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USA Today
06-05-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Titleist releases WedgeWorks Tour Toe Stamp wedges
Titleist releases WedgeWorks Tour Toe Stamp wedges A growing number of players on the PGA Tour have been requesting this throwback styling be added to their wedges, and now you can get it too. Over the last few years, Titleist's Vokey Design PGA Tour rep, Aaron Dill, has been getting more and more requests from players like Wyndham Clark, Will Zalatoris and Tom Kim to remove the loft, bounce and grind markings from their wedges and replace that information with simple, old-school looking letters that signify what the club is. So, instead of leaving '46°' on the end of a pitching wedge, Dill polished the numbers off and stamped in a 'P.' Through its WedgeWorks program, Titleist Vokey Design is now making these Toe Stamp wedges available to the public, while supplies last. Each of the Toe Stamp wedges has a raw steel finish, which means the metal will rust over time with exposure to moisture, and they come in a limited number of lofts and sole grinds: P: 46.10F 46.10F G: 50.08F, 52.08F 50.08F, 52.08F S: 54.10S, 54.14F, 56.10S, 56.14F 54.10S, 54.14F, 56.10S, 56.14F L: 58.08M, 58.12D, 60.04T, 60.08M Aside from the unique stamping, the WedgeWorks Toe Stamp wedges are identical to raw-finished versions of the standard SM10 wedges. The center of gravity (CG) location in Vokey SM10 wedges gets progressively higher as lofts increase. While extra mass low in the stronger lofts helps them produce a ball flight that performs like an extension of a player's iron set, adding mass to a higher position behind the topline in the higher-lofted clubs pulls the CG location up and encourages a lower flight. Titleist also makes the grooves in pitching and gap wedges deep and narrow, like an iron's groove because those clubs are often played with a full swing from the fairway or fairway rough. However, the grooves in the sand and lob wedges are wider and shallower to get water, sand and debris off the face more efficiently on shots hit around the green. The WedgeWorks Toe Stamp wedges are available in right hand only and come standard with True Temper Dynamic Gold S200 shafts and Titleist Universal 360 grips for $249 each. Golfers can purchase them at authorized Titleist pro shops and Customization options like additional stamping, paint fill colors, different shaft bands and grips are also available for additional charges.
USA Today
29-01-2025
- Automotive
- USA Today
Titleist Vokey WedgeWorks A Grind Lob Wedges
Gear: Titleist Vokey WedgeWorks A Grind Lob Wedges Price: $225 with True Temper Dynamic Gold S200 shaft and Titleist Universal 360 grip Specs: Cast 8620 carbon steel in 58-degree and 60-degree versions with 4 degrees of bounce. Right-hand only Who they're for: Golfers who play on firm, tightly mowed courses and who want to hit higher-flying shots around the green. What you should know: The WedgeWorks A Grind wedge is a low-bounce offering that has a narrow sole designed to skim over and through the turf, allowing players to make a shallow swing and clip the ball off tight lies and from wet, firmly packed bunkers. The deep dive: When a former U.S. Open champion walks into a brand's PGA Tour van and requests that a special club be made for him, the answer is always something to the effect of, 'Yes, we'll get to work on that right now.' That's what happened when 2006 U.S. Open champion Geoff Ogilvy approached Aaron Dill, the Titleist PGA Tour rep for Vokey wedges, and said he wanted a lob wedge that would move through the turf more quickly than his low-bounce L Grind wedge. Dill went to work on his grinding wheel and smoothed the seam in the sole of an L Grind wedge, leaving the bottom of the club smoother. Ogilvy put the wedge in his bag, and the A Grind was born. Now, Titleist's boutique wedge brand, WedgeWorks, is once again offering it to the public. To be clear, this wedge is not for the faint of heart or the timid. With only 4 degrees of bounce, it requires precision on the part of the player, but for golfers who sweep the ball off the ground and play on firm courses, it allows the leading edge to get under the ball more easily to create spin and height on greenside shots. If the name of the wedge seems a little familiar, it should. Last July, Titleist released a limited run of WedgeWorks A+ Grind wedges. The difference between the A and the A+ is the standard A Grind has a narrow sole, while the A+ Grind, which was first made by smoothing the bottom of an M Grind wedge, has a wider sole and more bounce. Like all Vokey SM10 lob wedges, the WedgeWorks A Grind has a high and forward center of gravity location to encourage a low, more controlled flight on full-swing shots, and that helps square the face at impact. It has wider, shallower grooves than SM10 pitching wedges and gap wedges (46 to 52 degrees) to get water and debris off the hitting surface and help the groove edges grab the cover of the ball to generate spin.
