Square Strike Wedge Review

The Square Strike Wedge exists to fix one specific, miserable problem: the chunked chip. Its heavy, wide, anti-dig sole is built so the club glides across the turf instead of digging into it, which turns the fat-chip lottery into a low, running shot you can actually rely on. If the short chip fills you with dread, this is a genuine confidence buy — with limits worth being honest about.

Who it’s for

Beginners and higher handicappers who chunk or blade the standard chip. A conventional wedge has a sharp leading edge that digs when your strike is even slightly off; the Square Strike’s heavy sole and lean-forward design resist that, so a simple putting-style stroke sends the ball low and running toward the hole. It’s tournament-legal, so unlike a lot of “training” gadgets you can carry it in a real round. For the player losing three or four shots a round to fat chips, that is real money on the scorecard.

The honest limitations

This is a single-purpose club. It hits one shot well — the low, running chip and short pitch — and it is not built to flop, to spin, to hit full shots, or to play a greenside bunker. You’ll still want a proper sand wedge for those, which means the Square Strike takes a bag slot a versatile wedge could fill. And because it makes the running chip so easy, it can become a crutch: it won’t teach you the higher, spinning shots you’ll eventually want. Think of it as training wheels that happen to be legal — brilliant while you need them, redundant once you don’t.

The verdict

If chunked chips are actively wrecking your rounds, the Square Strike does exactly what it claims and is worth it. If you already chip cleanly, or you want one wedge that can do everything, skip it — a forgiving all-rounder like the CBX Full-Face from our wedge roundupcovers more ground. It’s a fix for a fault, not a wedge for life.