Cleveland Golf has a long history of making great wedges. The almost iconic 588 wedges are still in play all over the world for pros and weekend hackers alike. Founded in 1979, Cleveland Golf was purchased in December of 2007 by SRI Sports, the parent company of Srixon Golf in Japan. Over the last few years the wedge market has become very competitive, with the tour success of Titleist’s Vokey wedges taking a slight edge in weekly wedge count on the PGA Tour.

The Cleveland CG15 Black Pearl wedges feature a traditional player shaped wedge designed with a precision Laser Milled face texture to maximize surface roughness and spin. Coupled with the Zip Grooves the CG15 has the best and most effective spin technology ever developed by Cleveland Golf. Finish: Black Pearl.

With three finishes, two different grind options, lofts from 48 to 64 degrees and several bounce options, there is sure to be a CG15 for everyone. The most popular lofts have several bounce options to make the wedges more versatile for different players and turf conditions. The 56 degree loft for example is offered with 10, 14 or 16 degrees of bounce, and the DSG version has 8 degrees. There are also several custom shaft options available to upgrade the stock shaft, which is the now very popular “wedge flex” shaft that many companies are selling wedges with. This is a shame, because these shafts are garbage. I have seen wedge flex shafts flex all over the place on a shaft deflection board, and the weights are also not tightly controlled as they are on a shaft like the Dynamic Gold. I would highly suggest ordering wedges with the same shafts that are in your irons for consistent feel.

The head also features an enhanced heel and toe grind to enable you to open the face more easily and this certainly does the job. With pitching and chipping shots, this club was a delight to hit. It felt perfectly balanced and the feel from the Cleveland Traction shaft and the face at impact was excellent and whichever loft you use you will be hard pushed to find a better club from the grass.

I think Cleveland has a winner with the new CG15 wedges. They feel very solid and well balanced, and Cleveland offers more loft, bounce and finish options than any other manufacturer. The Zip Grooves with Laser Etched micro grooves generate plenty of spin, and they look great in the bag.

When you combine soft and responsive feel, incredible spin, perfect weighting, with top notch performance what you get is one AMAZING WEDGE. It is a little early, but Cleveland may possibly be looking at the wedge of the year with the new CG15.

Players' review:

“Like all Cleveland wedges - has great look and feel. I always feel like I will hit it close with this Cleveland in my hand. My only concerns are that I wish the Black Pearl finish would not fade so quickly and that the Zip grooves appear to be fading as well after only limited play. As a result, I question how long I can play this wedge without replacing it with another of same brand.”

“Want a short distance high arc wedge to stop the ball on the green. Got exactly what I was after. I have never been able to back up the ball until now. Excellent out of the sand.”

“I recently purchased the cg15 black pearl 56 degree wedge and already love it. It comes smoothly off the face and the extra club weight makes it much easier to make a solid swing. Great club!!”

“I really like the way this club sets up... It is very easy to hit low or high. It also enables me to produce backspin when needed or bump and run. The new micro-groves work very nicely... similar to the "Rusty" I wore out.”

“I just bought the 52 degree for my 80 yard shot, and its spot on. I’m a 18 h/c and I’ve never before been able to check spin like this. It’s a great buy for me! It’s got a nice heavy-fish head, which guides straight under the ball, I recommend it. “

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