Vokey 60 degree wedge pro#

The Rules of Golf say play it as it lies. It remains essential to get properly fitted for wedges (yeah…I know that’s not easy) and part of that process is accounting for the reality that whether your swing classifies you as a digger, a sweeper or something in between, there will be times when the course doesn’t give you much of a choice. If you accept the Vokey tenet that your swing travels and view your golf bag as a toolbox to be filled purposefully, well, now we’ve got something to talk about. If your wedges are simply a continuation of an iron set where the functional difference between sand wedge and lob wedge is little more than a yardage number, it’s probably not for you. Whether this K might fit in your bag depends on whether you see your three (or four) wedges as a set or individual clubs. It’s not for everyone and not everyone will know it exists but for the guy who understands what it can do for his game (and knows where to find it), it’s a compelling option that sits in a semi-accessible space between mainstream retail and tour-only.

Vokey 60 degree wedge pro#

In that respect, there’s a reasonable comparison to be drawn between the low-bounce K Grind and Titleist’s Pro V1x Left Dash golf ball. Keeping it off retail shelves helps avoid some of that confusion.

The thing about K is that it always plays as advertised While they may look similar – damned near identical – the high-bounce plays like a high-bounce wedge and the low-bounce plays like a really low-bounce wedge – even if a cursory glance may suggest otherwise. Arguably, that happens with every piece of equipment on the market right now but a golfer who knows just enough about wedge grinds to be dangerous is going to see the wide sole and assume a high effective bounce. Vokey believes there’s an audience for the wedge but putting it in the SM8 lineup alongside the high-bounce version may have led golfers to choose a wedge that wasn’t really right for them. Vokey’s Director of Marketing Jeremy Stone describes the new offering as “the perfect embodiment of what Wedge Works is.” Originally inspired by Tom Kite and a mainstay in Adam Scott’s bag, the low-bounce K is the most popular Vokey grind on tour that isn’t in the SM8 retail lineup. If the D Grind is a high-bounce player’s wedge, the Wedge Works K Grind is a low-bounce option for that same guy. The result is a wedge more suitable for dry conditions, tight lies and the fluffy sand a tour pro might have experienced on a warm Georgia day in early April. You still get some protection against digging but the lower bounce keeps the leading edge closer to the ground. The Wedge Works K Grind offers the same wide sole as the SM8 incarnation, albeit with significantly less bounce (six degrees). Typically, the K Grind is a good fit for a steep attack angle golfer (often called a digger) where the K’s signature wide sole can help prevent digging, particularly in soft conditions. Like this Wedge Works offering, the SM8 K Grind is also available in 58 and 60 degrees but that’s where the design details diverge. It offers the most bounce of any SM8 grind (14 degrees). The retail SM8 K Grind isn’t just a high-bounce offering. That was the case with last April’s 64-degree T and while at first glance you might be inclined to point out that 58-degree and 60-degree K are part of the current SM8 lineup (you’d be right), this Vokey Wedge Works K Grind offering provides a particularly compelling contrast to the standard retail offering. The defining characteristic of a Wedge Works offering is that they feature bounce and grind combinations not available in the mainstream lineup. What’s the point of waiting until November? About Wedge Works So, even without a defining tournament that ties everything together, the company is moving forward with its first special release of 2020 – the Vokey Wedge Works K Grind. Late May is rolling towards June, things – including the Vokey area of Titleist’s assembly plant – are starting to reopen. With the Masters postponed to November and Vokey’s Carlsbad assembly plant closed, what would have been the point?īut here we are. Last April, we got all of that by way of a 64° Slate Blue Vokey T-Grind with six degrees of bounce. That same history suggests we’d have seen some flavor of a high-loft, low-bounce lob wedge with the requisite story about providing Vokey staffers with the tools to take on the firm and fast conditions of Augusta National. Had life gone according to schedule this season, history suggests the first Wedge Works offering of 2020 would have rolled out just in time for The Masters.