Best Wedges 2023: Ranked by Spin Rate
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Which of 2023’s golf wedges spins the most?
There’s a lot more to buying new wedges than just focusing on the spin rate. Getting the correct lofts, bounce and finish is key, as is picking between a blade and cavity back, not to mention things like full face grooves and high toe shapes.
But wedge spin is still very important. It’s what makes your ball grab when it hits the green, helping you control those all-important short shots. And, as our test showed, there was a substantial difference between the wedges that produced the most spin and those that produced the least spin.
EXPLAINED: How we test golf equipment
All of the wedges were 52º loft and supplied in our pro Neil Wain’s specs to ensure a fair comparison. To find out more about the wedges, head across to our full 2022 wedges test.
We’d recommend that you use our guides to help narrow your shortlist down before heading to your pro or nearest golf facility and getting fully fitted for your clubs as that’s the only way to optimise new models for your game.
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The Equalizer II fills the shoes of its older sibling beautifully. Our data has it down as not only our test pro’s highest spinning wedge of 2022, but also our leading model for carry distance consistency, which of course will help with accurate scoring on the golf course.
While we love the Equalizer’s head shape, feel and feedback along with the shot making capacity and keen £125 price tag (so you could get a three wedge family for £132 less than a set of Vokey SM9s), Hogan have temporarily closed their UK website, so you’d need to order them from the US.
| Lofts: | 48° / 50° / 52° / 54° / 56° / 58° / 60° / 62° |
| Finishes: | Chrome or Black |
| Grinds: | Standard, Texas Grind |
| Stock shaft: | Choose between four premium options |
Hi-Toe shapes split opinion, but we reckon TaylorMade’s is as good as you’ll find. We like the face grooves in the lower lofts and feel golfers will benefit most from the full-face grooves in the higher lofts (where Cleveland’s Full face have full face grooves in all lofts).
| Lofts: | 50° / 52° / 54° / 56° / 58° / 60° / 62° |
| Stock shaft: | KBS Hi-Rev 2.0 |
| Head options: | Low bounce 58° and 60°, High Bounce Bigfoot (56°, 58°, 60°) |
| Finishes: | Aged Copper<strong> </strong>only |
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Highest Spinning Wedges: Best of the rest
PXG 0311 Forged: 10,057rpm
Callaway Jaws MD5:9,971rpm
TaylorMade MG3: 9,910rpm
Cleveland RTX Full Face: 9,884rpm
Titleist Vokey Design SM8: 9,833rpm
Honma T//World TR: 9,774rpm
MacGregor V-Foil: 9,739rpm
Bettinardi HLX 3.0: 9,422rpm
Sub 70 Forged JB: 9,414rpm
Ping Glide 4.0: 9,349rpm
PXG 0311 Milled: 9,331rpm
Cobra King MIM: 9,304rpm
Cleveland RTX ZipCore: 9,289rpm
Ping Glide Forged: 9,242rpm
Cleveland CBX ZipCore: 9,081rpm
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We reveal the highest spinning golf wedges of 2022.
