Which Is The Best Wedge Of 2025?

i've tested 17 of the best wedges in 2025. which one is best for you? let's find out

so we are down here at the beautiful north hans golf club in hampshire where we're conducting the

biggest wedge test we have ever done i'm testing 17 different models across five different categories

testing them both inside on a gc3 launch monitor as well as outdoors on the practice area to

determine which one is best for your game right let's get into the video okay so we're going to

break this video down into five sections the first section is the looks now i'm going to start with

the tailor-made mg5 this is new for this summer in fact so it's one of the latest releases and i

just think they've done a really good job in keeping this looking simple it's got the mill

grind sole here which i think gives it a really premium look obviously you're loft and bounce on

the toe there but what i also really like about this club is down behind the ball it's got a raw

face on it that goes so well against this kind of satin chrome finish i just think it frames the

ball superbly at address will inspire confidence and that minimalistic look is something that i

really like now we'll move on to something that's slightly more loud and i wouldn't say it is

minimalist in terms of what's actually on the club but this is the Mizuno Pro T1. Now it's an

absolutely stunning bit of artwork. I mean this cobalt blue finish is ridiculously nice. It might

not be to everyone's taste but they do offer this wedge in a black iron finish as well as a satin

chrome finish but when you do turn it over and lay it down behind the ball you do have the kind

satin grey face which like the MG5 frames the ball really nicely. It's a bit out there but I think

it's pretty cool. When I go through these categories I don't want it to all just appeal to one style

of golfer so I'm someone who does like a slightly more compact smaller looking bladed wedge but I

know not everyone does and so if you were looking for a slightly larger head something that might

inspire a bit more confidence down behind the ball then the Cleveland CBZ is definitely I think the

way to go. I think this looks really premium considering it is a large forgiving wedge and

then when you flip it over you actually have full face grooves. So despite it being a more forgiving

looking wedge I do think down behind the ball you've got the oversized footprint which will

inspire confidence and those oversized grooves actually even stretch the face further. So for

that reason I think this is the perfect wedge for those who want a premium looking wedge but also

want that forgiveness that comes with it now if I was to pick a winner for the best looks that would

have to be the 14 frz wedge this kind of gray smoky finish I think looks superb they are available

in chrome as well but I think this um this gray charcoal finish just like reduces glare especially

when down behind the ball again quite a small compact looking head quite rounded which I quite

like and it's got a slightly rounded leading edge which um will help those who like to open and close

the face and just keep the bounce and the head sitting flush to the turf. It's paired with a black

KBS, this is a dollar taper shaft and matched with this Z quad grip that I've got on it. I just think

it's hard to beat this wedge so for that reason I think this is the best looking wedge of 2025

The next section we are going to be talking about is the feel of a wedge and like the looks

how a golfer interprets a wedge's feel is very much subjective. So out of all the wedges that I

did test this year the best kind of firm feel I thought was the Cleveland RTZ. Now I'm going to

clip a few away here using my Foresight GC3 launch monitor to get some data but also hopefully you'll

be able to kind of pick up on the sound and just how clicky this kind of sounds through impact. Now

I think it probably feels firmer than it sounds but let's see if the mic will just pick this up

I'm going to go to this yellow flag out here which is about 60 yards away and even just straight away there

you can hear that kind of click as it leaves the face. Now, what I have noticed throughout my testing

is that it does offer a slightly faster ball speed which is probably a good indication of that firm feeling face So if you are someone who likes that clicky feel through impact then the cleveland rtz might be the way to go now moving on to i would say a medium kind of feeling medium sensation wedge

and that is the ping s159 this has this kind of face blasting on the grooves here to kind of

enhance the duration which you would think actually makes it feel a bit firmer but i i thought these

were still pretty soft they do have this insert on the back here as well which actually feels like

it dampens vibrations which might maybe give it the sensation that it is a bit softer than it

actually is but again I'll clip one away here and hopefully you guys can get an understanding of how

this sounds I mean it feels really good it actually feels like it kind of stays on the face

for longer than it does it feels like it just kind of rides up the face creating lots of spin

but not quite as much as this next wedge this is the proto concept rr now again might not be a wedge

that many of you have heard of it's quite a premium wedge quite a niche brand but testing this wedge i

mean just feels like a knife through butter it is so soft off the face again made from an sc20

carbon steel so it's a really really soft metal and my only concern about that is that it might

kind of ding up a little as you hit stones in bunkers and and of you know if you hit it into

