Tag: Vokey

  • Titleist Introduces Vokey Wedgeworks Exclusives

    Vokey Wedgeworks ExclusivesThe name Bob Vokey has been associated with high performance wedges for many years, and now fans of his work will be pleased to know they can have custom made and personalized wedges just like the pros. Well, almost. Building on the success that has made Vokey Design Spin Milled Wedges the most played on the PGA Tour, Titleist is introducing its new WedgeWorks Exclusives line. WedgeWorks is a custom shop where Bob Vokey and his team designs and builds wedges for everyone from PGA Tour players to wedge enthusiasts. Each personalized wedge is one-of-a-kind, custom-engraved, hand-stamped and built at WedgeWorks in Carlsbad, Calif.

    The new WedgeWorks Exclusives line features the popular Vokey Tour Van Design (TVD) sole and pre-2010 Spin Milled grooves. Condition of Competition (C-C) wedges will be available in the WedgeWorks Exclusives line beginning in September. Two new finishes will also be offered. Bright Brushed Chrome and Oil Can Zero. These were created specifically for WedgeWorks Exclusives. Every WedgeWorks Exclusives club is custom and personalized – from length, lie and loft, to toe engraving, paint fill, grips, shafts and shaft bands. The wedges are available in five lofts and the two new finishes. Vokey TVD wedges are also the only wedges in the Vokey Design lineup that feature a Tour grind in lower lofts, beginning at 52 degrees and increasing to 60 degrees in two degree increments.

    Three different hand-stamp styles are available (straight, freestyle, snow) in up to eight letters and/or numbers. There are 20 different paint fill colors, and 40 different toe engraving combinations from which to choose. WedgeWorks Exclusives will feature shaft options including True Temper’s Dynamic Gold, Tour Issue and Project X, as well as the KBS Tour in steel and black nickel. Shafts can also be labeled with specifically designed WedgeWorks shaft bands. Finally, WedgeWorks Exclusives will offer BV grips in a variety of textures and colors to match the player’s look and feel preferences. Among the grips available are the New Decade Multi-Compound and full cord Golf Pride Tour Velvet, as well as ribbed and .600 diameter options. BV Custom grips are available only through WedgeWorks. Vokey Wedgeworks Team“Bob Vokey built his reputation on providing golfers the best short game tools in the world to help them achieve the lowest scores,” said Steve Pelisek, General Manager, Titleist Golf Clubs. “The new WedgeWorks Exclusives provide golfers a Tour-inspired and Tour-validated Vokey TVD Spin Milled wedge with all of the custom options usually reserved for the best players in the world.” The new WedgeWorks Exclusives will be available through www.Vokey.com beginning July 15, 2010. Condition of Competition models will be available in the Fall. The base retail price before personalization for all models is $150.

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  • Clean With Coke – Try This At Home!

    Rusty wedge, Cup, and Coke bottle
    Rusty wedge, Cup, and Coke bottle

    About 10 years ago I was lucky enough to get a Titleist Vokey prototype sand wedge from a friend. It was the first time I had played with a raw finished club, or “rusty” finish. That treatment is now the most popular on the professional tours and with most amateurs. Some claim that rusty clubs produce more backspin, and others just like them because of the reduced glare and the worn look. After 7 or 8 seasons in the sandy turf of Florida with my trusty rusty, I developed a wear spot on the face, and eventually I had to replace the wedge. I’ve tried to keep hitting it, but I simply can’t get the ball to stop with no grooves left.

    I’m glad I kept it around, because it turned into the perfect test subject for my weekend science experiment. I got an email a few weeks ago about all the weird things you can do with Coke, like clean your toilet and dissolve a t-bone steak in 2 days. It has been going around the internet and the things in it are mostly false, but it got me thinking, would the acid in a bottle of Coke do anything to remove the rust from an old club? I set up a rig in my garage to test it out, and the results were shocking! Let’s take a look at my experiment and the findings.

    Below is the before picture of my beloved wedge. It’s been sitting in a humid Florida garage all summer, rusting away. You can see the nice wear pattern from years of solid hits on the range and course. I sure wish I could hit it like that still… Anyway, moving on…

    Rusty wedge, before Coke soak!
    Rusty wedge, before Coke soak!

    The picture below shows my test set up. I filled a cup with Coca-Cola Classic, and suspended the wedge in the cup from my swing weight scale so that half the face was in the coke, and the other half stayed out. I didn’t submerge the entire wedge so that I could see what the difference was, if any, between the soaked and un-soaked side. How did the Coke do? Scroll down to find out!

    Dunking the wedge
    Dunking the wedge

    The below picture shows just how powerful the acids in a bottle of Coke can be. I soaked the wedge in the Coke for 24 hours, removed it and rinsed it in water to remove the stickiness. I was quite shocked to see that the rust was gone and the finish had been stripped down to the raw metal!

    No more rust!
    No more rust!

    If a bottle of Coke can strip metal and destroy rust and oxidation on your wedge, what the heck is it doing to our stomachs? The photo below shows another view of the difference. Obviously, soaking a raw metal club in Coke overnight can remove rust! I suppose you could do this with any acid, but most commercial acids can melt your skin, and can’t be purchased at the corner store in a 2 liter bottle for 99 cents! If you have an old club at home that you want to remove the rust from, forget about scrubbing it, just give it a Coke soak!

    Raw vs Rust
    Raw vs Rust

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