Joe, The answer is: either is ok. The goal is to get a set of wedges that don't have any yardage gaps. Right now i think you have a 43 degree 9 iron that is 1/2" long. You need a wedge that will fly about 10 yards shorter than that. a 48 deg volkey probably won't do that. You can bend it 2 deg strong might work. But it is a challenge. You might weaken the 8 and 9 a degree to smooth out the set. I'd say the easy answer is to lengthen the shaft but that is expensive if you want to replace it. Another option is to cleaply add an extender to the butt of the shaft and regrip but that can change the swingweight. I've played with irons extended that way and had no problems with them. I think the pro's thinking is that you will replace wedges more often than the club set so to customize them means reshafting every few months. But I've learned from my son wearing out wedges the following plan: Reshaft your new wedges to match your set. When you wear them out, buy new wedges and just take the shaft out of your old wedges and put it into the new wedges. I have several brand new Titleist wedge shafts in my garage that I pulled from wedges that I reshafted for him. So if it were me, I'd reshaft the wedges to match my irons. --Jerry

Hi Joe, Oftentimes you see the PGA players with Vokeys instead of PW's because they are a little more versatile on partial shots. If you don't match the length of your 47° Vokey, you may have a gap between the 9 and the Vokey as it won't be matched to the set. The goal is to get the proper gapping throughout your set and wedges so you may also want to check the gapping in your 52 and 56. I would hit the 9 iron, then the PW that goes with the set and then the standard vokey that the pro wants you to get and also the 52° (which will be a full shot wedge, too). Check not only feel, but distance gapping. Another thing to consider is that if you ever want to move into another set, it will be easier to sell this set if it has a PW that matches.

I think Joe was referring to the lie angle on the wedges for all that have responded. Given that the standard 9 iron in the 712 set is 64* lie angle, 2* upright would be 66* so now his wedges would be 2* flat and may be hard to hit on a full shot (think about choking down on a 5 iron by 2").