VOKEY DESIGN SM11 WEDGES
#1 Wedge On Tour
Vokey Design has earned its position as the Tour’s wedge of choice through decades of sustained trust, relentless refinement, and an obsession with getting wedge performance right. Through this, Vokey has practically become shorthand for short game excellence.
Since 2004, Vokey has been the most played wedge on the PGA TOUR—racking up hundreds of wins and dozens of major championships. Year after year, the best wedge players in the world have to choose what goes in their bag, and their choice is Vokey.
VOKEY DESIGN SM11 WEDGES
#1 Wedge On Tour
This kind of sustained success doesn’t happen by accident. It’s built through an uncompromising standard of performance, unmatched one-on-one support for Tour players, and the vision of the game’s most trusted wedgemaker.
Our wedges have stayed so popular because they perform from one iteration to the next. I always tell our guys, ‘We have a damn good product going. I just don't want to step on a rake.’
- Bob Vokey
Bob Vokey is a man of many unique expressions, and this his own way of saying, “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” With this mindset, new technology doesn’t make it into a Vokey wedge unless it offers a real, measurable benefit—or unless it comes from a direct Tour request.
But when a wedge has Tour success like we saw in 2025, it begs the question: where do we go from here?
Not only did Vokey continue as the top wedge on the PGA TOUR, it accounted for 56% of all gap, sand, and lob wedges in play. Over the course of the season, Vokey wedges factored in two major championships and 26 total wins. The next nearest competitor had nine.
But even as these wedges were stacking up victories, Bob and the Vokey team were already deep into the work that would lead to SM11. As soon as a new product launches, the Vokey team spends the next two years asking questions and taking specific feedback from Tour. Aaron Dill, Bob’s right-hand man for more than 20 years, has seen this process play out before:
Bob is an innovator. But his art stems from listening to players. We’re always trying to find little technologies that make players incrementally better.
- Aaron Dill | Director of Player Relations, Vokey Design
Legacy, Refined
SM11 builds directly upon what players love about Vokey wedges, while sharpening performance where it matters most. Players will find the same six Tour-proven grinds, now with expanded loft and bounce options. They’ll see their preferred lower launch window, now with greater consistency. And they’ll get industry-leading spin performance, now with more predictability and control from the new Vokey Spin System.
Dill describes the changes as, “big improvements that feel like small changes.” They’re significant upgrades to performance, delivered in a way that’s familiar enough for players to add SM11 to their bags without hesitation.
This is the pattern that has kept Vokey on top of the Tour for more than two decades. It’s never innovation for innovation’s sake. It’s continuous, iterative improvements that push wedge technology forward while always staying true to what makes them look, feel, and perform like a Vokey.
For Bob, being the most played wedge on Tour isn’t the goal when developing a new wedge. But it’s a welcome byproduct.
Being number one on Tour definitely gives me a little pride—maybe a lot of pride. But I always know we can do better. I’m excited to see SM11 in competition, but I’m just as excited to get the feedback and start working on what’s next.
-Bob Vokey
For now, players can take advantage of everything SM11 brings to their short game. As for what comes next? Bob and the Vokey team are already working on it. And if history is any indication, they’ll keep pushing things forward—thoughtfully and deliberately, while always watching out for rakes.