the rough like me you're often playing off some pretty nasty lies so I'm a bit concerned about

these wedges and how they might hold up over time but initially off tight grass like this I mean

they just feel absolutely superb they sound soft as well and I noticed they produce a decent amount

of spin which again highlights the fact that it is quite a soft feeling wedge

comes out you know as tour pros would like it that kind of low fizzing ball flight with plenty

of spin so yeah if you're liking a soft feeling wedge then i think that is the way to go however

i'm going to throw in one wild card here and that is the avoda w2 wedge now i know what you're

thinking what on earth is going on here well that is down to the fact that avoda they're the people

that make Bryson DeChambeau's irons, the ones that he won the US Open with at Pinehurst last year

So the idea behind these wedges is, well, the combo set of these Avoda clubs is that lob wedge

to eight iron actually run at the same length. So as you can see, if I hold this up against one of

the other wedges I've got here, you can see it's got a good extra inch and a half on it. Now, in

order to counteract the length and make sure that the ball doesn't just fly miles, they actually make

these heads much lighter so as you can see i'm in a graphite 110 gram shaft as well with a larger

jumbo max zen light grip but what that does i mean it's hard to explain how light and soft

these wedges feel it feels like you can really just attack the golf balls knowing that you're

not going to get the ball speed that some of the other wedges produce due to the kind of lightness

of the head so for that reason these are definitely worth checking out if i was to pick my personal

favorite obviously like i said this is a matter of opinion it would have to be the ping s159 i just

think they offer it offers such a good feeling off the face it's not too soft not too firm delivers

just that right amount of spin and ball speed and they are offered in 25 different loft and lie

bounce configurations so if you're in the market for kind of that perfect all-rounder when it comes

to feel and sound then the ping s159 is the way i would go if you're enjoying today's video make

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in your area so making sure that you get the right performance in your wedges is crucial

to playing better golf lowering your scores and reducing your handicap the idea behind my testing

was that I hit 50 yard shots. I managed to get a sample size of six shots

They all had to land within two yards of 50 yards So anywhere between 48 and 52 And then from there I got my averages of as you can see on the screen kind of launch spin full speed as well as the carry number and

peak height so let's dive into it the first one I think is worth a shout is the 14 frz wedge now

this was the wedge that produced the most spin out of any wedge that I tested this year and while

spin isn't everything it is a massive factor when it comes to performance you want this to be able

to spin not just only off a tight kind of fringe or fairway but also when it comes to out the rough

and out the sand as well. These wedges like we've touched upon before look absolutely exceptional

and producing over 7,800 revs of spin I was nearly taking the cover off the ball from 50 yards so

that I thought was a really really good option and if you're wanting a premium looking wedge that

offers superb amounts of spin then that 14 is the way to go. Now the next wedge that I'm going to

talk about is the Callaway Opus SP wedge. Now SP stands for spin pocket so what Callaway have done

this year compared to the Opus from last year is create a two-piece construction head where

essentially they've managed to save some weight in behind the face, move it further up the head

create a higher CG placement which then lowers the ball flight while producing a lot of spin

These wedges look spectacular, they are available in a couple of different colours as well as well

as multiple grind and bounce options so you'll have to scan through those or go and have a fitting

to identify which kind of combination of those is going to be best for you but I really like this

black kind of mist head I think it looks really smart really premium and as you can see from the

data produce some really reliable numbers. Now the next wedge is one that is a carry-on product from

last year and one that this video wouldn't be worth putting out there if it didn't feature it

and that is the Titleist Vokey SM10 wedge. Arguably the most popular wedge on tour they often

dominate the wedge count across the PGA Tour and DP World Tours. Just produced exceptional numbers

really, really reliable, consistent spin from a multitude of lies. I found that when I went out

on the course as well, I was able to stop the ball exactly how I wanted and predictability is key

to consistent scoring. They are available also in seven different grind options as well, so depending

on if you're someone who likes to get a bit steep or you're a shallow picker of the ball, then there are bounce and grind options for anyone and everyone but if there was one wedge

that I thought was the most I guess consistent across the board and all-round performer that

would have to be the tailor-made MG5. We've touched upon this mill grind sole when it came

to the looks but I also think that helps just glide through the turf really nicely. Again six

different grind options so depending on if you're steep or shallow or if you like to be a bit more

versatile and creative with your chipping opening the face up there's some heel and toe relief this

one i've got here is the sb grind in a 54 degree head so it has 12 degrees of bounce but actually

