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Roger Cleveland’s influence is once again making an impact at the Masters.

Cleveland returned to the company he founded last year and his designs have started to infiltrate not only the bags of Srixon/Cleveland staffers, but non-staffers too.

Take J.J. Spaun, who earned his third PGA Tour win last week at the Valero Texas Open and first since his breakthrough at the U.S. Open. While Spaun still uses a previous generation RTX 6 Zipcore lob wedge platform, his lobber features a unique wide sole grind with both leading and trail edge relief.

The wide sole starts with the original shaping from Cleveland’s 588 Wide wedge design from the late 1990s, which is one of the most famous in clubmaking.

“We were doing a lot of grinding to get to what he wanted,” Srixon Tour Rep Michael Jolly told GOLF. “That’s just a lot of trial and error of him hitting different shots and trying to find the right combination of open face, bunker [versatility], and all of those things.”

But Spaun’s wedge is not the only Cleveland wedge prototype inspired by the original 588 shape.

Several pros this year, including Gary Woodland who won with it two weeks ago in Houston, are using a prototype offset lob wedge built on Cleveland’s updated RTZ platform with the 588 Wide sole.

“It started with the sole,” Jolly said. “More and more players are seeing the benefits of a wide sole. The 588 Wide goes back to 1998; it’s something we’ve always had. We wanted to reintroduce it with the new RTZ material. That has gone really really well.

“With Roger being back, Roger has talked a lot about offset and the benefits of offset. It’s not something that the young players are used to seeing it, but there a lot of benefits to offset.”

Offset, when the leading edge of the club is set behind the hosel, often scares good players away because it makes the face easier to square and gives the club a left bias.

But on wedges, offset can help give the feeling of trapping the ball. Though it naturally adds a little dynamic loft, most players will instinctively add shaft lean, which lowers flight and adds spin.

In addition to Woodland, Rickie Fowler is using an offset RTZ wedge this season, while Justin Rose just added an RTZ with the 588 Wide sole to the bag for the Masters specifically.

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All-new RTZ Wedges are made with Z-Alloy, a completely new steel formula that enables a zero-compromise design approach for incredible feel, better durability, and more consistency for our best performing tour Wedges yet. For classic groove length and head shape, select either FULL, MID, or LOW sole grinds. For Full-Face grooves and a higher toe profile, select the new ADAPT sole grind —the only full face groove option for this generation—crafted on tour for open-faced finesse shots.

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Jolly added that players like Spaun prefer the grind with leading and trailing edge relief because they like to manipulate the face, while players who like the full sole usually keep things more square.

Srixon ZXi irons show remarkable consistency

Srixon irons had a tremendous year last season, racking up eight victories, including Spaun’s U.S. Open and they’ve already collected two more this season from their 15 staff players.

Eight of Srixon’s 10 staff players at the Masters this week are using the company’s latest platform, ZXi, with all eight employing some sort of combo between the ZXi5 and ZXi7.

Jolly also noted that the staff had an unbelievable stat for the entirety of last season.

“After the first event of the year, we had zero iron shaft changes across the whole staff,” Jolly said. “That speaks to the consistency the guys see with our irons week in and week out. It just performs the way they want it to and there’s not really a reason to go fishing down that stream.”

What irons and wedges Cleveland/Srixon’s staff is using at the Masters

Keegan Bradley
Irons: Srixon ZXi5 (4-5), ZXi7 (6-9), Z-Forged II (PW)
Lofts: 25/27/31/36/39/43/47
Lies: 62/62/62.5/63/64/65/65
Shafts: True Temper Dyanmic Gold X100
Length: 37.25″ 7-iron

Wedges: Cleveland RTZ
Lofts/Grinds: 52 Mid, 56 Mid, 58 Low (C)
Shafts: True Temper Dyanmic Gold S400

Golf Ball: Srixon Z-Star Diamond

Nico Echavarria
Irons: Srixon ZXi5 (4-5), ZXi7 (6-PW)
Lofts: 24/26/31/35/39/43/47
Lies: 62/62.25/62/61.5/62.25/62.5/63.5
Shafts: Nippon Modus3 Tour 120 X (4-5), Nippon Modus3 Tour 125 X (6-PW)
Length: 37″ 7-iron

Wedges: Cleveland RTZ
Lofts/Grinds: 50 Mid, 54 Mid, 60 Low
Shafts: Nippon Modus3 Tour 125 X (50), True Temper Dyanmic Gold S400 (54, 60)

Golf Ball: Srixon Z-Star Diamond

Ryan Fox
Irons: Srixon ZXi (2), ZXi5 (4), ZXi7 (5-PW)
Lofts: 19/24/26/31/35/39/43/47
Lies: 60/60.5/61/61.5/62/62.5/63/63.5
Shafts: Fujikura Ventus Blue+ HB 10-X (2), True Temper Dyanmic Gold X100
Length: 36.75″ 7-iron

Wedges: Cleveland RTX 6
Lofts/Grinds: 50 Mid, 56 Mid, 60 Full LB
Shafts: True Temper Dyanmic Gold X100 (50, 56), True Temper Dyanmic Gold S400 (60)

Golf Ball: Srixon Z-Star XV

Naoyuki Kataoka
Irons: Srixon ZXi5 (4-5), ZXi7 (6-7), Z-Forged II (8-9)

Wedges: Cleveland RTZ
Lofts/Grinds: 52 Mid, 58 Mid

Golf Ball: Srixon Z-Star XV

Brooks Koepka
Irons: ZX7 Mk II (4-PW)
Lofts: 23.5/26.5/31/45/38.5/42/46
Lies: 60.5/61/61.5/62/62.5/63/63.5/64
Shafts: True Temper Dyanmic Gold X100
Length: 36.75″ 7-iron

Wedges: Cleveland RTZ
Lofts/Grinds: 50 Mid, 56 Mid, 60 Full C
Shafts: True Temper Dyanmic Gold S400

Shane Lowry
Irons: Srixon ZXi (3), ZXi5 (4-5), ZXi7 (6-PW)
Lofts: 21/24/27/30/34/38/43/47
Lies: 61.5/63/64/64.5/65/65.5/66.5/66.5
Shafts: Fujikura Ventus Blue HB 9-X (3), Nippon Modus3 Tour 120 X (4), KBS Tour X (5-PW)
Length: 37″ 7-iron

