NEW Takomo Skyforger 002 Wedges – An Honest Review

Lets Play Thru’s on course review of the Takomo Skyforger 002 Wedges.

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It’s always exciting when Tacoma releases something new, and they’ve done that here with the SF2 wedges. This is their new line of premium wedges, but not at a premium price, $99. So, have Tacomao done it again? Have they created an exceptional club for a budget price, or are these things going to fall short? I’m going to put it through a battery of tests out here at Carowwood Country Club in order to find out. I am not sponsored by Tacoma. This is an unbiased review. I hope you love it. Let’s get to work. All right, here’s your closer look at this club. As I said, it is beautiful. You’ve got kind of a brushed finish as well as some bead blasting here. You’ve got minimal badging here from Tacomao. This is the F grind 50° wedge, but I’ve also here got today the 46 as well as a 54 and 58. And my 58° is the V grind. The F grind is going to be the more forgiving grind. You can think of the F as forgiving, although Tacoma refers to it as full. And then you’ve got the V grind, which is going to give you some more versatility, but even for a forgiving grind like this, the bounce is not extreme. Now, this features a full face groove. proven. If we zoom in here, you will see this has beautiful milling around the grooves as well. So, it’s really a premium looking iron for again, like we said, not necessarily a premium price. Now, the other piece of technology you can’t necessarily see here is that Tacoma has progressively weighted these. So, there’s going to be weight a little bit lower on this 50° wedge, whereas in the 54, 58, 60°, that weight is going to move up higher. That’s going to give you optimal trajectory on shots, especially if you like to flight your wedge shot. Now, in terms of a shaft, they paired this with an interesting one. I think this might be a little bit of a miss, but it’s a KBS Tour 120 g stiff shaft. This is more of an standard iron shaft. I would have liked to them to use a wedge specific type of shaft, but when you got a budget club, there’s going to be some concessions, no doubt. But interesting choice there in the 120 g stiff shaft. It’ll work great for this 50 and for the 48°ree wedge where you’re hitting full shots, but we’ll see how it holds up on the 54 and 58 around the greens. They’ve also got it paired with a standard grip here. This is a lambkin cross line. And we see this on a lot of direct to consumer clubs. All in all, I think a really great package. It’s going to give you some confidence with that full face groove. And again, I love the multiple finishing options here. But looks is one thing, performance is another. So, let’s take this out on course and put it through the tests. First test here, I’m going to take out the 54° wedge. We’re going to hit some flighted lower shots. I’m really testing stopping power from almost a full fairway shot. I like to hit these shots like 85% swings. Keep them low and see if we can get to stop and stick. Let’s see what happens here. All right, first shot again. Trying to keep this low and get some check. Looking pretty good. Let’s see if we get the stop. Yeah. Wow, that’s stuck pretty nice. Look like from here. Anyways, sometimes I like to hit these shots just a little thinner. It actually puts some spin on the ball. But on this next one, I am going to drive down on it a little bit more. Caught a nice divot there. See what happens on this type of shot. That’s a little longer, but still just stopped on a dime, which is really nice. Looks like we’re getting some great spin and great control here onto these. Shot three on a better line. And again, just really stops and sticks. Love that. I love that I can really control the flight of this ball. The weight of these is excellent. Shot four here. Really nice. I’m going to take one more just because I’m enjoying this on this one. And I’m going to move it up in my stance just a little bit and just get it a little bit higher. What’s nice is with this V grind, we’ve got some versatility here. That should have a lot of spin on it. Really nice. Now, in terms of the feel of those full shots, they feel great. And I think a lot of that has to do with the shaft choice. I’m a big fan of the KBS Tour. I have that in a lot of my personal clubs. But again, I sort of question why they didn’t use the KBS wedge specific shafts. So, I think that’s a little bit of a miss. Would have been nice to see, especially in the weaker lofted clubs here. All in all, all five of those I thought were really good. Three of those were excellent, and all of them spun really well. So, it’s nice that you’ve got the option here with the Tacoma wedges of having a more versatile grind, the V grind, and a more forgiving grind with that F grind, which is going to be a little bit wider sole. You’ll need that if you need a little extra forgiveness. So, let’s take out that grind, 58° wedge, and see what we can do with some more touchy shots around the green. All right. So, I got the 58 degree wedge here. And what we’re going to do is see if we can really use the versatility of this club. Open up that face and try to hit some flop shots where we’re a little bit more shortsided here. I’m also going to give myself a lie in this second cut of rough, which is going to be a little bit thicker. So, in order to hit this shot, I really like to open my body up, and I’m going to be a lot more wristy with the shot. I’m going to release my wrists as I come through the ball. See if we can get the weight of the shot right here. up in the air super high. Boy, that