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Why We Like It
- The T350 is the company’s most aggressive approach to forgiveness and ball speed with its larger size and wider sole.
- The high-strength, variable-thickness steel face features the same alloy as the T200 as well as the L-shape that overlaps into the sole for extra rebound at impact.
- Healthy chunks of super-dense tungsten in the heel and toe foster sumo-wrestler stability on off-center hits.
- The hollow design houses the polymer-core structure (previously on the back of the T300), moving it closer to the face for better performance and feel.
- When designing a sole, who better to lean on than Bob Vokey and his wedge team at Titleist. Their work inspired the variable-bounce sole used on these irons.
- Top 5 in Performance, all handicaps.
- SPECS: 7-iron: 29 degrees; PW: 43 degrees
what our testers said
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Jack
35, Handicap 1
2 years testing
The head is big but not garish. It instills confidence but isn't going to get you any weird looks. It launches high, but it's low spin. It flies flat and long. I think this iron could take someone from double digits to single
Shane
36, Handicap 15
5 years testing
Green-eating height and distance. It felt spring-loaded, even pop-ups were going 180 yards. It felt quiet and comfortable in your hands. Super charged but understated. There's definitely a substantial mass to it that will power through the ground and the ball.
BK
41, Handicap 1
9 years testing
Overall, it blends sort of everything the best. Ease of use, distance. Not quite the longest, but you get the extra pop. You get confidence at address but it's subtle. There's nothing off-putting. A little on the loud side but the feel is fantastic. Center strikes kind of feel like a players iron. A beginner up through high single digits can get a lot out of this club.
Matt
27, Handicap 5
1 year testing
There's nothing not to love about these. There is little-to-no resistance through the turf. It's very soft—even if you dig into the ground it's going to fight back to the ball and be consistent for you. The sound is that perfect flush noise off the center of the face. It's a bit deafer off the toe or heel, which is good feedback, but it's nothing sad like when you mis-hit a blade iron. It was effortless for me to hit a draw, and I usually hit a cut—so this was sort of ideal.
Robert
28, Handicap 2
1 year testing
A really good-looking iron but a bit chunkier in the back. It performs so well through the turf, even on mis-hits. You get appropriate feedback in the hands as to what you did with the shot. I could work the ball whatever way I wanted to. There is some forgiveness, but it's not off the charts.
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Jack
35, Handicap 1
2 years testing
The head is big but not garish. It instills confidence but isn't going to get you any weird looks. It launches high, but it's low spin. It flies flat and long. I think this iron could take someone from double digits to single
Shane
36, Handicap 15
5 years testing
Green-eating height and distance. It felt spring-loaded, even pop-ups were going 180 yards. It felt quiet and comfortable in your hands. Super charged but understated. There's definitely a substantial mass to it that will power through the ground and the ball.
BK
41, Handicap 1
9 years testing
Overall, it blends sort of everything the best. Ease of use, distance. Not quite the longest, but you get the extra pop. You get confidence at address but it's subtle. There's nothing off-putting. A little on the loud side but the feel is fantastic. Center strikes kind of feel like a players iron. A beginner up through high single digits can get a lot out of this club.
Matt
27, Handicap 5
1 year testing
There's nothing not to love about these. There is little-to-no resistance through the turf. It's very soft—even if you dig into the ground it's going to fight back to the ball and be consistent for you. The sound is that perfect flush noise off the center of the face. It's a bit deafer off the toe or heel, which is good feedback, but it's nothing sad like when you mis-hit a blade iron. It was effortless for me to hit a draw, and I usually hit a cut—so this was sort of ideal.
Robert
28, Handicap 2
1 year testing
A really good-looking iron but a bit chunkier in the back. It performs so well through the turf, even on mis-hits. You get appropriate feedback in the hands as to what you did with the shot. I could work the ball whatever way I wanted to. There is some forgiveness, but it's not off the charts.
Skylar
26, Handicap 7
2 years testing
It's chunky but somehow minimalistic. It has a higher-pitched whoosh at impact so if you prefer a lower sound, it's not great. The weight felt more in the clubhead so it kind of created a pendulum action. I like it lighter so I can swing my swing. You can still play this, but you just have to play it like the club wants.
RC
63, Handicap 7
2 years testing
I could never get good swing speed out of it. Maybe it was because of the bigger head. Still, it was easy to hit. Mis-hits would stay right on line. It's a good-looking club with a sweet chrome finish—blade looking.