Wedges: Cleveland RTZ
Lofts/Grinds: 50 Mid, 56 Mid, 60 Low C
Shafts: KBS Tour X

Golf Ball: Srixon Z-Star XV

Hideki Matsuyama
Irons: Srixon Z-Forged II (4-9)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold S400

Wedges: Cleveland RTX4
Lofts/Grinds: 48, 52, 56, 60
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold S400

Golf Ball: Srixon Z-Star XV

Andrew Novak
Irons: ZXi5 (4), ZXi7 (5-PW)
Lofts: 23/26/30/34/38/42/46
Lies: 61.5/62/62.5/63/64/65/65
Shafts: True Temper Dyanmic Gold X100
Length: 37″ 7-iron

Wedges: Cleveland RTZ
Lofts/Grinds: 50 Mid, 54 High, 60 Full LB
Shafts: True Temper Dyanmic Gold S400

Golf Ball: Srixon Z-Star Diamond

J.J. Spaun
Irons: Sirxon ZXi5 (4), ZXi7 (5-PW)
Lofts: 23/26/30/34/38/42/46
Lies: 60/60.5/61/62/63/63.5/64
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100
Length: 37″ 7-iron

Wedges: Cleveland RTX Zipcore Tour Rack (50), RTZ Tour Rack (54), RTX 6 Tour Rack (60)
Lofts/Grinds: 50 Mid, 54 Full, 60 Low C
Shafts: True Temper Dyanmic Gold S400

Golf Ball: Srixon Z-Star Diamond

Sepp Straka
Irons: Sirxon ZXi5 (4-5), ZXi7 (6-PW)
Lofts: 24/27/30/34/38/42/47
Lies: 61/61.5/62/63/64/65/65
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100
Length: 37″ 7-iron

Wedges: Cleveland RTZ
Lofts/Grinds: 52 Mid, 56 Full, 60 Full HB
Shafts: True Temper Dyanmic Gold S400

Golf Ball: Srixon Z-Star XV

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Welcome to Fully Fit 2026, GOLF’s new platform for providing you with real-golfer insights into what 2026 gear might be best suited for your game. To this end, we assembled six GOLF content creators of varying abilities and ran them through the gauntlet of six full-bag fittings (driver to putter!) at six major club manufacturers in Phoenix and Carlsbad, Calif. Our hope: that you might see shades of your own game in one of our panelists’ and take some learnings and inspiration from their fitting experiences. In this installment (below), check out the wedges that each of our Fully Fit 2026 panelists chose for their golf bags. You may browse each of our panelists’ full 2026 dream bags here:

Jake Morrow (0 handicap) | Johnny Wunder (2) | Wadeh Maroun (2) | Jack Hirsh (2.4) | Maddi MacClurg (5.6) | Sean Zak (7.8)

MORE FULLY FIT: Fully Fit hub page | Why we’re ‘testing’ golf clubs differently this year | Inside 6 days of fittings and testing | Browse 2026 drivers | Browse 2026 irons | How 5 days of club fittings changed my mind on golf equipment

Wedges are the precision scoring tools of a golfer’s bag and there’s a ton of nuance that goes into finding the right setup. Wedge fitting is often a supremely overlooked process for building out your golf bag, but our panelists spared no time in dialing in the optimal loft and grind combinations for our games.

Perhaps no other category across all of Fully Fit was dominated like wedges were by Titleist’s Vokey SM11 wedges, with four of our panelists selecting Vokey’s latest line for our 2026 bags.

Interestingly, between our four lob wedges, only two of the six grinds selected were M and S, but each grind had both a 60 and 58-degree lobber represented.

Keep reading below for our entire detailed wedge setups.

Jack Hirsh’s Wedges

Heads: Titleist Vokey SM11 Raw
Lofts/grinds: 46.10F, 50.12F, 55.14F (@ 55), 60.08M
Shafts: Nippon N.S.Pro Modus3 Tour 120 X (46, 50), Project X Wedge 6.5 (55, 60)
Length: +.5″ (35.5″ 60-degree)
Lie: 2˚ Flat (62˚ on 60-degree)
Swingweight: D6.5 60-degree

Titleist Vokey SM11 Raw Custom Wedge

A Grind For Every Player For every player, there’s a set of grinds fit for clean contact. SM11 provides a leading combination of lofts, bounces, and grinds to promote solid contact (between grooves 2-5), predictable performance, and the confidence to take on whatever the shot demands. Grind Comparison Consistent CG Location For a given loft, SM11 features the same CG location in all grinds, resulting in a controlled, consistent launch angle. No matter which sole design fits your swing or course conditions, your launch window is locked in—leaving you free to choose the lofts and grinds that work for you. A Smarter Way To Spin The new Vokey Spin System combines an angled face texture, shot-specific groove shapes, and deeper spin milled grooves to deliver the right amount of spin from any lie, in all conditions  

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Why they’re in my bag: The new Vokey SM11 switch from my previous set of SM10s was the easiest test I have made over this whole project. What really makes the transition so easy is the process and lengths Vokey fittings go through. I got to work with TPI’s Louis Raynard, who put me through the blind grind test. We hit shots with each of the six options, listening for strike, watching the launch window and then the spin on the green. Neither he nor I knew which one we were hitting at the time.

By the end, we revealed the M-Grind as my favorite, which was surprising as I’d previously played the higher bounce D- or V-Grinds. But the more I think about it, the more I realize the work I’ve done to shallow my attack angle, and the M-Grind was producing much more spin.

I stuck with the 54.14F sand wedge bent to 55˚ to contrast that mid-bounce lob wedge. I’m also sticking with the 46˚ specialty pitching wedge because of the higher bounce on the sole and getting the Vokey grooves out of the rough. Another big change I made with this set was switching from my wedge shafts (previously the DG S400) to my iron shafts, which brought more control with clubs, that are full-swing clubs, even if I don’t always hit them “full.” The other thing was switching from the DG S400 to the Project X wedge shaft. Even though I’m leaving the standard Project X shafts in my irons, the wedge part gives me the ability to flight the ball down without trying to force it, something I’ve always struggled with.

