Blade vs. cavity-back – it’s often a debate had around irons but Cleveland have stirred things up in the wedge game by introducing the new CBX model.
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They say that over 80 percent of golfers play cavity-back irons but often play bladed wedges.
Why? Well specialist wedges like the Cleveland RTX-3 and Vokey SM6 are what the tour players use.
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But also wedges that form part of an iron set don’t often have the same spin and groove technology or the loft, bounce and grind options.
But the jump from a chunky cavity-back pitching wedge to a skinny bladed gap wedge can be quite severe.
Cleveland say the new CBX wedges promise a bit more forgiveness than a bladed wedge but have better groove and spin technology than you’d expect from a non-specialist wedge.
We decided to put their theory to the test with some NCG.com readers…
Blade vs. cavity-back wedges – The methodology
To test out Cleveland’s theory we rounded up four golfers from Hillsborough with handicaps ranging from 9 to 22.
We wanted to put them through a full wedge fitting with Cleveland and Srixon’s Neil Moore – also a qualified PGA professional.
All four players hit both the CBX and the RTX-3 wedges during the fitting to see which performed and felt the best and which allowed them to hit the numbers they wanted most consistently.
They then took the recommended wedges for a greenside test to check the feel and versatility.