Thomas
60, Handicap 7
10+ years testing
I loved the cushioned feel at impact—powerful but quiet. They were very forgiving all the way down to the 5-iron. Definitely no problem getting through the worst conditions. Tough lies weren't a problem. It had a good mix of weight and heft. I never had to try to manipulate it.
Megan
39, Handicap 0
1 year testing
I absolutely love this club. Everything was great. It sounded nice, was easy to hit and gave great performance. The contact felt dynamic. I got great feedback through the strike. I got that "I want to come back and hit this again" type of feel, even on mis-hits.
Jason
48, Handicap 0
10+ years testing
It's a good-looking iron. A sleek, players looking club, even if it's game improvement. They shade the top edge with a matte finish, which helps the topline look narrower, which I like. It's easy to hit. Maybe not the longest iron, but a great choice.
Daniel
33, Handicap 12
5 years testing
It was light but explosive off the clubface. I could make an easy swing to get real easy power. It also was effortless through the ground. You need very little energy to get these shots in the air—a perfect combination of height and distance.
Peter
57, Handicap 7
10+ years testing
Super sharp-looking club. The ball really comes off the face with some heat. There is some workability, too. It has pop plus forgiveness. Off-center hits still get good distance without too much dispersion. I hit toward the toe and still got a good result. It gave me a nice medium-high trajectory and the long irons are just as comfortable to hit as the pitching wedge.
Gary
37, Handicap 13
10+ years testing
Polished, professional, balanced, neatly hides the help in the cavity behind that sleek badging. Feedback was airy with kind of a slap—not the back of the hand but the front. There wasn't a grabbing sensation, it just got the ball going on its way. Clean pure impact and good distance in a great window. Very efficient in the feedback and in its movement through the ground. Just a dependable worker all day.
Alan
30, Handicap 1
1 year testing
The ball shoots up a little higher and carries a long way. It's a true muscle-back. Thins, toes, chunks, they still get out there. It does generate some hot ones off the center. I think that's because you can absolutely send it up in the air.
Ricky
46, Handicap +3
10+ years testing
This club has the look of a players club but the performance of a game-improvement club. You can play with low- or high-handicappers with these, and no one will know the difference with the look of them. The shorter irons were so consistent. High draws were easy. The flight and trajectory was consistent through the clubs and the sound and feel was consistent. It had a very subtle pop to it, a powerful release coming off the face.
Sándor J.
36, Handicap 9
2 years testing
Looks pretty good for being game-improvement iron. Not too bulky. It looks clean.
Ryan
49, Handicap 10
7 years testing
I wanted to hit shot after shot and not stop hitting them with these clubs. The ball climbed high and fast and landed far and soft. The better the swing I made, the more reward I got from it. When I did mis-hit, it didn't punish me. At times I felt like I was throwing darts.
Wei
55, Handicap 13
9 years testing
Absolutely gorgeous setup at address—very clean. Just about the most perfect blade length they could have designed. There's a little bit of beveling on the topline to take away the bulkiness. It was incredibly easy to get the ball high. The ball just carries forever. I really enjoyed the velvety sound at impact.
Alejandra
26, Handicap 5
4 years testing
Once you hit the ball, it stays on a string. It doesn't move an inch. It was easy to compress the ball and launch it high. Nothing stands out sound-wise, it's just a traditional click. It feels effortless. Even if you miss the sweet spot, it's hard to get a result that doesn't feel good.
Wayne
60, Handicap 6
2 years testing
It might be good for someone looking for clubs in between game-improvement and players-distance styles. It performs well. When I hit the club in the middle of the face, it jumped off of it with that traditional forged-iron feel.
Scott
37, Handicap 14
9 years testing
A little bulky at address, but it really inspired confidence and was smooth through impact. Even digging under the ball, it still powered through the turf without hurting distance. I got great consistency, too.
John
55, Handicap 11
1 year testing
It has a shine to it that I don't like, but the design is really pretty. The look made me excited to hit it.
Sean
53, Handicap 6
8 years testing
It's easy to hit and doesn't look like a game-improvement club. It's not real thick. It's a little shiny on the back but looks clean—not a lot going on with the design. You wouldn't know this was a game-improvement club if someone walked by and looked in your bag.
