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CALLAWAY
Rogue ST Max D
Our Review:
Extra weight in the heel and a unique face design aids those looking to fight a slice.
Street Price: $550
CLEVELAND Launcher XL Lite Draw
CALLAWAY Rogue ST Max D
Street Price: $350
The overall size stretches the volume limit to occupy the maximum distance from heel to toe and front to back for a stable head that resists twisting on mis-hits. An ultralight shaft encourages swing speed gains.
Launcher XL Lite
CLEVELAND
PING G425 SFT
Its large footprint injects all those mis-hits with forgiveness, while a closed face angle attacks your slice.
Launcher XL Lite Draw
TOUR EDGE Exotics E722
tITLEIST TSi1
The key to making a driver that weighs about 35 grams less than some of today’s leading models is to take the weight out in measured proportions—like a lightened grip, a feathery 48-gram shaft and a head that saves weight through its carbon-composite crown.
Air-X
COBRA
PXG 0811 XF GEN4
There's extra weight slightly on the heel side to help with squaring up the face and lauching it higher.
G425 SFT
PING
TAYLORMADE Stealth HD
Street Price: $300
The fast-flexing, weight-saving titanium alloy in the face makes room for adjustable weight ports in the sole. The large face helps mis-hits along with its deep front-to-back frame.
0811 XF GEN4
PXG
TITLEIST TSi1
Street Price: $580
The carbon composite face is 40 percent lighter than traditional titanium for better and more consistent ballspeed. That saves weight to create a high-stability design with high launch and draw-biased characteristics to fight your slice.
Stealth HD
TAYLORMADE
COBRA Air-X
This lighter weight model (some 40 grams less than standard models) still features the special titanium alloy developed for the Mars Lander. The head's weighting attacks your slice.
TSi1
TITLEIST
Street Price: $450
The use of large sections of carbon composite around a titanium skeleton provides plenty of discretionary weight. This larger model positions a 30-gram weight in the extreme rear perimeter for maximum forgiveness.
Exotics E722
TOUR EDGE
Street Price: $700
This super ultralight model uses a 41-gram shaft to help slower swingers accelerate. An aerodynamic ridge on the crown aims to improve how the face squares to the target at impact.
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XXIO
PRICE: $550
PRICE: $350
PRICE: $580
PRICE: $300
PRICE: $450
PRICE: $700
PRICE: $500
ZX5
SRIXON
dETAILS
ST-X 220
MIZUNO
MIZUNO ST-X 220
Street Price: $500
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While this model produces a higher flight and a draw bias, its longer front-to-back body still includes a frame that supports the face for faster on- and off-center ball speeds.
SRIXON ZX5
The carbon composite crown helps lower the center of gravity and shift it slightly toward the heel to help counteract a slice.
PRICE: $600
Stealth Plus
This model still combines lightweight (only 300 grams) with an adjustable hosel. A high-strength titanium alloy face and an aerodynamic crown build consistency at impact.
X
PRICE: $530
ZX7
0811 XT GEN4
0811 X GEN4
ST-G 220
TSi3
MIZUNO ST-220 G
TAYLORMADE Stealth Plus
This design uses a more traditional pear-shape with more of a mid-launch. The face is a special space-ship grade high-strength titanium alloy, and the head includes both 16-way hosel adjustability and three weight settings on the sole.
TITLEIST TSi3
SRIXON ZX7
Street Price: $600
The carbon composite face weighs 40 percent less than titanium. That saved weight makes room for a low CG, as well as a sliding weight in the sole to tweak left or right misses.
PXG 0811 XT GEN4
Street Price: $530
A frame with alternating stiff and flexible sections delivers more energy to the face. The ZX7 offers a penetrating, lower spinning trajectory and adjustable heel-and-toe weights to tweak CG.
PXG 0811 X GEN4
The fast-flexing, weight-saving titanium alloy in the face makes room for adjustable weight ports in the sole. The shallow-face XT maximizes clubhead speed with an aerodynamically sleeker shape.
