What Wedges Are Banned From the PGA?

On the PGA Tour, players must use equipment “which conforms with the USGA Rules of Golf,” according to the 2012 PGA Tour Player Handbook. In practice, manufacturers typically provide a new club to the United States Golf Association for testing, to be certain that the club is compliant with the rules. The USGA doesn’t generally publish a list of banned clubs, but it does provide a searchable database of clubs that do or do not conform to the USGA’s new rules regarding grooved club faces. These rules apply to wedges, along with standard irons, hybrids and woods.