Callaway · Wedge · 2024
Opus
CaddyIndex™ breakdown: what our research found across each of the six performance dimensions, with cited sources.
You're a better player who wants elite, consistent spin and a controlled, lower launch from Callaway's most tour-validated wedge shape with a dense, premium feel.
You want maximum forgiveness, a larger cavity-back shape, or a value price.
Pros
- Spin Gen Face with the most aggressive grooves in golf - elite spin
- Among the best spin consistency of any wedges tested
- A lower, more controlled launch on half and full shots
- Callaway's most tour-validated shape with a dense, premium feel
Cons
- A player's tour shape - less forgiving than a cavity-back wedge
- Rewards a clean strike from a better player
- Premium tour pricing
By dimension
Forgiveness
Reasonable for a tour wedge - the Opus uses Callaway's most tour-tested, tour-validated shape with a higher toe peak that adds a touch of stability, a player's tour wedge rather than a cavity-back. The tour shape rewards a clean strike - modest forgiveness by design.
Distance
Best-in-class - the Opus delivered elite-level spin with among the best spin consistency of any wedges tested, and launches about a degree lower on half shots and up to three degrees lower on full swings for control, the consistency giving dependable distances. Among the best wedges for distance control.
Workability
Highly workable - four grinds: the all-purpose S (every loft), the widest-sole W, and low-bounce T and C grinds with extensive relief (58 and 60 only), the tour-validated shape giving shotmaking. Among the more workable wedges - a tour shape with a strong grind range.
Feel
Dense and refined - the Opus delivers a much more dense and full sensation at impact without feeling head heavy, a solid, premium feel. Among the better wedge feels - a dense, premium tour feel.
Sound
A clean, solid note - the dense impact gives a muted, solid sound, a refined acoustic. A clean, muted note.
Looks at address
Among the best - the most tour-tested, tour-validated shape Callaway has released, with a higher toe peak, a radius in the leading edge and easier hosel transitions, a clean, premium tour look. Among the cleaner tour wedges.
Sources
Some of the reviews, lab tests and head-to-head comparisons we read while grading this club.