See Jack’s full bag here

Jake Morrow’s Wedges

Heads: Cobra King RAW
Lofts/grinds: 50V (Custom Grind) 56W (Custom Grind), 60T (Custom Grind)
Shafts: Nippon Tour Modus 125 Wedge
Length: 35.5″
Lie: 2º Flat

Cobra KING Custom Wedge

Crafted from 8620 steel using MIM (Metal Injection Molding), KING Wedges are one of the softest feelings in market. Choose from four new grinds (DROP, WIDELOW, VERSATILE, TOUR) for enhanced greenside creativity and optimized CG with Flight Window Technology (F.W.T) for tour inspired launch. The redesigned Cobra Speed Notch, 67% larger than before, ensures better glide and speed on open-face shots. MIM (METAL INJECTION MOLDING) Experience precision with MIM technology, offering 50% tighter tolerances than traditional casted wedges. Each head is heat-treated to nearly 1400°C, ensuring a tighter grain structure for a softer feel and enhanced longevity, resisting groove degradation for lasting performance. COBRA SPEED NOTCH Discover the newly redesigned Cobra Speed Notch, featuring softer, blended shaping that complements our new grinds. Now 67% larger, it ensures smooth glide through the ground while maintaining speed and delivering high spinning shots.

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Why they’re in my bag: I had the very fortunate opportunity to work with both Jose Miraflor and Cobra tour rep Ben Schomin on this set of wedges. With the 50º and the 56º, we took off just a little bit of the toe and the heel, and we also gave the leading edge a bit more of a blunt shape, and slightly squared off. My primary use for the 56º is on full shots, or out of the bunker, so something with a bit more of a ski effect on the leading edge was really helpful. The W-grind is quite lovely on the 56, as it’s a lower bounce option that’s easy to play on approach shots, but it’s a wide sole that works really well in wet conditions or out of the bunkers. The 60º has been through a couple of iterations and the latest one, courtesy of Ben and a night spent on the Cobra tour truck, is actually inspired by a Rickie Fowler custom grind I found lying on the truck one night. Lots of heel relief, and a little bit taken off the back of the wedge to make it come out of the turf a bit cleaner. The Cobra King wedges are highly underrated, but they’re really, really good. The spin just as well as anything else, and I really appreciate the shape of the wedges as well as the CG locations. They just seem to come out of a perfect window for my game. Yes, I am a bit biased. It helps when you’ve gotten a little extra attention and some custom grinds.

See Jake’s full bag here

Johnny Wunder’s Wedges

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Heads: Vokey SM11 (44/50/54/58)
Lofts/grinds: (44.10F, 50.08F @ 49, 54.12D, 58.08M)
Shafts: Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S400
Length: Std (35″ 58-degree)
Lie: 64˚ on all

Titleist Vokey SM11 Raw Custom Wedge

A Grind For Every Player For every player, there’s a set of grinds fit for clean contact. SM11 provides a leading combination of lofts, bounces, and grinds to promote solid contact (between grooves 2-5), predictable performance, and the confidence to take on whatever the shot demands. Grind Comparison Consistent CG Location For a given loft, SM11 features the same CG location in all grinds, resulting in a controlled, consistent launch angle. No matter which sole design fits your swing or course conditions, your launch window is locked in—leaving you free to choose the lofts and grinds that work for you. A Smarter Way To Spin The new Vokey Spin System combines an angled face texture, shot-specific groove shapes, and deeper spin milled grooves to deliver the right amount of spin from any lie, in all conditions  

$229.99 from Fairway Jockey

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Why they’re in my bag: When PGA Tour fitter Aaron Dill dials you in, there is kind of nowhere else to go. As a player who always wants to hit his wedges down, the SM11 brought down my launch by about two to three degrees with a ton of spin. Couple that with the new Callaway CTX ball, and it’s become a no-brainer.

1 key data point: From 60 yards, 27˚ launch, 8300 RPM

See Johnny’s full bag here

Maddi MacClurg’s Wedges

Heads: SM11 Tour Chrome
Lofts/grinds: 52.08 F Grind, 56.12 D Grind, 60.10 S Grind
Shafts: Nippon 850 GH R
Length: -1″ (34″ on 60-degree)
Lie: 1° Flat (63˚)

Titleist Vokey SM11 Tour Chrome Custom Wedge

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Why they’re in my bag: I selected the Vokey SM11 wedges because the combination of grinds gives me the versatility I want around the greens. The 52° features an F-grind that’s great on full-swing shots. The fuller sole inspires confidence and resists digging. For my 56°, we went with a D-grind. It gives me a blend of forgiveness and versatility, so I can open the face without fear of the leading edge digging. And the 60° S-grind has a slightly narrower sole that feels reliable when I need to control my trajectory and spin on delicate shots.

See Maddi’s full bag here

Sean Zak’s Wedges

Heads: Vokey SM11 Tour Chrome
Lofts/grinds: 50.12F, 54.14F, 58.10S
Shafts: Project X 6.5
Length: 35″ on 60-degree
Lie: 64˚

Titleist Vokey SM11 Tour Chrome Custom Wedge

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Why they’re in my bag: I think they’re in the bag because of the blind wedge test my fitter put me through. He laid all different types of grinds on the turf and wouldn’t let me look at the grind before playing various short game shots. We played to short-sided pins, bump-and-run pins, hop-and-stop pins, and even a few shots from bunkers. The whole point became obvious: some grinds work for me and how my short game mind wants to attack various shots. My short-game instincts, if you will. All my fitter did was try and find the best performing grind for the shots that I feel most comfortable playing. Sounds simple, doesn’t it?

See Sean’s full bag here

Wadeh Maroun’s Wedges

Heads: Cleveland RTZ Tour Rack
Lofts/grinds: 50-Mid, 54-Mid, 58-Low
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold S300
Length: -0.5” (34.5” on 58-degree)
Lie: Standard (64˚ on 58-degree)

Cleveland RTZ Custom Wedge

All-new RTZ Wedges are made with Z-Alloy, a completely new steel formula that enables a zero-compromise design approach for incredible feel, better durability, and more consistency for our best performing tour Wedges yet. Plus, there’s an all-new ADAPT grind featuring full-face grooves, to give RTZ Wedges more versatility than ever before.  Z-Alloy  Z-Alloy is a brand-new steel with better feel. It’s softer, lighter, and remarkably durable. It gives RTZ Wedges superior feel, better forgiveness, and more consistency. On RTZ Tour Rack Wedges, Z-Alloy’s rust-resistant properties ensure longer-lasting, like-new performance.  HydraZip HydraZip is a unique system of face blasts and laser-milled lines formulated to maximize spin performance under wet conditions. This technology is dynamically configured by loft groupings, which helps balance spin across lofts, while maximizing spin in adverse conditions.  ZipCore This low-density core technology replaces heavier material in the heel and hosel area with a lightweight, low-density, vibration-dampening material. This proprietary core allows us to shift the Center of Gravity closer to where you strike the ball, while simultaneously adding MOI.  UltiZip UltiZip’s sharper grooves cut through grass and debris at contact, while deeper grooves help make space for grass, sand, dirt, or water to clear the impact zone, giving RTZ Wedges stronger, more consistent spin from the fairway, rough, or bunker. 