Ryan
46, Handicap 14
2 years testing
It's a great-looking club with great lines and a smaller head. It bred a lot of confidence over the ball. There was a firm feel off the face but it was solid and felt stable through the hit. It produced a medium-to-high ball flight and the club got through the turf really well. Workability was there and it felt hot across the face.
Molly
38, Handicap 0
4 years testing
The clubheads feel heavy in the hands but are well balanced and the turf interaction is good. The bounce saves you when you catch it a little heavy. You don't have to protect against the ball going one way or the other.
Jamie
51, Handicap 5
2 years testing
It just provided effortless power. I couldn't miss the sweet spot even when I stepped on it. There was good distance progression throughout the set. The trajectory was very nice, even with the long irons. It's kind of a must-have club for a mid-handicapper. It's a club that will make you instantly better.
Anand
43, Handicap 6
10+ years testing
The shots I hit well were just amazing. The longer irons were fun and easy to hit and the clubs are super balanced. I love the weighting. The 7-iron, I was bombing it.
Matt
52, Handicap 11
3 years testing
Both the look and the feel were performance oriented. The ball feels energetic coming off the face and these were extremely accurate and consistent. My game would benefit from the forgiveness this club offers without giving up the joy of hitting an advanced-looking-and-feeling iron.
David
66, Handicap 8
1 year testing
The wedge felt hard and firm, while the longer irons felt much softer and produced good distance. I was surprised the wedge was that hard, even on the center shots.
Jin
30, Handicap 13
1 year testing
It gave me a deep sound, like pounding a wooden table. There was no echo. It feels firm at impact, like there's no flex in the shaft or trampoline feeling on the face. I got a consistent ball flight and decent distance, but not my farthest,
Alex
40, Handicap 11
6 years testing
Felt really light, which promoted a good tempo, because I felt I didn't have to swing hard to move the club quickly. There was a bit of a chirpy sound through impact and not a lot of feedback in the hands. I didn't ever feel like I hit the ball too far, but my numbers said otherwise.
Paul
63, Handicap 4
10+ years testing
This is almost a players-distance iron. It had a lower launch with exceptional distance and great workability. The turf interaction was excellent. It has a tour-style head, so maybe a higher-handicap player will not have the visual confidence at address.
Shane
36, Handicap 15
5 years testing
Green-eating height and distance. It felt spring-loaded, even pop-ups were going 180 yards. It felt quiet and comfortable in your hands. Super charged but understated. There's definitely a substantial mass to it that will power through the ground and the ball.
Daniel
33, Handicap 12
5 years testing
It was light but explosive off the clubface. I could make an easy swing to get real easy power. It also was effortless through the ground. You need very little energy to get these shots in the air—a perfect combination of height and distance.
Gary
37, Handicap 13
10+ years testing
Polished, professional, balanced, neatly hides the help in the cavity behind that sleek badging. Feedback was airy with kind of a slap—not the back of the hand but the front. There wasn't a grabbing sensation, it just got the ball going on its way. Clean pure impact and good distance in a great window. Very efficient in the feedback and in its movement through the ground. Just a dependable worker all day.
Wei
55, Handicap 13
9 years testing
Absolutely gorgeous setup at address—very clean. Just about the most perfect blade length they could have designed. There's a little bit of beveling on the topline to take away the bulkiness. It was incredibly easy to get the ball high. The ball just carries forever. I really enjoyed the velvety sound at impact.
Scott
37, Handicap 14
9 years testing
A little bulky at address, but it really inspired confidence and was smooth through impact. Even digging under the ball, it still powered through the turf without hurting distance. I got great consistency, too.
Ryan
46, Handicap 14
2 years testing
It's a great-looking club with great lines and a smaller head. It bred a lot of confidence over the ball. There was a firm feel off the face but it was solid and felt stable through the hit. It produced a medium-to-high ball flight and the club got through the turf really well. Workability was there and it felt hot across the face.
Jin
30, Handicap 13
1 year testing
It gave me a deep sound, like pounding a wooden table. There was no echo. It feels firm at impact, like there's no flex in the shaft or trampoline feeling on the face. I got a consistent ball flight and decent distance, but not my farthest,
Skylar
26, Handicap 7
2 years testing
It's chunky but somehow minimalistic. It has a higher-pitched whoosh at impact so if you prefer a lower sound, it's not great. The weight felt more in the clubhead so it kind of created a pendulum action. I like it lighter so I can swing my swing. You can still play this, but you just have to play it like the club wants.
