie in the fairway. So, if you are looking to buy wedges, you need to ask yourself how you are going to use it most and what are the course conditions where you usually play. For example, if your plan is to use, say, your 60 degree wedge from the fairway and around the greens, you might want very little bounce. But if your course has deep bunkers with heavy sand, your sand wedge--56 or 58 degrees--you'll want a lot of bounce.

Mcgwillie

thanks, that helped me alot