I am going though the same thing. My current SM6 sand and lob wedges have the Nippon wedge 115 shafts weighing 122 grams and my irons and gap are project x lz 5.0 weighing 110.

WedgeWorks doesn’t offer the modus 115, but I called titleist and I believe a Bill helped me and he was a great help. We decided to go the same shaft all the way through with the sand wedge straight in since I take some full swings and chips around the green and the lob soft stepped once to make them softer since my irons are hard stepped once. Then go D3 in both the sand and lob since my irons are D1.

If I don’t like them, I will just pull the modus out of the SM6’s and put them in the SM8’s. It’s fun to experiment.

One thing I forgot to mention Todd was he said that they don’t recommend weight difference between irons and wedges of much more that 10 ounces. Therefore, why he recommended to me to go the same shaft and a heavier swingweight to soften the shaft for more touch around the green.

GSolhaug,

So I am very interested in your thoughts since I take it you fit people for wedges. My irons are project X lz 5.0 shafts that weigh 110 hard stepped once. Do you recommend same shafts in the wedges and if so, should I hard step them like my irons or straight in??

Or, go a little heavier with a 5.5 weighing 115 and soft step them?? My irons are D1 and my sand and lob are D3.

Thanks and greatly respect and appreciate your time and response.

It's all personal preference. It will be difficult to hard step wedge shafts because there is no shaft below a lob wedge shaft to hard step with and you can't tip trim taper tip shafts either.

I would suggest soft-stepping 2x which is an 8 iron shaft in a wedge. I personally prefer a softer feel in my wedges.

Also, the LZ shaft weighs significantly less than the published 110. I play the 6.0 flex and the weight of the PW shaft is around 105 grams at the finished length of standard.

So, LZ 5.0 straight in or soft-stepped or 5.5 straight in.

When Vokey fitted me at Pinehurst went with lighter (from a 105 to a 95) and a regular shaft versus a stiff shaft.........that is why I always use a fitter.......even though most of on here have our personal preferences.....none of us swing have the same swing and tempo.......get a fitting and get the club and shaft you need.... =)

Well if I was close enough to get fitted by Mr. Vokey, I would do it in a heartbeat, lol!!

It’s easy to get fitted for grind, bounce, etc., but only shaft I am ever able to try is of course the s200 which is way too heavy.

So, I called Vokey wedgeworks and a big shout out to Ryan!! He took the time, actually 3 times to visit with me what would be the best. We decided to go a bit heavier for feel, since they will be punch, pitch and chip shots and went project xlz 5.5 straight in the 52 for mostly full and punch shots and the standard project x 5.0 in the 56 and 60, since they are lower trajectory than the lz and weigh 115 grams through Vokey which I didn’t know that. This way my shots wouldn’t balloon on me and I would have better control. He said to stay in the same family of shafts. Makes a lot of sense.

So, again a huge thank you to Ryan at wedgeworks and my order will be put in right before Christmas for the steel brushed SM8’s. Time to retire both the SM6’s which were great and time to lower my 4 handicap.

Stay safe everyone and thanks for all the responses. By the way, the TSi 3 in both the driver and 3 wood, they look and felt great with the new Hzrdus shaft. I’m emptying my pockets for 2021.

I would keep the same shaft in my irons for a Vokey PW and GW. The for my SW/LW go for something heavier and less stiff. I would definitely not go for graphite shafts in a lob or sandwedge...