Unlike early strong-lofted efforts that were difficult to get airborne and hold greens, designers now have materials and manufacturing capabilities at their disposal that allows them to produce strong-lofted clubs that deliver the desired added metres, while also producing an appropriate trajectory and landing angle.
Not every hollow-body iron is created equal, but the category continues to evolve, offering players a unique combination of speed, forgiveness, and sleek aesthetics.
The new Baffler iron set from Cobra combines five different clubhead designs in an effort to elevate trajectory and increase forgiveness in specific ways throughout the bag for beginning golfers and those looking at the super game-improvement category.
One of the most technologically advanced irons in the industry, Ti Fusion is Callaway’s “supercar concept” – a souped-up design with advanced materials and groundbreaking manufacturing techniques that places game improvement consistency into player-preferred shapes.
The i240 is a true cavity-back iron that will appeal to better players. A lower centre-of-gravity position delivers a higher ball flight for more shot-stopping ability.
Ping’s latest driving/utility iron, the iDi, takes aim at delivering specific ball flights for each loft – more of a driving-iron trajectory on the 2-iron while the 4-iron launches higher with more spin.
Although the JPX925 Hot Metal line was launched last spring, this follow-up is the forged model that utilises a zippy face material for plenty of distance in a forged iron while delivering the syrupy feel Mizuno is known for in its irons.
The Callaway Elyte drivers look to maximise distance by combining the most productive aspects of a forgiving, lower spin head design with an aerodynamically sleek shape – two design paradigms that typically work at cross purposes.
The new irons make meaningful moves forward with a new hollow-body construction that features Cobra’s largest cupface design in an iron to date for more ball speed.
Australian Golf Digest
