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Testing the Titleist Spin Milled Oil Can 60 degree 4 degree bounce v. Cleveland RTG 60 degree 3 degree bounce
History is that I got a 54 and 58 degree Spin Milled a few months ago. I love the 54 degree but I felt a little uneasy with the 58 and I switched back to my trusty rusty RTG in 60 degrees and 3 degrees bounce. I just acquired a 60 degree SM in 4 degrees bounce so I decided to run them in a "shoot out".
Firstly they are both very nice wedges, but I feel that they play very differently off turf. Funny they seem to play as well from sand both from flat, downhill and uphill lies. SM has a bit more bounce and probably is easier to get out of sand.
SM has a very wide sole, and I can't play cut ups or lobs with it, but I can play skippers and stop it real quick, and I seem to get great spin from the rough.
RTG has a much slimmer sole and I can cut that up no end at all. I find it hard to play a skipper with it, it doesn't spin as well but it feels so much more controllable in my hands.
Conclusion: I will test the SM a few more times but ultimately I will probably hang with the RTG. May look for a newer model with sharper grooves or perhaps I will try and get the SM ground to take a bit off that wide sole, dunno...
History is that I got a 54 and 58 degree Spin Milled a few months ago. I love the 54 degree but I felt a little uneasy with the 58 and I switched back to my trusty rusty RTG in 60 degrees and 3 degrees bounce. I just acquired a 60 degree SM in 4 degrees bounce so I decided to run them in a "shoot out".
Firstly they are both very nice wedges, but I feel that they play very differently off turf. Funny they seem to play as well from sand both from flat, downhill and uphill lies. SM has a bit more bounce and probably is easier to get out of sand.
SM has a very wide sole, and I can't play cut ups or lobs with it, but I can play skippers and stop it real quick, and I seem to get great spin from the rough.
RTG has a much slimmer sole and I can cut that up no end at all. I find it hard to play a skipper with it, it doesn't spin as well but it feels so much more controllable in my hands.
Conclusion: I will test the SM a few more times but ultimately I will probably hang with the RTG. May look for a newer model with sharper grooves or perhaps I will try and get the SM ground to take a bit off that wide sole, dunno...