| The classic tear drop head, the CNC grooved face | | | | ground you will need a lower bounce angle. |
| and the legend that is Vokey writ large on the sole. All | | | | A high bounce angle with its higher leading edge used |
| these things tell you have a wedge of purity in your | | | | on firm ground runs the risk of sculling the ball, sending |
| hands. The Vokey designed spin milled golf wedge. | | | | it shooting across the ground at a rate of knots.This is |
| Bob Vokey is the man behind the name and his | | | | a bad thing and can easily be blamed on a poor shot |
| passion is for wedges. He is sought out by major | | | | by the player when in fact it's just that the bounce |
| league professionals for his abilities to design rock solid | | | | angle is wrong for the conditions. Finally, something that |
| performance into his wedges. Bob says, "Tour players | | | | is not your fault! Hooray! |
| are very picky-and precise. So I've taken their | | | | The options in the Titleist Vokey designed range are |
| suggestions, and do what I call 'tweaking' to get their | | | | the 200, the 300 and the 400 series. Bob says the 200 |
| wedges to where they want them to be. Along the | | | | range is his under forty club and the 300 and 400 are |
| way, I've picked up some tips to make wedges for | | | | for the over forties. |
| everyday players that are very useful in their games | | | | The clubs are numbered like so; 258.12 for example is |
| too." Picked up some tips he says, I wonder if Enzo | | | | a 200 range club with 58 degrees of loft and a |
| Ferrari hung around workshops to pick up tips? | | | | bounce angle of 12 degrees. A higher bounce angle is |
| Bob looks primarily at bounce angle, defined as the as | | | | probably more suitable to the mid to high handicapper |
| the distance between the leading and trailing edges of | | | | as they tend to have a steeper attack angle in their |
| the sole, it is this angle that gives the wedge its' ability | | | | swing whereas a lower handicapper will have a slightly |
| to glide through the turf or sand with the slightly lower | | | | shallower downward swing so he doesn't need the |
| trailing edge keeping the front edge raised to prevent | | | | increased bounce.The new spin milled wedges are |
| digging in. The angle is important to the clubs playability | | | | numbered similarly with SM preceding the numbers, i.e. |
| as a higher bounce angle will drive through soft turf or | | | | SM58. |
| sand rising out quickly to launch the ball whilst on firmer | | | | |