Callaway X-Tour Review

Good Points
Great feel
Nice look
Tremendous stopping power.

Bad Points
The sharper and wider grooves will damage the out skin of your balls which is not for everyone.

General Comments
This Callaway X-Tour is the best wedge I've used in 30+ years of playing golf !



Quite simply brilliant - but it comes at a cost.



The club (58' L 11' B MD grooves) has a tremendous feel both for short chips around the green and for longer attacking shots of around 50 or so yards. In either case the the ball stops very quickly eliminating the need to try and navigate the contours of the green, and additionaly for the fuller shots you often can get the ball to easily spin back a bit (obviously using a softer ball and the greens aren't baked hard etc).



Like I said though it comes at a cost - shredded golf balls. With the MD model especialy, the grooves are a little wider and specially designed to grab more of the ball during the shot helping you get that extra spin. The result is often fine slivers of the balls outer coating being left in the grooves and some being left hanging off the ball that you need to pick off when you are on the green.

Dont get me wrong the ball doesnt look like its been in a food blender for five minutes and is still very usable, but the pristine look it had when it came out of the box will certainly be lost after a few holes.

As most 'better' golfers are unlikely to use the same ball for more than a couple of rounds (pros tend to use a new ball each hole) in serious competitions it is a small price to pay to potentialy save yourself several shots in a round.



Which loft variant is best for you is down to personal preferance as there are a lot of variations. If your worried out damaged balls then the non MD version may be better but at the cost of extra roll.



Which ever you choose KEEP THOSE GROOVES CLEAN, or you might as well get the cheepest wedge out of the pro's bargin bucket. Let the grooves do the work !!!