[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":20},["ShallowReactive",2],{"article-cleveland-golf-clubs-cleveland-cbx4-zipcore-explained-the-cavity-back-wedge":3},{"slug":4,"title":5,"subtitle":6,"image":7,"imageAlt":8,"category":9,"html":12,"wordCount":13,"prev":14,"next":17},"cleveland-cbx4-zipcore-explained-the-cavity-back-wedge","Cleveland CBX4 ZipCore Explained: The Cavity-Back Wedge","A wedge built for golfers who play cavity-back irons and want the same forgiveness in the short game.","\u002Fimg\u002Fcleveland-golf-clubs\u002Fcleveland-cbx4-zipcore-explained-the-cavity-back-wedge_cbx4-explained.png","Cleveland CBX4 ZipCore Explained: The Cavity-Back Wedge illustration",{"slug":10,"title":11},"cleveland-golf-clubs","Cleveland Golf Clubs","\u003Ch3>The problem CBX solves\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\u003Cp>Most golfers play forgiving cavity-back irons through the set, then switch to a compact blade-style wedge for the last two clubs. That is an odd transition. The club you hit least confidently is the one with the least help built into it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>CBX4 ZipCore is Cleveland’s answer. It is a wedge with a hollow cavity construction, a wider sole and perimeter weighting, so mishits hold their distance better than they would with a tour-shaped wedge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ch3>Who it suits\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\u003Cp>If your irons are game-improvement or super game-improvement, CBX4 is the more logical wedge. The shape at address is closer to your irons, so the visual transition is smoother, and the forgiveness profile matches.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It is also worth considering if you are a decent ball-striker who simply does not practise the short game much. Forgiveness is not only for high handicappers — it is for anyone whose contact is inconsistent, whatever the reason.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ch3>What you give up\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\u003Cp>Workability, mostly. A tour wedge with a narrower sole lets you open the face, sit the club low and manipulate trajectory. CBX4 resists that a little. The wider sole that helps you on a chunky strike also stops the leading edge sliding under the ball on a tight lie when you want to hit a low spinner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For most club golfers that trade is heavily in favour of the CBX. You will hit two or three genuinely creative shots per round. You will hit twenty ordinary ones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ch3>CBZ Full-Face\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\u003Cp>The related option, with grooves running across the whole face and a shape aimed at players who open the club up out of rough and sand. Same forgiveness philosophy, more help on off-centre strikes toward the toe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If your standard bunker technique involves laying the face wide open, this is the one to look at first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ch3>Mixing CBX with tour wedges\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\u003Cp>Plenty of golfers carry a CBX gap wedge and sand wedge, then a tour-shaped lob wedge for touch shots around the green. That is a perfectly sensible bag. There is no requirement to keep the family consistent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cblockquote>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Fitting tip:\u003C\u002Fstrong> If your 7-iron is a cavity back, your sand wedge probably should be too. Matching the wedge to your irons matters more than matching it to what better players use.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003C\u002Fblockquote>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cem>Model names current as of September 2026.\u003C\u002Fem>\u003C\u002Fp>\n",395,{"slug":15,"title":16},"cleveland-rtz-vs-rtx-6-zipcore-which-tour-wedge","Cleveland RTZ vs RTX 6 ZipCore: Which Tour Wedge",{"slug":18,"title":19},"full-face-wedges-who-actually-benefits","Full-Face Wedges: Who Actually Benefits",1788299816242]