60-90 yards out. Tight fairway lie. What club(s) are your options

This is why I like one of my wedges to be low bounce. The course I play has a good bit of tight lies so I have low bounce on my 60 degree and more forgiving bounce on my 56 degree. My club selection when in that range or closer usually comes down to the lie being tight or not.

60-85 I'm using my 56 and using the bounce. Dropping that clubhead and letting it kick off the hard ground. Opening the face just slightly and taking a confident swing. 85-95 I'm taking my 52 and doing the exact same thing. Probably not opening my face on the 52 but doing a confident 3/4 swing.

Well it really depend.. if it's 80-90 I've found hitting my 50 degree wedge with a firm 9-3 swing works well.. keeps it low, on target and checks up for me..

60-70 I'm hitting a similar shot with my 54 degree wedge.. and this is usually the club with anything under 80 yards

my 60 is a bunker or emergency only type club.. while if I took a full swing with my 60 it would travel 90ish yards I don't do it because i can't tell you how many times i've cut right up under the damn ball and it goes nowhere

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Also, if you're driving it to that distance, sometimes it pays off to dial back to a FW metal/hybrid/driving iron tee shot to hold back and get into a full 8-PW shot into the green.

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Man, I wish my game were that consistent. If i'm hitting my driver well off the tee like that, there is no guarantee that my 3 wood or 5 wood or 4 iron is going to act the same. I try to stick with what's working on any given day.

I shot a 97 yesterday on the blue/white combo.

6405
yards

70.7
rating

123
slope

I hadn't played in ~8 months and this was my 5th round in two weeks. Normally I'd be fine with that score, I know my skill level as a golfer. It's just frustrating as shite to do the hard stuff pretty well and just meltdown on the easier stuff. Shot a 51 on the front due mostly to wayward tee shots, a nuked pull left every time when my typical miss is a push slice. Got that sorted out in spades on the back and didn't miss a fairway. Shot a 46 on the back and left 7 or 8 strokes out there with a terrible short game. If you were to watch a "highlight" tape of my round yesterday you'd incorrectly think I was really good at golf. I am not. I know I am not because I don't play consistently, doesn't make it less frustrating. To top things off I'm just getting addicted again, starting to sort a few kinks out, and my first son is due in 3 weeks

Back to the corner of the garage for my golf bag for a while

That distance for me is a half to 3/4 swing 50* gap wedge with some bounce. I just have to trust myself and let the hands go (don't decelerate the club head and chunk it, just let it go).

Interesting enough, I struggle with a more full swing 54* or 58* wedge. For some reason I envision shots that are lower trajectory that get the ball on the ground asap to run out. I've also used 8-PW on this shot. Just depends on what's on front of me and what shot trajectory I see in my head.

I use my lowest bounce wedge on tight lies inside 100 yards which is my 56°.

You want to reduce bounce on tight lies. I’ll also play it a little back in my stance to add forward press and reduce bounce.

60 yds is a very repeatable 3/4 swing with my 58*. 90 yds is my full swing 58* or an easy/smooth 54*....I usually go 54* for that. I definitely get yippy with those clubs sometimes and it's frustrating, but when they are on, it's my most accurate clubs.

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60 yds is a very repeatable 3/4 swing with my 58*. 90 yds is my full swing 58* or an easy/smooth 54*

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I'm similar but I play with a 52 and its closer to 90 with a little 3/4 swing.

If I have lost all confidence in my ability to hit that shot - and I have before, I'll break out the 6 iron for a little bump down the fairway if there are no obstacles between myself and the green.

Probably my 56, hit it nice and low maybe a foot or so off the ground to keep it out of the wind.