Cleveland CBX Wedge is a winner

mulegolf

I've had a problem all year playing 56 and a 60 Cleveland Tour Action wedges that I bought in the early spring. It's been a season where we seemed to always get rain just when it started drying out and the ground stayed fairly soft. I always played wedges similar to the Tour Action wedges but their design, with not a whole lot of bounce and a fairly narrow sole seemed to result in me digging into the ground when hitting even just a bit of a fat shot with these wedges.My hand/eye coordination isn't as good as when I was younger and I struggle with making really solid contact with irons and wedges at times. I had been looking at and reading about the new Cleveland CBX wedges and I thought maybe they would work better for me. They have a nice amount of bounce but even better they have a bunch of trailing edge that angles upward but helps to keep the club from digging in like most tour type wedges. I was in Sioux Falls, SD on Saturday and stopped at Dick's Sporting Goods to see one but they didn't have them yet. I ended up going to Austad's Golf and they did have them. I bought a 56* to try it out and played it yesterday. Wow, talk about "filling the bill." I think I hit as many good shots with the CBX in 21 holes of golf yesterday as I did during any month of golf this season with the Tour Action wedges. I don't think this is just a honeymoon period with this wedge either. Now I'm wondering if I need a set of CBX irons for next year...

JeffTilley

mulegolf

I like the look of those new CBX irons

Eguller

mulegolf
That's great. How was your distance control with them. Bunker shots ?
Keep us posted on your thoughts on this wedge.

Thanks.

mulegolf

JeffTilley

The reality for me, if I'm honest, is that I'm not likely to pay what they want for the CBX irons right now. I probably will wait 'til they've been out for a couple of years and the price takes at least it's first drop. By the time I add graphite shafts and a Launcher hybrid for 3, 4, 5 and 6 irons the set gets expensive.

Sneakylong

Eguller

I have the 54 and 60 Cleveland CBX wedges and the 60* is fantastic out of the bunker. Only had them a short time, but so far so good.

mulegolf

Eguller

The 56 that I have seems to work very well from the bunker. It resists digging into the sand much more than the Cleveland Tour Action 56 that I had been using. Distance control also seems pretty good. I have hit it about the same yardage as the Tour Action wedges that I had been playing but it's much easier to hit less that full swing shots. With the Tour Actions if I tried to hit less than full swings I just seemed to pop it up and hit shorter than I intended more often than not. My rounds yesterday and the day before I couldn't hit any club that I own. I seem to have lost my timing completely. I usually take a trip to a driving range when that happens but the golf season is about over where I live so I won't be doing that this time. I still hit a few good shots with the CBX wedge. I'm happy that I bought it. I guess I'll put the Tour Action wedges up for sale to other golfers at the local course as I can't see going back to them after hitting the CBX.

Eguller

Sneakylong
How is the 54* as far as fairway shots ? Does it go the distance you expect ?
Looks like it has a good deal of bounce.

Sneakylong

Eguller

Goes ~ 85 yards on a solid strike which is where it should be with my swing speed. I like them so much I almost went with the CBX irons. The V sole is supposed to have better turf interaction (which I've found with the wedges) and the weight savings from the hosel moves the CG more toward the toe (most cg's are more toward the heel). My misses are toe hits.

I went with the PING G400's, but if they don't work out the CBX's will be next in line to try.

potbunker

I did a demo (graphite shafts) with the wedges and they are very nice and easy to hit.
The Cleveland rep was there with a Trackman and the yardages were as expected.
He allowed me to take them to the chipping area and they performed very well.
I like to open the face and hit a lob or modified lob shot from tight lies. Due to the large and V sole, and high bounce, I would not buy a 60 CBX wedge.
Lower lofts yes, 58-60*, no.

DC300

They look great. Somebody hurry up with a clone 😜!

Par4QC

WTH are you guys doing in all those bunkers?

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mulegolf

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