was a great result for a first try with any wedge. I would take that 10 out of 10 times. Is it repeatable? That’s always the question, right? Yes. Oh, that is nice. This is the type of shot you want to hit if you’ve got a bunker in front of you or some sort of hazard that you’ve got to get over and you don’t have a lot of green to work with. It’s really nice that you can do that here. Really open this thing up wide. And also having the full face groove gives you a lot more confidence on this shot because oftentimes a flop shot is going to be a little bit higher up on the face is where it’s going to hit. Can I do it three times in a row? Yes. Wow. So for not having ever practiced with a club and to be able to do that right out of the gates three out of three times and really have good cracks at making a comeback par. Loving what I see here out of the Tacomao new Sky Forge 2 wedges. Beautiful, beautiful results. Let’s go to the next test. All right, next test here is I’m going to take out the 46° wedge. And we’re going to play a par three here. It’s 128, which should be good pitching wedge distance. And that’s what a 46°ree wedge is. Basically, it’s a pitching wedge. Now, I’d love to know, are you a person that plays the set wedge? Are you going to play the pitching wedge from the set or even the gap wedge? A lot of people are going five to gap wedge. or are you a person that likes to play a custom wedge as your pitching wedge? Let’s test this one out and find out how I do. That’s a great one. That looks just a little left of the hole and it seemed to check up really nicely. Didn’t hit that dead middle of the club face either. Hit that slightly toe side, but very forgiving result. Shot two. That’s right at it again. Just slightly left of the pin. Oh man, they feel great. This is not a forged wedge. It’s a cast club, but great feel. That’s another good one. Boy, all three of those are on a very similar line. All right, so three on the green. Again, very similar dispersion pattern. That was our best one there, but uh it’s tough to see where these actually hit, but I think this one hit here. Sucked back a little bit. The reason it’s hard is cuz these greens have been punched. This was the one that I hit a little thin. And a little off the toe, but great result here. Just rolled out about 2 feet. And then again, we got one pinned high here, which was flush. This should have been our third one. And that one hit right in here. Took one hop and stopped. All right. So, three decent results there, I thought. Now, with these greens punched, they’re not going to stop and stick so well, but looked pretty good to me. And especially that second shot, I got a little bit more grab than I deserved out of that thin shot. So, real nice. Let’s go to the next test here. All right. So, let’s go greenside bunker here because after all, these are sand wedges. I’m going to take the 58° wedge. We do have some nice fluffy new sand here. Our carwood. It’s not that new, but since last hurricane, they replaced it. And it’s pretty good sand here for a medium distance bunker shot. Just want to hit about a/ inch behind this ball. See how it releases. Well, what was nice about that is it didn’t release. And it definitely had some good spin on it. Got out of the sand easy. And there’s some nice spin coming out of here. Actually, I’m going to have to hit it just a little bit harder. That’s a little better, but we still need it harder still. There we go. Nice action from these. That’s a beautiful thing. I generally don’t get that much spin. and it usually kind of runs out a little bit more. So, I got to get used to having that kind of action. So, really, really nice. Super easy coming out of the sand here with the SF2s. And excellent in terms of the spin and stopping power potential of these. I really, really like that. I don’t mind taking a bigger swing out of a bunker and feeling more confident with the swing. It actually makes it easier to get out of the bunker. So, I would say pass with flying colors here on the bunker test. Let’s go to the next one. All right, next test. Here I am just on the apron with the 58° wedge. I’m going to hit a number of different types of shots here and just see if we can develop a feel here with the Tacoma wedges. With this one, I’m going to place it back in the back of my stance, hit more of a bump and run. Let’s see what happens. Still some extreme check there, which is a good thing. So, I can be a little bit more aggressive with my stroke here. And I can really trust that I’m going to get some nice checkup here. Feel coming off the club is excellent. Wow. It almost like knuckle balled there after it hit. Amazing. So, I really like that. Now, I’m going to actually move the ball up in my stance a little bit. Hit these a little higher. We should see them stop even more. Nice thing about this grind is it’s very versatile. And look at that action. Wow. Get in. Oh, we’re going to end it there. I was going to end it anyways, but what a great way to end it. The nice thing about this V grind is you can hit different types of shots. You can hit the low runners, you can hit the high checkers like that. And boy, I’m getting a feel for these very, very quickly as you can see. All right, let’s talk about value here with these wedges. They are priced, I think, really well for the quality you’re getting. We’re talking $99 a wedge. The bigname brands are going to be up around $169, sometimes up to $189 right now in 2025. And I think prices are only going to get more expensive here as this tariff situation starts to unfold. Luckily, there’s some deals being made, so we might dodge a bullet. But all in