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Why they’re in my bag: They look and feel amazing. I haven’t had a lot of time with them on course, but out of all the wedges I was able to test before making this decision, these felt the best. The spin around the greens and the ability to flight and play full wedges with confidence is why they are staying in the bag.

See Wadeh’s full bag here

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PXG’s new wedges won’t just help you stick the ball close to the hole, but also stick softly on the face.

The company announced its new Stick’em Forged wedge line Thursday, each precision-crafted from three-times forged 8620 soft carbon steel.

“The short game is where players either gain confidence or lose it,” PXG senior director of engineering Mike Nicolette said in a release. “With Stick’em Forged Wedges, the goal was to give golfers a wedge that performs predictably shot after shot. The head stays stable when you open the face, the grooves generate reliable spin, and the forged construction delivers the soft feedback players rely on to judge distance and touch around the green. When a wedge reacts exactly the way a player expects, it frees them up to be more aggressive and creative.”

PXG’s three-times forging process helps to align the metal’s grain structure at a molecular level. That’s how the company is able to create a super soft feel while retaining a crisp sound at impact.

Center of Gravity is also a focus of the design, as a high-toe shape helps to raise the CG and align it for open-face shots. That’s going to lead to lower launch angles and more spin, especially on open-face shots where spin is crucial.

The wedges also feature PXG’s high-performance groove geometry to maximize friction at impact to produce more consistent spin. The wider grooves help to grip the ball better and channel more water and debris away from the face.

The Stick’em Forged wedges will be offered in lofts ranging from 50˚ to 60˚ with the 54˚ to 60˚ lofts offered in either the wider, full-soled BP-grind or the tapered-sole S-Grind for more versatile performance.

Price and Availability

PXG‘s new Stick’em Forged wedges are available starting March 12 on PXG.com.

Each wedge will cost $199 in chrome, while the Xtreme Dark finish costs $219.

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We all want to hit low, spinny wedge shots and wrap skip once and rip back on a putting green. Callaway’s new Opus SP+ wedge is built to do exactly that.

So should everyone be seeking out Callaway’s newest short game option?

On this week’s episode of GOLF’s Fully Equipped, co-host Johnny Wunder explained why Callaway is now offering this unique wedge with an ultra-high center of gravity.

As Wunder explained, modern wedge design was primarily influenced by the Cleveland 588 wedge, which didn’t really have a super high CG. But in order to generate those low launch and high spin shots, a player could adjust their technique to play the ball back in their stance and trap it to produce the trajectory they wanted.

Callaway Opus SP+ Custom Wedge

Introducing the all-new Opus SP+ with Spin Pocket™ Construction + Tungsten, a new extension of our Opus SP family. Tour-preferred shaping with an even higher center of gravity for more spin and precision. 

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“It kind of relied on the player to, if you needed to get it up, you get it up. If you need to hit it down, technique was going to allow you to do that,” Wunder said. So, SP+ is kind of baking that in for you. So, if you’re a player, if you’re a good player with good hands that wants to hit it even lower and doesn’t really want to have to play it off your right foot and just kind of hit a stock shot and bring the launch down, then that’s a great wedge to have.”

This wedge instantly becomes a great option for players who like to drive the CG as high as they can with lead tape on the top of the club, like Akshay Bhatia.

The interesting thing is the Opus SP platform already had a high CG with the hollowed out sole of the club to remove weight low in the head. SP+ takes that concept a step further by making that cavity larger and adding tungsten in the topline.

It’s not a huge difference in launch and spin, maybe a degree, Wunder said for his testing, but it gives you the option. It’s also not a replacement for the Opus SP, just another option in the family.

“It’s kind of like the comparison I would draw between if you are a [Qunatum] TD Max player and you like how that flies but you need slightly less spin, then you would go to the TD head,” Wunder said. “It just gives you that little silo over there that you can go to if you want to drive it, drive the launch down even more.”

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I recently took a trip to PING headquarters in Phoenix and had an incredible experience having Adam Harding, from the Ping tour truck, custom-grind me a wedge.

When we visited Ping previously for Fully Fit, I was having trouble finding the right lob wedge, which was disappointing because I liked how they felt off the face and they were spinning more than anything else that I had tried the rest of the week. Thankfully, we were on another trip out west, and I got to work with Adam, whom I had been texting for weeks about my quest to dial in the wedge.

I’ve already gotten comments from viewers and followers that this isn’t a “normal” thing, and it’s tough to compare the experience to what a consumer can get. That, however, is wrong, and I’m really happy to let you guys in on this little secret.

How did I know I needed a custom grind?

When we went out for Fully Fit at Ping, I really, really enjoyed the new S259 wedges. On full shots with the gap wedge and the sand wedge, I was impressed by the feel, and more importantly, the penetrating flight the wedges produced with more spin than I had seen from anything I tested. This was confirmed throughout the week-long trip.

The problem was that we couldn’t figure out the lob wedge. I typically play a lower-bounce lob wedge to prioritize the ability to open up the face without exposing the leading edge. This helps add effective bounce while allowing me to be creative.

Weirdly enough, the best option of the day at Fully Fit ended up being the W grind, but it was mostly because I could make the wedge work for more types of square-face shots. Leaning the shaft, keeping the hands back, or going toe down was easy and the wedge was very forgiving, but I had to abandon the option of opening the face on little shots around the green. With that wide of a sole and that much bounce, it just wasn’t something I was comfortable looking at or executing.

This is where the custom grind comes in.

A friend of mine used to work on all my golf clubs, and a couple of years ago, we discovered that a significant reduction in the heel of any lob wedge is good for my game. I love to swing the face way open, and knocking down the heel helps a lot with that.