The aluminum vapor-infused carbon composite panel in the crown both saves weight and works with the surrounding titanium to direct more energy into the face. A sloping crown lowers the center of gravity for less spin.
The carbon composite panels in the crown and sole save weight to make room for adjustable weights that fit in heel, toe and deep center tracks to target preferred ball flights.
TSi4
LTDx LS
Rogue ST Max LS
Rogue ST ◊◊◊LS
CALLAWAY Rogue ST ◊◊◊LS
COBRA LTDx LS
The low-spin head features the lowest and most forward CG of any TSi driver. It also checks in with the smallest head at just 430 cc. The face features a titanium alloy developed for the Mars Lander.
TITLEIST TSi4
CALLAWAY Rogue ST Max LS
The lowest spinning model in the LTDx family, its discretionary weight is positioned forward for a low CG.
The deep tungsten weighting and a new jailbreak structure behind the face keys both forgiveness and lower spin.
A more compact head with front weighting to balance stability with extreme low spin and flatter launch.
Exotics C722
TSi2
Stealth
G425 MAX
ST-Z 220
LTDx
PRICE: $400
Launcher XL
Rogue ST Max
CALLAWAY Rogue ST Max
TITLEIST TSi2
The use of large sections of carbon composite around a titanium skeleton provides plenty of discretionary weight. This more compact head utilizes two weight ports (20 and five grams) centered in the front and back of the sole that allow better players to tweak spin and launch.
TOUR EDGE Exotics C722
TAYLORMADE Stealth
This head features a larger footprint for a higher stability design aimed at producing higher launch and lower spin. Its face insert is made from a high-strength titanium alloy used on the Mars Lander.
PING G425 MAX
The weight saved by the 60-layer carbon composite face is pushed low and deep on this model for higher lauch and forgiving mis-hits. The carbon face construction adds more precision to create more ball speed potential across the face.
MIZUNO ST-220 Z
It targets impact inconsistency thanks to ultra-thin, web-like ribs on the underside of the crown to reduce thickness (barely three bills thick) to save weight that keeps the CG low.
COBRA LTDx
The carbon composite crown creates a weight savings that allows more mass distributed toward the rear perimeter for a deep center of gravity and high forgiveness.
CLEVELAND Launcher XL
Its large frame balances the stability of rear weighting with forward mass that lowers the CG for less spin.
Street Price: $400
A large face and large frame emphasize forgiveness. The adjustable hosel lets you dial in launch.
Tungsten way in the back helps to make this the most stable driver in the Rogue ST line.
Built with an internal forward steel cartridge to keep the CG (and spin) low, the movable weights let you toggle between slice-fighting and off-center hit distance.
LTDx MAX
The more compact of the three models features more weight forward for lower spin. It's ideal for players who hit down on the ball with a lot of speed.
G425 LST
I want my fairway woods to fight my slice
TOUR EDGE Hot Launch E522
The highest-launching of the Rogue ST fairway woods, it's also got extra heel-side weighting to fight your slice. Extra ballspeed comes from A.I.-designed faces that are unique to each loft.
Street Price: $160
The E522 addresses our shortcomings like fat shots and thin misses with its keel-shaped sole that puts weight low to improve launch. It also helps the weak fade with its gentle offset and closed face angle. Extra velocity comes from a cupface that wraps around the crown and sole and has a variable-thickness pattern of 42 interwoven diamond shapes designed to function like mini-trampolines.
Hot Launch E522
PRICE: $160
PRICE: $250
0341X GEN4
PXG 0341X GEN4
A 12-gram sole weight can be positioned in neutral, heel or toe settings. Meanwhile, a new sole channel design saves five grams to support and enhance the flexing of the Carpenter 465 steel face insert.
Street Price: $250
The more compact of the 0341 fairway woods, it uses a high strength steel alloy in the face and an aluminum-vapor infused carbon composite crown piece to produce high ball speed with low spin. Adjustable weight screws in the sole fine-tune headweight and trajectory.
