Titleist Vokey Design SM4 Review

The 2010 groove rule cut the volume a wedge could cut into its own face, and the season that followed was full of clubs that spun beautifully on a dry range mat and skidded up the green out of a damp lie. This is the club that answered it properly. The TX4 groove is cut narrower and deeper within the new limit, the face is milled and then textured between the grooves to grip a wet cover, and every head is inspected rather than sampled, which is why one sand wedge feels like the next off the rack.

The other half of the answer is the grind menu. Five soles, from the high bounce K that thumps through soft sand to the L grind pared away at heel and toe for a player who opens the face and takes no divot, mean the club can be matched to the turf you play and the way you deliver it. Finishes run chrome, black nickel and an oil can that rusts on purpose. Lofts step every two degrees from forty six upward, so gapping is a choice rather than a compromise.