Wedge Essay

When it comes to golfing, you are only as good as your clubs. As any experienced golfer will tell you, your skills and technique can get you far, but without the right set of clubs with which to hit the ball, you might as well be an amateur. For most of golfing history, the standard set of clubs was just fine, but lately, there has been a change in way manufacturers make them, and that leaves a gap in your wedges. Typically, you would have a sand wedge and a lob wedge to help get your ball out of tight spots or into the air, respectively. These days, however, the degree of angle between those two is getting wider and wider, meaning that you have to get a third wedge to fill that gap.

Today I’ll be talking about “gap” wedges, which are also
Cleveland Golf Men's 588 RTX 2.0 Muscle Back Standard Bounce Satin Wedge
Our first stop is in Cleveland, with the 588 RTX 2.0 Satin Wedge. Like most clubs, the RTX is available in both right and left-handed models, so no matter which side you play on, you can still benefit from this robust and versatile club. I have always liked Cleveland Golf clubs, even if they don’t get the notoriety of companies like Wilson or Titleist.

For most golfers, they like to have a little bit of roughness to their wedges to help get traction on the ball and have more control over distance and placement. To that end, the RTX has the most surface roughness allowed by the US Golf Association, so you should be able to get your ball exactly where you want it with this club. It has deeper grooves than before and comes with a micro-milled Rotex face pattern for better traction.

When it comes to surface roughness, Cleveland has you covered. The RTX has high-quality Tour Zip Grooves that have larger walls and the tightest radii possible. The company even does a double pass on the micro-milling, so you get the best performance every time. The patterns on the face also help you to achieve spin in your shots so you can angle the ball right where you need