The Tour Gorge (marketed simply as the "Gorge" wedge) was Ping's 2012 wedge release built around a new "Gorge groove" milling process designed to maximize legal spin under the post-2010 USGA groove rules. It came in three distinct sole widths - thin (for tight-lie/links-style courses), standard (for the majority of turf conditions) and wide (for softer ground) - continuing Ping's fitted-sole philosophy that would later become the four-grind Glide system. Reviewers across National Club Golfer, Golfmagic and Golfalot praised its full-shot consistency and greenside spin, with the standard sole singled out as especially versatile and among the most consistent wedges some testers had played.
Broadly and consistently well-reviewed at launch (National Club Golfer, Golfmagic, Golfalot, golfreview.com user rating of 4.6/5 across the wider Ping Tour wedge family) for its groove technology and sole-width fitting, but it is a solid mid-cycle Ping release rather than one with any lasting collector or scarcity narrative.
Suits golfers across a range of skill levels willing to get fit into the correct sole width for their swing and typical turf; a golfer who wants one-size-fits-all simplicity or maximum forgiveness on fat/thin strikes will find Ping's later Glide line (with its four grinds and further-refined milling) a stronger modern choice.
Sits between Ping's Tour-W (2005) and the 2014 Glide launch that introduced the four-sole-grind fitting system Tour Gorge's three-width approach anticipated; competed with Titleist Vokey SM4/SM5 and Cleveland CG15 in the early-2010s wedge market.
The three sole-width options (thin/standard/wide) let a fitter match turf interaction to attack angle and course conditions, a real forgiveness aid versus a one-sole wedge, but it remains a compact tour-style head - reviewers noted excellent full-shot consistency, yet this is a players' wedge, not a game-improvement design, so raw mis-hit tolerance is moderate.
Calibrated across the whole catalog — a tour blade scores low here on purpose; it means control, not ease.
Cheap and plentiful today - eBay listings for used Tour Gorge wedges commonly run roughly $35-$45 per club depending on loft, bounce and condition, reflecting its status as a solid but superseded mid-2010s Ping wedge rather than any kind of collector item.
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