Since Sri Sports bought Cleveland Golf last year, we continue to see some of the changes in Srixon’s strategy. From heavily promoting Cleveland Golf in Japan to having Cleveland players switch to Srixon balls, Sri Sports has slowly been meshing the product offerings of Srixon and Cleveland.
It has become evident this year, that Srixon, who has always made a great forged wedge, has shifted its focus to Cleveland as the wedge of choice. Almost all Srixon pros in Japan have made the move to Forged Cleveland wedges that are only available in the Japan market. They have decided to leverage Cleveland’s long standing reputation as the No.1 wedge in golf to its advantage.
The two Japanese forged releases are beautiful wedges, both aimed at the better player. The 588 Tour Action wedge is forged in Japan from soft carbon steel and features Cleveland Golf’s patented Zip Grooves, the 588TA has a a slightly rounded leading edge and teardrop head shape with a straight neck. The CG-F1 wedge is also forged in Japan from soft carbon steel and also has Cleveland Golf’s patented Zip Grooves. The CG-F1 has a straight leading edge and round head shape with a taller heel and straight neck. Both have great feel made for spin control and are versatile and easily opened up.
Both the 588TA and CG-F1 wedge features consistent milling of each groove to maximum conforming dimensions. The absolute integrity of these grooves is maintained by the application of a proprietary coating to each groove for protection during the face sandblasting process. The resulting ZIP Grooves are Cleveland’s biggest and most precisely milled ever.
You can get both these wedges in the TSG Pro Shop here.
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can you tell me if the grooves are conforming on the cg-f1 wedges ??
The CG-F1 was released before the groove ruling so they are not conforming. The new CG-15 Forged for Japan only are conforming.