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  • What Are Your Favorite Wedges - Component Or OEM?

Spuzz Not familiar with those SE wedges but good luck.

Stainless frames with forged faces and a super attractive CNC insert.

Larger size component wedges seem rare these days, so Id hang on to them if you like them.

Yep, gone the way of men's above the knee shorts.

Felon wedges large too?

Not too big for me. I think the 3rd gen is out and one review said whichever gen they had were a bit smaller than the previous. All three are listed on the DTG website as nonconforming because of the grooves but that might be marketing hype as I don't think they spin any more than any others.

      Rickochet Stainless frames with forged faces and a super/sdandrea type attractive CNC insert.

      😉

      The Felons are made of harder steel so not for me.
      Otherwise, no issue here.
      The Inazone Shadows definitely spin though.

        sdandrea1 Unless you use the SW a lot in full shots from the fairway, you won't notice the gap.

        My "money" club is a 54° wedge at 100 yards and less. I only use a higher loft in the sand or a get out of jail shot. That loft is good for my sets that have a 50° gap wedge. A 52° works well for my old school irons sets with 48° PW.
        A Wishon HM 52° bent to 54° might be a good fit.

            Rickochet

            If you find you like the Eye 2 head, the Eye 2+ SW is 53 degrees with a different sole grind.

                I do not believe that a wedge has been made, component or OEM, that can make me happy.

                  Sparky I do not believe that a wedge has been made, component or OEM, that can make me happy.

                  Yep, the industry has yet to create a wedge that I can't skull, belly, shank or top. 😉

                      I really love my SMT Durometer 56 degree component wedge and won't replace it until it wears out. My other all time favorite wedge is outside of the loft range (a 62 degree Slotline). I have a 52 degree gap wedge (I think it is a Cleveland TA that is either bronze or beryllium copper), but I'm Jekyll and Hyde with it and am about to try and find something else.

                      Can’t get away from mr TG wedges. Don’t get the new Tille wedge not offering a lob, I use my lob more than anything

                        sdandrea1 Yep, the industry has yet to create a wedge that I can't skull, belly, shank or top. 😉

                        I have a set of the F3 face forward clones that are supposedly shank proof. I proved that claim inaccurate. 😛

                          sdandrea1 they actually came in polished, copper and gun metal. Wish I would have held on to a copper set

                            Ping iWedge has been a mainstay in my bag. No matter what I tried, I ended up putting them back in. I even sold my original pair at one point, then bought a new pair. I did recently pick up a Cleveland CBX 60 wedge and the Ping iWedge is officially out of the bag. I am now looking to pick up a 56 CBX to replace my 56* iWEdge.

                            Sneakylong The marketing on them is since 84% of golfers play cavity back irons, why would you play a blade wedge?

                            What a crock of shit!
                            Decent looking aside from the gay blue on them.

                                sdandrea1 If you find you like the Eye 2 head, the Eye 2+ SW is 53 degrees with a different sole grind.

                                I had a set of Eye 2+ years ago. Can't remember why I sold them. Will have another look.

                                BTW just snagged an Eye 2 LW to fill out my set. 😋

                                And, Spuzz, my set of Eye 2's are black dot, not gayazz blue, so that makes them pretty. 😍

                                  I really like the Maltby M-Series Wedges I am currently playing. I need wedges with not much bounce and the Maltby lines have several bounce options. I am currently gaming a 50 and 54 with a 60 sitting under the Christmas Tree. The 54 is deadly. I had my ACE with this club at 120 yards and a few rounds prior holed out from 100 yards for par on a par 3 after I put a tee shot in the water. Before these I was playing a set of Scratch Wedges that were low bounce. I liked those a lot but I like the Maltby's better.

                                  https://www.golfworks.com/maltby-m-series-wedges/p/MA0257/

                                  Its been so long since ive used a component wedge i forget those that were especially good. RL were decent and got play, tried all the Wishons....somso
                                  the Eidelon 60 i kept for quite a while before i gave it away, have some SMT durometers not in use.
                                  In my Arozona bag i have Edels and Pings , here love my Ping eye 2 SW, best wedge ever, so versatile. Macdaddy wedges also great. Built some Maltby tours for my bud who is a low single and he loves them. I might try some myself this year.

                                    I still use my SMT Durometers. I like them, always have. I dropped out of the 'new club rat race' 5 years ago at least. Other than replacing a broken driver (twice 🙃) I haven't changed much in my bag since FGI's heyday.

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                                    Played Eidolon and Reid Lockharts for years. Still have an unused set of Eidolons waiting. Also have sets of Cleveland RTX's (too big for my eye), Wishon PCF's (just OK), Snake Eyes Box Grooves (too big for my eye), Callaway Jaws (too much bounce). Finished the season playing a new set of Vokey SM4's that I re-shafted with UST Proforce Axivcore wedge shafts to match my Adams A7 Pro irons. After some getting used to they performed really well.