I also like to add a bit of skid to the leading edge to ensure that I don’t create a knife that digs into the ground and never comes out. In 2024, I played a Mizuno T24 that was custom ground with leading-edge camber and heel relief, and for 2025, I did the same with a Cobra King, a fresh grind of which is the current front-runner for the bag.

There was just something about these Ping S259 wedges that I really liked, so I texted Adam about potentially making some changes to the H-Grind, which was really close in testing. It worked well around the greens, but it was too sharp on longer pitch shots or full shots. Digging really hard and not getting out of the turf properly is a common issue with the H-Grind, and I had the same problem.

Adam was confident that he could help. He texted me to say that he had explored some options for that exact problem whenever I was able to see him next. You can see the entire interaction in the YouTube video we created.

Figuring out what the custom grind needed to be

We started by hitting a couple of shots with the “contenders”. Adam wanted to use the S259 S-Grind as the base test because it’s PING’s “standard” grind. It’s something that works for lots of players and has a unique way of showing what a player may need from a wedge. It’s not quite the grind for me.

Sure enough, I shanked one off the hosel. Definitely not the one we were going to move forward with. Next, we went back to test the H-Grind. We were pretty sure this one was going to work for me around the green, so it was more of a fun test just to show off a little bit. The H-Grind has about 90% of what I am looking for on the shorter shots around the green, but I could still feel the heel making contact with the turf before the ball.

Lastly, Adam, for his own research, wanted me to hit the newly designed E-Grind.

The E-Grind takes the classic Ping Eye-style grind and modernizes it for today’s game. It still has the Eye grind-style material cutout in the sole, which gives it two leading edges and two trailing edges in a way.

The idea is to keep the front of the wedge lower bounce for ease of use around the greens, but high enough in bounce to hit the fuller shots. Unfortunately for me, the shape of the leading edge was still just a bit too sharp for how steep I get on pitch and full shots. Even trying to open it around the greens, I struggled to get past that “second cut” on the sole. We moved back to the H-Grind to hit a few more shots and decided that was going to be our starting point.

From there, Adam went to work.

He started by grabbing a fresh S259 H-Grind from the truck drawer (with no weight port installed) and taking it to the grinding belt. Using a coarser, more aggressive belt, he began removing material.

Since Adam had done a similar grind for himself, it didn’t take him long to get there. He took a bunch of material off the heel, and what used to be a bit of a knuckle in that area became nice and flat. He then smoothed the rest of the wedge with a finer, less-aggressive belt to help blend before tackling the leading edge.

To make it less sharp without adding too much additional bounce, he had to be careful about the angle he chose to grind this new “skid”. By blunting the front edge a bit more and creating a skid, I can stay aggressively down in attack angle without worrying about the wedge getting stuck in the ground on pitch shots or more full shots.

Again with this, he started with a coarse belt to get the shape down and take away material, and then finished it up with a finer belt for blending it back into the wedge. Since this was a Hydropearl 2.0 Chrome finish, it’s easy to spot the work done, but Adam did a fantastic job blending the grind, even with the finish removed.

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Making sure we didn’t screw it up

After Adam ground up the new wedge, he built it up to my specs with a Project X 6.5 Wedge shaft and a GolfPride Tour Velvet Cord grip.

The cool part about building up a PING wedge from scratch is the access to the CTP weights (pictured above). The heads start without a weight in the port, so they can build the wedge without having to worry about tip weights or swing weight at all, really, and then the appropriate CTP weight can be placed in the build at the very end to ensure proper swing weight.

This is especially cool when it means that there’s zero trouble in building a unique length and, in my case, building it to the same length as a gap wedge.

Once the wedge was dry, we headed back to the PING Proving Grounds chipping green to hit the same shots we had started with.

I could feel the difference immediately.

It was so easy to open up the wedge and get aggressive on my attack angle without ever fearing that I was going to stick the wedge into the ground. We quickly hit some fantastic shots and then headed over to the range to hit some full shots. This is where we were going to find out if the entire experiment was worth it.

The good news: it was a breeze. The wedge didn’t get stuck in the ground a single time. It got into the turf fast, which helps me make confident ball-first contact, but came out quickly enough that spin values stayed consistent, impact location and strike consistency improved. The flight window I was seeing was nearly perfect. One shot after another, Adam’s leading-edge grind proved its worth. I was a very happy golfer with a new tool.

Tour experiences are great… but how can the regular golfer get this?

One of the common comments I’ve received since this content went live is that it’s not fair to show an experience the average consumer can’t get.

But that’s not true.

There are lots of private bay fitters who do custom wedge fittings and grinds, as well as plenty of online resources for places to send your wedge with notes of how you want it ground. Remember, some things will require more investment. If you really think that you have no options in the wedge market, investing a few more bucks to get one ground the way you need it is absolutely worth it. It is to me, anyway. But that’s not even the best part.

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The cooler news is that this type of experience is available through Ping Custom. An authorized Ping dealer can work with Ping through what’s called the Ping WRX program. It’s sort of an “if you know, you know” program, but it’s one of the cool ways that Ping separates itself.

Offerings like it are part of the reason that Ping doesn’t sell directly to the customer. They want to make sure the gear has been properly tested or, preferably, fitted. Working with authorized dealers on things like Ping WRX, it allows customers and their fitters to get specific about what they are looking for from Ping and bring this sort of experience to the regular consumer.

For more information on that program, visit your local authorized PING dealer. I’d probably stay away from the big box stores with this one, though, and find a local fitter or a local golf shop near you to help order properly.

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Callaway has taken the design of their new Opus SP (Spin Pocket) wedges and quite literally put it on steroids.

With the addition of the new Opus SP+ wedges, Callaway has carried over the Spin Pocket design from Opus SP, which hollows out the sole to raise the center of gravity, and then pushed the CG even higher by adding 18 grams of tungsten to the toplines. The Spin Pocket itself is also 25 percent larger than it was on Opus SP.

“Opus SP+ takes on the best qualities of Opus SP, with lower launch, more spin, and engineering control,” said Brian Herr, Callaway R&D Manager for Wedges. “The higher CG helps us flight the ball lower, which is control.”

Keep reading below for more on the Opus SP+ wedges, including my take on the release.

