00:00We're here at the Titleist Performance Centre at Woburn where I'm going to be fitted into
00:04the Titleist Vokey SM11 wedges. We're going to go meet John in the fitting bay now and get started.
00:20Right, we're here with John. John? How you doing? Great to see you again. And you?
00:23Really exciting video because we are getting fitted into the Vokey SM11s. Correct, yeah.
00:29Talk us through the process. Well, normally, obviously, if you came up to TPC, we'd be
00:33doing predominantly a lot of this off of the turf. That's the whole reason we've got the facility.
00:38Utilise as much of the turf conditions as possible, but we kind of want to throw a little spin on
00:43that.
00:43One, the conditions at the minute this time of year are going to be really soft, so if we do
00:47it solely
00:48based off turf conditions, you're going to be in probably a different grind to what you would be
00:52when you're playing at your most frequent, so like in the summer months or in the better months. But
00:58also what we like want to show everybody is we've got an app that helps trade accounts, fitters,
01:05indoor environments where they're trying to fit people for wedges, simplify the process and go
01:10through the process in their environment using a tool that basically just goes off of your dynamic.
01:17So you would select what the goal for right hand, left hand,
01:21what their handicap would be, and then the typical conditions of their course. So this is valuable
01:27for me because when you're talking to players, they might say, you know, I'm a traveling golfer,
01:32so I play Lynx a lot. I also play Parkland. So you've got different scenarios and these can be tweaked.
01:37What's your level of confidence outside of getting out of a bunker? So to give you an idea,
01:41this is can't get out to tour player. Definitely not tour player. Definitely not can't get out.
01:49So I'd go more, I think. Yeah. Fairly confident out of a bunker.
01:52So we will gap that. And that's pretty, that's pretty normal to your site. Yeah, that's, that's
01:58bang on for me. Yep. So 50, 54, 60. And all the app's trying to do is it's recommended the
02:04lofts
02:04based on how we can get a 60 in your bag and what would be the most beneficial stretching. So
02:11like,
02:12ideally four degrees would be best, but that would leave you with 58. Yeah. So is when we get into
02:18the
02:18next bit and we start explaining what you use the wedges for, if you never hit full shots with the
02:2360, the stretch between 54 and 60 will be less of a thing than if someone says, oh no, I
02:29normally hit
02:30like full shots with my 60. And then you might want to potentially look at 54, 56, or maybe even
02:36bending
02:36them to be 55. We use TrackMan. So if you're using the TrackMan system, I've set up on course practice.
02:43And obviously we've got this view, which is great, but if you're indoors, you're not going to have that
02:48view. You're going to have that on a screen. So at least it gives the player a scenario that they're
02:53going to be hitting into a flag and a green, and that's the visual that they're seeing. And then
02:56we'll change the yardage as we change club. So three stock shots with what would be your 45.
03:03Yep. I've got your green there. I've got your pin pointed out at 136.
03:20So
03:30so
03:34so
03:36so
04:00This is where it's important that the person being fitted is as honest as
04:05possible. While I do play all year round for me it's more important that my wedges perform when I'm
04:12playing competitive golf which tends to be from April till September so the ground would be
04:18slightly firmer. Perfect and that's a great example as to look if you were saying like all year round
04:24and I go to places like Spain and the States where the grass is different this could potentially work
04:30a little bit better as a travel set because it will cover most conditions. Gotcha. But you see as soon
04:35as you go to like let's say you said you know what I don't do any of that I just
04:38play I want a set of
04:40wedges for when I'm playing in the middle of the high season. Yep. Elite level golf conditions are
04:46going to be tight and firm. You can see here everything changed. You've gone from 12 to 8. Yep.
04:53In the in the full sole you've gone to the S grind in your 54 instead of the D and
04:58you've gone to M grind
04:59in your 60. Gotcha. Which is probably not far off what you've got now. Yep. I would assume. Yep. So
05:05then you get
05:06percentages and percentage matches right and the reason you'll have percentage matches is because
05:12based on your dynamics there'll be a sway one way or the other you could use either. Yeah. Anything that's
05:19relatively close we'll take out there. So you see the tight pin on the right? This one? Well yeah.
