Wedge hosels sit forward. Bounce feels the lag.

We still use the hosel as datum. On wedges the leading edge often sits slightly behind the neck, enough to alter how bounce presents when the Great Miami has soaked the first cut. A wedge with almost no lag can look “honest” and still knife if the edge arrives with the hosel into wet Bermuda. A wedge with a little more lag can skate that same lie and look shut at address, which short-game players hate until the ball actually lands.

This mill does not recut grinds. If your bounce is the liar, we will say so and stop. Offset Bay exists because people were buying new soles to solve a lag they had never measured. We would rather you leave with a number than with a second 56 that repeats the first 56’s hosel story.

Pitching wedges that belong to a GI iron set often carry more lag than a specialist 52. That mismatch is a favorite Saturday argument. Bring both. The plate settles it in ticket face.