If you’re a wedge freak like me, this is a happy day, as Tour Edge is unveiling its new Exotics Wingman Wedge Series, featuring three different grinds available in five total bounces.
The design goals behind the milled Wingman Wedge were to produce one of the most performance-based forged wedges in the game and Tour Edge’s most advanced wedge to date.
The company says extensively milled and loaded with tech Wingman Wedges are designed for myriad versatility: greater spin, improved precision, and an enhanced feel with full swings on the approach and finesse chipping around the green.
These all-new forged designs feature feel-enhancing VIBRCOR pockets, a constant offset for added forgiveness and consistency and a larger, Triple-Traction Milled Face for optimal spin control.
The Exotics Wingman Wedge Series will be available Oct. 2 at a Tour Edge authorized retailer for an MSRP of $139.99.
and will be available at retail starting October 2nd.
One of the major keys to the Wingman’s forgiving nature is the 3.0mm constant offset applied to the design.
Hall of Famer Bernhard Langer was instrumental in the design of the Wingman Wedge. A strong proponent of the benefits of offset technology in wedges, Langer is adamant about the performance benefits it offers both professionals and amateurs alike.
The offset in a wedge automatically keeps your hands forward in front of the leading edge. This promotes more of a downward strike that eliminates improper lift at impact that leads to inefficient wedge play. Offset is rare in wedges, and even more so in forged wedges. It presents the bounce in a more ideal angle to the turf that lends to cleaner contact and ease of control, especially with inconsistent wedge swings.
Langer has already put the prototype Wingman in play in PGA Tour Champions events.
“I am always looking for a forged wedge with the right amount of offset and eventually started to ask the R&D team at Tour Edge what they thought could come up with,” said Langer. “What came back has astounded me with its performance. I put one prototype right into play the week I tested it because I could just tell that the design was just plain easier to hit and far more consistent than my other wedges.”
Deep undercut pockets were machined to house the proprietary VIBRCOR performance TPU. VIBRCOR creates a distinct feel at impact that dampens sound and shock, while also increasing the MOI and perimeter weighting of the wedge that adds forgiveness.
The “winged” weight pad on the toe creates a higher Center of Gravity for lower launch and greater spin.
The High-Toe Pad holds the face slightly open to optimize the face angle from full shots to flop shots. This works in perfect conjunction with the offset design to deliver more accuracy and control. The High-Toe wing progresses in thickness as loft increases to maintain ideal launch performance through each loft.
“The forged Wingman Wedge is all about performance and feel,” said Tour Edge President and Master Club Designer David Glod. “In order to match our game-changing Wingman Putter Series and how they have made putting easier for golfers since we first launched the Wingman brand in 2020, we wanted to focus on creating a wedge deserved of the Wingman name that moves the needle as far as playability and overall consistency for every level of player.
“After two years of focusing on delivering a breakthrough performance wedge, we are finally ready to release Wingman wedges to the world,” said Glod.
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