What’s actually new with Callaway Opus SP+ wedges — and why you should care

The most glaring change to the Opus SP+ is the addition of the exposed tungsten plate just below the top of the flange on the back of the head.

That tungsten takes 18 grams of weight and moves it above the strike point, helping players to flight the ball down and increase spin. If this sounds familiar, it’s actually a concept Callaway used two years ago in the Opus Platinum line, where they placed tungsten underneath the topline to raise the CG of that wedge.

With Opus SP+, Callaway is using 23 percent more tungsten than in Opus Platinum.

To get that mass, Callaway designers made the hollow Spin Pocket cavity in the sole of the wedge 25 percent larger than in the Opus SP wedge.

Also, like in the Opus Platinum, Callaway is using a separate MIM’d (Metal Injection Molding) face construction.

Otherwise, the new Opus SP+ has all of the same technology as the Opus SP wedge line, including the tour-validated Shape 6 profile and the new Spin Gen 2.0 face technology with a tighter groove pitch and 17˚ groove angle.

Callaway Opus SP+ Wedges

What is it: A supercharged version of Callaway’s Opus SP wedge with a larger Spin Pocket and the addition of 18g of tungsten to the topline to raise the center of gravity. The SP+ also has a multi-piece construction with a MIM face and a cast 8620 steel body.

Available lofts: 54˚, 56˚, 58˚ and 60˚

Who it’s for: Players who want to lower launch and increase spin with their wedges.

My take: Higher CG is the next frontier of wedges

It’s probably a step too far to say we’ve maxed out what can be done to get more spin out of the groove system on the face of a wedge, but everyone seems to be taking aim at CG these days.

With Opus SP+, Callaway seems to be doubling down on it.

Flighting those 3/4 wedge shots and getting them to stop on a dime and even rip back is super easy to do with the SP+, and that has usually been a challenge for me as someone who doesn’t cover the ball very well.

With the SP+, it gives me the feeling that the ball is going to come out low with plenty of spin, so I don’t need to try to force it by getting too steep and allowing the ball to scoot up the face.

I think you’re going to see more companies focus on raising CGs on wedges to generate more spin, which will lead to players having more control around the greens. Right now, Opus SP+ might be the most extreme example yet.

Price, Specs and Availability

Callaway’s new Opus SP+ wedges are available for pre-order starting February 24 and will arrive at retail locations on March 6.

Each wedge will cost $229.

Opus SP+ Wedges are available in four lofts: 54˚, 56˚, 58˚ and 60˚. Each loft is available in three different grinds: Z, X or S. The stock configuration is with True Temper Dynamic Gold S200 shafts and True Temper Icon Velvet Grips.

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Welcome to Fully Equipped’s weekly Tour equipment report. Every Friday of PGA Tour weeks (plus other times, if news warrants), GOLF equipment editor Jack Hirsh runs you through some of the biggest news surrounding golf clubs on Tour, including changes, tweaks and launches.

A second straight Signature Event on the PGA Tour, at one of the great cathedrals of the game, led to another quiet week for gear changes this week, but that doesn’t mean there’s nothing to talk about in this space.

This week in California, there was actually plenty of discourse over grass.

OK, get your heads out of the gutters. We’re talking about the Kikuyu grass that’s dominant around Riviera’s fairways, approaches and rough.

If you’re unfamiliar with Kikuyu grass, that’s OK because this week is one of just two weeks a year on the PGA Tour when we see it — the other being Torrey Pines.

But with the heavy rains this week that have left Riviera soaked and soft, the approaches will present a unique challenge with a rare grass and added moisture. Especially when it comes to wedge play.

“Kikuyu grass and a little bit of added moisture can make golf really tricky,” Vokey Tour rep Aaron Dill said in a video posted to Vokey’s social media pages. “You’re not only adding this water in this poor weather that will influence spin, but you’re also moving strikes around the face because of that added moisture.”

Kikuyu grass is a stiff and hearty grass strain that, when tightly mown, nearly makes the golf ball sit up like it’s on a tee, not unlike Zoysia grass.

But it differs in the direction in which it grows.

“It doesn’t grow straight up like most grass does,” Vokey Tour rep Shane Dyel told GOLF via email. “It crosses and weaves on top of each other, which is a very unique way of the grass growing.”

Giving more cushion underneath the ball might sound like a good thing for those playing to fast greens who want to slide their wedge underneath the ball and pop it into the air to land high and soft, but on the PGA Tour, the goal is to launch it lower with more spin.

To do that, you need to hit the ball on the bottom-most grooves of the wedge — Vokey reps say Nos. 2-5, ideally. With the teed up lies and the moisture, all of that is going to move a player’s strike point above that zone.

“If it’s sitting higher and you find that higher strike point, the ball comes off with less speed, the spin decreases and your ball launches higher,” Dyel said. “If that’s happening, we need to be able to identify what type of sole is going to get you back to that optimal strike location.”

On a typical PGA Tour setup, ultratight lies lead to the narrow-soled and low-bounce T- and L-grinds dominating usage week-to-week. That makes the Genesis Invitational one of the busiest of the year for the Vokey Tour team in working with players to determine if they need to make a change.

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The adjustments they make are usually subtle. Unlike fitting a driver, where you might go from one polar opposite setting or shaft to another, wedges are more delicate and calculated.

“If you have a player who has typically used thinner soles, you generally want to gravitate more towards that unless you start to see height becoming an issue. So if you’ve got a T grind or an L grind player, you want to try something like an M,” Dyel said. “But if we add bounce and the ball starts coming out a little bit flatter and hotter, and we need to produce a higher, softer launch, but with the same spin, that’s when we might start looking at a wider sole, like .06K or K*.”

Despite lots of players testing different lob wedges, Marco Penge was the only player to switch his Vokey SM11 lob wedge, going from a narrow-soled .04T-grind to a wider, but still versatile K*-grind.

Penge isn’t alone with traveling with multiple Vokey lob wedges as others like Justin Thomas (T/K*), Ludvig Aberg (L/V) and others do as well.

The blades that refuse to die

Another member of the blade mafia fell this week as Maverick McNealy joined the growing number of PGA Tour members playing a Spider Tour X mallet. McNealy had played Toulon blades for his entire career and the one he was using most recently goes back at least to his time at Stanford.

With McNealy’s switch, there are just four players in the OWGR top 25 (Hideki Matsuyama, Alex Noren, Patrick Reed and Ludvig Aberg) who use a blade putter.

