Orlimar Golf Fat Sole Wedges | Game-Improvement, High-Lofted Wedges | Escape Bunkers and Trouble

Bought this 2 years ago almost to the day and it did help me get out of bunkers easier but could not use it anywhere else to save my life. I finally took it out of my bag after a few months and put it in my vast collection of unused gimmicky clubs. Fast forward to last week when I wondered if my swing had improved enough for me to figure out how to use it properly and boy am I glad I did. I’m still not good but I am better at shifting pressure and using my body better and now after just a few practice sessions and one round this is my favorite club from 50yds and in. I don’t think it’s designed to be opened up because of the fat sole but I open it slightly and hit high soft landing shots consistently -almost impossible to chunk it. For some very short shots I actually intentionally hit it a little fat with good results! So glad I decided to try this club again.

I've only had this wedge for a couple of days and I took it to the club and practiced with it. I tried swinging kind of easy to see what would happen and I found that I bladed more shots swinging easy then if I took a full swing at it. If you take a full swing and set it up in the middle of your stance like a normal iron shot you can't miss. It pops the ball straight up goes about 20 to 30 yards and comes down softly. The key is to take a full swing and just understand how far it'll go for you with that full swing. Hard to beat for $39.Here is a follow up after using it on the course thru several rounds. As I said you can't baby or try to get fancy with this wedge. You have to take a full swing and by that I mean full swing and how hard you want and far you want to hit it. Great for those shot's over a bunker to the green with that full but medium speed swing and the harder you hit it the higher it goes. Have had several playing partners use it during their rounds and all 3 ordered the club and love it.Best $39.00 I have ever spent on golf. PERIOD!!!

This wedge does what it is advertised to do. It reduces the chance of chunking shots from tight lies or leaving the ball in bunkers. But, it isn't a miracle club. You won't hit perfect shots all the time. The great thing about this club is that I don't manipulate it at all. I set up to it the same as I do with all of my other irons in the bag. The wide some allows the club to glide on the turf on tight lies and not dig on sand bunker shots. I don't ope the face at all. I square the club and just swing. Getting out of the bunker requires you to swing a three quarter o full swing. I made the mistake thinking that I could take a half shot because I was afraid to take a full swing with a square club face. Don't be afraid. Swing your full swing with the club face square and the ball will come out like it would if you opened up a traditional blade wedge. Same with chips. Set up square and swing through. I thought the feel of the club was going to be clunky , but it actually feels and sounds ok. This wedge is hot too. Normally I hit a 60 degree about 75 yards. I can hit this wedge about 90 yards. For the price it's a great wedge if you are looking for something more forgiving, easier to hit from bunkers and tight lies, and provides consistency within your setup.

Did not notice much difference than my normal 60 degree wedge but then I am a novice golfer.

Best sand wedge I’ve ever used.

It has help my game tremendously and the price was reasonable. First time I’ve ever been able to put height and spin on the ball.

I purchased this club because the course I often play does not have decent sand in the traps, more like fine gravel. This worked well for that purpose.Recently I thought I would play a few times using it for chipping also, to my surprise it worked very well.What I usually do is pitch and run with an 8-9-wedge, by doing so I have to judge the distance as well as the roll. What I have found with the Orlimar I only have to judge the distance because whatever the distance I need the ball will bounce once or twice and stop dead.I played three rounds using it and overall really improved my chipping.The down side is you need the nerve to hit right to the pin, scary, when I have played the pitch and run for many years.Good buy for me.

This is more of a gimmick club/wedge. They used to sell "The Alien" which is just a different version of a fat soled wedge. I returned it, it takes a lot of getting used to and you have to drag the club through the ball to make sure you hit it squarely, so a miss hit is usually topping the ball.