RC
63, Handicap 7
2 years testing
I could never get good swing speed out of it. Maybe it was because of the bigger head. Still, it was easy to hit. Mis-hits would stay right on line. It's a good-looking club with a sweet chrome finish—blade looking.
Thomas
60, Handicap 7
10+ years testing
I loved the cushioned feel at impact—powerful but quiet. They were very forgiving all the way down to the 5-iron. Definitely no problem getting through the worst conditions. Tough lies weren't a problem. It had a good mix of weight and heft. I never had to try to manipulate it.
Peter
57, Handicap 7
10+ years testing
Super sharp-looking club. The ball really comes off the face with some heat. There is some workability, too. It has pop plus forgiveness. Off-center hits still get good distance without too much dispersion. I hit toward the toe and still got a good result. It gave me a nice medium-high trajectory and the long irons are just as comfortable to hit as the pitching wedge.
Sándor J.
36, Handicap 9
2 years testing
Looks pretty good for being game-improvement iron. Not too bulky. It looks clean.
Ryan
49, Handicap 10
7 years testing
I wanted to hit shot after shot and not stop hitting them with these clubs. The ball climbed high and fast and landed far and soft. The better the swing I made, the more reward I got from it. When I did mis-hit, it didn't punish me. At times I felt like I was throwing darts.
Wayne
60, Handicap 6
2 years testing
It might be good for someone looking for clubs in between game-improvement and players-distance styles. It performs well. When I hit the club in the middle of the face, it jumped off of it with that traditional forged-iron feel.
John
55, Handicap 11
1 year testing
It has a shine to it that I don't like, but the design is really pretty. The look made me excited to hit it.
Sean
53, Handicap 6
8 years testing
It's easy to hit and doesn't look like a game-improvement club. It's not real thick. It's a little shiny on the back but looks clean—not a lot going on with the design. You wouldn't know this was a game-improvement club if someone walked by and looked in your bag.
Anand
43, Handicap 6
10+ years testing
The shots I hit well were just amazing. The longer irons were fun and easy to hit and the clubs are super balanced. I love the weighting. The 7-iron, I was bombing it.
Matt
52, Handicap 11
3 years testing
Both the look and the feel were performance oriented. The ball feels energetic coming off the face and these were extremely accurate and consistent. My game would benefit from the forgiveness this club offers without giving up the joy of hitting an advanced-looking-and-feeling iron.
David
66, Handicap 8
1 year testing
The wedge felt hard and firm, while the longer irons felt much softer and produced good distance. I was surprised the wedge was that hard, even on the center shots.
Alex
40, Handicap 11
6 years testing
Felt really light, which promoted a good tempo, because I felt I didn't have to swing hard to move the club quickly. There was a bit of a chirpy sound through impact and not a lot of feedback in the hands. I didn't ever feel like I hit the ball too far, but my numbers said otherwise.
Jack
35, Handicap 1
2 years testing
The head is big but not garish. It instills confidence but isn't going to get you any weird looks. It launches high, but it's low spin. It flies flat and long. I think this iron could take someone from double digits to single
BK
41, Handicap 1
9 years testing
Overall, it blends sort of everything the best. Ease of use, distance. Not quite the longest, but you get the extra pop. You get confidence at address but it's subtle. There's nothing off-putting. A little on the loud side but the feel is fantastic. Center strikes kind of feel like a players iron. A beginner up through high single digits can get a lot out of this club.
Matt
27, Handicap 5
1 year testing
There's nothing not to love about these. There is little-to-no resistance through the turf. It's very soft—even if you dig into the ground it's going to fight back to the ball and be consistent for you. The sound is that perfect flush noise off the center of the face. It's a bit deafer off the toe or heel, which is good feedback, but it's nothing sad like when you mis-hit a blade iron. It was effortless for me to hit a draw, and I usually hit a cut—so this was sort of ideal.
Robert
28, Handicap 2
1 year testing
A really good-looking iron but a bit chunkier in the back. It performs so well through the turf, even on mis-hits. You get appropriate feedback in the hands as to what you did with the shot. I could work the ball whatever way I wanted to. There is some forgiveness, but it's not off the charts.
Megan
39, Handicap 0
1 year testing
I absolutely love this club. Everything was great. It sounded nice, was easy to hit and gave great performance. The contact felt dynamic. I got great feedback through the strike. I got that "I want to come back and hit this again" type of feel, even on mis-hits.