Aberg was asked why he still uses a blade this week and claimed, “it’s all I’ve ever known.”

Aberg, who was 86th in SG: Putting last season, revealed this week he switched Odyssey Ai-ONE No. 1 putter heads this year to one with less loft in an effort to get more forward roll.

He added he’s always preferred blades with soft inserts, but he’s open to change. He just hasn’t.

In some ways, that explains the difference between blade and mallet players. Aberg doesn’t refuse to play a mallet; he just simply sees keeping what he’s known as his best bet.

Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy have made some of the highest-profile mallet switches over the last few years and both did so because they acknowledged it helped their games.

But McIlroy explained this week that he still likes to practice with blades.

“I’ve made enough bad strokes with the Spider where the ball still went in the hole from inside six feet that, yeah, it’s a lot more forgiving,” he said Wednesday. “I practice with a blade at home because I think when you practice with a blade a little bit and then you go back to the Spider, it feels just that little bit easier.”

Aberg may have caught on to the idea. He was spotted testing a new prototype Scotty Cameron mallet this week.

Talking putter grips with the GOAT

Something about Tiger Woods roaming around a PGA Tour event just feels right, and he’s been front and center this week as the Genesis Invitational’s host.

And something we’ve seen constantly from Woods this year at the TGL, while he recovers from back and ankle surgeries, is he seems thoroughly fascinated by other players’ gear.

On Wednesday, he dropped in to Collin Morikawa’s practice round to talk shop with last week’s winner and check out what he has in the bag.

It shouldn’t be surprising that Woods was drawn to Morikawa’s MG5 lob wedge because the World No. 5 plays Woods’ TW-grind, something Woods hasn’t yet had the chance to do in competition with the MG5.

But the more interesting banter came when Morikawa was talking about his new TaylorMade Spider Tour X putter with a flow neck. Morikawa was explaining how the toe hang of the putter allowed him to feel a release through the stroke, something Woods has always been an advocate of.

“So this putter actually feels good because it swings,” Morikawa said. “A little toe hang, but it’s a mallet so it doesn’t open as much for me going back, but then it closes, which is what I need.”

“I love that,” Woods replied.

Morikawa continued explaining that if a putter opens too much, then he struggles to square the face back at impact.

That’s when Woods chimed in with a thought on-brand with his ethos of putting.

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“It’s hard to shut it with that big of a grip, though,” Woods said.

On almost all of his putters, Morikawa had been using an oversized SuperStroke Zenergy Tour 2.0 putter grip, seemingly to take more of his hands out of the stroke.

Woods has always been adamant about keeping the right-hand release active through the stroke. On his putter, he almost always played a slim Ping PP58 putter grip. When he felt he was getting too handsy in the stroke, he would switch to a slightly larger Lamkin pistol grip, but it would still be considered small by modern standards.

It’s counterintuitive to a lot of modern conventions about putting, but it’s also hard to argue with Woods’ results.

But with Morikawa’s new putter, he uses a Golf Pride Tour Tradition, more traditional slim pistol grip. That earned the 15-time major champ’s approval.

“There ya go,” Woods said, smiling and nodding.

Check this out

This section is dedicated to cool photos we’ve snapped recently on Tour, but haven’t had a reason to share yet. For this week, check out Aldrich Potgieter’s Scotty Cameron 009M putter as he gets in contention this weekend at Riviera.

Odds and Ends

Some other gear changes and notes we’re tracking this week.

Both Min Woo Lee and Max Greyserman traded in their Elyte Mini drivers for the new Quantum Mini driver, which launched last week on the PGA Tour. … Wyndham Clark is enjoying free agency because he just made a change to his fourth different driver of the season with a new TaylorMade Qi4D 10.5 and Project X’s new Titan 70 TX shaft. … Max Homa moved from Cobra OPTM LS-K driver to the OPTM X with a lighter Fujikura Ventus Blue+ 6-X shaft . … While Aaron Rai recently went back to his M6 driver, Jason Day and Justin Rose are ditching their M6 3-woods. Day is now in a Titleist GT1 3Tour 14.5 3-wood and Rose added two new Qi4D Tour 3- and 5-woods this week. Rose was in a Qi4D (core) 7-wood previously. … Lucas Glover added a new Ping G440 K 9.0 driver with a Graphite Design Tour AD-UB 6-TX shaft. Glover previously used a 440 Max 10.5 head, but it’s been an ongoing trend for 440 K players to loft down. … Jhonattan Vegas added a set of Mizuno JPX 923 Tour irons. … Tommy Fleetwood (24.0!!!), Jacob Bridgeman (16.5, 21.0), Pierceson Coody (15.0), Robert MacIntyre (21.0) and J.T. Poston (21.0) added new Qi4D core fairway woods.

3 things you should read/watch

A selection of GOLF content from the past week that may interest you.

Rickie Fowler changed nearly every club this year. He told us why | Bag Spy — In our newly relaunched Bag Spy series, we take a deep dive into the bag of Rickie Fowler, from his Scotty Cameron GoLo putter to his custom 3D-printed irons and a mini driver designed for him.

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A RAW looking into Jake’s FIRST Vokey fitting – We give you an inside look into Jake Morrow’s first Vokey fitting at the Titleist Performance Institute.

This pro is going the gear free agent route, except for this one piece – Ben Griffin didn’t renew any of his club sponsorship deals this season, but he did sign an extension with Maxfli to play their golf balls. He’s the only player on the PGA Tour to do so. Read why he’s valuing his flexibility over anything else, but locking in on the golf ball.

The author welcomes your comments at Jack.Hirsh@golf.com.

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Since the beginning of time, finding the middle, the sweet spot, the Tiger strike, grooves 2 through 5, etc., has been the North Star for anyone who has ever picked up a golf club. To make any piece of equipment do what it’s optimized to do, it’s essential players find that section (at least for irons and wedges).

In my Vokey SM11 fitting with Tour Rep. Aaron Dill, AD used grind, proper center of gravity and sole width to help me find it almost every time — even when the action wasn’t optimal.

Now, most of you may be thinking, “So finding the sweet spot is important? Thank you, Captain Obvious.” But the illusion of needing skill only to find it is a misconception. With proper fitting and the right tool, it’s possible for any player to get here — even a high handicap. Now I will say that the level of consistency around that strike will be much higher with short irons into wedges. The shaft is shorter, many of the shots don’t require “full send” speed and you have loft to aid in the journey.

