Pros:\u00a0<\/strong>A new, progressive CG design helps the low-lofted wedges fly a few yards\u00a0farther, and improves the feel of the high-lofted wedges while boosting\u00a0consistency. With lofts from 46-62 degrees and five distinct grinds, most golfers will be able to find an SM6 wedge that works for them.<\/p>\n Cons:\u00a0<\/strong>At $149, they\u2019re\u00a0$20 more expensive than SM5\u00a0models.<\/p>\n Who they\u2019re for:<\/strong>\u00a0All golfers.<\/p>\n A glance at Vokey\u2019s new SM6 wedges reveals that\u00a0something is different.\u00a0Some\u00a0golfers\u00a0will understand the science of why the\u00a0wedges look like they do, but many\u00a0won\u2019t.\u00a0Unlike a lot of new golf club technologies, however, golfers\u00a0won\u2019t need to be in the know to be impressed. I don\u2019t talk about the \u201ccool factor\u201d in many of my reviews, but the SM6 wedges certainly have it.<\/p>\n Those curves\u00a0on the back of the SM6 wedges? They create\u00a0what\u2019s called a progressive center of gravity (CG), which means the weighting of the SM6 wedges varies based on loft. The lowest-lofted SM6 wedges (46-52 degrees) have the lowest CG,\u00a0the mid-lofted wedges (54, 56 degrees) have a higher CG and the highest-lofted wedges (58-62 degrees) have the highest CG. The three different CG positions match\u00a0the desired impact area on each wedge\u2019s\u00a0club face \u2014 lower-lofted wedges are generally contacted lower on the face, while higher-lofted wedges are generally contacted higher on the face \u2014 to improve trajectory, feel and consistency.<\/p>\n If you\u2019ve ever wished your Vokey 46-, 48-, 50- or 52-degree wedge flew a little farther, SM6 models\u00a0will. Vokey says the low-lofted SM6 wedges create about 1.5 mph more ball speed and 3-4 yards more distance, and I buy their claim after testing SM6 wedges that were built to the same specs as my SM5 models on Foresight GC2.<\/p>\n \u201cDistance doesn\u2019t matter with wedges,\u201d you might be saying, and you\u2019re correct in theory. Who cares if your\u00a0gap wedge goes 110 or 113 yards, as long as you hit it a consistent distance.\u00a0That\u2019s not the issue, though. Improvements in golf equipment technology have irons flying farther than they ever have, which means more golfers need\u00a0a club \u2014 and maybe even two clubs \u2014 between 46-and-52 degrees to bridge the gap between their shortest iron and\u00a0mid-or-high-lofted wedge.<\/p>\n I\u2019m one of those golfers who needs two wedges to fill the gap. I use a 9 iron that measures 41 degrees and carries about\u00a0150 yards. I also use\u00a0a 54-degree\u00a0wedge (bent to 55 degrees) that carries about 105 yards. I fill the gap with a\u00a046-degree wedge (bent to 45 degrees) that carries about 135 yards. I prefer its look and feel to the pitching wedge from my iron set because I can vary trajectory more easily with it. I also carry a 50-degree wedge that carries about 120 yards.<\/p>\n An\u00a0issue\u00a0I had with the SM5 wedges (46-08 F Grind, 50-08 F Grind) is the same one I\u2019ve always had with other low-lofted wedges. Many times when I tried to\u00a0hit them a little harder to make them go a few yards farther, they\u00a0didn\u2019t. Shots often just went higher due to excess spin.\u00a0I\u2019ve seen\u00a0countless golfers\u00a0experience this problem, especially better players.<\/p>\n The biggest improvement to the\u00a0low-lofted\u00a0SM6 wedges is that they create a more iron-like ball flight. It\u2019s slight, but their faster trajectory is a little bit less likely to balloon. To me, they also feel slightly softer than the SM5\u2019s at impact.<\/p>\n Probably just as important as\u00a0the new progressive CG design\u00a0of the low-lofted SM6 wedges is something that isn\u2019t new\u00a0\u2014 the different bounce options Vokey offers in its 50- and 52-degree wedges. Both the 50- and 52-degree models are offered in F Grinds with effective bounce angles of 8 and 12 degrees. Most manufacturers offer multiple\u00a0bounce options in their mid- and high-lofted models, but it\u2019s rare to see two different options\u00a0in low-lofted models.<\/p>\n In July 2015, I traveled to Titleist\u2019s Oceanside, California Test Facility\u00a0to learn more about the company\u2019s 716 iron line. During the downtime, Titleist offered me an opportunity to be fit for SM5 wedges by the man himself, Bob Vokey. My steeper angle of attack theoretically made me a better fit for the 50-12 F Grind (a 50-degree wedge with 12 degrees of effective bounce), but my results were better with the 50-08 F Grind.