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 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.
What makes today’s game-improvement wedges different is that we’re no longer talking about a one-trick pony club used primarily to escape the sand, but rather wedges that have a lot of the same grooves and soles as some of the tour-like wedges, but with a bit more forgiveness.
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.
The new wedges feature a more compact overall look with a thinner top line and a shorter distance from heel to toe to accentuate a player’s ability to control these essential scoring clubs.
Australian Golf Digest
