Cleveland Golf Clubs
Cleveland CBX4 ZipCore Explained: The Cavity-Back Wedge
A wedge built for golfers who play cavity-back irons and want the same forgiveness in the short game.
The problem CBX solves
Most golfers play forgiving cavity-back irons through the set, then switch to a compact blade-style wedge for the last two clubs. That is an odd transition. The club you hit least confidently is the one with the least help built into it.
CBX4 ZipCore is Cleveland’s answer. It is a wedge with a hollow cavity construction, a wider sole and perimeter weighting, so mishits hold their distance better than they would with a tour-shaped wedge.
Who it suits
If your irons are game-improvement or super game-improvement, CBX4 is the more logical wedge. The shape at address is closer to your irons, so the visual transition is smoother, and the forgiveness profile matches.
It is also worth considering if you are a decent ball-striker who simply does not practise the short game much. Forgiveness is not only for high handicappers — it is for anyone whose contact is inconsistent, whatever the reason.
What you give up
Workability, mostly. A tour wedge with a narrower sole lets you open the face, sit the club low and manipulate trajectory. CBX4 resists that a little. The wider sole that helps you on a chunky strike also stops the leading edge sliding under the ball on a tight lie when you want to hit a low spinner.
For most club golfers that trade is heavily in favour of the CBX. You will hit two or three genuinely creative shots per round. You will hit twenty ordinary ones.
CBZ Full-Face
The related option, with grooves running across the whole face and a shape aimed at players who open the club up out of rough and sand. Same forgiveness philosophy, more help on off-centre strikes toward the toe.
If your standard bunker technique involves laying the face wide open, this is the one to look at first.
Mixing CBX with tour wedges
Plenty of golfers carry a CBX gap wedge and sand wedge, then a tour-shaped lob wedge for touch shots around the green. That is a perfectly sensible bag. There is no requirement to keep the family consistent.
Fitting tip: If your 7-iron is a cavity back, your sand wedge probably should be too. Matching the wedge to your irons matters more than matching it to what better players use.
Model names current as of September 2026.