Feel Golf 73 Wedge
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Feel Golf has been around since 2000, but they actually began making wedges for tour players back in 1985. In fact, Feel Golf can claim several major championships and many tournament victories by players using their irons and wedges. The company recently moved to Sanford, FL and I took some time to meet with Dr. Lee Miller, the company’s CEO. He showed me their entire line of clubs and we spoke at length about the small technological advantages the company has over most of the big OEMs.
Feel Golf is one of the few companies out there that has the moxy to reject the USGA’s new groove rule, and I applaud them for it. They are selling irons and wedges with both conforming and non-conforming square grooves. With the vast majority or golfers not playing in high-level USGA or professional tour events, why not allow people to choose which grooves they would rather have? Feel’s square groove wedges are worth a look for anyone who wants more spin around the greens.
Eventually our discussion came to the most popular club that Feel Golf makes – the 73 degree wedge. And you thought 62 or 64 degrees was a lot of loft! I’ve seen gimmicky wedges in the past with tons of loft, but they didn’t work well because the design wasn’t really thought through. With this much loft, you need time to design a sole grind that works properly. This wedge has that. Obviously when you have 73 degrees of loft, your shot-making options will be limited. This wedge was designed to help players hit a very high, soft landing shot with ease, and it does that.
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I was instructed to play the ball back in my stance for most shots and simply let the loft do the work. Moving the ball up in your stance simply alters the ball flight. In my testing over the course of several rounds and at the short game practice area, I found that the best results came when I stood a bit closer to the ball. This club makes flop shots look easy. You can really get the ball in the air with this thing, but some practice is needed to get the distance control down. As with any high lofted wedge, the most important thing to know is when to use it, not how to use it.
For more info on the 73 wedge, square groove clubs and all of Feel’s clubs, visit their website at www.feelwedges.com
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Relatively new to blogging but not to the golf industry, John Duval is the owner & editor of intothegrain.com (ITG) and itgexpress.com. He started playing golf as a sophomore in High School and within a year he walked on the varsity golf team as the #1 player. In 1997 he moved to Florida to pursue a career in golf, and later in information technology. John has done just about every golf related job there is. He's been an assistant pro, golf coach and greens keeper and also has several years in golf retail. In 2009, he took his years of golf industry and IT experience and created intothegrain.com. 3 years later, he launched the companion site to ITG, called itgexpress.com, and the rest is history!Subscribe
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That thing scares me. All is see is 90 yards of skull.
You just have to keep the club accelerating Adam. Swing hard in case you hit it!
I have a Feel square groove somewhere, I forgot how good it was!