Titleist Vokey SM6 Wedges Still Deliver

Famed golf psychologist Bob Rotella once wrote, “Everything that happens from the tee to that 120-yard range is almost insignificant with what happens thereafter.”

For decades, coaches, players, and pundits have stressed the importance of a sharp short game. So many strokes can be saved with tidy play around the green and effective approaches from the fairway with a wedge in hand.

With this in mind, I chose to purchase a pair of Titleist Vokey SM6 wedges from 2nd Swing a couple of years ago, and they have greatly helped my performance inside the “scoring zone.”

The Vokey SM6 wedges from Titleist come in a variety of different loft and grind options that can be tailored to any golfer’s playing style and preference.

When I look for a new lob wedge, I am looking for the club to check three different boxes. I need to feel comfortable using a lob wedge to hit basic chips and pitches around the green, high and soft shots out the sand and deep rough, and full shots that stop quickly.

For my 58-degree lob wedge, I opted for the L grind, which gives the club four degrees of bounce. The relative lack of bounce makes the club allows me to get a little creative around the greens and manipulate the face if needed, delivering the versatility I need.

My criteria when it comes to gap wedges are slightly different than my checklist for a lob wedge. Being that my most frequent shot with the gap wedge is a full shot, that is the area in which I am most interested in the club’s performance. My SM6 gap wedge is excellent in that respect, and I hit more close approaches with the wedge than any other club in my bag.

To address the fact that its wedges are used in different ways, Titleist wedge designer Bob Vokey designed the SM6s with progressive CG (center of gravity) technology. This innovation aligns the center of gravity with the impact position of each loft throughout the wedge set to produce precise distance and trajectory control with exceptional feel.

The result of progressive CG is that golfers using the SM6s will have an easier time getting the ball into the air with their lob and sand wedges and flighting the ball down with their gap and pitching wedges. 

Titleist’s SM6 wedges also feature TX4 grooves. The 100 percent inspected grooves feature a parallel face texture that creates a more consistent groove edge and tighter quality tolerances for more spin.

Because my wedges are now a few years old, the grooves are obviously not quite as sharp as they were when I first got them, but they still offer me an impressive amount of spin and control.

For those in the market for a set of used wedges, I couldn’t give a higher recommendation to the Titleist Vokey SM6s. 

Golfers should have high expectations for their wedges, as they’re some of the most important clubs in the bag. To gain a complete understanding of which wedges suit you best, I encourage you to schedule a fitting, either online or in-person, with a 2nd Swing master fitter today. These highly-trained professionals will help you improve your play inside 120 yards and make Bob Rotella proud.