WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW: Cleveland’s CBX 2 wedges were designed to help golfers who, well, need help with their short game. Its latest black satin offering employs all the hallmark technologies of the original CBX 2, including a precise centre-of-gravity location, face-milling pattern and numerous loft/sole grind options in a striking murdered-out look.
THE DEEP DIVE: Cleveland Golf’s CBX 2 wedges were designed for golfers who use cavity-back irons and likely could benefit from wedges of a similar design. But that doesn’t mean those golfers don’t want to have the badass look better players often employ. With that in mind, Cleveland has introduced its new CBX 2 black satin offering.
While the look is different, the new finish continues to deliver on CBX 2’s technologies, including a precise centre-of-gravity location achieved by multiple features that locate the CG including a small cavity within the hosel, a slight cutout in the heel and a hidden cavity on the heel side of the back of the wedge. Approximately 40 grams is redistributed and the CG is shifted slightly towards the toe, creating a centre of percussion that lines up better with the typical toe-ward miss from average golfers. A thermoplastic polyurethane gel insert between the undercut cavity and the back of the face provides extra cushion.
The CBX 2 black satin also employs the same groove pattern and surface roughness of the original, including a face-milling pattern of interlocking rings, 17 finer-edged grooves than the original CBX and then 96 horizontal laser-milled lines surrounding each groove. Unlike the original CBX, the sole design changes through the lofts. A V-shape sole is offered in 46 through 52 degrees. On the 54- and 56-degree models, an S-shaped sole with more heel relief and a wider toe is employed to help those around-the-green shots where players may open the face somewhat. Finally, the highest lofts feature a C-shaped sole with the most heel and toe relief for the most versatility, while still keeping the leading edge closer to the ground than the original CBX.
The CBX 2 black satin will be offered in eight lofts (46, 48, 50, 52, 54, 56, 58 and 60 degrees) in both steel and graphite shaft options.
Stay tuned for Australian pricing and availability.
