“Srixon's forged tour wedge paired with the Z-series irons; soft 1020 carbon steel and Tour V.T. sole. Steel-dominant players' wedge; a feel identity club.”
Srixon's companion tour wedge to the 2018 Z785/Z-Forged iron launch, built to hand off seamlessly from the irons rather than stand out on its own. Forged from soft 1020 carbon steel with a Tour V.T. Sole (varied bounce/grind by loft with heel-and-toe relief) for cleaner turf interaction across full swings, pitches and bunker play, plus laser-milled grooves aimed at spin consistency from the rough. It shipped in a tight 50-60 degree run with steel-only stock shafts (Nippon N.S. Pro Modus3 120, True Temper Dynamic Gold), the classic narrow-band setup of a wedge built to match a players' iron rather than sell as a standalone game-improvement product.
No independent following of its own — reviews and retailer copy treat it purely as the Z785/Z-Forged iron set's matching wedge, not a wedge anyone sought out on its own merits versus Titleist Vokey or Cleveland RTX of the same period. It exists in used-market listings mainly as a single-club add-on for someone already gaming the irons.
Low-handicap players and better ball-strikers already in a Srixon Z785 or Z-Forged iron set who want visual and turf-interaction continuity into the scoring clubs. Not a fit for a high-handicapper wanting bounce and forgiveness from the rough or sand — a cavity-back game-improvement wedge (e.g., Cleveland CBX) will be far more forgiving.
Launched alongside the Z785/Z585/U85 iron family in Srixon's 2018 refresh, competing for tour-cavity and blade-adjacent players against Titleist Vokey SM7, Cleveland RTX-3 and Mizuno T7 wedges of the same period. It was superseded as Srixon moved its iron-matching wedge story forward with later ZX-series wedges.
A compact, tour-milled forged wedge with minimal offset and a thin top-line — the Tour V.T. Sole helps turf interaction and gives grind options by loft, but that is a strike-quality/versatility feature, not a mis-hit safety net. Thin and heel/toe strikes lose spin and distance control same as any blade-style wedge; it rewards a precise, repeatable delivery, not forgiveness.
Calibrated across the whole catalog — a tour blade scores low here on purpose; it means control, not ease.
A niche single-club market: complete, clean examples turn up on 2nd Swing, Golfbidder and SidelineSwap in the roughly $40-$90 range per wedge depending on condition, loft and shaft, well down from the original ~$130-$150 MSRP. It moves slowly compared to the matching irons since most buyers are set-completionists rather than standalone wedge shoppers.
Reading is one thing — hitting is another. Book a bay and see the numbers for yourself before you buy anywhere.
“Srixon's forged tour wedge paired with the Z-series irons; soft 1020 carbon steel and Tour V.T. sole. Steel-dominant players' wedge; a feel identity club.”
Srixon's companion tour wedge to the 2018 Z785/Z-Forged iron launch, built to hand off seamlessly from the irons rather than stand out on its own. Forged from soft 1020 carbon steel with a Tour V.T. Sole (varied bounce/grind by loft with heel-and-toe relief) for cleaner turf interaction across full swings, pitches and bunker play, plus laser-milled grooves aimed at spin consistency from the rough. It shipped in a tight 50-60 degree run with steel-only stock shafts (Nippon N.S. Pro Modus3 120, True Temper Dynamic Gold), the classic narrow-band setup of a wedge built to match a players' iron rather than sell as a standalone game-improvement product.
No independent following of its own — reviews and retailer copy treat it purely as the Z785/Z-Forged iron set's matching wedge, not a wedge anyone sought out on its own merits versus Titleist Vokey or Cleveland RTX of the same period. It exists in used-market listings mainly as a single-club add-on for someone already gaming the irons.
Low-handicap players and better ball-strikers already in a Srixon Z785 or Z-Forged iron set who want visual and turf-interaction continuity into the scoring clubs. Not a fit for a high-handicapper wanting bounce and forgiveness from the rough or sand — a cavity-back game-improvement wedge (e.g., Cleveland CBX) will be far more forgiving.
Launched alongside the Z785/Z585/U85 iron family in Srixon's 2018 refresh, competing for tour-cavity and blade-adjacent players against Titleist Vokey SM7, Cleveland RTX-3 and Mizuno T7 wedges of the same period. It was superseded as Srixon moved its iron-matching wedge story forward with later ZX-series wedges.
A compact, tour-milled forged wedge with minimal offset and a thin top-line — the Tour V.T. Sole helps turf interaction and gives grind options by loft, but that is a strike-quality/versatility feature, not a mis-hit safety net. Thin and heel/toe strikes lose spin and distance control same as any blade-style wedge; it rewards a precise, repeatable delivery, not forgiveness.
Calibrated across the whole catalog — a tour blade scores low here on purpose; it means control, not ease.
A niche single-club market: complete, clean examples turn up on 2nd Swing, Golfbidder and SidelineSwap in the roughly $40-$90 range per wedge depending on condition, loft and shaft, well down from the original ~$130-$150 MSRP. It moves slowly compared to the matching irons since most buyers are set-completionists rather than standalone wedge shoppers.
Reading is one thing — hitting is another. Book a bay and see the numbers for yourself before you buy anywhere.