sits quite tight to the ground even when you open or close the face in again it's got this new kind

of spin tread pattern this year which has helped with moisture management that was something i

noticed particularly in the dew and rain and i've managed to put these wedges finally to the test

in damper conditions and i've seen exceptional performance really haven't noticed much drop

off in spin and control when coming from wet rough so that was an absolute banker for me

but it also produced really you know generous numbers like i got a good amount of launch i

sometimes struggle when weight is moved too high and the flight is a bit too low but i could flight

this around quite a lot gained really good traction off the face really really good numbers it's a

a premium looking wedge that feels amazing so from an all-around perspective the performance

of this wedge is one that i thought couldn't be beaten this year so the short game is often a part

of the golf game where a lot of people struggle whether that's duffing or thinning chip shots

chipping and pitching around the green can often be extremely difficult depending on the light at

hand but there are a few wedges that have been released this year that i think really make it

easier for golfers to play their best golf and get up and down more often

Now the first of those is the Cleveland CBZ. Now I know we've spoken about this earlier in the video

This particular model is a 54 degree with 12 degrees of bounce

a really, really wide sole, particularly towards the toe end. It a large cavity back head here Um and it actually features the same HydraZip and Altizip grooves that the RTZ the more premium kind of offering from Cleveland has as well So these full face

grooves mean you can kind of hit it off the heel and toe a little, you're still going to catch

plenty of groove, generate plenty of spin and therefore a consistency of ball flight. A really

really forgiving club but there are a few more in this category as well that I think deserve a

mention and that is the Cobra King X. Now this has this really nice, it features MIM technology

it actually looks more like a premium wedge down behind the ball. It's not quite as large as the

Cleveland CBZ which I think will appeal to a lot of golfers. The fact you've got a cavity packed

design, some relief on the leading edge here and a really nice versatile sole. I mean I would say

it is suited to those who prefer hitting square face chip shots and don't want to get too creative

and bring in the leading edge or the bounce but yeah the Cobra King X wedge is a wedge that I

thought also feels really good through impact considering it is a larger cavity back model

If there was one winner in this category that would have to be the Callaway CB12 wedge. Now

I really liked the Callaway CB wedge over the last couple of years and I thought it was an amazing

forgiving wedge but they've just kind of won up to themselves here. 56 degree this one so slightly

more loft but 14 degrees of bounce and a really really wide kind of tri-sole design again so

similar to the cleveland but it's got urethane microsphere insert here behind the face to really

dampen vibrations so it feels really really soft through impact but you get all of that in a really

forgiving wide sole wedge with plenty of bounce so if you're struggling with your games particularly

around the greens with your chipping your pitching and if you like to hit full shots but see the

flight that you would get out of a you know a standard bladed wedge then the callaway cb12 is

the wedge that i would choose if you're new into the game you don't want to spend quite as much

money or you want to refresh your wedges for the next season then there are three great options to

give you some pretty solid performance at a cheaper price point now the first of those is the rife scs1

wedge this is only 79.99 under 100 pound of wedge nowadays is it's pretty rare but there are a few

kind of discrepancies with that it's a very head heavy wedge which is unlike any of the other wedges

really but I mean that might be a case of personal preference you might actually like a heavier head

there's a few different options but for $79.99 I don't think you can go too wrong the next one I

want to talk about is the Takamo SF002 wedge now you've got this kind of milled groove pattern

full face grooves as well so there's plenty of opportunity to kind of cut across the ball

and not lose any spin performance. Down behind the ball, I think they look pretty good. It's quite a

compact looking wedge, so it may suit the eye of that golfer that doesn't want to spend a lot of

money, but wants a premium looking wedge with decent performance. But if I was to pick one wedge

that I would class as the best value wedge for the year, it would have to be the Wilson Staff

Model ZM. And the reason behind that is it's actually a carry-on product. And while I might

be cheating this category a little, they were initially available at around £149, but you can

now get them for about £129, so a touch more than the others, but we're talking £50-60

saving on some of the other premium wedges out there, and I thought the performance on

these wedges were absolutely superb. So there you have it, we have tested 17 models across 5 different categories, all of the

best manufacturers that released wedges over the last year, and we have come to a verdict

It is the TaylorMade MG5, I've talked about it, it won the performance section, it featured

in a few others. I think it looks great, feels amazing and those spin numbers and control that

I had from distance and close range around the greens was unrivaled. So remember if you did like

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