The CG16 Black Pearl Wedge offers maximum forgiveness and playability whilst maintaining shot-making versatility. The CG16 Black Pearl Wedge has a large cavity back design and a deeper, hollow cavity. The cavity back design offers more perimeter weighting and increases MOI creating greater forgiveness. The deeper cavity lowers the centre of gravity which improves the playability of the club, and helps players get the ball in the air. The wide sole design on the CG16 Black Pearl Wedge creates maximum forgiveness and bunker performance while maintaining shot-making versatility. 'Zip groove' and 'laser-milled' technology offers the CG16 Black Pearl Wedge the maximum conforming dimensions within each groove whilst adding four laser-milled texture lines between each groove to increase the ball-to-club friction.
TheCG16 Black Pearl Wedge
looks very similar to the CG14 wedge but without the insert and it is not surprising given that it comes from the same mould. However the colour insert has been replaced with a cavity back and this not only looks better but also improves stability and forgiveness on off-centre hits. Compared to the excellent CG15 wedge the leading edge is less rounded and the sole is wider.
Cleveland say that this style of wedge is very popular on Tour, especially in the sand iron lofts. However we were not as keen as the extra forgiveness has meant a trade off on feel, which is not as crisp as the CG15 wedge and the wider was not as effective on softer lies. With respect to the tour, we feel that these are good wedges for aspiring mid handicappers and those who want more forgiveness from a wedge they use a lot from the fairway, but what do we know...