all, golf clubs keep getting more and more expensive, and I think a $99 wedge is priced really well. Now, you do have some cheaper options on the market, though. For instance, those Kirkland Signature V2 wedges. You can get the full set for $169. That is fantastic value as well. But $99 for a direct to consumer wedge of this quality, I think that is pretty darn good value. All right, last test here. I’m going to take out the 50° wedge. This is a wedge that I often use from two different positions. Firstly, for about a 120 yard shot, like a full wedge shot, this is a great distance for me. Also, on a longer chip where I want a little bit more roll out, and that’s what we’re going to try right now. I’m going to get behind the hole here on the back side of the green. We’re going to hit a longer kind of bump and run shot and see if we can get the distance right. All right. Now, I’m also going to give myself a little bit more of a suspect lie here. We’re going to be in some thicker Bermuda behind the hole here. Now, we’re also on this green on a downhill slope, so once it hits the green, it’s probably going to release. Let’s see if we can get the weight of the shot right. Hit my landing spot. Let’s see if we can get that nice roll out towards the hole. Pretty good for distance there. And it’s getting better. Very, very nice. I’m loving the control I’m getting out of these. And you’re seeing all the shots I’m taking. There’s no editing here. That one I hit a little bit firmer, but we got a little more check, too. So, I think that is going to be pretty good. Get another excellent result. This is a great shot to play, I think, especially for higher handicaps. When you try to get the ball and you’re taking big swings, trying to get the ball up in the air, there’s so much more that can go wrong. That’s a more advanced shot, but to keep it low around the green, hit more of a bump and run type of shot. I think more people should play these. Just put it down in the back of your stance a little bit and let it run out. That one may not run out quite enough for us, though. Got to hit it just a little bit firmer. Cutting through this Bermuda that’s thick here in the summer. Very well, though. I’ll say that. It’s cutting right through it. One more here. That came out a little better. And again, really nice result. Gosh, it’s going to be very hard for me to find some faults with these wedges. Let’s go ahead and rank these on our wedge criteria. First off is feel. Feel to me with these wedges is absolutely excellent. I’m going to go ahead and give them a 4 and 1/2 out of five. You’ll get a little softer feel out of a forged wedge, but I think you’ve got a better, more consistent type of wedge in a cast wedge. So, the feel is really good. When it comes to spin, the next thing you really need for a wedge, these are right up at the top. I’m going to go ahead and give them a five out of five. And I also love again the fact that you’ve got the grooves, full face here. It’s going to give you more spin when you don’t strike it right in the sweet spot of the club. A lot of people hit it more towards the toe as I’ve done here today. When it comes to versatility with the V grind especially, that wedge is extremely versatile. And also the F-rind, honestly, not the thickest and most bouncy of wedges either. So, you’re going to get plenty of options for versatility, even out of the F grind wedges from Tacoma here. I’m going to go ahead and give it a four and a half out of five for versatility. When it comes to aesthetics, looks, feel, and sound. Clean look here from Tacoma. They are beautiful. I always love the minimal badging we get out of Tacoma Irons. All in all, the finish is beautiful here with a brushed as well as a bead blasted finish there near the badging of this club. They’ve done an excellent job. It looks like a premium wedge without the premium price. the uh extra milling there on the face of this club here and the grooves and you got that white line. All in all, just a beautiful looking package. Then sound. Excellent sound, nice crunch at impact on full shots. All in all, for aesthetics for me, I’m going to go ahead and give it a five out of five. Last category here is going to be value. As I mentioned, they’re priced at $99, which I think is a very, very competitive price. All in all, I’m going to give them a four out of five for value. Fantastic score here for Tacoma wedges. really really enjoy these. I think we’re going to see them in a lot of people’s bags, not only on YouTube, but out on the golf course as well. We know a lot of YouTubers play these clubs, so you’ll see a lot of them. So, you know, I don’t like to blow smoke up your butt, and I like to be completely honest here. I’m trying to find faults in these wedges, but there’s very few faults I can find. I think maybe some folks don’t want the full face groove. It would be nice if they had the option to just have regular grooves. That could be one potential thing we could see added. I think maybe that shaft choice, as we talked about, could have been a little bit better. This is more of a basic shaft. It’s more of a shaft you get on a set of irons. But apart from that, it’s very, very hard to find fault here with Tacomao. I hope you enjoyed this review. I’d love to know what you think down below. I think we’re going to see a lot of these wedges on YouTube because a lot of YouTubers are sponsored by Tacomao. I am not one of those, but uh I do think they put out a really good product for the price. They’ve done it again here with the SFO2 wedges. Hope you enjoyed it. I’ll catch you back here next time on another edition of Let’s Play Through.