In this video, Sam De’Ath from Golf Monthly reviews the top-performing players’ wedges of 2024. He goes through each wedge in detail and discusses the various features, including loft, grind, and finish. Sam also provides his perspective on each wedge’s performance and shares his insights on which wedges are the best for different skill levels and playing styles.
► 2024 best players wedges product links for the best price in your area:
Callaway Jaws Raw: https://hawk.ly/m/callaway-jaws-raw-wedge/i/GMYTC29
Cleveland RTX 6 ZipCore: https://hawk.ly/m/cleveland-rtx-6-zipcore-wedge/i/GMYTC30
Titleist Vokey SM10: https://hawk.ly/m/titleist-vokey-sm10-wedge/i/GMYTC31
Ping S159: https://hawk.ly/m/ping-s159-wedge/i/GMYTC32
Mizuno T24: https://hawk.ly/m/mizuno-t24-wedge/i/GMYTC33
TaylorMade MG4: https://hawk.ly/m/taylormade-mg4-wedge/i/GMYTC34
PXG Sugar Daddy II: https://hawk.ly/m/pxg-sugar-daddy-ii-wedge/i/GMYTC35
Bettinardi HLX 5.0: https://hawk.ly/m/bettinardi-hlx-5.0-wedge/i/GMYTC36
Wilson Staff Model ZM: https://hawk.ly/m/wilson-staff-model-zm-wedge/i/GMYTC37
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Introduction 0:00-0:29
Looks 0:19
Feel 2:18
Versatility 5:16
Forgiveness 8:29
Top Three 12:46
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so you’re in luck if you’re in the market for new wedges in 2024 because there are so many great models on offer but I’ve tested all the models from all the manufacturers and broken them down into four categories of looks feel forgiveness and versatility picking out the best from each category to help you identify which ones are going to be best for your game now making sure that you like the look of your wedges is super important to helping you play better golf I know that may sound slightly ridiculous but I’m a True Believer in if you like the look of something it will inspire confidence and help you execute better shots but there are three standouts in my opinion now the first of those is the titless Voki sm10 wedge these have been slightly refined from last year’s sm9 model but I think they look awesome so they’ve added this little Banner on the back which gives it a new look you know it’s a new wedge but really the looks haven’t changed that much it’s a compact looking head with a slightly straighter Leading Edge that will really help boost confidence especially when firing from range now the second option I’m going to choose for the looks category is the Ping s159 wedge now ping have never really been known for their wedges but I think that’s all about to change these wedges look awesome they’ve got it’s it’s such a simple classic look there’s there’s not much going on apart from that Black Banner on the back which highlights that it is a ping wedge it’s a compact looking head but not as compact as the Voki so if you’re a player who likes that thin Top Line but wants like a midsize looking compact head this is a great option now they’re available in a few different finishes again this is the Hydro pearl finish and they’re also available in a black finish but talking of black finishes we’re going to move on to my third option which is the tailor made mg4 now these are available in two finishes again you’ve got the satin and this black finish here which I just think looks insane it looks so clean almost a modern aesthetic the CNC mill on the sole here gives it that really premium aesthetic the raw face here really helps you um Center the ball I feel like behind a dress so it’s got a slightly more rounded Leading Edge which I’ve always found tailor made clubs normally have a straighter Leading Edge so that was something that took a getting used to especially as someone who had used the mg3 wedges last year but again these wedges look superb and those three I think are real standouts when it comes to looks this year okay so as much as you have to like how your wedges look you have to love how they feel and that’s going to be super important to helping you dial in distance control which is really important when it comes to wedges so I’ve picked out my top three now the first is the mauno t24 this wedge does also look superb but it feels amazing it’s forged from grain flow Forge HD Boron one piece of metal out in Japan to give it that really soft feel that we love with mauno irons as well now I’m going to clip one here just and I I hope the audio picks this up because it just gives it that lovely kind of crisp but soft sound and you can see how that popped up it just feels so soft off the face now they’ve got a straighter more aggressive Leading Edge on these wedges which will also help with more full shots now if we’re going to go complete opposite I’m going to go for the Callaway Jaws raw wedge now these have tungsten weights in the back here to kind of Center the center of gravity to produce more consistent ball flight but Callaway claim they have the most aggressive grooves in golf now that’s highlighted by these kind of micro grooves that run diagonally