Alcap26 Posted September 12, 2004 Report Share Posted September 12, 2004 First off I must begin this thread with a thank you to Joe Kwok for letting me have the honor of owning this wedge. If you did not see this earlier it is the wedge Joe did the grinding on from a head from Ari. Specs: This is a 54*(bent to 52°) @D5 w/ 35.5" DG wedge shaft and 63.5* lie. This wedge has a thinner top line grind and a more compact look to it and it has a 8* bounce w/ trailing edge cut and a little heel and toe relief to it. Look: This wedge is beautiful. It resembles the gap wedge I have been using for the last few years so I did not have to get used to a new shape. The gun metal finish to me looks better than the Cleveland gun metal finish. The pictures below will give you a better look at what I am trying to say. The top line is georgous. I jnust like thin top lines and this is done great. There is not paintfill on this wedge except for a small SW done in white on the trailing edge. Feel: This wedge feels great. I have a Scratch 60° so I know how soft the wedges from ari feel. This one has a different feel to it though. This has to be to the wooden dowel treatment and quite possible the DG wedge shaft. It is a very soft feeling head but it performs. A lot softer than my TM 300 irons by far. The weight and feel of this club is perfect. I am sure many of you have already experienced this before after having Joe work on your clubs. Performace: This is where the wedge deserves it's highest praise. I had Joe bend it to 52° for me to use it as a gap wedge. Now this reduced the bounce which is fine with me. I have a 60° Scratch that has 0° bounce so the lower bounce fits with me. On full shots the ball keeps a consistent trajectory and when it arrives on the green the ball bites. The grooves are great on this wedge. Where this wedge stands out is on 30 - 50 yard pitches or chips and runs around the green. I used this a couple of times for some lower shots with pins in the back...you know the old one hop and stop/check shot. This wedge is great for it. It comes in low enough so you can control it and it bites so you don't have to worry about the one that just keeps rolling and ends up off the green. The one shot that surprised me the most was a shot from 125 that I hit with it. I was using a Precept Laddie for the distance in this Captains Choice format and I hit this thinking okay this will land short and stay or maybe release a little. Well I hit it better than I was planning on out of the first cut and the ball landed about 10 feet past the hole and spun back and left us with a five foot up hill putt. I know this isn't drastic but out of the first cut with a Laddie I was impressed. The heel grind helps me with chip shots. I have had the tendency in my life to let the heel dig a bit on chips so this helps. This immediatley replaced my PW on those running chip shots around the green. I can be a little more aggressive with the shot and it checks a bit more. Overall impression: This wedge fit in from the get go in my bag and I see many years of service from it. Joe is great to deal with. I have called him a couple of times with questions and he was so thorough in the explanation. The club arrived in East TN in three days...I was pleasantly surprised by this...figured it would take five. I don't know how many head Joe has grinded before but he is good. I can honestly say that I know have two perfect looking and performing wedges in the bag. This wedge is the real deal and I cannot believe it did not make it into Joe's bag but i am very happy it is in mine. Thank you Joe. (below are pics that Joe took and hadf in the other thread) If anyone has any questions I will be more than happy to answer to the best of my knowledge. I have not given too many reviews so I hopoe this is okay...If I have left anything out let me know and I will edit this review. Thanks again Joe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zojo Posted September 12, 2004 Report Share Posted September 12, 2004 very cool, great review, the wedge just looks absolutely beautiful and i bet it performs just as great too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joey3108 Posted September 12, 2004 Report Share Posted September 12, 2004 First off I must begin this thread with a thank you to Joe Kwok for letting me have the honor of owning this wedge. If you did not see this earlier it is the wedge Joe did the grinding on from a head from Ari.Specs: This is a 54*(bent to 52°) @D5 w/ 35.5" DG wedge shaft and 63.5* lie. This wedge has a thinner top line grind and a more compact look to it and it has a 8* bounce w/ trailing edge cut and a little heel and toe relief to it. Look: This wedge is beautiful. It resembles the gap wedge I have been using for the last few years so I did not have to get used to a new shape. The gun metal finish to me looks better than the Cleveland gun metal finish. The pictures below will give you a better look at what I am trying to say. The top line is georgous. I jnust like thin top lines and this is done great. There is not paintfill on this wedge except for a small SW done in white on the trailing edge. Feel: This wedge feels great. I have a Scratch 60° so I know how soft the wedges from ari feel. This one has a different feel to it though. This has to be to the wooden dowel treatment and quite possible the DG wedge shaft. It is a very soft feeling head but it performs. A lot softer than my TM 300 irons by far. The weight and feel of this club is perfect. I am sure many of you have already experienced this before after having Joe work on your clubs. Performace: This is where the wedge deserves it's highest praise. I had Ari bend it to 52° for me to use it as a gap wedge. Now this reduced the bounce which is fine with me. I have a 60° Scratch that has 0° bounce so the lower bounce fits with me. On full shots the ball keeps a consistent trajectory and when it arrives on the green the ball bites. The grooves are great on this wedge. Where this wedge stands out is on 30 - 50 yard pitches or chips and runs around the green. I used this a couple of times for some lower shots with pins in the back...you know the old one hop and stop/check shot. This wedge is great for it. It comes in low enough so you can control it and it bites so you don't have to worry about the one that just keeps rolling and ends up off the green. The one shot that surprised me the most was a shot from 125 that I hit with it. I was using a Precept Laddie for the distance in this Captains Choice format and I hit this thinking okay this will land short and stay or maybe release a little. Well I hit it better than I was planning on out of the first cut and the ball landed about 10 feet past the hole and spun back and left us with a five foot up hill putt. I know this isn't drastic but out of the first cut with a Laddie I was impressed. The heel grind helps me with chip shots. I have had the tendency in my life to let the heel dig a bit on chips so this helps. This immediatley replaced my PW on those running chip shots around the green. I can be a little more aggressive with the shot and it checks a bit more. Overall impression: This wedge fit in from the get go in my bag and I see many years of service from it. Joe is great to deal with. I have called him a couple of times with questions and he was so thorough in the explanation. The club arrived in East TN in three days...I was pleasantly surprised by this...figured it would take five. I don't know how many head Joe has grinded before but he is good. I can honestly say that I know have two perfect looking and performing wedges in the bag. This wedge is the real deal and I cannot believe it did not make it into Joe's bag but i am very happy it is in mine. Thank you Joe. (below are pics that Joe took and hadf in the other thread) If anyone has any questions I will be more than happy to answer to the best of my knowledge. I have not given too many reviews so I hopoe this is okay...If I have left anything out let me know and I will edit this review. Thanks again Joe. You deserve it, enjoy it my friend! :smile1: BTW, You ask me to bend it to 52 not Ari, :smile1: A little typo there :smile2: Thanks again! Joe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alcap26 Posted September 12, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 12, 2004 I'm such a dumbass. The typo is fixed. :cool: Once again you produced a great club. Guys you do not know how happy I am with this club and for the fact that Joe gave me the chance to own it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny5 Posted September 15, 2004 Report Share Posted September 15, 2004 you lucky guy, it's ok, there's always next time for us losers :wah: haha, but for reals, congrats and it looks like it's found a great home, hope I won't see it on B/S/T any time soon. great review too :cool: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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