Cleveland/Srixon is turning back the clock on Masters wedges
With Roger Cleveland back in the fold, Cleveland has several prototype RTZ wedges at the Masters this week with his influence.
Lots of Cleveland/Srixon staffers carry RTZ lob wedges with soles inspired by the famous 588 wedge. Johnny Wunder/GOLF Roger Cleveland’s influence is once again making an impact at the Masters. Cleveland returned to the company he founded last year and his designs have started to infiltrate not only the bags of Srixon/Cleveland staffers, but non-staffers too.
Take J. J. Spaun, who earned his third PGA Tour win last week at the Valero Texas Open and first since his breakthrough at the U.
S. Open. While Spaun still uses a previous generation RTX 6 Zipcore lob wedge platform, his lobber features a unique wide sole grind with both leading and trail edge relief.
The wide sole starts with the original shaping from Cleveland’s 588 Wide wedge design from the late 1990s, which is one of the most famous in clubmaking. “We were doing a lot of grinding to get to what he wanted,” Srixon Tour Rep Michael Jolly told GOLF. “That’s just a lot of trial and error of him hitting different shots and trying to find the right combination of open face, bunker [versatility], and all of those things.
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