Wedge Matrix
Your carry with every wedge at every swing length, the gaps between them, on one card.
What this answers
What does each wedge carry at each swing length, and where are the gaps?
- Type a carry for each wedge at each swing length; add a wedge or rename swings if you need to.
- Read the chart: each wedge has its own lane, and the bottom line puts every carry together with its gaps.
- Set the band to flag wide gaps, then print your yardage card from the Card tab.
Reopen it any time with ? Guide
- CoversCoversYour shortest to your longest carry, in yards. Below it, how many of the card’s spaces hold a carry.
- —ydNo carries yet
- Yours
- Largest gapLargest gapThe widest step between two carries next to each other on the ladder, whichever wedge or swing each comes from.
- —ydNeeds two carries
- Model
- Over your bandOver your bandHow many gaps are wider than the band you set. Each is outlined and labeled on the chart.
- —gaps over 10 yd
- Model
- OverlapsOverlapsPairs of carries close enough to count as one distance; the limit is shown under the number. Each is outlined and labeled on the chart.
- —within 2 yd
- Model
Your band
YoursStarting setting. Set it to what you want flagged.
Two distances 2 yd apart or closer are flagged as an overlap.
A gap is one carry minus the next, in whole yards. How it is calculated
Show the card as a table
| Wedge | Full | Three-quarter | Half |
|---|---|---|---|
| PW | — | — | — |
| GW | — | — | — |
| SW | — | — | — |
| LW | — | — | — |
No carries entered yet. Every carry on the card is the golfer’s own.
For your gear
When a gap stays open
A loft between two wedges
When the gap sits between two of your wedges, a wedge at a loft in between is one way to cover it. The 21 wedges in our data list lofts from 42° to 64°. The Wedge Finder then checks the bounce each maker sells at that loft for the turf you play.
Spacing the lofts from your pitching wedge
Your pitching wedge’s loft comes from your iron set, and it is where the wedge ladder starts. The guide covers spacing the lofts below it, and what each extra wedge costs you in the 14-club bag.
The same loft, a different sole
Two wedges at one loft can have very different soles. Bounce and grind decide how the sole meets the turf and the sand, so read how they differ before you pick the wedge that fills a gap.
Method
How it is calculated
There is no physics here. Every carry is yours. The tool puts every carry on one ladder, longest first, and each gap is one carry minus the next. A gap wider than your band is flagged; the band starts at 10 yards for you to change. Two carries 2 yards apart or closer are flagged as an overlap.
“Fill this gap” names the distances no shot covers. Between two wedges with known lofts, it lists the wedges in our data with a published loft in between, by brand; it never says what a loft will carry for you. A card of your own distances made before a round may be used during it, under Rule 4.3a(3) of the Rules of Golf.
The full method is on the Golf Lab methods page.