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When Vokey implemented the new CG package into the SM11 it created opportunities for me that I would have had to manipulate in the past. For example, I would find wedges that I struck well but the CG wouldn’t optimize the strike; i.e. the ball would come out too high or I’d find a wedge I could hit down but the consistent strike pattern was elusive. Now that SM11 has a CG package that lives in the same spot on every wedge and even more in a spot (and grooves to enhance) that keeps the ball substantially down in the higher lofts. Simply, it’s a have-your-cake-and-eat-it-too wedge set that supports me regardless of my technique.

How to find a set that does it all

This is where all my research and access to folks like Aaron has paid off. I’ve always been a good wedge player but there was no doubt concessions I made with each setup. I always struggled finding a set that had one shot in it, that being a low-driving trajectory with enough spin to stop it dead as opposed to having it rip back. The ball does play a part in this but if we just focus on the wedges for now, my SM11 44.10F, 50.08F, 54.12D and 58.08M now all have it. In this case, for me, it’s a 10-o’clock swing, hitting all four wedges out of a low window. Gone are the days where I made that swing and look up to see the ball doing something else. It’s also important to mention that having wedges that keep you in that 2-5 groove section gives you the feeling of controlling your golf ball.

Just look at the numbers from a 1-vs.-1 test I did last week with SM11 vs. my old gamers (SM10):

44: (SM10) 24 launch, 132 carry, 8825 RPM / (SM11) 21 launch, 132 carry, 9350 RPM
50: (SM10) 26.5 launch, 117 carry, 9735 RPM / (SM11) 25 launch, 119 carry, 9700 RPM
54: (SM10 M-Grind) 29 launch, 103 carry, 10100 RPM / (SM11 D-Grind) 26 launch, 105 carry, 10300 RPM

It may not seem like biblical upticks in the numbers, but for shots from 130 and in it’s huge. That lower flight, slight uptick in spin and feeling of control over the shot consistently allows my floor and ceiling to get higher. I can say that about a ton of clubs these days. Typically I find most of the value in raising my floor, which is most important but If I find a tool that does both — I’m in.

So next time you get fit, make sure you find clubs that get you in that “sweet spot.” It may take some soul searching and ego tossing, but I guarantee your scores will get lower. And isn’t that all that matters?

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One thing to remember about club fitting is that there are no hard and fast rules and choosing the right wedge grind is the perfect example.

On this week’s episode of GOLF’s Fully Equipped, co-hosts Johnny Wunder and Jake Morrow talked about why focusing on the bounce number doesn’t really give you a good picture of what a wedge will do for you.

Morrow brought up a great example from his own testing on tight lies with low-bounce wedges.

“I was hitting the Opus T, and I was on the very left side of a two-weeks-without-rain ECPC range, which is the tightest lie they have,” Morrow explained. “And with the T grind, which they say on paper and in the forums and everything, that should be the one that works, right? Because it’s super tight. You’re going to be able to nip it, but whatever.

“Well, the problem is for me as a steeper player, it just turns into a knife and then it doesn’t come out of the ground. That’s the issue.

“And so I go, and I start hitting these like 20-yard pitches with the 12-degree X grind, which is probably the highest they have and I feel like an absolute god.”

More often than not, the stated bounce on a wedge bounce isn’t actually what the bounce of the sole is.

This is why Morrow suggests testing wedges blindly, like Titleist does for the Vokey wedge lineup, to determine what works best for you.

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Titleist Vokey Design’s new SM11 wedges feature a new precise CG position across each grind in a loft, meaning every wedge will now perform the same way with the same strike.

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“I’m almost at the point where I wish the bounce number would just be eliminated from wedges,” Morrow said. “Like I just want to put the shape of the sole, whatever the grind is from each manufacturer on the bottom of them. And the blind test that Vokey does is probably the best way to do it.”

There are so many different grind options from each manufacturer nowadays, and players hit shots in very different ways, so it’s important to find which wedges work for your specific delivery conditions, rather than catering to the course conditions.

For more from Wunder and Morrow, listen to the full episode of GOLF’s Fully Equipped here, or watch it below.

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So you just got fit for new golf clubs, but the process doesn’t really end there.

Yes, you’ll then order those golf clubs, but there’s more to it than that.

Johnny Wunder just got to experience this first hand after getting fit for Vokey’s new SM11 wedges by Tour Rep Aaron Dill.

Wunder returned to the Titleist Performance Institute after his intial fitting with Dill to take his new wedges and tweak them to get proper gapping.

On this week’s episode of GOLF’s Fully Equipped, Wunder and Morrow talked about how the fitting experience doesn’t really end with the fitting and how you should be able to go back to the fitter to make sure everything is dialed like Wunder did.

Titleist Vokey SM11 Tour Chrome Wedge

Titleist Vokey Design’s new SM11 wedges feature a new precise CG position across each grind in a loft, meaning every wedge will now perform the same way with the same strike.

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“I would say probably 65, 70 percent confident that you weren’t going to have to change anything about the setup of those wedges, like whether it was tweaking lofts and lies or whatever,” Morrow said. “And then you came out of that gapping session and you said, you’re like, dude, that was great. Like you’re like, I had such a good time. I felt like I just unlocked every bit of confidence I have out of that set of wedges. And I think that actually might be like a bigger point to bring up too — something we haven’t talked about a ton — is there are stages to club fitting.”

As Morrow pointed out, working with your fitter once you actually have the clubs is crucial — you need to make sure everything is how it’s supposed to be.

“When you get with a good club fitter, first off, you should try to find a club fitter that you trust to continue to visit,” Morrow added. “Whether your frequency is once a year, every couple of years, once every six months, whatever it is, finding a fitter that you trust with your game is huge because you can do things like revisit them and say, ‘Hey, we got fit for these, but now can you gap them for me so that I still know that you’re OK with what I’m playing?'”

Not only will that ensure that what your fitter spec’d you is what you got, but getting that extra bit of validation is only going to inspire confidence. All good fitters should be happy to do this because it builds trust between you, the customer, and them that can lead to a better relationship down the road.

For more from Wunder and Morrow, listen to the full episode of GOLF’s Fully Equipped here, or watch it below.

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