Srixon ZX Wedge Wedge

The Tour Grind has heel and trailing-edge relief that lets you open the face and lay the club flatter without the leading edge lifting off the turf. That's what makes flops, high spinners, and shots off tight lies playable. It's the versatile, all-around grind in the ZX wedge range, aimed at players who like to manipulate the face rather than swing the same shot every time.

Progressive lofts means the lower-lofted wedges and the higher-lofted ones are set up for different jobs. The 46 and 50 are built more like scoring irons for full swings and clean gapping out of your set. The 54 through 60 are the touch and spin wedges you use for greenside work and specialty shots. It keeps your gapping tight while giving each wedge a clear purpose.

Yes, it's forged. Forged wedges give you softer, more direct feedback at impact, which helps most on partial shots and delicate chips where you're trying to control distance by feel. You'll notice it most around the greens. It won't add forgiveness on bad strikes, but it tells you exactly what happened on contact.

It depends on your set makeup and how your irons are gapped. A common setup pulls the 46 or 50 to bridge from your pitching wedge, then adds a 54 or 56 as the main sand wedge and a 58 or 60 for the lob. Match the low-lofted wedge to your iron gaps first, then space the scoring wedges by roughly four to six degrees from there.

It can work if you make fairly clean contact and want to develop your short game, since the Tour Grind rewards a decent strike and gives you room to shape shots. If you tend to hit it fat or want the sole to bail you out on chunky contact, a wider-sole grind will be more forgiving. This one is built for control more than pure ease.