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
03:30you
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04:00this is where it's important
04:03that the person being fitted is as honest as possible. While I do play all year round, for me, it's
04:08more important that my wedges perform when I'm playing competitive golf, which tends to be from
04:14April till September. So the ground would be slightly firmer.
04:19Perfect. And that's a great example as to look, if you were saying like all year round and I go
04:24to
04:24places like Spain and the States where the grass is different, this could potentially work a little
04:30bit better as a travel set because it will cover most conditions. Gotcha. But you see, as soon as you
04:35go to
04:35like, let's say you said, you know what, I don't do any of that. I just play. I want a
04:40set of wedges
04:40for when I'm playing in the middle of the high season. Yep. Elite level golf conditions are going to
04:46be tight and firm. You can see here everything changed. You've gone from 12 to 8. Yep.
04:53In the full sole, you've gone to the S grind and you're 54 instead of the D and you've gone
04:58to M grind
04:59and you're 60. Gotcha. Which is probably not far off what you've got now. Yep. I would assume. Yep.
05:05So then you get percentages and percentage matches, right? And the reason you'll have percentage
05:11matches is because based on your dynamics, there'll be a sway one way or the other. You could use either.
05:17Yeah. Anything that's relatively close, we'll take out there. So you see the tight pin on the right?
05:24This one? Yeah. Where you haven't got loads of room to land. Yep. I want you to hit to that.
05:28Okay.
05:48First one was true. Yep. Second one you heavily manipulated and ended up missing your target
05:54by quite 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 conditions.
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
06:37that grind all the way through, you can only hit certain shots. So if your, if your ball ends up
06:43just in the rough and it's kind of, you know, sat up a little bit, if it's sat down, you
06:49can get your
06:4960 in behind that, no problem. But if it's all of a sudden, like sitting a bit more perched that
06:54way,
06:55you put your 60 behind and it's airborne. Yeah. And you've got an eight and you can't add more
06:59bounce. You can open it potentially, but you've got to be so much more aggressive with it.
07:03Yeah. You lose a bit of that control and that versatility in your shot shaping. Yeah.
07:07Whereas if you go to your 54, which is a 10S and open it a little, you give it a
07:13little bit more
07:13effective bounce and you know, you can hit the same shot and use the wedge to get it to the
07:20destination you're looking for. Yeah. So you're not changing techniques drastically. You're seeing
07:24how the ball is lying and you're effectively picking the wedge. Using the tools to help you hit the shot.
07:31Right. Makes sense. So the last thing I want you to do is I want you a couple of like
07:34long chip shots
07:35here. Okay. With the, uh, with the 54.
07:59Very nice. You see that low ball fly 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.
