This 64 degree wedge may be exactly what your game needs

Normally, I wouldn’t argue for any casual golfer or weekend hacker throwing a 64-degree wedge in a bag, but after a thorough test of the club, I can confirm that this is exactly the type of player that Ping Bunkr designed.

I tried Bunkr on practice green, driving range and golf course to find out what the club can really do and how it can help many golfers.

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Let’s start with the purpose of Bunkr creation: to help players get out of trouble.

The Bunkr is designed with a 14.5° bounce and a super sole of 64° loft, which is designed to allow you to perform normal debris movements and the club will blow a ball for you. It’s as close to the cheat code as you can find.

With normal sand or leaf wedges, whether it’s opening a club or a steep swing to blow the ball out, you have to change the swing and posture somehow, but Bunkr basically does it naturally.

If you use Bunkr for “normal” bunker shooting, you can hit the high. A soft flop shot out of the sand and may even tear off a few feet of speed, depending on how hard you hit it.

For those who have a steep swing with an open club face and consistently swing a ball one or two behind the ball, this should be the only wedge that requires more than 56°. Is it a club that you only use sand? We will do this. But if bunkers are your nemesis, then this club is their k.

From the fairway

So we know that Bunkr can be expressed on the beach, but what about anywhere else? After all, if this club is going to occupy one of the 14 coveted attractions in the bag, we need to check if it can be photographed outside the beach.

First, I headed to a driving range and started to use a PING S159 60 degree LOB wedge for five shots for comparison. There are five swings on the full swing kit and I hit the stock for 95 yards with an average score of 93 yards, a launch of 34° and a ball speed of 78 mph. (My performance is not great because creating axle lean is what I try to do.) When we use the shot ball, I ignore the rotation numbers, but the average is 7,000 rpm.

There is a 64° loft in the bed, hitting any kind of shooting is a challenge, but the results are still surprising.

As expected, despite the club serving speeds roughly the same (at 86 mph, while the Bunkr is roughly the same, the ball dropped to 67 mph. The launch volume reached 38°, accounting for the additional four positions in the attic.

The carry is about 72 yards, but interestingly, the strike and carry are consistent. As you can see below, the dispersant is not as good as a 60° wedge, but it can be painted with proper axes, lie angles and lengths in S159 instead of the stock bunkr.

Although the shaft is lighter and softer than the one I usually play with, this consistency is attributed to the unique design of Bunkr. Almost every lens contact is strong, an indicator of good turf interactions.

To be fair, I bumped into the cushy bermuda grass, which made the sole as useful as the Bunkr even more useful. Strong turf may cause problems.

Around the green

Bunkr’s performance in Greenside Rough is the most surprising, but also impressive.

If you have a deep rough lying on the short side of the pin, you can pop the ball onto the green without opening the Bunkr’s face. This could be a real asset for players who have difficulty getting enough heights around the Greens.

Not only is the club easy to shoot high, but the soles are again made by making sure you hit the ball first and the wedges are not caught by the thick roughness.

Given the height of the club’s frontiers sit on the ground, hitting a stricter lie, it’s more tricks. If you feel clean, you can certainly hit those malt thorns that bite hard into the green, but most amateurs will struggle with the skull.

That said, if you live in the south where there are more cushy Bermuda or Zoysia turf, the ball is higher in the face, so the wedge with extreme bounces may become easier to function.

Bottom line

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Bunkr is designed to help struggling golfers, make the bunker struggling, make it easy to exit and knock the ball down. Thanks to its attic, wide soles and the shaping of the iconic Eye2 style, you can use ordinary square techniques to get up and down from the bunker. Relying on confident eye 2 shaping, extra loft and wide bunkr sole, the ball is easily escaped with the green. Friendly bounce with a 14.5° bounce, the club moves easily on the sand and generates higher ball speeds to launch the ball into high and trouble. Bunkr has a lot of lofts with 64° lofts that help you pop the ball out and pop the green easily, making it easier to make putts for you.

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Ping Bunkr is not only a player struggling on the beach, but it is a magical club for those in need.

In some places you don’t want to use it anywhere, but in bunkers, you’ll think of a solid link course – but in courses with deep rough or softer turf conditions, Bunkr may be a valuable and universal option to replace 60 degrees.

While the club isn’t designed for full waves, the super hard-working sole makes it possible to develop consistent shots from the fairways, and also to develop a good option for those tricky 50-60 yards.

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