With the new TaylorMade MG3 wedges, the company looks to continue its momentum in the category.The new designs pair clean lines with existing RAW Face and Milled Grind technologies.Retail price is $180. Available Sept. 3.
My first wedges were TaylorMade. RAC Black—52, 56, 60—as was the standard progression in those days. I played them for a year, switched to Cleveland and haven’t bagged a TaylorMade wedge since.
By reputation, Cleveland was still THE brand in the wedge category. Vokey was only beginning to Spin Mill grooves but the prevailing wisdom at the time was that those were the only two wedge brands that mattered.
In the years since, Vokey has become the undisputed No. 1 while Cleveland and Callaway battle for second. Over the years, our testing has found numerous competent alternatives but the reality is that the majority of the market is plenty content with those three options.
TaylorMade’s comparative lack of success in the wedge market isn’t for lack of trying. In a category that demands little and offers few opportunities for innovation, TaylorMade has given it the old college try. You’ve got assorted groove technologies. The xFT wedge with its replaceable faces was either overly ambitious or just ahead of its time. More recently, TaylorMade has leveraged milled sole grinds for greater manufacturing consistency.
