BEST WEDGES of 2025 | GolfWRX Members Choice Voting

This segment highlights the best wedges of 2025 according to GolfWRX Members Choice Voting. Brian Knudson from GolfWRX joins to discuss the best wedges of 2025 and the results of GolfWRX Members Choice voting. Among all the best wedges of 2025, including Titleist Vokey SM10 wedges, Cleveland RTZ wedges, PING s159 wedges, Mizuno Pro wedges, and more, which wedges cracked the Top 5 wedges of 2025?

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[Music] Now we get to move on a little bit more to the short games. We’ve got the wedges, the best wedges of the year according to the members choice voting from Golf DX. Brian, we’ve got some familiar names at the top there. Um, we got the Titus Voki uh SM10 wedges, just under 40% of the vote at number one. Cleveland RTZ, which I think is a phenomenal wedge and a really cool innovation uh by them as far as the material goes. Uh comes in at number two. Ping S159 is there at three. Tailor Made MG4 wedges at number four. And then the Mazuno Pro T1 wedges round out the top five. Uh so what more can you say about Vokei SM10? Uh they continue to to innovate, offer new options as far as finish, grind, bounce, etc. They lead the industry in that regard, but um performance clearly is still there with all the play that they get for sure. I think SM10, I mean, this is one of those categories that uh I don’t want to say unfortunately, but you kind of knew the outcome a little bit before, you know, even when you posted it, you you kind of the past few years, uh you know, when a new voc come out, uh and every it’s pretty much won. And I think you kind of nailed it. There’s so many options. you know, when you walk in and you go get fit for wedges, there are a plethora of sole grinds, uh, different loft options, all that, and no one else can touch them in terms of those options. So, you know, yeah, when you walk into your fitter and and you, you know, play certain shots or play certain conditions and you deliver the club a certain way, you know, there’s probably a voke wedge that fits that and, you know, you and your fitter are going to be able to figure that out and, you know, get the best setup for you. And, you know, whether you’re steep with a sand wedge and shallow with a lob wedge or, you know, whatever you are, uh, there’s a whole lot of options. And I think also too when you throw wedgework stuff into that which has been I think one of the biggest wedgeworks years or or generations that they’ve ever had, uh it just expands that line even further. And they do, you know, SM feel good. They have great spin. Uh the shaping is awesome and they just do a lot of things really well. And you know, versatility is just there. But I think I think the biggest story to this one is Cleveland RTZ. And the only reason I say it is because yes, Vokei was basically 40% of the vote. It was 39 and a half. But I want to say this is probably the closest second place finisher I’ve seen it in a few years. And RTZ is, like you said, a great wedge. I think that new material is extremely soft. People love the feel. But not even that, they’re still getting that Cleveland spin. Uh the, you know, the groove and face technology is still keeping up. They spin great out of the rough. They spin great out tight lies, out of the bunkers. They just really perform well. and and durable too, which is a really cool bonus for for players, you know, not trying to spend a bunch of money, you know, refreshing their wedges, refreshing their grooves as often. Um, that’s a really cool element to this new material as well. Agree. Yeah. I mean, they they’ve just done so much and and they of course are adding, you know, more sole options and more grind options and loft options as they go. It’s not as massive as Oki yet, but they’re they’re at least expanding and seeing what the market needs and wants and providing those. So, you know, the addition of the full face uh grooves and you have that option and the different finishes as well. I will say one drawback to a rack doesn’t rust anymore. So, that’s a little bit of a bummer. I’m a I’m a rusty wedge guy. I like that. But, um but I think RTZ making such a big leap and getting it as close as it is, I think just is huge for Cleveland. I think it really means they had a great great wedge uh that they put out there and uh you know, like them, they’ll probably run this thing for two years. And I think uh you know again it’s going to be pushing for first place again you know in 2026 when uh when we do this again. And uh I think same thing Ping S159 to me personally best wedge Ping ever made. Uh I’m I was never an I2 guy and it was never my thing. I didn’t love the shape. So the S159 to me is is phenomenal. Same thing. Ton of sole options. Really classic shape to it. Spins really well out of the rough. Uh just does everything really well. Uh and then yeah the Milgrind 4. I mean, I know those uh have done really well and they may be coming to an end shortly. We’ve seen some prototypes on tour, so uh we could see a new Challenger next year, but the Milgrind 4, I thought it was a good leap over Mil Grind 3. Milgrind 3 performed well, but it had a little clicky feel. It wasn’t the softest wedge out there, and I thought Mil grind 4 definitely upped that feel game. It it felt way softer. Uh that new face, you know, technology they had was kind of like almost sandpapery, but it put good spin on the ball. The shaping, if you like, a little box of your toe is there. Uh, and again, same expanding, you know, sole options, uh, different grinds, things like that that they, well, I guess not grinds, they mill them into the sole. Uh, but a lot of options there for different players. And then Mizuno T1, I tell you what, that’s a wedge. If you haven’t, you know, if you’re out there looking for new wedges and you want to try some stuff, the Mazuno T1 is a really sleeper wedge. Uh, great compact shape to it. Uh, the finishes are awesome. The the blue is kind of stunning. I actually really like the black. I think the black is super cool. the blend of uh kind of uh matte and gloss black. They just did a great job, but a great looking wedge. And of course, Mazuno feel. It’s forged, soft feel around the green. And honestly, that that uh that that was it hydrozip uh face on there or hydro can’t remember what they call it. Hydro, whatever face. I mean, out of the rough, the deep rough here up north, you and I kind of play up uh these conditions where we have kind of lush rough around the grains. Great spin out of there. Even early in the morning when there’s dew, you get kind of a controlled shot. uh but a very under the radar wedge in the T1 and and and like we’ve said with others starting to see that expanding those sole grind options uh can make a big difference in getting those uh wedge into fittings and into players hands. Yeah, you’re seeing a lot of these uh you know brands offering more and more with each new wedge release, which is really a big win for our fitters. Our fitters love that. I will say this for the Mazuno uh Pro T1 as well. It’s if you prefer a compact footprint for a wedge, um you’re going to love it. I don’t think I’ve seen anything that’s more of that kind of classic teardrop wedge shape than that one. And it really squares up the ball nicely with kind of the way the grooves are, especially if you get one of the the blue or the black finish. The way the face uh is kind of shaped and designed, it squares up the ball really nicely. So, um I’ve been kind of toying with that 60°ree uh in my bag and and testing it out. So again, bias might be a factor in this conversation for me right now, but um nonetheless, the wedges, I mean, some surprises, some not so surprises, but those are the top five in the wedge category for uh the Golf Drex members choice for 2025. [Music]