Jason
48, Handicap 0
10+ years testing
It's a good-looking iron. A sleek, players looking club, even if it's game improvement. They shade the top edge with a matte finish, which helps the topline look narrower, which I like. It's easy to hit. Maybe not the longest iron, but a great choice.
Alan
30, Handicap 1
1 year testing
The ball shoots up a little higher and carries a long way. It's a true muscle-back. Thins, toes, chunks, they still get out there. It does generate some hot ones off the center. I think that's because you can absolutely send it up in the air.
Ricky
46, Handicap +3
10+ years testing
This club has the look of a players club but the performance of a game-improvement club. You can play with low- or high-handicappers with these, and no one will know the difference with the look of them. The shorter irons were so consistent. High draws were easy. The flight and trajectory was consistent through the clubs and the sound and feel was consistent. It had a very subtle pop to it, a powerful release coming off the face.
Alejandra
26, Handicap 5
4 years testing
Once you hit the ball, it stays on a string. It doesn't move an inch. It was easy to compress the ball and launch it high. Nothing stands out sound-wise, it's just a traditional click. It feels effortless. Even if you miss the sweet spot, it's hard to get a result that doesn't feel good.
Molly
38, Handicap 0
4 years testing
The clubheads feel heavy in the hands but are well balanced and the turf interaction is good. The bounce saves you when you catch it a little heavy. You don't have to protect against the ball going one way or the other.
Jamie
51, Handicap 5
2 years testing
It just provided effortless power. I couldn't miss the sweet spot even when I stepped on it. There was good distance progression throughout the set. The trajectory was very nice, even with the long irons. It's kind of a must-have club for a mid-handicapper. It's a club that will make you instantly better.
Paul
63, Handicap 4
10+ years testing
This is almost a players-distance iron. It had a lower launch with exceptional distance and great workability. The turf interaction was excellent. It has a tour-style head, so maybe a higher-handicap player will not have the visual confidence at address.
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$200 per iron
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$200 per iron
The Apex Ai300 replaces the Apex DCB and targets golfers who are early in their journey or are looking to step up from the super-game-improvement category.
The forged 455-steel face was designed with the help of AI analysis of everyday player impact data in which the topology behind the face is different for each iron—thinner and thicker in areas where it needs to be to create maximum consistency.
The tungsten core has urethane with “microspheres”—tiny air bubbles encased in glass—that lowers the center of gravity to help with launch despite slightly strong lofts.
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Elyte
$150 per iron
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The hollow-body construction features a variable-thickness cupface designed with the help of AI analysis of thousands of golfer swings.
The special high-strength stainless steel is thinner than traditional stainless steels, resulting in a fast-flexing face.
Select areas of the clubhead have been stiffened, primarily the topline, to allow the cupface to transfer energy to the ball more efficiently.
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Elyte HL
$143 per iron
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Designed for players with moderate to average swing speeds seeking a higher launch with more carry.
As with the standard Elyte model, a high-strength stainless-steel cupface—in which the sole wraps around part of the sole and topline—provides Formula-1 speed off the face.
The irons feature the RCH S2H2 short hosel that Callaway’s late R&D chief Dick Helmstetter was famous for designing. The shorter hosel saves six grams that were used to lower the center of gravity to achieve higher launch.
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The L-face insert (in which part of the face wraps around the sole) is used on the 4- through 7-irons to boost ball speed. The face has a new leading-edge channel that extends around the face from the sole into the toe area to help with impacts there.
For the first time in a Cobra iron, the interior leading-edge channel has been added to the 8-iron through sand wedge.
Cobra engineers used simulated golf-ball impacts to adjust the face pattern and interior leading edge and toe area thicknesses to deliver faster ball speeds.
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$186 per iron
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JPX925 Hot Metal
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The new face on the 4- through 8-irons is 30 percent thinner at its thinnest point or a slim 1.2 millimeters on the low heel and high toe for faster ball speeds.
The cupface—in which part of the face wraps around the topline and sole—enhances ball speed throughout the hitting area.
Tungsten weighting is positioned low in the 4- through 7-irons to mitigate the loss of ball speed on off-center strikes and to help golfers launch the ball higher.
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G440
$157 per iron
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The face is shallower and thinner compared to the G430 for increased ball speed and a more player-preferred look at address.
