TravisClarke Posted August 13, 2018 Share Posted August 13, 2018 I currently have 2 Cleveland CG15 wedges in my bag (56 and 60). My 56 is well worn out (at least 125 rds). I bought the CG15 wedges as that was the last year that Cleveland used square grooves. My concern is if i go to a new wedge i will loose bite compared to what i have. I have heard that most wedges last only around 30 rds till your grooves start deteriorating. Are new wedges with current technology and restrictions going to perform better then my dated square grooved wedges with regards to amt of spin? Should this be a concern at all? I'm thinking of going to the Vokey SM7. Thanks in advance! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nunfa0 Posted August 13, 2018 Share Posted August 13, 2018 Well I think you will find that the new crop of wedges will spin just as well if not better than your old ones at their prime. The technology that has gone into them is enormous and they have started putting grooves everywhere on the face. The SM7s are great but I would try a few others too like the Ben Hogan Equaliser or the new Ping Glides or even the Cleveland RTX4s just to name a few. In my cart Bag: Driver: King F9 9° - LH - Atmos Blue TS 6 Stiff Woods: King F9 - LH - 3/4 Wood - Atmos Blue 7 Reg Z U85 2 Iron Irons: T200 4 Iron AMT White S300 T100S - LH - 3-48* - AMT White S300 Wedges: Indi FLX- LH - 52° 56° 60° - True Temper Spinner Wedge shafts Putter: 2 Bar Hybrid Ball: Pro V1x Testing: Haywood CB/MB Combo Iron Set, 4-7 Cavity backs, 8-PW Muscle Backs, True Temper Dynamic Gold 105 Stiff, 2 Degrees stronger lofts. Tracked By: Follow me on Twitter @ham12_hampton and on Instagram @Nunfa0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shankster Posted August 13, 2018 Share Posted August 13, 2018 Wait till 8/31/2018 order the new RTX 4's. Better yet, wait till he Bridgestone XW-1 review thread hits the streets. 🤫 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GB13 Posted August 13, 2018 Share Posted August 13, 2018 The new wedges will spin better. RTX-4s and Glides will be great. The square grooves are probably worn round by this point. I wouldn't worry about any spin reduction. Find the bounce and gapping that works best for you. The proper fit will make a much bigger difference than grooves. Wilson Staff C300 9.0* Fujikura Pro 58 stiff Callaway Rogue 3W Mitsubishi Diamana D+ LTD 80 stiff Mizuno MP-18 MMC FLI-HI 2 iron UST Mamiya Recoil 95 stiff Ping I200's 4-W Aerotech Steelfiber I110 CW stiff Ping Glide 52* and 58* stiff Bettinardi Studio Stock #38 Armlock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NiftyNiblick Posted August 13, 2018 Share Posted August 13, 2018 The 2010 groove rule is still a sore subject with me. Hell, I'm still complaining about losing the steel spikes. The groove thing won't be leaving my mind soon based on that. The USGA, at some point, has to realize that the club champion player, the 1 or 2 handicapper, maybe, is the standard by which to measure things. Box grooves weren't making them burn down courses. You don't make rules based on what the anomalies, the world class tournament players, do. The PGA Tour and its foreign equivalents are their sanctioning bodies. The USGA is supposed to be for us. R&A, too. PLUS, if the Fred Flintstone-looking 460cc driver is considered legal, based on that, there's no need for any equipment rules at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenny B Posted August 14, 2018 Share Posted August 14, 2018 Any of the new wedges will spin better than your old CG15. Why are you considering the SM7? Since you are looking, consider all options. They are all a little different beyond looks. Get a wedge fitting. “We don’t stop playing the game because we get old; we get old because we stop playing the game.