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The Engage Dual Sole came out in 2015 as part of Nike's three-wedge Engage lineup, and it was the pick for players who wanted one grind that could handle most of the shots a round throws at you. Nike built three distinct sole shapes into the Engage family, Toe Sweep, Square, and this one, each aimed at a different delivery style. The Dual Sole was the middle child in the best sense. It split the sole into two sections, a higher-bounce leading portion to keep the club from digging and a relieved trailing section that let you open the face without the leading edge riding up.
What makes this wedge interesting a decade later is what happened next. Nike shut down its golf equipment business in August 2016, barely a year after these hit shelves. So the Engage Dual Sole never got a second generation, never got a refresh, and now exists only on the used market. That scarcity cuts both ways. You can find them cheap, but finding one in your exact loft with fresh grooves takes patience.
As a tour grind option, it holds up. The raw face was designed to rust over time, which Nike claimed helped preserve friction as the wedge aged. Grooves were milled to the edge of the legal limit. This was a serious short-game tool, not a set-matching afterthought, and players who gamed them tended to keep them long after the swoosh left the equipment business.
In short
The Nike Engage Dual Sole (2015) is a tour-grind wedge built for shotmaking and versatility around the green.
Refresh due soon
Brands in this category update about every 2 years, and the Engage Dual Sole is 11 years old with no successor yet, so a new model could land any time. Grab it at clearance pricing now, or wait a few weeks to see what replaces it.
Based on release timing and this line's typical refresh cycle, not a live price quote.
Loft and bounce are nominal values. Actual specifications may vary.
The dual-sole concept is the whole story here. Behind a fairly standard leading edge, Nike ground the sole into two planes. The forward section carries the effective bounce, so on full swings and square-faced pitches the club resists digging even from a steeper attack angle. The back section is relieved, which means when you lay the face open for a flop or a tight-lie bunker shot, that trailing material gets out of the way instead of propping the leading edge off the turf. The head itself is a compact, tour-inspired shape with a raw, unplated finish that rusts with use. Grooves are precision-milled and conform to the 2010 groove rule, so these remain legal for any event. Stock lofts ran across the usual gap-to-lob spread, and the higher lofts got the most benefit from the dual-sole treatment since that's where face manipulation matters most.
Yes. The Engage wedges use grooves that conform to the 2010 groove rule, so they remain legal for handicap rounds and competitive events. Nike leaving the equipment business has no effect on conformance.
Square is for players who keep the face square on most shots. Toe Sweep has heel and toe relief for players who open the face aggressively. Dual Sole sits between them, with a higher-bounce front section for full shots and a relieved trailing section for open-faced shots, making it the most versatile of the three.
That's intentional. Nike shipped these with a raw, unplated face designed to oxidize over time. The rust is cosmetic and doesn't hurt performance. Some players believe it slightly improves friction in wet conditions, though the effect is small.
No. Nike stopped making golf clubs in August 2016, about a year after the Engage line launched. Your only options are used marketplaces like eBay, Golf Galaxy trade-in racks, and secondhand golf shops. Check groove wear carefully in listing photos, since worn grooves matter more on a wedge than on any other club.
It plays like a mid-to-high bounce wedge on square-faced shots because the forward sole section engages first. Open the face and the effective bounce drops, since the relieved trailing section lets the leading edge sit closer to the ground. That adaptability is the reason to pick this grind over the other two.
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