The size reduction saves four grams per iron that is placed lower and farther back in the head to drop the center of gravity and assist launch.
The shaft length of the 4-, 5-, and 6-irons were extended three-quarters of an inch to help golfers launch those irons higher.
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0311 XP GEN7
$230 per iron
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Compared to the P model, the XP targets middle- to high-handicaps who don’t mind looking at a little heftier clubhead with more aggressive offset and stronger lofts in exchange for extra distance and forgiveness.
At its thinnest, the maraging-steel face is just .05 of an inch thick, helping the face to flex. An internal channel in the back delivers even more spring and potential distance.
An internal polymer supports the face and delivers a pleasing sound and feel.
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ZXi4
$186 per iron
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The hollow body was designed with the help of AI, a process that produces way more potential clubhead iterations than humans are capable of in a given timeframe.
Unlike the company’s ZXi5 and ZXi7 irons, the body of the ZXi4 is not forged. Instead the cast multi-piece iron uses a forged high-strength steel face insert (HT1770) supported by a cast 17-4 stainless-steel body and hosel that is heat treated to allow for bending.
The backside of each iron face is milled in a variable-thickness pattern comprising indentations to provide ball speed while saving mass.
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Qi
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TaylorMade prioritized reducing the chances of a slice with the Qi. A multi-material cap-back that is lighter than the steel it replaces reduces weight in the high toe, making the club easier to square at impact.
The center of gravity is lower in the long irons for easier launch and higher in the short irons for optimal control, launch and spin.
It has been a staple of TaylorMade irons for over a decade, but to ignore the heat brought by the “Speed Pocket” slot up to the 7-iron would be journalistic malpractice.
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ZipCore XL
$130 per iron
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This game-improvement set uses two constructions: a hollow body for the 4- through 7-iron and a cavity-back design for the 8-iron through sand wedge.
Golf Digest’s academic panel has seen a lot of interesting technology over the years and isn’t easily impressed. An exception is Cleveland’s ZipCore tech in which a lightweight aluminum silicate compound replaces steel in the hosel to better position the center of gravity.
ZipCore saves nearly 15 grams of weight that is redistributed to reduce ball-speed loss on off-center strikes.
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TW767 HX
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This hollow iron disguises itself as a large muscle-back with plenty of speed thanks to a thin maraging-steel face.
Honma positioned the 5.5-gram weight screw on the back of the clubhead to improve sound and feel.
Weight screws and 16 grams of internal tungsten mass help minimize spin and the loss of carry distance on common misses golfers make with their 5- through 9-irons.
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Black Ops is a hollow-body, dual-cavity design with a larger profile intended to instill confidence for the game-improvement audience.
The irons have the same thin face and power channel as the 0311 GEN7 line, but the larger face and thicker topline on the Black Ops are designed for the player seeking help getting the ball airborne as opposed to getting it close to the pin.
The hollow body features the company’s XCOR2 polymer filling and a lightweight insert on the outer cavity to save weight that is repositioned to improve forgiveness.
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$115 per iron
The extreme low-rearward center of gravity provides an extremely high moment of inertia, which helps maximize speed on off-center strikes.
A one-piece, high-strength steel body with a 360-degree undercut helps lower the center of gravity for a higher launch.
Tour Edge’s diamond-face variable-thickness design features 103 “diamonds” in the face that serve as mini-trampolines to maximize ball speed.
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Vice
VGI02
$100 per iron
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$100 per iron
The VGI02 features lighter head weights than most irons. Vice believes lighter heads are easier for everyday players to control and swing faster for more ball speed.
Vice also says that data from years of fitting reveals that a lighter club is easier to square at impact, reducing the likelihood of a slice.
The irons are two-piece with a springlike steel for the face to increase ball speed.
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Wilson
Dynapower
$128 per iron
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$128 per iron
The most common miss by amateur players is on the toe. To combat that in the Dynapower 4- through 8-irons, Wilson uses a two-piece construction in which the face is welded on around the topline and the upper part of the toe area. This provides a larger area of the face that is unsupported, which leads to more ball speed.
The face is made from 17-4 stainless steel, like the body of the iron, but is created from a forged/stamped process. This manufacturing approach allows for a stronger and thinner face and maintains high strength and durability.
The iron also has changing thicknesses on 27 points on the face, ranging from 2 millimeters to 2.5 millimeters for zippy ball speeds.