Wedges

Cleveland Golf is bringing back one of the most influential wedges ever designed with the release of the Limited Edition 588 Tour Action Wedge. Originally introduced in May 1988, the 588 set the standard for tour-caliber wedge design. Now, that legendary shape returns, crafted once again to original specifications and enhanced with Cleveland Golf’s most advanced wedge technologies.

“From the very beginning, the 588 was built around feedback from the best players in the world. For this release, we stayed true to the original shaping and turf interaction that made it special, while integrating modern materials and technologies inside the club. It’s the same trusted look and performance, refined for today’s game.”

Roger Cleveland, Founder & Advisor at Cleveland Golf

Few club designers have shaped the short game like Roger Cleveland. The 588 established a new standard for shaping, turf interaction, and control, going on to earn hundreds of professional victories and dozens of major championships. More than a successful product, the 588 became the blueprint for tour-caliber wedge design that still influences the category today.

Combining heritage craftsmanship with modern precision, the Limited Edition 588 Tour Action Wedges are built with Cleveland Golf’s proprietary Z-Alloy and equipped with ZipCore, HydraZip, UltiZip grooves, and Rotex Face Milling, blending the soul of the original with the best Cleveland Golf technology available today. The result is a wedge that honors the past while delivering the consistency, spin, and control demanded by today’s players.

The Limited Edition 588 Tour Action Wedge is offered as a three-club set: Gap (52°), Sand (56°), and Lob (60°), each ground to Roger Cleveland’s original specifications. Finished in a classic chrome, every set is presented in a premium collector’s box and includes a brushed brass plaque. Only 588 sets will be available nationwide.

“The 588 has always meant something special to me because of how golfers embraced it. Seeing players build real trust in that wedge, leaning on it in the moments that matter most was unforgettable. And now a new generation will have a chance to experience that too.”

Roger Cleveland, Founder & Advisor at Cleveland Golf

The Limited Edition 588 Tour Action Wedge stands as a tribute to one of the biggest pioneers in golf history Roger Cleveland and faithfully recreated with modern performance technology for today’s player.

To shop for the limited edition release, visit us.dunlopsports.com/cleveland-golf.

Pricing & Availability

Pricing:

Limited Edition 588 Tour Action 3-pack box set: $588.00

Availability:

Loft/Bounce: 52°/10°, 56°/12°, 60°/8°

Shaft: Limited Edition True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S400

Grip: Limited Edition Golf Pride Victory

Finish: Classic Chrome

Availability: Limited to 588 sets nationwide

Packaging: Premium collector’s box with brushed brass plaque

COBRA® Golf, a leader in golf club innovation, unveiled its new KING MIM Black Wedges, a fully Metal-Injection-Molded (MIM) 304 stainless steel head construction that is now offered in a glare-reducing QPQ (Quench Polish Quench) black finish.  The MIM process represents a significant advancement in wedge manufacturing, delivering the most precise shape possible for truly exceptional feel and turf interaction in every wedge COBRA manufactures.

Unlike cast wedges, MIM manufacturing reduces the amount of post-process polishing, where in the past, there was a heavy reliance on skilled machinists to grind consistent wedge shapes by hand.  Each wedge is created using a mixture of 304 stainless steel metal powder, which is then heated and injected into a mold.  Using a sintering process, the metal is heated to a higher temperature than forging (1340°C vs. 1200°C), resulting in a smoother grain flow structure versus forged and cast wedges, and the softest feel the industry’s ever seen.  The KING MIM Wedge family is the first in golf to utilize a fully robotic polishing process where the robot is pre-programmed to polish each wedge to exact specifications – a sharp contrast to the variability found in the traditional manual hand-polishing process.  This fully automated process eliminates variance in head weight and thickness and creates more precise grind shapes and more repeatable bounce in each wedge.

“When we introduced MIM Wedges last year, it marked a steep change in the way wedges were manufactured.  Since then, we have received requests from better players asking for the type of black finish that is preferred on Tour.  The new QPQ finishing process allows us to deliver this option while maintaining soft, consistent performance for a wide variety of shots, now with a wider variety of grind options,” said Tom Olsavsky, Vice President of R&D for COBRA Golf.

In addition to the MIM process and Fully Robotic Polishing process, the new KING MIM Black Wedges are constructed with the following game boosting technologies:

