Equipment
GolfWRX Spotted: Titleist Vokey SM8
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In what is not unusual in today’s media age, Titleist gave the golf world a heads up that tour seeding of the all-new 2020 Vokey SM8 wedges would begin this week at the RSM Classic on the PGA Tour.
Although Vokey isn’t giving us the full rundown of the technology that is being implemented into the new SM8 wedges, there are a few things from the pictures so far that have us speculating on what those changes could be.
Titleist Vokey SM8 wedges: What we know
Refined Vokey Grinds: Titleist Vokey wedges are driven by tour feedback from the best players in the world. There’s no question there have been some tweaks to the grinds that many players know and love. These subtle teaks are all about keeping up to the demands of the modern game and turf conditions. Technology in turf management is just as advanced as modern golf club manufacturing and as we continue to see it change, the short game tools like Vokey wedges will continue to evolve with it.
New Milling Techniques for Grooves: We are keen to hear the details on how the Vokey wedge R&D team approached this new SM8 face and groove design, especially considering how good the SM7s already performed.
Titleist Vokey wedges have utilized variable groove shaping based on loft to maximize short game performance in the past and we’re ready to hear how the Vokey team looks to improve on that.
If we draw potential comparisons to recently released wedges like the new Callaway MD5 JAWS, tool changes and draft angles can now bring each and every face right to the limit of conformity and increase control, as long as companies work with machine shops to constantly check parts. Titleist’s quality control is already one of the best in the business, so to see how they have improved it once more will be interesting.
Mass Shifting & Feel Improvements: Feel comes from sound, and sound comes from vibration. In previous Vokey designs, engineers have moved mass vertically in the head to change the center of gravity and improve ball flight and spin control. With the SM7s, that mass shifting was well pronounced with a large “scoop” or channel in the back of the higher-lofted wedges. With the new Titleist Vokey SM8, it appears that the SM7 style channel is gone and replaced with a traditional flat back—but looking closer it’s easy to see how the top half of the higher lofts are still thicker than lower loft options, and this could be about feel.
As mentioned, feel is sound, and as any piece of metal gets thinner it can start to vibrate at a higher pitch, and in golf clubs that higher pitch and be considered an unpleasant “feel.” It looks like designers may have solved this with the SM8s by continuing to shift mass but also replace some of the lost thickness from the previous SM7 to improve sound and feel without sacrificing control.
Join the discussion to see what golfers are saying about the all-new Titleist Vokey SM8s wedges in the GolfWRX Forums
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Whats in the Bag
WITB Time Machine: Cameron Champ’s winning WITB, 2021 3M Open
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At the 2021 3M Open, Cameron Champ hoisted the third trophy of his PGA Tour career thanks to a final-round 5-under 66.
Enjoy the highlights below, and then check out the gear Cameron Champ had in play three years ago.
Driver: Ping G425 LST (10.5 degrees @9) (14g CG shifter in neutral) Buy here.
Shaft: Mitsubishi Tensei AV Raw White 75 TX (45.25 inches, tipped 1.5 inches, D6+)
Irons: Ping i500 (3, 4) Buy here, Ping iBlade (4-PW) Buy here.
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X7
Wedges: TaylorMade MG Hi-Toe Raw (52, 56, 60) Buy here.
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S400
Putter: Ping Prototype PLD Anser 4 Buy here.
Ball: Srixon Z-Star XV Buy here.
Grips: Golf Pride Tour Velvet Align 58 (+3 wraps)
WITB Time Machine is presented by 2nd Swing Golf. 2nd Swing has more than 100,000 new and pre-swung golf clubs available in six store locations and online. Check them out here.
