More…Ĭallaway Apex MB irons (David Dusek/Golfweek) With the new X Forged CB irons’ release, Callaway has tried to overcome that challenge by designing a better-player’s cavity-back iron differently. Pros, college players and potential club champions want their irons to look and sound a certain way, and when designers stray too far from what players have grown accustomed to seeing and hearing, many players won’t even give the new gear a chance. It’s a paradox that traps clubmakers and engineers. Many elite golfers are happy to switch irons as long as designers don’t make major changes and the new clubs perform better. Specs: Forged 1025 carbon-steel body with 17-4 stainless steel face and tungsten weights Price: $200 each with Project X IO steel shafts and Golf Pride Z grips More…Ĭallaway X Forged CB irons (David Dusek/Golfweek) The original Apex irons have been updated three times over the past seven years, and with the 2021 version of the Apex, Apex Pro and now the Apex DCB, Callaway believes it has the most advanced, broadest line of Apex irons yet. They provide power with feel, a combination any low or mid-handicap golfer should love. Specs: Forged 1025 carbon-steel body with tungsten inserts and urethane microspheresĬallaway’s Apex irons have bridged two worlds since they debuted in 2014, providing the feel of a forged club with the distance enhancement of an undercut-cavity, game-improvement iron. Price: $185 each with True Temper Elevate ETS 95 steel shafts and Golf Pride Z Grip Soft grips $200 each with UST Mamiya Recoil Dart 75 graphite shafts Many golfers like this because it makes it easier to flight approach shots down for better distance control and enhanced feel.Ĭallaway Apex, Apex Pro, Apex DCB irons (David Dusek/Golfweek) They also feature a progressive center of mass, so the center of gravity elevates slightly as the lofts increase. The ICON irons have a thinner topline, less offset and a shorter blade length than the PTx Pro irons. They also have internal tungsten weights to lower the center of gravity and encourage higher-flying shots that come down on a steeper angle. The PTx Pro irons in this set are all hollow to allow the faces to flex more efficiently at impact and to create more ball speed. The 4-iron through 7-iron in this set are Ben Hogan PTx Pro models, while the 8-iron through pitching wedge are ICON irons. All seven clubs are forged for enhanced feel and have been given a limited-edition, glare-reducing diamond-black-metal finish that is seven-times more durable that nickel-chrome finishes. Why? What golfers want from long irons (distance, height and forgiveness) is different from what they demand from short irons (feel, accuracy and consistency). With the Player’s Black Combo Set, Ben Hogan is doing the blending for you and helping to make all the clubs look consistent. There was a time when everyone played the same irons through the set, but now it is common to see pros and elite golfers blend two or three different types of clubs.
The best way to figure out which new iron is ideal for your game is to work with a good custom fitter, use a launch monitor and test several models and shafts.īen Hogan Player’s Black Combo Set (Ben Hogan) We are also seeing a bumper crop of irons designed for experienced golfers who have repeatable, powerful swings and demand feel and control. However, this season there are not just game-improvement and max game-improvement irons for mid- and higher-handicap golfers. The trend in irons is to utilize unique materials and construction to not only allow golfers to hit the ball farther and higher but to get better performance on mis-hit shots. We showed you the abundance of new drivers, and now it is time to focus on irons. The holidays are a distant memory but ’tis the season for new golf equipment to be arriving at your local pro shop and golf specialty store.
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