The Callaway CB Wedge is built to deliver short-game forgiveness with enhanced spin and feel, inspiring confidence with what the company calls “the most aggressive groove in golf.”
The cavity-back design delivers a friendlier shape at address to benefit playability on all types of wedge shots. The larger head size and grooves across the face increase confidence at address. On the wider sole, a pre-worn leading-edge acts like a skid plate to avoid digging, and it’s paired with higher bounce for even more forgiveness.
“What we’re bringing to this product is confidence and forgiveness from that player-friendly shaping, really making this something that’s going to help those game-improvement players a lot around the greens,” said Paul Winterhalter, Callaway product manager.
CB ($160) is the first Callaway wedge to feature urethane microspheres strategically placed behind the striking area of the face to enhance feel and sound.
Its aggressive Jaws grooves have been treated with a face blast to enhance surface roughness, helping to provide spin on short shots around the green with groove-to-ball contact at every impact location (54- through 60-degrees).
“We brought in a lot of the pieces that were successful in the Mack Daddy CB (and) continued those, but then added our urethane microspheres,” said Patrick Dawson, senior manager for research and development. “That’s technology that we brought in from the irons landscape to the wedges. And what that allowed us to do is to create a big, forgiving head that sounds like a more muscleback shape.”
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