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Cameron Young WITB 2024 (July)
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Driver: Titleist GT2 (9 degrees)
Shaft: Accra Tour Z5 65 M5
3-wood: Titleist GT2 (13.5 degrees)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Tensei 1K White 80 TX
Irons: Titleist T200 (3), Titleist T200 (4), Titleist T100 (5), Titleist 631.CY Prototype (6-9)
Shafts: MMT Utility 105 TX (3), True Temper Dynamic Gold X7 (4-9)
Wedges: Titleist Vokey Design SM10 (48-10F, 52-12F), WedgeWorks (58, 60 @62)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold X7
Putter: Scotty Cameron Phantom 5.5 Tour Prototype
Grips: Golf Pride Tour Velvet Align
Ball: Titleist Pro V1 Left Dot
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Tony Finau WITB 2024 (July)
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Driver: Ping G430 LST (10.5 degrees @8.5)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Diamana GT 70 TX
3-wood: Callaway Paradym Ai Smoke Triple Diamond (14 degrees)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Diamana D+ Limited 80 TX
Irons: Nike Vapor Fly Pro (3), Ping Blueprint S (4-PW)
Shafts: Graphite Design Tour AD DI 105 Hybrid X (3), Nippon N.S. Pro Modus3 Tour 120 TX
Wedges: Ping Glide s159 (50-12S, 56-12S), Titleist Vokey Design WedgeWorks Proto (60-T)
Shafts: Nippon N.S. Pro Modus3 125 Wedge S
Putter: Ping PLD Anser 2D Prototype
Grip: Garsen Golf Ultimate
Grips: Lamkin UTx Mid
Ball: Titleist Pro V1 Left Dot
See the rest of Tony Finau’s WITB in the forums.
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Trevino
Dec 3, 2019 at 4:53 pm
The satin finish looks amazing just like my 620MB. Definitely will buy these.
Ryan
Nov 19, 2019 at 9:25 am
I think the look is for stamping. There is all that empty free space on the back to stamp sayings, logos, etc. That seems to be an ever growing trend and it doesn’t surprise me that Vokey designs a wedge to maximize that.
Moses
Nov 19, 2019 at 6:47 am
I love Ping Glide Wedges.
Srksi
Nov 19, 2019 at 6:23 am
The progressive center of gravity technology from the 6 and 7 series is gone? Is there an explanation? Odd.
M
Nov 19, 2019 at 4:25 am
Epic fail in the looks department.. No tech for wet spin… time to buy Ping
CrashTestDummy
Nov 18, 2019 at 9:52 pm
I have had pretty much every version of the SM series. The SM7 they made it more of mid-size wedge. Not fond of it. With the bigger head, it has very different feel and doesn’t swing as freely as the older smaller headed versions. Hopefully, they made these ones with smaller head and get back to more of a player’s wedge size.
Big Donkey
Nov 18, 2019 at 9:46 pm
M Kuchar sucks.
JThunder
Nov 18, 2019 at 7:03 pm
“Feel comes from sound” … “Feel is sound”.
Both statements are FALSE. This is a complete lack of understanding in the golf world, likely related to poor education and the inability to understand words properly.
Feel and sound ARE related – it is difficult to separate them.
SOUND is the vibration of an object that causes compression and rarefaction in the air – sound waves / acoustic energy – which is picked up by our ears and sent to our brains through our sense of hearing.
FEEL is the vibration of an object that is picked up by the nerves in our hands (in the case of a golf club), transmitted to our brains through our sense of touch.
Deaf people can feel vibrations. We can hear pitch without touching an object.
The two things are separate – let’s not dumb down the world any more by saying they are the same thing.
jgpl001
Nov 18, 2019 at 6:47 pm
Don’t agree with any of the comments
They look fresh and modern with a smaller more rounded profile like the ping glide forged.
I’ll be the first in the queue when released
I do hope there is a raw or black option
Tom Long
Nov 18, 2019 at 6:15 pm
I hope they change style. They look like Taylor Made p-790 irons, the ugliest irons out there. Say it ain’t so Bob.
Jerryal Ingram
Nov 18, 2019 at 4:59 pm
Thy look too much like Taylormade wedges
DJ
Nov 18, 2019 at 4:48 pm
vokey needs to bring back the black nickel.
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Nov 18, 2019 at 4:36 pm
UGLY