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Women's Wedge Rankings 2026My three picks from loft choices, weight, price and sole design

Updated: Oct 7, 2026Contains affiliate links

Among women's wedges, No. 1 is the Kasco Dolphin Wedge DW-125G, No. 2 the Cleveland Smart Sole FULL-FACE and No. 3 the ONOFF FROG'S LEAP-II.
Looking into women's iron sets, one number stood out. 12°.
XXIO, ONOFF and Bridgestone all have a 44° PW and 56° sand wedge. Buy a 5-club set and that 12° in between stays open. It's a gap worth three club numbers.
I'm a gear nerd who normally studies only how clubs are built, with an average score of 72 and a best of 68. I compared seven single wedges sold as women's models on official numbers. If you can't get out of bunkers, or your distances around 50 yards are off, you can decide on the one to add.

Header image product photos: Rakuten Ichiba (ad) | Kasco Dolphin Wedge DW-125G for LADIES, Cleveland Smart Sole FULL-FACE (Ladies), ONOFF FROG'S LEAP-II

Bottom line

Ranked by loft choices, weight, price and sole

Women's wedge troubles are mostly two. You can't get out of the bunker. And you can't hit the distance between PW and sand wedge.

• Loft choices. Is there an angle to fill the gap?
• Weight. Does it get suddenly heavier than the iron set?
• Price. Manufacturer's suggested retail price.
• Sole design. How the maker describes it.

The material is each maker's official Japanese spec sheet. I couldn't find any third-party measurements of Japan-spec women's clubs.

No. 1 Dolphin Wedge, No. 2 Smart Sole, No. 3 FROG'S LEAP-II

Here are seven single wedges officially offered as women's models.

Values from each maker's Japan official product page, catalog or release (checked Oct 7, 2026). Prices are MSRP (incl. tax). I found no third-party measurements of Japan-spec women's models, so the ranking uses official specs only. ◎ is the best value of the seven. For the Dolphin Wedge, values are for the Midnight Blue for LADIES (made to order), the one whose specs I could confirm on the official page. PING and Bridgestone are club numbers from the same line as their irons. The FROG'S RUNNING is a roll-only club hit like a putter, and the official page warns it can't be used for full shots.

Why This Order

The reasons are written only from the numbers in this article and the official specs. This is not a sales ranking.

I looked first at whether it can fill the gap in your set and whether it's built to handle bunkers. Change the criteria and the order changes. Reread it by whichever point you look at first.

No. 1 Dolphin Wedge: six lofts fill the gap and the bunker

The Dolphin Wedge has six lofts. Six, from 48° to 60°. Among women's wedges, no other model among these seven lets you choose this finely.

The sole is distinctive. Bounce (the angle of the sole's bulge) differs in the center, heel and toe. At 56 to 60°, it's 8° in the center, 3° at the heel and negative at the toe. The aim is that even hit as it is, without opening the face, it resists digging into sand and gets through easily.

Kasco writes on its official page that its bunker escape rate was 20% higher than a typical sand wedge. This is the maker's own test. The conditions aren't described in detail, so read the number with that in mind.

Weight is 378g at 48 to 52° and 384g at 56 to 60°. The shaft is a 39g graphite in L. The XXIO 14 Ladies sand wedge is 347g, so this is about 37g heavier (author's calculation). A slightly heavier wedge is harder to move with your hands and steadier. But some golfers will feel it suddenly heavier. This is a weak spot.

One more thing. The model whose specs I could confirm on the official page is the made-to-order Midnight Blue color. Regular-color women's models are also in shops, but I couldn't confirm their official specs this time.

No. 2 Smart Sole FULL-FACE: ¥18,700. Accept it as bunker-only

The Smart Sole FULL-FACE is ¥18,700. The cheapest of the 7. You can try it for ¥12,100 less than the Dolphin Wedge.

