Fantastic Club---Cleveland CG12 Wedges

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(Free-Press-Release.com) March 18, 2010 -- The Cleveland Golf CG12 Black Pearl Wedge combines classic wedge design with advanced manufacturing processes. On each CG12 wedge, the grooves are milled to maximum conforming dimensions using a proprietary CNC mill bit to create envelope-stretching geometry. To improve shot consistency, the new groove geometry was coupled with an innovative plating process making ZIP Grooves Cleveland Golf's most consistent, precise, and visible wedge technology to date.

The CG12 is available in both chromed and black pearl finishes. As you can tell by the pictures, I played two chromed wedges. The chrome versions are quite shiny - I often saw hot spots of reflected light around my ball when playing on sunny days. The face is attractively sandblasted from top to bottom and around every groove, resulting in a satin appearance that helps to minimize glare.
The long hosel and two-ring black and white ferrule are simple enough, but I wish the same approach had been taken to the rest of the club. The Cleveland logo appears on the back of the club, but designers thought it necessary to include the scripted word "Cleveland" on the sole of the club. It not only complicates what would otherwise be a fairly clean design, but proves difficult to clean with just a towel.
Technology

Despite the addition of one to the name, Cleveland's CG12 wedges are not successors to the CG11s. In fact, determining the CG12's parents are difficult: the wedges resemble the CG10 and even the revered 588, but with a bit more of a square leading edge and toe. They're likely updates to the CG10: the CG11s are the forgiving models and the CG10s and CG12s are for slightly better players.
We tested: 46°/8° (loft/bounce), 48°/8°, 50°/10°, 52°/10°, 54°/12°, 56°/14°, 58°/12° and 60°/10° in steel shaft
Our Test Panel Says:
PROS: Great-spinning wedges, which means great control; playability is king, good players have repeating ball flight and ideal trajectory control on full shots; sufficient feel and feedback to let you know what you're doing; mid-handicappers find these so easy to use; extraction is quick and painless no matter the lie.

CONS: Aggressive grooves take getting used to, they put a stop on it so you have to go right at the hole; no more forgiveness on off-center strikes than your normal wedge

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