Wedges
Spin, grinds and the short-game gear worth your money.
Cleveland RTZ review: in 11 of the 80 tour bags we track, and marked down now that RTZ 2 is out
Eight tour pros in our records carry RTZ as their entire wedge set, Ryan Fox won the Open with it, and Cleveland has just cut the price because RTZ 2 went on sale on 4 September. The new one changes the grinds, not the steel, which makes the old one the buy for most golfers.
By Ben Marsden
Bettinardi HLX 6.0 review: a putter maker's forged wedge with two grinds where Vokey has six
Bettinardi's sixth-generation forged wedge brings more grooves, less offset in the lower lofts and some of the best milling detail in golf, at roughly Vokey money. The fitting matrix is eleven configurations deep, and that is the number to weigh before the looks.
By Ben Marsden
Tour Edge Exotics Milled Wedge review: three bounce letters instead of the grind alphabet
On sale today, at roughly half what a Vokey costs, with a milled face and a KBS shaft. The clever part is not the price. It is that the whole line is sold on three bounce profiles rather than a wall of grind letters nobody can decode.
By Ben Marsden
PING S259 review: the wedge that finally stopped being a Ping-owner's default
PING's 2026 wedge builds on the tour-winning S159 with a groove strategy that changes by loft and six sole grinds across 46 to 62 degrees. The question is whether that is enough to move anyone off a Vokey.
By Ben Marsden
Callaway Opus SP review: the wedge in four tour bags while everyone buys Vokey
Callaway's Spin Pocket wedge lands a lower, spinnier flight for about the same money as a Vokey. It is the one I would buy for firm turf and full shots, and the wrong call if your short game lives in soft sand.
By Ben Marsden
TaylorMade MG5 review: the wedge that keeps spinning when it matters
Fresh grooves bite hard out of the box — but the real win is how long that spin survives the wet, the rough and the range.
By Ross Hamilton
Titleist Vokey SM11 review: the wedge that wins scorecards
The most-played wedge in golf gets a consistency-first redesign. Here's why getting it fitted matters more than the badge.
By Ross Hamilton
