Bucket,

Beat downs might not be Willie Mac's style. Agreed. But he is strong enough and crazy enough. Boo might be the guy.

Tiger vs. Jack. It think both would have to adjust. Jack might have to spend more time on his short game to compete with Tiger with the new equipment. Tiger might have to change some things to hit the persimmon. Bottom line-- These are both very dominant men. They are champions. They would both do what they had to do to win. Champions walk out of the locker room ready to put a beating on somebody every single day.

That's the way Mike O used to roll down at the old folks asylumn during his brief stint there . . . beatin' down geriatric old men and little old grammies. He was runnin' thangs. Then they had to put him in solitary . . .

Come to think of it he was issuing beatings in there too.

However I don't think this is the same thing you speak of.

Oh yeah and I got one more question . . .

How do pros use the bounce on wedges to hit pitch shots? I hear 'em talk about that but never have figured it out.

More caddy sense
 

"Champions walk out of the locker room ready to put a beating on somebody every single day"

WOW!!

If you are coming to Firestone, please let me know.

I think dinner is on me, if you like.

UPP

Bounce
 

Bucket,

I'm not sure I understand bounce completely either. I do know that tour players tweak their wedges until they slide through the turf how they want. Often they hit another player's wedge and ask one of the equipment techs to make them one more like that one. (They do this with all clubs)

So alot of it is feel. You know about learning the different hinge actions. Practice all three to understand the difference. I would try that with wedges set up with a wide variance of bounce. Not enough for your style and the club will dig, making perfect contact imperative. Too much bounce and it will feel like you are hitting it fat. I've been playing around with one with too much. I get this fat feeling even when I hit low spinners. The only problem is I have to swing harder. I once had a Tom Kite Grind Hogan wedge that was perfect out of the sand. I could just throw it at the sand any old way and hit a good shot. I gave up on it because I couldn't hit it anywhere. Not sure that was smart.

Besides the bounce, players will roll the leading edge to reduce digging. Most players remove material in the heel so they can open the club more comfortably. I notice that the better a player's short game, the more likely he is to have very particular views on how his wedges are set up.

Henny,

I just wanted to thank you for joining the site and contributing. Awesome stuff!

-Trig

I echo Trig's thought. You are the best Henny, keep those awesome posts coming.

More Forum Fun
 

Henny and I talked last night, and he agreed to serve as moderator of his own new Forum...Caddy Shack. He also will join our Professional Contributor staff.

We'll get it up right away.

Thanks, Henny!

Dude you have like 9 posts or so and all are hall of fame quality!

Do they roll the leading edge on their irons too?

Leading edges
 

I know one player who rolls the leading edge on all irons. He's quite the digger. They do adjust sole in their irons (grinding), or they choose a different head based on the feel of how it goes through the ground. Tour players often work with raw heads to perfect look and performance and then have them chromed. Things they look at are sole, minute degrees of off-set, shadow lines on the top edge, thickness of top edge, etc.

Tons of them play them straight off the rack.

If you write a book. I will read it lots of fun reading it.