Cleveland Golf is showcasing its all-new RTZ wedges featuring Z-Alloy at the 72nd PGA Show this week and its new Frontline Elite Putters, which are designed to reduce adverse effects of off-center strikes and help players sink more putts, regardless of stroke type. Taking the next step in their long history of wedge innovation and design, the Z-Alloy in Cleveland Golf’s new RTZ Wedges provide an unrivaled combination of feel, forgiveness, and greenside control.
“When we started working with Z-Alloy, we learned quickly it was going to allow us more flexibility in our wedge design and we wouldn’t be limited on what we wanted to create,” says Patrick Ripp, Tour Engineering Manager at Cleveland Golf. “The enhancements this new material offers shows up in every area that matters. The feel is pure, aesthetic is cleaner, and the consistency golfers will see around the greens is improved. From top to bottom, this is our most complete wedge to date.”
Extensive testing by Cleveland Golf’s R&D team has shown RTZ Wedges are 10 percent softer than the highly acclaimed RTX 6 ZipCore Wedges, providing golfers with superior feel, forgiveness, and consistency. Another key feature of Z-Alloy is that it doesn’t rust. Due to Z-Alloy’s unique anti-rust properties, golfers can rely on raw, RTZ Tour Rack Wedges to maintain their performance and appearance for longer periods of time.
Cleveland’s Frontline Elite putters deliver 38 percent more accuracy on mishits, according to company tests, thanks to its forward-weighted technology and Speed Optimized Face Technology (SOFT). Its individualized groove patterns, specific to each putter shape, balance energy transfer across an enlarged striking area, normalizing ball speeds and helping mishits travel a similar distance to perfectly struck putts. Frontline Elite also features counterbalance weights beneath each putter grip and sole weights in each head.
“For the Frontline Elite Putter, we used more than 30g of metal injection molded tungsten across the striking area to move weight as far forward as possible,” said Casey Shultz, Product Manager at Cleveland Golf. “In a forward-weighted putter design, face rotation is significantly reduced on off-center strikes. So, even if you mishit your putt, your ball will stay more on-line, and at the desired speed for more scoring chances.”