Normally, I wouldn’t advocate for any recreational golfer or weekend hacker to throw a 64-degree wedge in the bag, but after thoroughly testing the club I can confirm that’s exactly the type of player for which the Ping BunkR is designed.

I tried out the BunkR at the practice green, driving range and golf course to find out what this club really can do, and how it could possibly help a lot of golfers.

Out of the sand

Let's start with what the BunkR was created for: to help players get out of the sand.

With a super-wide sole that has 14.5˚ of bounce and 64˚ of loft, the BunkR is designed so that you can make a normal chipping motion and the club will blast a ball out of the sand for you. It's as close to a cheat code for the bunkers as you can find.

With a normal sand or lob wedge, you'll have to alter your swing and stance in some way whether it be opening the clubface or steepening your swing to blast a ball out, but the BunkR basically does it naturally ...