Callaway Opus SP vs TaylorMade MG5 – INSANE Spin For One Of These Wedges!

Callaway Opus SP vs TaylorMade MG5 Wedge Comparison (2025)

In this AF Golf Gear head-to-head, we put the Callaway Opus SP up against the TaylorMade MG5 to see which wedge comes out on top for 2025.

Both brands have made big changes:

Callaway refined groove geometry and tweaked the centre of gravity for more spin and a penetrating flight.

TaylorMade took the MG family forged for the first time, aiming for softer feel, higher launch, and softer landings.

I hit both 60° heads on the mat to compare feel, looks, sound, and performance numbers. Here’s what I found:

Spin: Opus SP wins — about 1,500 rpm more spin in my tests.

Flight: MG5 launches and lands a touch higher for softer landings.

Feel: MG5’s forged head is softer; Opus SP is slightly firmer but sits tighter behind the ball.

Who they suit:

Opus SP – Players chasing max spin and a lower, more controlled flight.

MG5 – Players wanting softer feel and higher, softer-landing shots.

Both wedges are excellent — it’s about which flight, feel, and spin profile you prefer. Always get fit with your ball and swing before buying.

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So, this is the biggest wedge review of the year. It’s the Callaway Opus SP versus the new Tailor-Made MG5. Let’s get onto the mat and see what the numbers say. So, we’re midway through 2025 and the two big boys of the golf industry have decided to launch a new wedge. Callaway have bought out the Callaway SP, an upgrade on the previous Opus generation, and Tailorade have gone with MG5. Now, the MG family has been around a few years. So, MG5 is another upgrade on that. What are the main differences? Well, Callaway have really just tweaked the the grooves as the main focus. They’ve got a 17° angle. They’ve messed around with the center of gravity to give a more penetrating flight, and they’ve got this increase in angle of the groove to help you create more spin. What have Tailor Made done? Well, they’ve done something they haven’t done. I Well, they’ve done something that I don’t think they’ve ever done, which is they’ve produced a forged wedge. Now, they’ve come away from cast. They’ve gone into forged, and that’s going to marry really, really nicely into the their P P series range. Now, they’ve both come up with a slightly different bounce option as well. So, Callaway have brought back the X grind, a very, very popular grind from previous generations and previous wedge models. and Tailor-Made have produced this new SX grind, which is that slightly higher bounced option, but with versatility. So, both of these wedges that I’ve got in my hand, both 60°, they’re both their new wedges. They look good. They look great. I mean, I’ve hit them in test before. You can watch some of the previous videos where I’ve just hit the test. I did a really nice video with Lee from Tailor Made who talked me through the new technologies in the MG5, which was great. But now, it’s time to go headtohead. Now, we know in the wedge market there is a brand, we can’t mention them at the moment, but they are very, very dominant. So, these two guys bringing out these wedges for me is about really having a go and trying to reclaim some of that wedge market. So, we’ll start with MG5. We’re just going to hit some 70 80 shots. Now, I know that we’re not going to get perfect Trackman data from this. It’s not going to be absolutely spot on. So, I’m going to try to give you a bit of a subjective feel and a subjective opinion on what it looks like and what it feels like. So, immediately, you know, I’m an MG4 player for full disclosure. So, this look and this kind of rusty finish if you like in the middle and the way the ball frames is something that I’m used to. We’ve got this better look at the bottom end. It’s a better front line um and leading edge. And for me, this extra bit of bulbous in the top and the toe has really helped maybe redefine how the the top edge sits. So 60° looks nice. Let’s see what the the feel is. So zipped off there quite nicely. So I’m only hitting these 60 70 yards. Not not very far at all. Spin was pretty good on that. 6,000 revs. Carried 56. Okay. So it’s lovely feel off the face with that. I mean, it’s something I’m really comfortable with personally from my MG4 days. So, I really like that bit of feedback. It is It does feel slightly softer, though. And that may be the forged element in it. Some good spin there. 