Titleist Vokey SM11 vs Vokey SM10

The new Vokey Spin System — a directional face texture angled toward the leading edge, three shot-specific groove shapes, and roughly 5% more groove volume than the SM10. Today's Golfer stressed the gain is consistency, not a magical jump in the numbers: shots struck slightly thin still grab and stop quickly, and National Club Golfer found the larger grooves bite hard in soft conditions.

Spin Milled grooves cut individually per loft, with a heat treatment for durability. MyGolfSpy's robot testing measured spin among the highest of any wedge with tighter shot-to-shot variance than competitors — which is why the outgoing model keeps a razor-thin edge on the scorecard, 9.8 to 9.7.

Classic Vokey — a soft-but-solid sensation with a crisp click on center strikes that reviewers describe as almost transparent, plus instant, unharsh feedback on where you caught it. A few reviewers did note the cast head doesn't quite have the “buttery” sensation of a forged blade.

The 8620 carbon steel delivers the soft, buttery impact and precise feedback skilled wedge players prize — Golf Monthly called the feel off the face soft and pure, with immediate feedback on strike quality. Neither generation gives anything away here: dead even at 9.5.

Six tour-proven grinds including the narrow T grind — the most-played lob-wedge grind on the PGA Tour, with maximum heel, toe, and trail-edge relief for open-face finesse. And because the CG is standardized within each loft, choosing a grind for turf interaction no longer shifts your launch window.

Bob Vokey's grind library (F, S, M, K, D, L) answers every input, from the low-bounce L grind for tight lies to open-face flops — Plugged In Golf called the F grind the most versatile sole in golf. The shot-shaper's benchmark, whichever generation you pick.

An industry-leading 27 loft/bounce/grind configurations across six grinds — the T grind joins the lineup, the wide-sole K grind now comes in both low and high bounce, and lofts start at 44°. Today's Golfer named it “Best for Versatility” in its 2026 wedge test, calling it the most fitting-friendly Vokey yet.

Six grinds across 23 loft/bounce combinations spanning 46–62° — the widest fitting matrix in the wedge market until its successor arrived. National Club Golfer's line still holds: if you can't find an SM10 that fits your game, you're not looking hard enough.

A player's wedge that rewards precise contact and punishes poor strikes — Plugged In Golf notes it naturally wants to launch the ball and asks a lot of golfers who need to flight shots down. The wider-sole K and F grinds help, but forgiveness isn't its job.

Same DNA, same honest limitation: MyGolfSpy called it a wedge built for golfers who can control their low point. Inconsistent strikers will find more help in wide-sole, cavity-back designs — from either generation, this category is a dead heat at 7.5.

The standardized, progressive CG is positioned to produce a penetrating, controlled flight in the sand and lob wedges, and several reviewers singled it out as the most meaningful change over the SM10 — the same launch window from any grind within a loft. That flight control earns the narrow edge here.

Individually milled grooves and tight spin tolerances make carry distances predictable — TXG's take was that you can trust the number you see on the launch monitor. The SM11 merely sharpens what was already excellent.

At $199 per wedge in steel — $209 for graphite and roughly $229 for the raw finish — a three-wedge set runs close to $600 before tax. The most-repeated caveat in its coverage, from Golf Monthly and Today's Golfer among others, is that the gains over the SM10 are subtle for the extra money.

The previous-generation SM10 has dropped to about $159 from its $189 launch price, and reviewers measured the SM11's spin numbers as comparable rather than transformative. Near-identical performance at a real discount is exactly what a value score is for — the SM10's clearest win.