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GolfWRX goes inside Vokey WedgeWorks

 

Photos by Zak Kozuchowski

 

Enjoy theses photos from inside Vokey WedgeWorks, located at Titleist's Club Assembly, R&D and Sales location in Carlsbad, Calif. Golfers can build a custom wedge or have their current Vokey wedges pimped out in the facility by visiting Vokey.com

 

Click here to read an in-depth interview with Bob Vokey and his team about the importance of wedge fitting that includes more insider photos.

 

 

When you work in a custom-wedge plant, you need custom gloves.

 

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The toe-engraving machine hard at work on a custom design.

 

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The paintfill process in action.

 

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Need a sticker?

 

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WedgeWork's shaft-etching machine.

 

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Step 1.

 

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Step 2.

 

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The finished product.

 

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Custom stamps.

 

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A custom stamp being put to use.

 

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This will make Greg happy.

 

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The milling machine WedgeWorks uses for swing weight adjustments. Special algorithms are employed to drill holes to the exact depths necessary to remove the right amount of weight.

 

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Before.

 

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The team Vokey member is finding a flat spot on the wedge that will accept the drilling. The holes need to be evenly spaced to keep the CG neutral.

 

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Enjoy the high-speed photography.

 

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After.

 

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A shipment going to Kapalua.

 

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New wedges for Jason Dufner for 2013.

 

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New wedges for Zach Johnson. Look closely at his 54-degree, and you'll see that the grinding process removed the BV wings.

 

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The heavy heads used for custom grinds for tour players.

 

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Every wedge Vokey makes for prominent player is archived here.

 

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Recognize any names?

 

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Europe gets love, too.

 

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Any familiar names here?

 

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Don't forget Japan.

 

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More heavy heads.

 

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Here's one that was taken to the grinding wheel.

 

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It's starting to come together.

 

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These wedges have been tapped for sand blasting.

 

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More custom stamps -- these are for the tour.

 

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Custom-made replicas ready to be shipped.

 

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Do you see any differences?

 

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The final step before a wedge finishes the grinding process.

 

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Click here to read an in-depth interview with Bob Vokey and his team about the importance of wedge fitting that includes more insider photos.

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Very cool! Interesting to see the process's in order for doing adjustments in the weight to the wedge!!! Thanks for the photo's!!

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Super cool! That is some serious skill by the guy on the grinder! :clapping:

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I think my jaw finally came off the floor. That's just cool.

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Those are some awesome pictures. That pre-finished raw wedge looks great, wish we had the chance to buy it like that.

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That article is very good, it is just talked about the things that the guys from Scratch have been saying for years. They started their company based off these ideas when the started to produce their first wedges. In the future it would be nice to see if any of the large OEM'S can figure out a better way to fit players and get the proper grinds in the hands of the most golfers. It can only help the avg. player. I still don't really see this when you look at a rack of Vokeys at your local golf shop, just a couple of grinds. To top it off the people who own these shops will tell you that any of those wedges will work for you no matter what. It just isn't true and never has been.

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Love wedges and this all access pass was awesome!! Great job Zak.

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[quote name='Doc420' timestamp='1356724601' post='6130295']
That article is very good, it is just talked about the things that the guys from Scratch have been saying for years. They started their company based off these ideas when the started to produce their first wedges. In the future it would be nice to see if any of the large OEM'S can figure out a better way to fit players and get the proper grinds in the hands of the most golfers. It can only help the avg. player. I still don't really see this when you look at a rack of Vokeys at your local golf shop, just a couple of grinds. To top it off the people who own these shops will tell you that any of those wedges will work for you no matter what. It just isn't true and never has been.
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i would just follow the sage advice of "buy more bounce "...it won't hurt 99% of us....

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Very nice wedges fo sho!

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Great story and pics Zak!

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Great pics and looks like a very cool tour.

So what is the weight difference between one of the "Heavy" heads for tour players and a regular OTR head?

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This is the second time we've seen inside Vokey from WRX, and it never gets old. I like the fact that my buddy who used to play on the NW Tour years ago, still has his wedges resting against TW's. I could look at golf operations like that for hours, it's very fun and the HO in all of us, thoroughly enjoys it! Thanks!

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That looks like a great way to spend a day

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