![]() ![]() ![]() Without some refinements, PM Grind would have been totally unplayable. Basically we have all the makings of a total disaster. All that additional surface area means a lot more weight – and where weight goes, the center of gravity follows. In the case of the PM Grind a couple of things were glaringly obvious. Those of you who read my work frequently already know that while my job is primarily to tell you how well a given piece of equipment works, I’m absolutely fascinated with the engineering side of it – the hows and whys behind why clubs behave the way they do. So when I began evaluating the Callaway Mack Daddy PM Grind wedge from the perspective of the average golfer, I really had a single question: My god…look at that massive toe, you’d better put some extra grooves on it.Īnd so as I considered this most unconventional wedge, and it’s original target demographic (Phil Mickelson), I started to wonder if this newfound versatility would come at the expense of playability.įlop shots, bunker shots, pine straw, desert, and nut-deep fescue aside, sooner or later all of us need to hit a full shot from the middle of the fairway. A bit of creativity, shaping, some other refinements, and boom…one hell of a strange looking wedge.Īnd well, since this is Callaway, where if 3 weeks go by without a new product release people inside the company start to get twitchy, the company decided to bring Phil’s Franken Wedge to retail.Īlong with the release came a semi-brilliant tagline quote from Phil Mickelson: It looks different because it’s designed different (I guess adverbs aren’t Phil’s thing, but given my personal propensity for leaving out entire words and inventing new ones, I’ll let it slide), and the money stat that the PM Grind has 39% more groove area. Phil decided he’d like to try a wedge that provides a bit more meat in that region of the club, so he approached Callaway together, team Callaway started welding bits and pieces of other wedges together. This isn’t a Phil phenomenon, it basically happens to anyone who likes to open up the faces on his/her wedges. If you’re just hearing about the Callaway Mack Daddy PM Grind Wedge for the first time today, let me give you the quick backstory:Īfter decades of professional golf Phil Mickelson came to the realization that he hits a lot of shots high and towards the toe. In 5+ years writing for MyGolfSpy I can’t recall a single product that has fascinated me this much. ![]()
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