Vokey SM8

[Trying4Better]

I'm with you. It does blow my mind they won't release this. Phil has been preaching forever how a very wide sole with low bounce is the special formula. Not that any of us would get to his level of godlike wedge play, but it would be cool to give it a go.

[BCC1898]

My low bounce K was my favorite wedge. Used to the grooves were no more! They always sold out of them, but now won’t rerelease...pretty frustrating.

[wely324]

Interesting as I messaged Aaron Dill yesterday and he said it should be coming to wedge works as a limited run only ??‍♂️

[Bdmac79]

I can't imagine that it won't be a limited option at some point. July/Open Championship, perhaps.

[Trying4Better]

I stand corrected! I had the good judgement to call into Titleist and ask how I can try and create, maybe through the L or M grind with smoothing out the lines (custom grind option), the low K grind. Their response was the reason I stick with them as an OEM. Not to have an upset customer that tried to recreate an option, only to find out it will be released later, they explained it will be offered in Wedgeworks in the raw finish after release in March. No hard date confirmation, but it was extremely nice to know they cared about a customer enough to not let me go down a path that I didn't need to. Not saying no other OEM will do this for their customer, but I have nothing but fantastic experiences with Titleist after I switched to them for much of my bag.

Solid play Titleist!

[Bdmac79]

Boom. That means I'll have to order that one as well...

[TreyMac]

Awesome! Too bad wedgeworks doesn't ship straight to Canada. Will have to go through my rep!

[pdl16]

They look wonderful.

Now comes price point and fitting.

Quality of a Vokey set always comes with remortgage ?

[TheSphynx]

Maybe it’s in my head but my SM8 seem like they have more offset than the SM6-7 I had before them. Especially my 54

[GC70]

I’ve always played Nike wedges until the end. I’ve gamed the SM6’s, SM7’s, and will probably get the 8’s. I always game the F in 50 or 52 and M grind in the other wedges. What grind is the closest to the Dual Sole that Nike made?

[TheSphynx]

id have to say the M. Both in trailing edge relief and width.

[TheSphynx]

Offset

[lewis17web]

Satin chrome on this year's model is way better than last year. Feel of the lob wedge doesn't seem to be as solid to me although it definitely wants to hit the ball straight. Will see how that works this year. Got mine a few days ago. I like the shape better this year as well. Subtle but good. Badging doesn't bother me at all. In person looks good.

[Fraserdave45]

Has anyone that ordered raw wedges directly from Vokey Wedgeworks, received them yet?

[Kale_m]

Buy a callaway md5. A low bounce wide sole is available at retail

[Weston11]

A friend of mine ordered raw SM8s through wedgeworks and they arrived 2/18. She ordered after a fitting at TPI last month, though, so they may have given her priority.

[Oldboy]

That’s quite noticeable

[ThinkingPlus]

Err, 8° of bounce isn't really "low". Usually 4° - 6° falls more into the "low" category. This is especially true given that the wide sole is providing some additional effective bounce.

[Kale_m]

Buy a 60 and bend it 2* strong to get it to 6 bounce

[wely324]

To my understanding, Titleist labels their bounce as the effective bounce. If you take a wedge like the M grind, it's actual measured bounce would be way more than the 8 degrees it has labeled. The 8 degrees bounce takes in account for the sole grind etc. I'd also assume Calaway does the same based on their grinds and the bounce numbers that relate to them.

[ThinkingPlus]

Yes. I am aware that can be done.

[ThinkingPlus]

Well that is very obnoxious. Bounce is a geometric measured angle. Effective bounce is a qualitative "plays like" number. The bounce angle is important to know if playing full shots from hard pan. The effective bounce will primarily tell you how the wedge reacts in sand or rough or specialty shots where there is little shaft lean. I would like to think if a number is labelled bounce then it is the angle and not qualitative hand waving, but the OEMs tend to do what they want most of the time.

[Titletown]

no 54.08 has me bummed out

[wam78]

Those of you looking for a low bounce K, check out Cobra wide low grind. Not sure the bounce, but essentially a copy of that grind.

[cmy]

Bounce question:

I was fitted for a set of vokeys. 46 bent to 47, 50 bent to 51, 54 bent to 55, and 58 bent to 59. I assumed by increasing the loft increases the bounce but I just read it’s the opposite?

[HappyGilmore22]

Bending them weak 1 degree will add 1 degree of bounce.

[odshot68]

Any words about a raw t grind???

[cmy]

[speeder757]

Checked these out tonight.... Top line looks thicker than before, even though some of the videos indicated it was thinner

[MCP_2013]

Anyone had luck ordering raw through titleist account or only through wedgeworks?