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I finally got to test the Vokey SM8 wedges and had a full fitting at Titleist National Fitting Center in Thailand. I filmed the whole thing if anyone is interested the video is below! Still trying to wrap my head around the results of the fitting as it was way off what I expected but seems to be the best fit!

 

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Post pictures of your wedges as you get them in please. I'm still trying to decide which finish to get. Generally go with black but not a huge fan of how they wear. Tour chrome seems to look a lot better than last years which I didn't like at all.

Titleist TSR3 8 deg - Fujikura Ventus TR Black 6X

Titleist TSi3 15 deg - Fujikura Ventus Black 8X

Titleist TSR3 19 deg - Fujikura Ventus Black HB 9TX

Titleist T200 4 - TT DG TI X100

Titleist T100 (2019) 5-PW - TT DG TI X100

Vokey SM9 Jet Black 50.12 F - TT DG TI Black Onyx X100

Vokey SM9 Jet Black 54.10 S - TT DG TI Black Onyx S400

Vokey SM9 Jet Black 58.08 M - TT DG TI Black Onyx S400

Scotty Cameron Phantom X 5.5

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If SM7 are problematic in some way, Vokey had better tell JT and others on tour that still have SM7 wedges in the bag. What ever the supposed problem, true or not, some people don't care about truth in advertising, I am one. JT was making those SM7 wedges dance pretty dam* good yesterday.

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Got answer from a dealer in UK...

The raw will be able to go through Titleist wedgeworks. They will be £179 and available mid-march.

Driver: Cobra Aerojet LS 10.5° - Project X HZRDUS Gen 4 Black 60 6.0

Fairway: Titleist TSi2 15° - Project X HZRDUS Gen 4 Black 70 6.0

Hybrid: Cobra LTDx 19° - KBS PGI 85 S

Irons: MP-20 MMC (4-PW) - KBS Tour S

Wedges: Titleist Vokey SM7 (50.08F), SM9 (54.14F, 58.08M) - KBS Tour S (50), TT Dynamic Gold S300 (54, 58)

Putter: TaylorMade Spider X Hydro Blast Flow Neck - KBS CT Tour

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Yeah on his way to tanking that tournament. Driving was the problem though spraying it everywhere.

Titleist TSR3 8 deg - Fujikura Ventus TR Black 6X

Titleist TSi3 15 deg - Fujikura Ventus Black 8X

Titleist TSR3 19 deg - Fujikura Ventus Black HB 9TX

Titleist T200 4 - TT DG TI X100

Titleist T100 (2019) 5-PW - TT DG TI X100

Vokey SM9 Jet Black 50.12 F - TT DG TI Black Onyx X100

Vokey SM9 Jet Black 54.10 S - TT DG TI Black Onyx S400

Vokey SM9 Jet Black 58.08 M - TT DG TI Black Onyx S400

Scotty Cameron Phantom X 5.5

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I was just in my local Edwin Watts. I've been waiting for the SM8's to come out. They look great, but today I saw a bunch of basically brand new SM7's in grinds I want, as well as heavily discounted brand new SM7's. The SM8's look better, but I can get over that. The one thing holding me back from just buying the SM7's was the bit they said about the high right miss, which was essentially admitting it was inferior. Can't get it out of my head. Can anyone that has hit the SM7's and SM8's give an impression of what you felt the difference was, if anything?

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Love the look of these raw wedges in the pics but wish they stayed like that and didn't rust.

Titleist TSR3 8 deg - Fujikura Ventus TR Black 6X

Titleist TSi3 15 deg - Fujikura Ventus Black 8X

Titleist TSR3 19 deg - Fujikura Ventus Black HB 9TX

Titleist T200 4 - TT DG TI X100

Titleist T100 (2019) 5-PW - TT DG TI X100

Vokey SM9 Jet Black 50.12 F - TT DG TI Black Onyx X100

Vokey SM9 Jet Black 54.10 S - TT DG TI Black Onyx S400

Vokey SM9 Jet Black 58.08 M - TT DG TI Black Onyx S400

Scotty Cameron Phantom X 5.5

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It's marketing and it's working.

Physics shows SM7 lob wedges do not want to square as easily due to the location of the CG. If the club doesn't square at impact, then yes, a high right miss is the shot. This could happen with any club. The SM7 can also easily hit online shots like any other wedge and the SM8 could hit high right shots as well. I think tour pros have proven over the past few years that SM7 wedges are not flawed, it's just different and new tech they are offering.

Will you notice a big difference??? If I was a betting man and had 2 identical wedges, and the only difference was the location of CG, I'd put my money on that that the average golfer wouldn't know which is what? Ya maybe a tour pro could see a difference, but they also go through 5 or 6 wedges a year and are hitting countless shots with them and have such a high level of feel, and a high level of consistency in terms of ball striking.

You are buying off the rack standard wedges. I'd bet you would see a bigger improvement if you were to get custom fit for wedges over any marginal improvement noticed from SM7 to SM8.

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That’s the great thing about raw. Get tired of the rust, take some CLR to them and the rust is gone. Basically the only finish that doesn’t wear

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Yeah it's just a lot of money to spend on wedges never having bought raw before so don't know how to take care of them. Not a fan of rust but love the look when they are relatively new. I get why tour pros like them but they swap out their wedges several times in one year whereas I'm buying wedges to last for 2 years. Probably going to buy jet black again or maybe even tour chrome since the finish looks much better this year. I'm not worried about glare since the rest of my T100's will look the same. Don't get that with tour players either playing a set of blades that are shiny and have the same glare and those are ok but they can't have wedges that glare.

Titleist TSR3 8 deg - Fujikura Ventus TR Black 6X

Titleist TSi3 15 deg - Fujikura Ventus Black 8X

Titleist TSR3 19 deg - Fujikura Ventus Black HB 9TX

Titleist T200 4 - TT DG TI X100

Titleist T100 (2019) 5-PW - TT DG TI X100

Vokey SM9 Jet Black 50.12 F - TT DG TI Black Onyx X100

Vokey SM9 Jet Black 54.10 S - TT DG TI Black Onyx S400

Vokey SM9 Jet Black 58.08 M - TT DG TI Black Onyx S400

Scotty Cameron Phantom X 5.5

Titleist ProV1

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You can use CLR on the jet black and then you have a raw wedge. My buddy did it to his and they look awesome.

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Titleist TSR3 with Fuji Ventus TR Blue 6x 
Titleist TSR3 with Fuji Ventus Blue 8x
Titleist T200 Utility with Project X HZRDUS Smoke Black (90x)
Miura MB101 (4-PW) with KBS Black $ Taper (130x)
Vokey SM8 Black Wedges- 50F, 54S, & 58D with KBS Black $ Taper 
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Does anyone know if the section marked "VOKEY DESIGN" on the back of the wedge is raw? I remember seeing a tour pro's SM8 where this section was rusted and it looked great.

 

EDIT: Here is the pic I was referring to.

 

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TSR3 TSi3 3 Wood | 915H 18 |  T150 4-PW Vokey SM9  50, 54, 58 |  Ping PLD Anser 2D

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Sounds like the marketing of sm7 being flawed is working with some folks. Sm7 are great wedges. Sm8 will be great wedges. This marketing tactic is a bit shameful, imo.

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