68 on such a short shot. I personally quite like that. I It sounds What I love about this wedge straight out the gate is how solid the wedge feels. So sometimes with with certain wedges, they can get a bit clicky. They can get a bit sort of almost tiny in their feedback. This feels just really solid. And that’s going to give you a little bit. One of the things Tailor Made have played around with is trying to get that penetrative flight as well. So it feels like the ball’s going forward more than it’s just going straight up in the air. Oh, that was lovely. Some really good spin numbers off it. Some really good data off of that. 6,000 revs. Smash factor is great. So again, when we look at smash factor, it’s a really weird number, isn’t it? When you’re talking about um different clubs with a driver, we know we want it up in that 1.5. We want the ball speed one and a half times roughly the club head speed. When we’re hitting shots like this, 60, 70, 80 yards, we want it as close to one as possible. We don’t want loads of ball speed. We want total control. We want the club head speed and ball speed really matching off a 60° wedge. So some good numbers there. Land angle is brilliant. Spin rate’s pretty good. 6’4. We got one up there at 68. So, overall pretty solid. So, I’m going to jump in and have Opus. Now, I’ve got the the Dark Shadow finish. So, in previous videos, you’d have seen with Opus that I quite like the way that sits and the quite like it feels. I’ve dived in and out with with the the different colored finishes in the last four or five years. Depends what it is. I’ve had the black generations of MG3. I’ve had the the chrome versions of MG4. So, let’s just see what this does. So, [Music] oh, that felt nice. Little bit clickier than MG5. What’s spin saying? Oh. Oh, dear. Okay. Maybe maybe that was just luck. So nice. Little bit towy. So not a great strike. Can’t really argue with that one. Oh, that was nice. To be fair, both both actually feel very similar off the face. Um they both look good. Obviously, these guys know what they’re doing, and there’s there’s only so much you can do with a wedge. Um, in terms of the look, I think the the the MG5 breeds that little bit more confidence in the 60. The the Opus SP does sit a little tighter. So, all right, Ste, that’s not fair. Okay, we’ll hit one more. Hit one more. That nice. Okay. So, let’s bring up some numbers here and see some comparisons. So, overall what we’re looking at is smash factor on both is quite similar. So just under that one relationship between club head and ball speed carry distance both very similar. So we were hitting just for full disclosure we’re hitting the same sort of length shot there. Land angle if we scroll down to the MG5 we’ll see that the land angle is slightly higher in MG5. So you’re getting that slightly more higher poppier flight in terms of the launch angle. Again, same sort of thing. MG5 is launching a little bit higher. We’re using 60° in both. As an average, it launched a bit higher. I think the main difference when we look at these two wedges, and it’s quite a a contrast, is the spin numbers. Now, we’re using the same golf ball. Um, we’re using a premium golf ball. So, you could argue the strike location and is slightly off with one, but there’s about a 15,000 or 1500, sorry, not 15,000, 1,500 rev difference on average between Opus SP and MG5. So, for me, that is a massive marker in the difference between the two wedges. However, this will always come back to when you come to wedges, and I’m a big believer in this. When we fit wedges, we can go into loft and grind and shaft and length and the rest of it, but we also have to take into account the visual component of the player. So, some players will want to see the ball launch a little bit lower and spin harder and faster. In that case, in this test, Opus would probably be that winner. However, MG5, some players will want to see the ball pop up a little bit higher and land a bit softer with a slightly higher land angle. And in this case, you would say the MG5 is for that player. So, both wedges are good. They both look fantastic, the great finishes, a great time to bring out wedges in the middle of a season so that you can actually get to the point of upgrading your wedges. But it’s really a case, guys, of what do you want as a player? Now, if you want more spin in our test just there with a premium ball, the Callaway Opus is coming out on top. It’s down to feel. It’s down to how you want to play it. But these two wedges are definitely going to compete in the market. Thanks for watching. If you like our videos, please hit that subscribe button and tell all your golfing friends.