• 3 TOUR-INSPIRED GRINDS: All three grinds (Versatile, WideLow, and Classic) were co-designed with our Tour Department and tested by Rickie Fowler, Lexi Thompson and Bryson DeChambeau on Tour.
  • Versatile Grind: An excellent all-around grind for medium to firm course conditions. Heel and toe relief provides versatility to play shots with an open face, while a center notch keeps the leading edge closer to the ground without adding effective bounce.
  • WideLow Grind: A wide, low bounce sole works its magic out of soft bunkers and turf conditions and medium rough and prevents the leading edge from digging.
  • Classic Grind: A medium-width sole with high bounce and trailing edge relief works well for neutral to steeper swings and a variety of course conditions.
• Precision CNC Milled Face & Grooves – A fully CNC milled face maximizes surface roughness and delivers precise lofts and groove shapes to optimize trajectory and spin performance.
• Radial CNC Milling Pattern – The circular milling pattern helps to maximize spin on softer shots where the ball doesn’t go as deep into the grooves. In addition, the position of the radial milling pattern is intended to help golfers better identify the SWEET ZONE™ for puring their wedges.
• Progressive Spin Technology™ – Progressive groove shapes are CNC milled to optimize performance for each wedge loft. The weaker lofts feature wider, shallower grooves, and the stronger lofts feature narrower, deeper grooves to deliver consistent spin from wedge-to-wedge.
• DURABLE BLACK QPQ FINISH: QPQ delivers a tour-preferred glare-resistant finish and maximum durability to improve groove life and wear over time.
• COBRA CONNECT – The COBRA CONNECT, Powered by Arccos™ system features electronically enabled Lamkin Crossline Connect black grips that work in conjunction with the Arccos Caddie app to give users the ability to track their wedge stats, and learn their tendencies so they can practice more effectively.

The KING MIM Black Wedge is offered in 50, 52, 54, 56, 58- and 60-degree lofts, in the Versatile Grind (The 52, 56 and 60 degree wedges in Versatile grind are available in LH as well).  In a WideLow Grind the MIM Black are offered in 56, 58- and 60-degree lofts. In the Classic Grind, MIM Black are available in 52, 56 and 60 degrees of loft. **KING MIM Chrome wedges are also now available in the identical grinds and lofts as above. Each KING MIM wedge features a black Lamkin Crossline CONNECT grip and an aftermarket KBS Hi-Rev 2.0 (125g) black shaft.

Delivering many of the same stroke-saving technologies as the variable-length COBRA KING MIM Black Wedges, the KING MIM Black One Length Wedges, COBRA’s first-ever MIM one-length offering, is the perfect complement to COBRA’s single length irons.  Available exclusively in black in 56 and 60 degrees of loft in the Versatile Grind. 

Edison Golf Company has announced an industry-first “Custom Demo Offer”.  Under this program, the Company will build golfers their very own custom set of Edison Forged wedges to try.  Golfers can pick the actual lofts, shafts, and even custom specs for length and lie angle to get the exact wedges in their bag that they should be playing.

If, after enough rounds to give these custom demos a full evaluation, the customer isn’t convinced that they’re the right clubs for them, Edison Golf will take them back and issue a full refund.

“It is impossible to accurately evaluate wedges on the range or in a hitting bay,” explains Terry Koehler, Chairman and Director of Innovation for Edison Golf.  “And what good does it do to demo wedges that are not what you are going to buy?  To know whether they work for you or not, you simply must take the actual wedges you want to the course you play and hit the shots you face every round.  If you do that with the Edison Forged wedges, we feel certain you will quickly appreciate this totally fresh approach to wedge engineering.”

Terry Koehler has been designing wedges for over 30 years, and he has put all the top brands of ‘tour design’ wedges through repeated batteries of robotic testing.  Edison Golf Company is founded on the scientific proof that poor distance control, insufficient spin and excessively high ball flight are built into every ‘tour design’ wedge in the industry today.

“I’ve been testing wedges on Iron Byron for nearly 25 years,” explains Koehler.  “And I keep seeing the same things over and over and over.  The challenges that most golfers tell me they have are actually ‘built in’ to the traditional design of wedges.  I have the data to prove it.”

Koehler is certainly not new at this, as he has been challenging “conventional wisdom” about wedge design for over 30 years.  His early designs for Reid Lockhart® had a thicker upper half of the clubhead than any wedges before or since, and his EIDOLON® wedges were the first to incorporate CNC-milled grooves into production wedges.  His design of the SCOR® wedges of 2010 was the first to introduce progressive weighting in wedges, with an even higher distribution of mass, and his TK15 wedges for Ben Hogan® continued that path.

But Koehler says the Edison Forged wedges are his best work ever, and dramatically raise the bar for wedge performance.

“History proves that superior performance will always win the day,” says Koehler.  “The Ping® Anser®, TaylorMade® Tour Preferred®, Big Bertha®, cavity back irons, graphite shafts, big mallet putters . . . the list goes on and on.  The question I’ve been asking for 30 years is this: ‘Why have wedges seen nothing more exciting than tweaked grooves and a baffling array of sole designs . . . not even one design revolution?’  It’s long overdue.”

The Edison Forged wedges are custom-crafted for each golfer, and are available with a wide range of shafts and grip options through the company’s website at www.EdisonWedges.com.  The Edison WedgeFit™ online fitting analysis helps golfers determine exactly what set make-up of Edison Forged wedges are right for their individual games.  The Edison Forged wedges retail for $179 with KBS Tour steel shafts, $194 with KBS Tour Graphite shafts; premium GolfPride MCC+4 grips are standard.

“Very simply, the Edison Forged wedges were designed to improve scoring range performance for golfers of all skill levels,” proclaims Koehler.  “No other wedges come close to these in bringing forgiveness to a category not known for it.”