Edel built the SMS Pro around a weight you can flip between heel, toe and neutral. Add four grinds and three bounces, and it suits players who open the face and play shots around the green.
What's new
The SMS Pro arrived in September 2025 as a forged head of Japanese 1025 carbon steel. Its SMS Flip Weight moves mass toward the heel or the toe, or leaves it neutral, so a player can tune how the head behaves through the turf.
Loft choices climb in two-degree steps from 48 up to 60, across four grinds (F, T, C and W) and three bounce options. Stock build is a 115-gram KBS Hi-Rev 2.0 shaft and a Golf Pride Tour Velvet grip, and Edel sells the wedge by the club.
How it plays
Control around the green carries this wedge. Across the 15-model group test, the 56-degree carried 86.6 yards and spun at 9160 rpm. It flew straight on 87.5 percent of shots and finished 11.1 feet from the hole on average.
Workability leads our scores at 8.4, and feel follows at 8.2, which fits a soft forged head with a weight you can move around. One major hot list gave it 4.0 out of 5 and put it in the top five for short-game versatility.
Where it lacks
That same test ranked the SMS Pro 14th overall, so a solid proximity number did not carry it up the board. Forgiveness at 7.4 is the soft spot, and players who catch wedges thin or out on the toe will see it.
Choice cuts both ways too. Four grinds, three bounces and a flip weight give a fitter plenty to dial in, but buying off the rack means guessing at a combination, and a full set gets expensive one club at a time.
“Hands that play with face angle get paid back. If you mostly hit stock pitches, it asks a lot.”- The Club Stand gear team
Reasons to buy
- With an 8.4, workability outscores everything else, and the grind menu gives a shot-maker plenty to work with
- Forged 1025 carbon steel feels soft, and feel scores 8.2
- An 11.1-foot average proximity across the panel's 15-wedge field earned a strong 8.7 sub-score
Reasons to think twice
- Finished 14th of 15 overall in a head-to-head wedge test despite the good proximity number
- Thin and toe strikes cost more, since forgiveness bottoms out at 7.4
- Four grinds, three bounces and a movable weight make a big menu to sort through without a fitting
Specs
| Head | Forged Japanese 1025 carbon steel |
|---|---|
| Lofts | 48-60 deg (two-degree steps) |
| Grinds | F / T / C / W |
| Bounce | Three options |
| Weighting | SMS Flip Weight (heel / toe / neutral) |
| Shaft | KBS Hi-Rev 2.0 (115 g) |
| Grip | Golf Pride Tour Velvet |
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