If you’re currently playing a pitching wedge from the iron set you purchased but the idea of trying out a blade version has piqued your interest, just make sure you’re taking a few things into consideration.
Cobra’s latest King line of wedges uses a metal-injection moulding process that produces tighter manufacturing tolerances, reducing the need for hand polishing that can lead to inconsistencies from club to club.
The PGA Tour’s Las Vegas stop has become a preview of what’s to come in the gear industry – and this year is no different. Titleist’s 2025 Pro V1 and Pro V1x balls made their every-other-year appearance early in the week. Odyssey debuted a myriad of Ai-One putter head shapes. Bettinardi entered the zero-torque game. Read more…
The TaylorMade Hi-Toe 4 wedge continues the company’s larger-faced, high centre-of-gravity design with the same original mission: pushing mass higher helps to produce a lower-flighted, higher-spinning design.
Like several other manufacturers, Cleveland Golf provides some useful guidance via its wedge selector tool, which has received some meaningful updates.
Ping’s most extensive and versatile wedge line to date, the s159 line, features 25 loft/grind options. The grinds and shape were the result of direct feedback from the company’s tour staff.
Tour Edge’s Hot Launch C524 irons and wedges are designed for golfers who prefer a more classic cavity-back design. The E524 irons and wedges provide plenty of help by focusing on ease of getting the ball up in the air or, in the case of the wedges, out of the sand.
Titleist’s wedge team, led by master craftsman Bob Vokey, believes there are three keys to great wedge play: shot versatility, distance and trajectory control, and maximum spin. All three have been addressed in Vokey’s latest creation, the SM10.
Not everyone wants to play a game-improvement wedge. In a nod to that reality, Cleveland’s latest version has all the help one could want but does so in a slightly more appealing package.
Australian Golf Digest
