Build Your Wedge Gaps From the Pitching Wedge You Own

Use the manufacturer’s specification for the exact model and generation, then check whether your own club has been altered. The current T100 page lists P at 45° and W at 49°. On the same comparison table, T150 is listed at 44° for P. A name shared across sets is not a promise of an identical loft.

Those are catalog specifications, not measurements of a club in your bag. Ask a fitter to check your actual loft when that matters to the decision, particularly if you are buying used equipment or know that the set was adjusted.

The illustrative plans start at the verified T100 45° specification. They do not imply that every golfer owns that model or should replace their pitching wedge to copy the example.

Vokey’s guidance recommends 4–6 degrees between wedges and describes typical distance intervals, but explicitly says the right setup depends on how far you hit each club. Do not turn that starting point into a guaranteed yardage conversion.

Measure carry to the first landing point, not total distance after rollout. Use the same type of ball and comparable conditions, and keep a record of the usual result and its spread. A single perfect shot can hide the gap that appears during an ordinary round.

If two wedges produce heavily overlapping full-swing carries, identify whether they still have different useful short-game jobs. If there is a large interval, test candidate lofts and the shots you already use to cover it. A degree difference alone cannot settle either decision.

Imagine the same driver, fairway wood, hybrid, six irons from 4 through 9, and putter in both plans. Those ten clubs plus three wedges make thirteen; adding the fourth wedge makes fourteen. The three-wedge version preserves a slot for a different job. The four-wedge version spends that slot on another short-game option.

In the examples, moving from three to four wedges means three additional wedges beyond the pitching wedge instead of two. Price the actual candidate clubs, specifications and any fitting or build work. No current retail price or saving is assumed here.

Ask which recurring shot would become easier to select, which club would leave the bag, and whether the extra wedge duplicates something you already do reliably. More loft choices can be useful; another club without a clear role still costs money and practice time.

• The exact pitching-wedge model, generation and loft, including any known adjustments.
• Repeatable carry and the usual range for each current wedge.
• The distance interval or course shot that is actually missing.
• The current full-bag list, candidate replacements and total budget.
• Two or three candidate setups to compare under the same conditions.

Keep bounce, grind and partial-swing technique as separate fitting or practice questions. This page handles bag composition and distance gaps; it does not prescribe one sole shape or a universal wedge swing.

For another specification that is easy to misread, compare shaft weight with flex. To understand what you are paying for at an appointment, see the fitting-service comparison.