Tour Edge Golf Clubs
Tour Edge Wedges: Hot Launch Max and Max D
Forgiving wedges for golfers who need help rather than versatility.
The design philosophy
Hot Launch wedges follow the same brief as the rest of the range — wide soles, easy launch, forgiveness on imperfect contact. They are not tour wedges and they are not trying to be.
That is the right approach for the golfer they are aimed at. A wedge that refuses to dig saves more shots for a mid or high handicapper than one that opens beautifully but punishes a heavy strike.
Who they suit
Golfers who play game-improvement irons and want the same forgiveness in the last clubs in the bag. Switching from a wide-soled 9-iron into a compact tour wedge is an awkward transition, and it happens to a lot of golfers without them thinking about it.
If your irons have wide soles, your wedges probably should too.
What you give up
Versatility. A narrow-soled tour wedge lets you open the face, sit the club low and slide it under the ball from a tight lie. A wide, forgiving sole resists that.
For most club golfers that trade is heavily worth making. You will face two or three genuinely creative shots per round and twenty ordinary ones.
The Max D versions
Draw-biased, following the same logic as the rest of the D range. Less relevant in a wedge than in a driver, since wedge shots are rarely long enough for a slice to matter much, but it keeps the set consistent.
Bounce still decides most of it
Whatever the model, bounce is what determines how the club interacts with the ground. Steep swings and soft turf want more; shallow swings and firm turf want less.
Look at your divots. Deep and long means high bounce. Shallow or non-existent means low.
Setting the lofts
Work down from your iron set’s pitching wedge in four to five degree steps. Game-improvement sets have strong lofts, so the gap below the set is usually bigger than convention suggests.
Find the pitching wedge loft before you buy anything else.
Fitting tip: If your 7-iron is a game-improvement head, buy a forgiving wedge to match it. Matching your wedge to your irons matters more than matching it to what better players use.
Model names current as of September 2026.