05:25But you haven't got loads of room to land. Yep. I want you a hit to that. Okay.
05:48First one was true. Yep. Second one you heavily manipulated and ended up missing your target by
05:54quite a bit of distance. Yeah. Okay. Got two very different interactions there, didn't I? Correct.
05:58Yeah. So that'll give viewers at home an idea as to why that may have been based on the condition.
06:06That's a very good shot.
06:29We talk about the versatility and why it's good to have different grinds and different wedges because
06:33some people go, I love M grind, I'm just going to have it all the way through. If you just
06:37have that
06:38grind all the way through you can only hit certain shots. So if your ball ends up just in the
06:44rough
06:44and it's kind of, you know, sat up a little bit, if it's sat down you can get your 60
06:50in behind that
06:50no problem. But if it's all of a sudden like sitting a bit more perched that way, you put your
06:5560 behind and it's airborne. Yeah. And you've got an eight and you can't add more bounce. You can open
07:00it potentially, but you've got to be so much more aggressive with it. Yeah. You lose a bit of that
07:04control and that versatility and your shot shaping. Yeah. Whereas if you go to your 54, which is a 10s
07:11and open it a little, you give it a little bit more effective bounce and you know you can hit
07:15the same shot
07:16and use the wedge to get it to the destination you're looking for. Yeah. So you're not changing
07:23techniques drastically. You're seeing how the ball is lying and you're effectively picking the wedge.
07:28Using the tools to help you hit the shot, right? Makes sense. So the last thing I want you to
07:33do is
07:33I want you to hit a couple of like long chip shots here. Okay. With the, uh, with the 54.
07:59Very nice. You see that low ball flight grabs there and then you would get slow release. Yep. It's really,
08:06really good. That feels good.
08:14Awesome. Thanks, John. No worries. Appreciate that. So we ended up in 54S. 54S, 60M. 60M.
08:23And then you've got 50 and an F. Oh wait, F. Yep. And then your 46 will bend to 45
08:28because
08:29nothing keeps with what you've got. And obviously that comes in an F. Standard. Yeah. So like
08:34it's because it's, it's played more like a pitching wedge option. It'll stay as true to a pitching wedge
08:38sort of bounce profile, uh, sole design, all of that. Awesome. Okay. I am back here in the golf
08:45monthly performance lab. And I just really wanted to give you my overall thoughts on the tightest
08:50Vokey SM11 wedges. Having had these for personal use now for about a month or so, do they feel great?
08:56Absolutely. I think they've done a great job on these wedges, but equally the SM10s were brilliant
09:01as well as have the last kind of, I would say five Vokeys that I've owned. I've really,
09:07really enjoyed the performance. Do they spin anymore? Has, has the technology changes they've
09:12made such as the 5% larger kind of surface area with the grooves, uh, the new kind of friction
09:18between
09:18the grooves as well. And the, the direction that that runs, has that made a difference to my spin
09:23performance that I saw on the golf course? Not really. Not so much more than any other wedge
09:27that I've recently tested or the SM10s for that matter of fact, when I first put those to the test.
09:33Am I seeing the ball rip off the green? No. Am I seeing extra grab out the rough? Not really.
09:39I'm seeing it just as much as I would probably with any new wedge. I do think they look great,
09:44but equally the SM10 look great as well. I do like this new addition on the back here. It's a
09:48nice,
09:49nod to Wedgeworks. Um, and it, it just tidies up the look. I like that the SM11 has moved down
09:54here
09:55to the hosel. Let me know down below, are you going to go and get fitted for these?
09:59Do you like the look of them? And do you think these could make your bag for 2026?
10:04I'd love to hear your thoughts, but from me, that's all. We'll see you next time.
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