Time for new wedges...recommendations?

[sean_miller]

Golf Town had the X-Tour forged wedges on sale last week. If I was in the market for "new" wedges, I'd have picked up a 54 and either a 58 or 60.

[GaijinGolfer]

Im a big fan of Mizuno's wedges.  They are as good as any wedges on the market and IMO they have more feel than most wedges because they are forged.  Theres definetly nothing wrong with Vokeys or Clevelands though!

[Mr. Desmond]

The problem is almost everything is good out there.

I normally go to a couple of lines in OEM who are known for wedges:

* Mizuno MP T11 is a nice wedge, available to lefties in 52, 56, 60. Forged, nice grinds, Spinner Shaft, and they spin well. I used a 60-08 and it was accurate and would stop dead.

*Vokey the SM4 is a nice wedge - head is slightly larger this year, and I like the head slightly better than the Mizuno  -- each loft is available in 3 different bounces. You must go to vokey.com or titleist to see lefty availability.

Cleveland -- well, Roger Cleveland left 15 years ago, and is at Callaway...

Callaway - they make nice, spinning wedges - Roger has gone to lots of bounce with grinds to reduce effective bounce. He also has a new wedge line coming out that looks very attractive. Look for that one if you're not in a hurry.

Scratch - liked them a few years after they started, but that head size is small...

I'd say Bridgestone J40 wedges because I love that grind, but don't know if they go lefty; and they come in Spinner.

I like the first two mentioned at the moment; and B'Stone if they come in lefty.

Good luck.

[WUTiger]

RichWW2 ,

Being you're a lefty, if you walk into the right golf shop you'll be in great shape. In two shops I visited this week, about half their older model never-been-hit wedges are left-handed.

The Cleveland CG14s have some new-groove models which came out last year - they have black instead of gold gel inserts. You can get them for $89 each.

Tom Watson wedges (from Adams) come in 52, 56 and 60 - medium bounce - and can be had for $29 each.

Callaway Jaws (old grooves) are going at two for $120 at Sports Authority.

Go shopping this weekend if you can. Lots of wedges remain in the lefty racks.

[Shorty]

Originally Posted by TitleistWI

Im a big fan of Mizuno's wedges.  They are as good as any wedges on the market and IMO they have more feel than most wedges because they are forged.

Dear oh dear.....

How many times are we going to read that forged has more "feel"?

It is a total myth.

[jamo]

Dear oh dear..... How many times are we going to read that forged has more "feel"? It is a total myth.

You're forgetting though, he's talking about Mizunos, they're Grain-Flow forged, for maximum forgification.

[Shorty]

Originally Posted by jamo

You're forgetting though, he's talking about Mizunos, they're Grain-Flow forged, for maximum forgification.

I forgot ....... you're right!

That's where the air bubbles from molten metal isn't there even though it's molten metal!!!

That's why they feel so "Pure"

[RichWW2]

***UPDATE***
Through lack of funding and other expenses, I couldn't afford new wedges...till now. :-)

Ended up going with the Nike VR V-rev Cast Black-satin wedges. I really liked the Nike VR Pro wedges, but justify the $240 to get two clubs when my whole fitted iron set cost that much.  So I went with the older model.  They felt the same to me as the forged ones but were half the price.  Tried a bunch of other brands, but for the price these seemed like the way to go.  Ordered them at golfsmith and got them custom fitted (+1", +2 deg upright) and shipped for free at $69 a club.  I probably could've saved up to get the VR pro wedges, but with springtime and my birthday coming up I didn't want to wait.

Got a 52 and a 56 deg. I really like the black club head.  Hopefully they will still look similar after a few uses.  Can't wait to try them out.

Thanks for the responses everyone!

[MiniBlueDragon]

Originally Posted by Hoselrockets

+1 for Mizuno's love the new spinner shafts and the soft feel of these.  Almost bought the scratch but went with the mizzy's.

Alas in Europe the spinner shaft is not default on Mizzie wedges. Something about wet weather rusting the inside and them making a ringing noise on the follow-through. Normal DG Wedge Flex is nice though.

I played with my R12's today and all I can can is wow. I feel so much more consistent with them and the sound at impact is solid but soft. Well and truly in love with them.