It's wide. As the name says, the sole is wide. Cleveland explains that the three-layer wide sole reduces mistakes. The face is grooved all over, built to put spin on the ball even if you open it and hit toward the toe. The women's spec is the same head with a graphite shaft (L, 41g). The 58° TYPE-S is 385g.

The reason it wasn't No. 1 is loft. 58° and 64°. It's a club for the bunker and high shots, with nothing around 50° to fill the gap to the PW. For golfers who only want to fix the bunker, this would be No. 1.

No. 3 FROG'S LEAP-II: 373g. The lightest of the seven

The FROG'S LEAP-II is 373g at 51°. That's the lightest figure of the seven. The dedicated shaft is 37g. Switching from the iron set, the step in weight is small.

The sole has two levels, front and back. ONOFF calls it "double bounce." It's a very wide sole meant to slide even when you hit it fat. The official page says loft and lie can be adjusted up to ±1°. It's cast soft iron, so it can be bent to fit.

Lofts are 51, 58 and 64°. With the 51° available, the 12° gap between a 44° PW and a 56° sand wedge is filled by adding this 1 club.
¥24,200.

The reason for third place is range of choice. The three lofts are 7° and 6° apart, with no 56°. The dedicated shaft came out in March 2023, so it is an older design among the seven.

The four that missed the top three, and who needn't buy

• Fourteen FR-3 Ladies: five lofts from 46 to 54°. Forged soft iron, released Apr 17, 2026. The build is the most serious of the seven. But at 391 to 402g it's heavy, and the women's lineup goes only to 54°. There's no 56° or 58° for bunkers.
• PING G LE 4 UW and SW: 52° and 56°, both with 13° bounce. They hit in the same flow as the irons. 1 clubs ¥34,100, the most expensive.
• Bridgestone B-LD CONCEPT AW: 50° at ¥19,360. 1 club to fill the gap for golfers already using the B-LD irons.
• ONOFF FROG'S RUNNING: a 42° roll-only club. You hit it like a putter around the green. It's a different tool rather than a wedge.

Who needn't add one

• Golfers who usually get out of the bunker in one shot
• Golfers who can vary the distance between PW and sand wedge with swing length
• Golfers who mostly hit thin chips (the sole won't fix that. It's ball position and weight shift)

How to combine lofts is in a table in How many wedges to carry. Why you hit fat from bunkers is in Fat chips and bounce.

What loft is your PW?

Update history

• Oct 7, 2026: published (based on each maker's official Japanese spec sheets)

About the writer and sources

Written by a gear nerd who studies golf equipment, averages a 72, and plays about 150 rounds a year.

I re-read the numbers against the sources below on Oct 7, 2026. Last updated Oct 7, 2026.

FAQ

Related reading

Best Women's Irons 2026
#1 is the XXIO 14 Ladies. Eleven compared by 7-iron loft and weight.

Best Women's Putters 2026
No. 1 is the PING G LE 4 ANSER 2D. You can order the length from 31 to 36 in.

【Oct 2026 Update】Best Women's Hybrids 2026
#1 is the XXIO 14 Ladies. Five clubs, up to 35°.

How many wedges to carry
There's a table for deciding your combination from the PW loft.

Sources for this article

• Kasco official: DOLPHIN WEDGE DW-125G Midnight Blue for LADIES
• Dunlop official: Cleveland Smart Sole FULL-FACE TYPE-S
• ONOFF official: WEDGE LADY FROG'S LEAP-II
• ONOFF official: WEDGE LADY FROG'S RUNNING
• Fourteen official: FR-3 Wedge Ladies
• PING official: G LE 4 Irons (UW and SW)
• Bridgestone Golf official: B-LD Irons (B-LD CONCEPT wedge)
• Dunlop official: XXIO 14 Ladies Irons (PW and SW lofts)

Last updated: Oct 7, 2026

Specs and prices are the figures published on manufacturers' official websites and in press releases, and by media outlets (checked Oct 7, 2026). They were not measured by this site.