Mizuno T22 Wedge Herren
“When you looked at the T-7 wedge, everything about it was traditional. The back design, the head shape, the sole, all of it just spoke to tradition. There wasn't a ton of stepping out of your bounds and doing anything crazy on it. With the T-20, we went a little bit more aggressive, so we tried to make sure that we dialled in the center of gravity exactly where we wanted. We put the tapered blade design to manipulate the center of gravity on it. All of those things kind of stepped on the toes of the tradition of the T-7 with the T-22, it's like the marriage of those two, where you get the performance of the T-20 with the look feel and performance in terms of sole interaction of the T-7.
When you're looking down at a wedge, there's a lot of loft in there, so there's a lot of reflective area. So, people typically tend to shy away from anything that's super bright. Our traditional copper finish was pretty bright because there is a lot of reflection there. Our Chrome is relatively bright, which is why we mat out and Satin out the face of it. So with the T-22 edge, we have that satin Chrome. We have a raw finish that's going to naturally rust in age to give you a little bit less reflection. And our denim copper is going to have a very rich, unique look at address.
The first thing you'll notice with the T-22 is what we call our denim copper finish. It's different than just a normal copper. Just because it looks aged, we age that on purpose. A standard copper is going to have a much brighter look to it and it's going to have some reflection. This denim age copper is going to give you more glare resistance, but it's not just there because it looks good. The Denim Copper has a performance benefit because it's going to make this wedge feel even softer. And that copper plating also sits underneath the Satin Chrome.
Something that a lot of players don't understand is how you actually should use the sole in the short game. Luke Donald's a perfect example of how you should use the trailing edge. So many players get concerned about the leading edge, and when you're using the leading edge of a wedge, you have to be very precise. The margin for error is so little. With the trailing edge, on the other hand, it's almost like built in forgiveness of a wedge.
There's four grinds within the T-22 series. All of them have some consistencies, but then each one's a little bit unique from there. So, the trailing edge is one area that's consistently ground off. The actual sole width, maybe it's a touch wider than we have been in the past.
But along that trailing edge, there is a consistent grind there that's going to leave the bounce. There the bounce angle for turf interaction, but give you a little bit of relief. So, the leading edge sits a little bit lower. There's the S-grind, the S is the more what we call straight line grind. It's a trailing edge relief with minimal relief along the heel. So, this is the most full sole wedge. So, we leave the majority of the bounce here. You get this more and what you picture for, like a gap wedge or pitching wedge, something you're going to have to take a more full swing with. As you get higher and loft, we get more aggressive. So, you go from the S-grind to the D-grind. The D-grinds in a D-shape across the sole. So, you still have that trailing edge relief. Then you have subtle relief on the heel and on the toe. From there you go and even step further to the C-grind. So, the C-grind more of like a Crescent shape, even more aggressive across the trailing edge, more aggressive across the heel, more aggressive across the toe when you get into these lofts these are the type of ones where you'll really open them up a lot or toe down a lot when you're playing different shots around the green. And then if you're someone who really wants to do a lot of manipulation around the green, getting very creative with how your club approaches, we have the X-grind and are most high lofted. X-grinds are most extreme, with significant relief along the trailing edge, the heel and the toe.
There's nowhere feel is more important in the short game, you're hitting delicate shots. You're trying to actually pull back, dial it back, hit very specific distances. It's not an all-out Max power shot. So, in the short game, nowhere is more important for feel. So that's where the grain flow forging and the denim, the feel of that Copper are going to give you something that you can't get from another golf club.”