<\/p>\n Vokey explained\u00a0that the reduced bounce helped me contact the ball slightly higher on the face, and that improved my ball flight. That moment cemented how important it is for golfers to be fit for not just their lob wedge, but for as many of their\u00a0wedges as\u00a0possible.<\/p>\n The mid-lofted SM6 wedges (54 and 56 degrees) are most similar to the SM5 models, as they do not have\u00a0the weight pads used in the low-lofted\u00a0and high-lofted wedges. That\u2019s because, according to Vokey representatives, the CG of the mid-lofted wedges was pretty much where it needed to be.<\/p>\n For that reason, the biggest change golfers will notice if they switch to an SM6 from an SM5\u00a0is the shaping. Unlike the low-lofted SM6 wedges, which are\u00a0significantly\u00a0smaller than SM5 models and have shorter hosels, the mid-lofted SM6 wedges are\u00a0roughly the same size. There\u2019s no denying, however, that the shaping of the SM6 wedges gives them a more streamlined look. Their toes are more rounded, their top lines are thinner and their par area, the part of a wedge\u2019s top line that conjoins with the hosel,\u00a0blends more seamlessly.<\/p>\n I\u2019ve given\u00a0my\u00a0SM5 and SM6 54-14 F Grind wedges (bent to 55 degrees) to several golfers and had them hit shots with each one to see if they could notice a different in feel. Some told me the SM6 felt softer, while others told me the SM5 felt softer. For that reason, its hard to\u00a0make an absolute statement about a change in feel in the mid-lofted wedges. I\u2019ve had a few golfers tell me the SM5 wedges look better at address, but many more have preferred the look of the SM6.<\/p>\n Before moving\u00a0on to the high-lofted wedges, I want to point out two more things;\u00a0one is specific to the mid-lofted models, one that is not.<\/p>\n SM6 wedges use Vokey\u2019s new TX4 grooves that feature a parallel face texture to increase spin and consistency.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n With a slightly higher CG, the high-lofted SM6 wedges do seem to launch shots slightly lower and with a little\u00a0more spin than SM5 models, and that\u2019s exactly what most better players want their high-lofted wedges to do. But the change likely won\u2019t be noticed by the majority of golfers. What they\u00a0will notice, however, is how much better the high-lofted SM6 wedges feel at impact. Every golfer has experienced the\u00a0\u201cclank\u201d\u00a0that occurs when a wedge shot is hit too high on the face, or toward the heel or toe at impact. With the\u00a0high-lofted SM6 wedges, those shots felt softer and more solid.<\/p>\n Due to their higher CG, the\u00a0high-lofted wedges also seemed\u00a0to be a little more consistent in my testing on Foresight. Especially when hitting 50-yard shots, I saw that\u00a0the 60-degree SM6 M Grind wedge seemed to land a little closer my target on mishits. Sometimes it flew 1-2 yards farther than I expected when I contacted\u00a0a shot slightly on the toe or the heel; sometimes\u00a0shots just held their line just a little bit better.\u00a0The difference is small, but can make an difference. We\u2019re all better at making 6-foot putts than we are 9-footers, aren\u2019t we?<\/p>\n As for shaping, the new wedges don\u2019t look the same as the SM5\u2019s at address. They appear slightly larger, and\u00a0have the same general appearance\u00a0as the other wedges in the new line.<\/p>\n At Address: A Vokey SM6 lob wedge (60-08 M Grind)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n No discussion of a Vokey high-lofted wedge is complete without mentioning their\u00a0four\u00a0distinct sole grinds, which Team Vokey continues to\u00a0tweak based on its work with Tour players, as well as average golfers. Despite the several improvements to the new wedges, the grinds continue to be one of their main selling points. That\u2019s how powerful using the proper sole grind can be.<\/p>\n Again, it\u2019s best to get fitted, but if you can\u2019t, the chart and list below\u00a0offers a few starting points.<\/p>\n As\u00a0noted above, I don\u2019t use\u00a0a standard SM5 wedge. At Oceanside, Vokey fit me for a V-Grind\u00a0that\u2019s offered through the company\u2019s Hand Ground Program. According to Titleist representatives, Hand Ground SM6 wedges, which make available Tour-only grinds and enhanced customization options\u00a0\u2014 will be released\u00a0to the public at a later date.<\/p>\nThe Review<\/strong><\/h1>\n
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