“It’s time to silence your inner naysayer and unleash your inner shotmaker.”
It is crystal clear that Cleveland Golf is done sitting back and letting things happen, because a catchline like the one above is anything but introspective. No, it is a look you in the eyes while they take your lunch money kind of statement.
But you know what? It’s about time, because when it comes to the CBX lineups of wedges from Cleveland Golf, that is exactly what people should be doing. Get out of your own way and get after it knowing you have a club which is designed specifically for golfers just like you. So, with today’s unveiling of the new CBX Full-Face 2 wedges, Cleveland Golf believes it’s time to get after it.
2023 Cleveland CBX Full-Face 2 Wedges
You want to start an internet argument with “traditionalists”, if you can’t go with a loft discussion, then bring up full face grooves. Frankly, the fact that it remains such a polarizing thing for so many is fascinating, especially when the reasoning makes perfect sense for us mortals who prefer to use all the surface area on our wedges. Good news, the CBX Full-Face 2 is the largest clubface the company has ever put into a CBX wedge.
In fact, there is 13% more striking area than with the original RTX Full-Face and nearly 7% compared to the original CBX Full-Face. When it comes to amateur golfers who can have variable consistency, that is one heck of an increase. Much of the size is made possible by the high-toe shaping that the Full-Face 2 is utilizing, but Cleveland is making it crystal clear that they spent a tremendous amount of time ensuring that the look at setup won’t be too much for golfers. A large part of that is thanks to a lot of focus on the topline to hosel transition.
ZipCore is alive and well with the Full-Face 2. Also, the removal of heavy steel in the hosel, and instead utilizing a light-but-strong low-density dampening material, has proven successful for Cleveland Golf since its introduction. With that, the Full-Face 2 it is working in tandem with the Hollow Cavity that sits below the wedges Gelback dampening TPU to not only align the CG of the design horizontally, but it also tunes performance vertically as well. Internal testing done by Cleveland Golf shows 7% heel/toe and 13% high/low MOI improvements on strikes compared to the original.
But wait! There’s more ZIP! In fact, there is a lot more, as the face of the CBX Full-Face 2’s are packed with technology as well, in fact, it is the same technology they are utilizing in their flagship RTX6 wedges. First, there is UltiZip which are a specialized combination of sharper (11%), deeper (7.3%), and more tightly spaced (7.2%) grooves that work to not just cut through debris but funnel it away while maximizing bite off the face (7.2% more). Not to mention, the Full-Face 2 also have 2 more grooves per face.
Next is HydraZip. If you have played in the rain or the morning dew, then you know the havoc moisture can play on spin, HydraZip is Cleveland Golf’s answer to that. This is a dynamic face blast to create textures which maximize the friction and consistency of spin regardless of the condition. On top of that, there is angled laser milling that optimizes friction even more. Since golfers use certain lofts in different ways, Cleveland also uses different texture blasts and laser patterns in the 50-52 versus the 54-60.
The CBX Full-Face 2 wedges also have a new sole shape which should excite those who found that the original didn’t allow them the manipulation/versatility that they desired. First, the lower lofts (50-52) have more bounce through a Full Sole shaping while the higher ones (54-60) have a C-Shaped Sole which claims more refined heel/toe relief. The bigger change, however, is in the new Bounce Chamfer. For those who don’t know, chamfer is essentially a transitional edge, in this case it is at the leading edge of the wedges. According to Cleveland, this plays a notable impact on how the wedge gets through the turf without digging and adds notable performance improvements of interaction on touch and pressed shots.
The Details
The CBX Full-Face 2 wedges will be available in 50/52 Full Grind as well as 54/56/58/60 C-Shaped and hit stores 2/3/2023 with a price of $169.99. Standard shaft options will be the True Temper DG Spinner 115 Tour Issue (steel) or Project X Catalyst 80 Spinner (graphite) with Lamkin Crossline grips. That said, as always Cleveland has a plethora of custom shaft/grip options and yes, custom paint-fill will be available on these as well.
Bold looks good on Cleveland Golf, but are the changes to the new CBX Full-Face 2 wedges enough to get you to step outside the box of perpetuated tradition and try a wedge with forgiveness? Delve into the conversation in the comments below or on the THP Community and let your opinion be heard!