across creating more surface friction but with that surface friction becomes a much firmer feel off the face now I noticed that just from chipping here but more noticeable on the longer pitch shots and Fuller wed shots I I really noticed the Firma feel it felt much more clicky but also produce a much more consistent kind of lower ball flight with that feel now the next WI kind of Falls in between those first two that’s the betard hlx forged wedge now betard are making real strides in the kind of wedge and iron Department it would be really interesting to see if they go into the woods but this wedge as you would expect from bonardi feels Ultra Soft it’s got this really cool Milling on the back which gives it a real premium look as well but betard are known for making really soft feeling Putters with um really complex kind of grooves on the face and that kind of goes the same with these wedges here you can kind of see the Milling they’ve got this CNC milling on the face as well and on the sole to really help with Turf interaction but they feel so soft when hitting full shots and shorter shots like these and what I find so fascinating about these wedges is the fact they actually even sound soft and I know that sounds so weird to say but instead of that click like feel they even sound really soft I mean that one might go in oh I mean I’m someone like I said with the um duno t24 wedge I much prefer a softer feeling wedge anyway so this is right up my street if you’re enjoying this video make sure you like And subscribe to go monthly’s YouTube channel so you don’t miss any future videos and a massive thank you to brockit hall for hosting us here today at their beautiful short game [Music] facility okay now having wedges that are super versatile is really important when you’re on a golf course now you want to have wedges that are able to handle different in different scenarios now I’ve highlighted three wedges that I feel are best for versatility now the first of those is the titless fogy sm10 wedge now these wedges have 25 different Loft Li bounce combinations which means there’s literally something for everyone everyone can get a Voki wedge that will suit their game the best now here we’re in a greenside bunker for example we’ve got a little shot here I’ve got the Voki wedge here which has a much straighter Leading Edge which may not always be ideal for Bunker play sometimes you want a more spoon like Edge but like I said there’s versatility here I’ve got a grind here a DG grind which has 12° of balance so on this soft fluffy sand should Glide under the ball and just help pop that ball up really nicely as you can see there and we got a lot of spin out of that as well and that’s down to those spin mil grooves kicking in you want something that is going to be able to handle every situation okay so now we are fa green side with a pretty pretty dense thick rough shot here I mean if you can see here the grass is sat right behind it we’re pitching onto a little down slope here which makes it really difficult to control but my next wedge for this situation is the Callaway Jaws raw now this has a raw face which will Rust over time and it’s it’s never really been known if that rustiness really helps with friction and creates more spin but what does help is these grooves are cut at a 20° angle to really maximize Spin and friction as well as these small micro diagonal grooves running across the face let’s see how we get on here it’s it’s come out the rough I mean I’ll take that all day we’re a couple of feet away we can save our par and that’s why these jaw wedges are really versatile now imagine we have hit up to a par five and two with green side we’ve got a really good chance of getting up and down for our birdie we’ve got a really tight light now that’s where versatility again is so important and for that I have chosen the Wilson ZM staff model wedge now these wedges I have to say look Spectacular Now they come in at a slightly cheaper price point than some of their other competitors but they’ve got really nice CNC milling on the grooves here and they are forged so they do feel really nice off the face there are multiple uh Loft and lie combinations this one has 8° of Bounce here and so we should see this one just Glide off the top of the turf there’s ample heel and toe relief as well which I really like which is really important for versatility now we’re here the ball’s a bit above our feet pitching onto a fairly flat light anyway but I’m going to just use that um the bounce on this club there as you can see we kind of just used the slope there but that heel and toe relief there has allowed me to just manipulate the club face a little to make sure that sole Glides across the turf really nicely [Music] okay so even though this is a best players wedge video players still need forgiveness and they they can’t all be butter knives really hard to hit now as much as the heads are compact some of them do offer more