Equipment

Vokey Jet Black SM8 Special Edition launches

Published

6 years ago

Aug 11, 2020

Vokey has unveiled its limited Jet Black SM8 Special Edition Wedges.

This limited release features SM8’s Jet Black raw finish enhanced with black paint fill in the logos and graphics and arrives equipped with a Dynamic Gold S200 black onyx shaft and an exclusive new Golf Pride decade Multi Compound black/gray grip with BV Wings.

Titleist Vokey SM8 Jet Black wedges

Speaking on the release of the 2020 Jet Black SM8 wedges, Vokey Tour Representative Aaron Dill stated

“I’ve been stocking more and more Jet Black heads on the Tour Van each year. Players love the look of it, and the contrast you get when you add custom stamping and paintfill–it just pops. Jet Black also helps players reduce glare on those really bright days. When you add in the black shaft and grip, it’s a sharp setup.”

The SM8 wedges, which launched earlier this year, feature a reimagined progressive CG pushed forward from the face for increased MOI (up to a seven-percent increase in the higher lofts) – in design to add distance, trajectory control, improve feel and provide a club face that naturally squares up at impact.

Per the company, to achieve this, Vokey’s team lengthened the hosels and counterbalanced that weight with high-density tungsten low in the toe.

Titleist Vokey SM8 Jet Black wedges

The SM8 Jet Black wedges arrive in Vokey’s six milled grinds – F, S, M, K, L and D – and feature 100% inspected spin milled grooves designed to produce maximum spin and shot control.

Each micro-groove is individually cut in between grooves, in a bid to enhance spin on partial shots. In addition, a proprietary heat treatment is applied to the impact area in design to double the durability of the groove without impacting feel.

Titleist Vokey SM8 Jet Black wedges

Vokey SM8 Jet Black: Customization options

Six unique toe engravings
Expanded stamping options, including 10-character Straight/Freestyle stamping and 15 characters around the toe
Custom paint-filled Loft, Bounce and Grind markings and BV Wings logo.

Pricing and availability

The limited Jet Black SM8 wedges are available for pre-order in golf shops worldwide and through Vokey.com beginning Aug 11, They arrive in shops Aug 28, and cost $179 per wedge.

Equipment

From the GolfWRX Classifieds: Titleist Vokey Proto Wedges 54M, 60T

Published

2 hours ago

Jun 11, 2026

Will Schube

At GolfWRX, we are a community of like-minded individuals who all experience and express our enjoyment of the game in many ways.

It’s that sense of community that drives day-to-day interactions in the forums on topics that range from best driver to what marker you use to mark your ball. It even allows us to share another thing we all love – buying and selling equipment.

Currently, in our GolfWRX buy/sell/trade (BST) forum, @Putt4Dough is selling some prototype wedges from Vokey Wedgeworks. These include a 54 degree wedge with the M grind and a 60 degree wedge with a T grind.

From the listing:

(1) Titleist Vokey Proto Wedge 54M with a Tour Issue DGS400 shaft and Golf Pride Tour Velvet (logo down). Standard length, lie, and loft. BB&F ferrule. Raw wedge in good condition. No initials. Price is $200 shipped. Buy both wedges for $380 shipped.

(2) Titleist Vokey Proto Wedge 60T with a KBS Tour 130X shaft and Golf Pride Tour Velvet. Standard length, lie, and loft. Raw wedge in good condition. No initials. Price is $200 shipped. Buy both wedges for $380 shipped.

To check out the full listing in our BST forum, head through the link. If you are curious about the rules to participate in the BST Forum, you can learn more here: GolfWRX BST Rules.

Whats in the Bag

Ryan Palmer WITB 2026 (June)

Published

2 hours ago

Jun 11, 2026

Will Schube

Driver: Callaway Quantum Triple Diamond (9 degrees)
Shaft: Project X HZRDUS Smoke Blue RDX 60 TX

3-wood: TaylorMade Qi10 (15 degrees)
Shaft: Project X HZRDUS T1100 70 6.5

5-wood: TaylorMade SIM2 Max (18 degrees)
Shaft: Project X HZRDUS Smoke Black RDX 80 TX

Irons: Srixon ZXiU (23 degrees), Srixon Z785 MB (5-PW)
Shafts: Project X HZRDUS Smoke Black RDX 100 6.5 (4), KBS Tour 130 X

Wedges: Titleist Vokey Design SM11 (50-08F, 54-10S, 58-04T @59)
Shafts: KBS Tour 130 X

Putter: Odyssey Dual Force Rossie II

Ball: Titleist Pro V1x

Grips: Golf Pride Tour Velvet

Check out more in-hand photos of Ryan Palmer’s clubs here.

Equipment

Slab city on the Korn Ferry Tour — Lead Tape Report

Published

23 hours ago

Jun 10, 2026

Andrew Von Lossow

This week, we have our Tour Photographer, Greg Moore, on the ground at the OccuNet Classic at Tascosa Golf Club in Amarillo, Texas, for the 14th event of the 2026 Korn Ferry Tour season. With that, we see some great things in the Lead Tape Report as we roll into Amarillo.

Joel Thelen

Monday Qualifier, Joel Thelen is in the field this week. He has played on the Korn Ferry Tour for a full season in 2023, and he is back in action this week. A couple of clubs caught my eye this week in his bag.

First off: His trusted Titleist 816 H2 hybrid. This club came out in October of 2015, and it still remains strong in the bag. Also, take a look at this Odyssey White Hot OG 7, putting a capital S in the 7S model. This custom neck has some impressive lean for an arm-lock-style putter. The bottom of the putter is covered in tape for optimal weighting.

Mitchell Meissner

Taking a look at Mitchell Meissner’s bag this week, we have some great lead tape coverage. Top to bottom working from fairway metals, irons, and wedges. We can see on the short irons and wedges that there is tape at the base of the grip, adding a little counterbalance. Along with that, some tape on the short irons and wedges as well. Moving to his putter, he rolls the Odyssey 7 Bird putter. Meissner putts left-handed and strikes the ball right-handed.