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TravisClarke Posted August 14, 2018 Author Share Posted August 14, 2018 Any of the new wedges will spin better than your old CG15. Why are you considering the SM7? Since you are looking, consider all options. They are all a little different beyond looks. Get a wedge fitting. I actually went for a fitting and played with a SM7 last night. I liked the feel, performance and look of the club. I also hit the glide and mack daddy and liked them as well. I was able to generate more spin with the SM7 based on the launch monitor and i like the look of the SM7 better as well compared to the others. I think that the new technology is worth the investment and i will be making a purchase, thanks for the feed back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PING Apologist #9 Posted August 14, 2018 Share Posted August 14, 2018 If at all possible, I'd suggest seeing if you can get hold of some demo clubs (beg, borrow, steal, liberate, whatever) to take out to the range and do some live hitting with them outside. I hear from many sources (notably Mark Crossfield & Rick Shiels) that wedges should always tested outside to get a better sense of real-world performance. I'm a PING guy and even in spite of that, I had to hit my current Glides head-to-head with my iron set wedges in order to be convinced that they were better or not. They proved better and that's what I went with. Good luck in either case and if what you've selected gives you confidence, then you're miles ahead of most of us in that regard. Cheers! In my DLX Cart Bag: Driver: G410 SFT, set to 9.5*, Mitsubishi Tensei CK Orange 60, stiff (MGS Official 2019 Tester) 3W: G-Series SF TEC, set to 16*, Aldila Tour Blue ATX, 65g, stiff 5W: G400 SFT, set to 19*, Aldila Tour Blue ATX, 65g, stiff 7W: G410 SFT, set to 22*. Alta CB 65 Red, stiff Irons: GMax, Green Dot, 5-PW, Project X Graphite Blue 6.0, 80-90g , stiff Wedges: Glide 2.0 Stealth, 50* SS, 54* ES & 60*/8 Forged MGS Special from the Wedge Wizard, Green Dot, Alta CB graphite, 84g, stiff Putter: Vault 2.0 B60 Copper, 33", black dot w/GP SNSR grip (PING Sigma 2 Fetch under "see-trials") Ball: MTB BLACK (MGS Official 2018 Tester for the MTB RED) Shoes: Classics Tour w/Black Widow Softspikes Disabled Marine Veteran. Semper Fi! #No apologies, just Play Your Best #Powertotheplayers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Brittan Posted August 15, 2018 Share Posted August 15, 2018 I'm a PING guy... Really???!?!?! There was no clue... Self taught golfer trying hard to improve his game. Started playing early summer 2016. Instagram @makingscratch : https://www.instagram.com/makingscratch/ Twitter @makingscratchUK : https://twitter.com/makingscratchukWITB: Driver : Ping G400 - Tour65 Stiff 44" Fairway : Taylormade Burner 2.0 15deg - Reax-R Hybrid : Taylormade M2 22deg - Flex-R Irons : 4-6 Srixon Z765, 7-PW Srixon Z965 - Nippon Modus 105 S Wedges 52deg Cleveland CG15 56deg Vokey SM5 F-Grind - Nippon ProModus 130 TX 60deg Miura K-Grind - TT DG Spinner Putter : Evnroll ER2 Ball : Vice Pro Plus Proud owner of a slowly approaching complete archive of Titleist's blades circa 2000-2014 and a Wilson FatShaft CI10 blade putter in perfect condition (seriously, try Googling it and look at the state of the few that show up) which I bought when at college and just happens to look like it's stamped with my daughter's name, born 14 years after I bought it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PING Apologist #9 Posted August 15, 2018 Share Posted August 15, 2018 Really???!?!?! There was no clue... I have a Master's grasp of the obvious... In my DLX Cart Bag: Driver: G410 SFT, set to 9.5*, Mitsubishi Tensei CK Orange 60, stiff (MGS Official 2019 Tester) 3W: G-Series SF TEC, set to 16*, Aldila Tour Blue ATX, 65g, stiff 5W: G400 SFT, set to 19*, Aldila Tour Blue ATX, 65g, stiff 7W: G410 SFT, set to 22*. Alta CB 65 Red, stiff Irons: GMax, Green Dot, 5-PW, Project X Graphite Blue 6.0, 80-90g , stiff Wedges: Glide 2.0 Stealth, 50* SS, 54* ES & 60*/8 Forged MGS Special from the Wedge Wizard, Green Dot, Alta CB graphite, 84g, stiff Putter: Vault 2.0 B60 Copper, 33", black dot w/GP SNSR grip (PING Sigma 2 Fetch under "see-trials") Ball: MTB BLACK (MGS Official 2018 Tester for the MTB RED) Shoes: Classics Tour w/Black Widow Softspikes Disabled Marine Veteran. Semper Fi! #No apologies, just Play Your Best #Powertotheplayers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FOREball Posted August 24, 2018 Share Posted August 24, 2018 I have a similar situation in that I have a CG15 56 that I don't really want to get rid of because it has the square grooves. But, after hearing feedback from everyone I think I'll take the plunge on some new RTX 4's. Titlesit 917 D3 9.5 | Diamana D+70 Titleist 910 Titlest 915 TaylorMade Tour Burner 4-PW Cleveland 56 Cleveland 60 Scotty Cameron Futura 5.5m Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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