Vokey TVD Wedge...anyone want to speculate about the future?

[wtd]

Forgetting for a moment that the "TVD" isn't available in any other Vokey wedge, and that for $250 they will stamp up to 8 characters of your choosing into the club head, what do you guys think the future holds not only for the Vokey Design custom series (apparently a new grind or two will be available every month), but also for the more general availability of some of these grinds?

Capitalism is what it is, so if Titleist can get $250 for a wedge, I suppose more power to them, but as far as the "custom" bit goes, is the grind (and the stamping) worth over $100? For less than $150 you can get any other Vokey Spin Milled wedge with any of the grip and shaft options listed on the Vokey site.

With practically every other big name company making at least 1 c-grind type sole available to all of us (and plenty of us eathing it up), how likely do you think Titleist is to follow along? Wouldn't they make more money selling thousands of TVD wedges at $120 instead of 600 at $250.

I'm getting the feeling that "custom" sole grinds are the next great frontier; in so much as it's a great way to get guys like me to by more equipment I don't need.

So I guess my questions are...

• How do you feel about a $250 "custom wedges"? Will you be buying?
• Do you expect, and would you like to see a more generally available TVD (or other grind) Wedge?
• Care to wildly speculate about future grinds from vokey.com?

[wachesawgolfer]

If it helps improve accuracy, people will flock to special grinds and pay more. If there was a wedge out there that would stick it on the pin every time, it would be worth the extra money. Manufacturers are seeing wedges as the next cash cow as the driver market has plateaued for the present in terms of breakthrough technology.

[DavidFehertysBike]

How do you feel about a $250 "custom wedges"? Will you be buying?
I hit my 200 series vokeys fine. Dont need 'em.

Do you expect, and would you like to see a more generally available TVD (or other grind) Wedge?
Who knows. All I do know is that if I want a particular grind in my wedges, my pro can arrange for it to be done for under 10 bucks..

Care to wildly speculate about future grinds from vokey.com?
If the C-grinds are really helping people and better players are flocking to them, then I wouldnt be surprised if Vokey pushed some kind of boundry to get a step ahead.

[shsgolfer#1]

No i wouldn't buy one because I have no need for stamps in my club+ I like the 200 series and the spin milled.
I wouldn't doubt it.

[MrSandman]

No i wouldn't buy one because I have no need for stamps in my club+ I like the 200 series and the spin milled.

What is the point of stamps? I sent my cameron in to the shop to get refinished recently, all sorts of stamp options. What the heck are they? Why would anybody want them?

[DDBowdoin]

Although I'd love to have "custom" wedges that is a very steep price considering the fact that I, and I believe most players, try to have a consistent feel through their set by having the same wedges (brand, model = somewhat consistency) so at 250 a wedge I could find myself spending 750 dollars on wedges, no thanks!

[DDBowdoin]

well, they are now officially sold out on vokey.com

they were available today when I was at work! some people have some serious money to spend

[wtd]

I'm not the least bit surprised. It's amazing what a little bit of artificial shortage will do for demand. Me thinks there's a larger economic lesson in there somewhere.

I'm glad they're gone, though. One less thing to talk myself into. I'm holding out hope they'll realease a non-custom version for the rest of us. I'd like to see a similar grind with a little less bounce. Oh...and for about 1/2 the price.

[DDBowdoin]

same here brother, same here

now onto my quest to find a good deal on 695mbs!

[Cizzle]

I'm sure people will buy it. And it's not like it's new. http://scratchgolf.com/