Brian Symonds and his Mel Factor Wedge
This is the fourth in a series about great new products discovered recently at the PGA Merchandise Show, entitled From Tee To Green.
FROM THE SAND BUNKER
I will guarantee you three things about Symonds Golf’s Mel Factor Wedges.
1) You have never seen a wedge quite like it.
2) You won’t see one on weekend TV coverage of the PGA Tour any time real soon.
3) If you dread hitting it into a greenside bunker, this wedge will make you dread it less.
Designed by golf professional and course owner Brian Symonds of Lake Worth, the Mel Factor Wedge has the largest head you have ever seen at the end of a golf shaft. But if you can get beyond the size, the club actually looks very normal at address. The sole has extreme width and bounce.
Symonds says that escaping the sand time after time is as simple as squaring the club at address, picking it straight up, then dropping it into the sand two inches beyond the ball, making your normal body turn all the while.
I can safely say that the appearance and size of the wedge exudes confidence. And this isn’t a one and done product from Symonds. He has created several models of Brian Symonds Design wedges, most of which have a more traditional size than the Mel Factor.
Does the wedge deliver on Symonds’ promise? For $99 (a cheap price tag for a player with the Sand Bunker Blues) you can find out.
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