For years, Tayormade employees have been observed with competitive wedges in their bags – especially when it comes to lobby wedges. One of those open secrets that makes geeks suppress and ask the question: If your boys don’t play your wedges, why do you need someone else?
The answer, at least in part, has been the historically limited offers of Taylormade. While the MG series has won the most sought after awards and built a case like perhaps the most underestimated clubs in the entire golf, the lack of grinding variety has been a legitimate knock against a different extraordinary product line.
Limited release of MG Proto Wedge suggests it will change.
By Van Tour in your bag
Previously exclusively for tourist athletes, fully forged Taylormade mg proto is now available in limited quantities. Billed as Genuine parts of the tournamentMg Proto represents something rare in the world of equipment – a true tour prototype by making its way to retail.
The proto contains a raw finish and comes to shares with a 115g golden dynamic shaft and the pride of Z-Grip Golf. Most importantly, it presents two new grinding opportunities that should help address Tayormade’s historical weakness in adapting the wedge.
While Tayormade is not officially saying, the release of proto feels like a limited observation of what is likely to come with the full onset of MG5 later this year. Think of it as a beta test where serious players take the first approach to new grinding.
New (and interesting) grinding
Grinds SC and SX present a significant expansion of Taylormade wedge mounting options, each created to solve specific problems around the greens.
Scurd off offers a single truck with softened heels, fingers and tracking edge. Designed designed for players who want to manipulate the face and hit a variety of shooting. I’m talking about the player type of player who opens her face to shots flop and has explained her about bumps and directions. The lower middle jump profile provides skills through various lies and game conditions. For those of you familiar with the Vokey ecosystem, a frugal look suggests that Taylormade’s SC is in the same general family as a grinding V or D.
Grind sx is a little different. Billed as providing “bunker unmatched consistency”, reads more or less as a Vokey K grind with unique edge relief, which Tayormade describes as an opposite-c (grind). The goal is to allow you to wear steady flatulence while manipulating your face in the bunker and apparently around green. Think of it as the most versatile get a different grind created to excel from the bunker.
Both Taylormade mg proto sc and sx grinds are available in 58- and 60-grads.
The dilemm
Perhaps the most intriguing aspect of protos is that it is fully forged. While it is possible that Tayormade will lead this to the upcoming versions of the retail, it seems unlikely given the durability requirements of the wedge game. Golfists love counterfeit wedges and many argue that they feel softer, but they are also more prone to wearing.
Between you get your free wedges (as tour players do), but if you pay out of your pocket, durability is important. Raw wedges are also more prone to rust, which – contrary to popular myth – does not improve rotation and can actually prevent it over time.
Perhaps the forged construction of protos explains why Taylormade boasts “feeling and accuracy” but without the time of replacement of the tournament level, long -term durability concerns should overcome the seduction that comes with the combination of proto, forgedAND Raw.
The underestimated problem of perfection
Taylormade challenges in the Wedge category have nothing to do with performance. The MG series has consistently yielded extraordinary testing results, winning numerous most sought -after awards along the way. The problem has been perception and options.
When most players think of wedge, they think Vokey, Cleveland, or maybe Callaway. Taylormade, despite her success in drivers and handcuffs, has fought to penetrate the short game.
Introducing Grinding SC and SX suggests that Tayormade is serious about competition throughout the full spectrum of wedge preferences and appropriate needs.
For Taylormade, the release of protos serves for double purposes: this gives the serious access of players to true tour specification while constructing credibility for wider wedge exclusivity. If these limited omissions generate buzzing and positive evaluations, it can accelerate the receipt of Tayormade wedges among the best players.
The biggest picture
Mg proto It represents more than just a new wedge omission – is the Taylormade purpose statement in a category where they are underestimated despite the ongoing performance. Extended grinding options address legitimate adaptation concerns, while counterfeit construction and tournament provide reliability that only performance has not delivered.
By $ 199.99, the proto is not cheap, but it is competing against other premium wedge offers. Most importantly, limited availability creates urgency around a product that may otherwise be lost in the crowded wedge market.
If this translates to holding more Tayraormade employees in the company’s wedges remains to be seen, but enlarged assembly options certainly help the cause. For players willing to look beyond traditional wedge brands, Mg Proto offers tour -tested performance with some new convincing grind offers.
The question is not whether taylormade can do Excellent wedges; They have done it for years. The question is whether players will finally pay attention.
Taylormade Mg Wedges Proto are available now in Taylormadegolf.com.
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