forgiveness than others now I’ve picked out again three that I feel excel in forgiveness and the first of those is the pxg sugar daddy 2 yes sugar daddy you heard me right there this does have some waiting on the back here so they can precisely dial in swing weight to make sure that this wedge is perfect for you there are two grind options available you’ve got a C grind and a BP grind both of these are high bounce options which is one of the reasons why I feel like this wedge is so forgiving now this is the SE grind that has 10° of Bounce and the BP grind has 13° of bounds and that’s where these wedges Excel when it comes to hitting full shots now let’s hit one and see how we get on here we’ve got a 54° like I said about an 84 yard shot and that as you can see I don’t know if you can tell here we’re into the wind here and that’s just cut through the wind lovely there so this gives you a lot more um flexibility with your low Point allowing that club to really kind of Glide off and through the turf so if you are to catch one slightly heavy that bounce will kick in and enable you to pick that ball off the turf and execute good shots from down range okay now the second most forgiving wedge I noticed this year was the New Ping s159 now yeah you may not be surprised it is a ping ping are known for their forgiveness particularly within their metal woods but now in their wedges as well and I found that the the insert behind the face here really helped dampen vibrations which I felt like improved consistency and we’ve hit a nice low one there that’s gone straight through the wind and it’s spinning back there thanks to those grooves but that’s a great example I’ve actually caught that a Groove low or so but that’s exactly where I noticed this wedge to perform so well and why I think it’s one of the most um forgiving wedges on the market this year I’ve kind of gone five yards past my landing spot but upon my testing I found like the groupings to be just so close and no matter whether I hit it directly out the middle or slightly out the heel or toe or even slightly low on the face like that one there the distances Pro to be very similar now the Third wedge the and one of the most forgiving wedges again that I tested this year is the Cleveland RTX 6 now this has four different bounce options they’ve kind of got low to high essentially so again depending on your Turf conditions you can actually opt for a wedge that is going to benefit you in the first place where I really noticed it was actually the zip core grooves on this wedge here so I noticed this wedge to be so consistent out of any kind of lie and because of that the forgiveness was so high because I was getting similar spin numbers actually out of the first car as I was off the Fairway which is kind of bizarre to say because typically you would see quite a big drop off in spin but the similar kind of situation off this tight Li I was seeing a really consistent ballf flight now when I was hitting this kind of shot here I get that really nice kind of mid trajectory window but then if I was to hit one SL out of the first cut I was actually seeing the same window and I purely believe that’s because of those zip core grooves kicking in producing really really similar spin numbers no matter the light so I’ll flash some data up on the screen here which will give you a good idea of what these wedges were producing in terms of spin rates and that’s coming from a 5050 yard pitch shot I tested this to take some variables out of play using a rap SoDo launch monitor actually in a net I used a 50 yard shot um but these wedges you do have to take with a pincher sort this data because I did have a mixture of 54 and 56° wedges naturally the 56° wedges will produce a touch more spin but they were the models and um Lofts that I had on offer at the time so take that with a pinch s like I said but hopefully it gives you a really good understanding of kind of peak Heights as well as spin numbers when it came to the wedges this year okay so I’ve narrowed down the best three players wedges to these three right here and in third place is the Callaway Jaws raw wedge now I just think this is really clever with a variable length hles Tung and waiting the versatility this offers is something that all confident players will love and in second place this one was really close it’s the Ping s159 wedge this is kind of your thin Top Line but kind of midsize head that will still benefit those who want to touch more kind of confidence inspiring looking wedge behind the ball but it has all the performance characteristics of the best bladed wedge now my overall winner is the tight list boki sm10 wedge now there’s a reason this is the most popular wedge on tour it’s a really small compact looking head it’s available in four different finishes there’s so many I think 25 bounce Loft grind combinations that you can put together so this there’s literally something for everyone in the Titus foki sm10 wedge
