subject: Callaway X-Tour Wedge Designed for the More Accomplished Golfer [print this page] Callaway X-Tour Wedge Designed for the More Accomplished Golfer
Callaway Golf built its position in the golf business on the strength of its Big Bertha woods. The company later became a force in the irons market, its Odyssey brand of putters is a top-seller, and its golf balls are gaining traction at retail.
Wedges, however, probably aren't what you think of in conjunction with Callaway. But the company's lead golf club designer is a fellow named Roger Cleveland - the founder of Cleveland Golf and designer of many classic wedges, like the enduring 588 line. The Callaway X-Tour wedges are the third line of forged wedges he has designed for Callaway.
It was big news when Callaway released its Cleveland-designed Forged Wedges in 2002. Years in the making as tour prototypes, the wedges weren't carbon copies of Cleveland's 588 wedges as many people had expected. Instead, the simply titled Forged Wedges had rather small heads and a very rounded leading edge - both design elements that were meant to help the wedges get the ball out of nearly any lie.
Technology
The X-Tour wedges are forged from 1020 carbon steel, a very soft, mild steel alloy. This allows the wedges to be bent to custom lofts and lies fairly easily, and the soft metal also leads to great feel at impact. Many popular wedges, including the aforementioned 588s and other Cleveland Golf models, as well as the Titleist Vokeys and TaylorMade RAC wedges, are cast from stainless steel. Many people can't tell the difference between cast and forged, but some people find forging to have real benefits in terms of feel and sound.
While the X-Tour wedges have a look that looks back in Roger Cleveland's career, the design is very forward-looking. Among the eight different loft and bounce angle options are two special versions of the X-Tour wedges. The 58-11 and 60-11 models have the PM Grind and MD Grooves, two design elements that are quite distinctive.
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