“More loft options in the wide-sole full-face formula. Rung-1 super-GI; the honest answer for a beginner who fears the sand, not a tour spinner.”
Sure Out 2 launched April 2019 as the successor to Callaway's original Sure Out (2016), a wedge built to solve bunker and rough shots for players who struggle to escape them. It widened the sole radius and increased bounce versus the original, added heel relief to broaden the range of playable lies, and covered the face edge-to-edge with 17 aggressive full-face grooves so spin holds up on partial and off-center shots. A new Lamkin Step Down grip carries three raised markings for referencing grip-down distance control. It shipped in 56, 58, 60 and 64 degrees at $199.99 MSRP - notably higher than the $110 on file here, likely a later clearance price rather than launch retail.
No collector or tour following, but it earns 'notable' honestly: it is a genuinely distinct niche product (a dedicated bunker/rough specialist wedge, not a general-play wedge) with real design differentiation - full-face grooves, extra bounce/sole width, and heel relief purpose-built for one problem. User reviews describe it doing real work for the golfer ('it really does make it a hell of a lot easier'), which is a specific, corroborated functional claim rather than cult reverence.
Higher-handicap golfers who chunk or blade bunker and rough shots and want a wedge that bails them out mechanically. Not for skilled short-game players wanting versatility to open/close the face and manipulate spin and trajectory - the wide sole and specialty grind actively work against that kind of shot-shaping.
Part of a small but persistent 'specialty forgiveness wedge' niche alongside Cleveland's Smart Sole line, sitting apart from Callaway's own tour-style Jaws wedges of the same period. It followed the original 2016 Sure Out by three years. A modern equivalent in spirit is Cleveland's Smart Sole 4, which serves the same escape-artist niche today.
About as forgiving as a wedge gets: the wide, high-bounce sole is engineered to glide through sand and rough rather than dig, and grooves running the full face mean even strikes toward the heel or toe still generate spin and stopping power. The trade-off for that forgiveness is feel and finesse - it is not the tool a low-handicapper reaches for to hit a delicate, low-spinning flop shot around a tight pin.
Calibrated across the whole catalog — a tour blade scores low here on purpose; it means control, not ease.
Golfbidder lists used examples from roughly €115-120 (~$125-130). US private-party listings on eBay for single wedges commonly land in the $60-90 range depending on condition and loft - well under the $199.99 launch MSRP, reflecting thin secondary demand for a niche specialty club rather than any quality issue.
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