ST-Z
Better players are the target for this fairway wood's attributes. Those include a flatter lie angle and a more open-face angle at address. Mizuno also supplies a high-strength steel alloy in the face that is the thinnest in company history. An ultra-thin carbon-composite crown saves even more weight for a lower center of gravity.
PRICE: $430
PRICE: $340
PING G425 LST
Street Price: $430
A larger, lighter carbon composite crown creates even more discretionary weight, and a larger special titanium alloy face with a flatter leading edge makes it even more user friendly. Most dramatically, this latest version reshapes that heavy steel sole plate for a lower, deeper center of gravity and better heel-to-toe stability so mishits perform even better.
tAYLORMADE
Street Price: $340
The lowest spinning fairway wood in the G425 family, it's more compact than the other models for a relatively forward center of gravity. That yields a flatter, lower-spin launch, and the adjustable hosel helps dial in your exact specs.
Designed for highly skilled players, the two lofts here both benefit from a new variable thickness face design yet both are distinctly different in size. The 3-wood is larger for shots off the tee, while the 5-wood is more compact and more effective off a variety of lies.
PRICE: $330
Street Price: $330
A mix of metals and shapes, the 3-wood here features a larger size, some draw bias and most importantly an all-titanium construction, while the 5-wood and 7-wood, however, use steel for a more compact footprint. That gives the fairway wood driver-like pop, while all lofts benefit from a wave structure at the front of the sole to helps increase ball speed as well.
More compact than current models, it keeps the same high stability on mis-hits thanks to a carbon crown that now wraps around the toe to save more weight to redistribute around the head. The cut-through slot in the sole, the company’s most aggressive design, creates more flexibility in the face, especially on low-face impacts
This model mixes stability with a low-spin center of gravity for better all around ball speeds. Key is moving the jailbreak internal support structure to the heel and toe and setting a tungsten weight cartridge up front.
The high-strength maraging-steel-face insert offers better flexing at impact. Its variable-thickness pattern of interconnected diamond shapes includes thinner shapes on the heel and toe sections to stretch the fastest ball speeds across a wider area. There's a 10-gram rear sole weight and a weight-saving, ultra-thin, carbon-composite crown for added stability.
The C522 is built for stability with a deep, centered sole weight. Extra velocity comes from a cupface that wraps around the crown and sole and has a variable-thickness pattern of 42 interwoven diamond shapes designed to function like mini-trampolines.
Hot Launch C522
I want loft options higher than 21 degrees
I want my fairway woods to be adjustable
G425 Max
PXG 0341 XF GEN4
The ultralightweight fairway wood alternative in the Titleist family, it's almost 50 grams lighter than standard models, including a 10-gram lighter head. Still, the CG is pushed farther back to further help to increase launch angle.
The emphasis on this model is off-center hit forgiveness with its broader shape and turf-gliding sole rails, but it's got all the options for speed and ball flight, too. That includes an aluminum-vapor infused carbon composite crown piece to lower the center of gravity, a high-strength steel alloy in the face and adjustable sole weights.
0341XF GEN4
PING G425 Max
The tungsten weight in the back adds stability on off-center hits and its low positioning helps to increase launch angle. It's also shifted slightly heelward than in past models to add slice correction.
COBRA LTDx MAX
With more loft options than the other two models in the line combined, the G425 Max offers forgiveness through a heavy tungsten back weight. The face wraps around the crown and sole for more uniform fast face flexing.
These models keep a heavy weight cartridge low and forward inside the head to help lower spin. There are two external weights in the heel and rear center. Using the heavy weight in the heel port helps control your slice.
These adjustable fairway woods feature a heavier internal weight cartridge up toward the front to lower the center of gravity, while another weight is deeply centered in the back of the sole to add stability to that lower-spinning launch.
TITLEIST TSi11
Larger and more forgiving than the TSi3, it features a low and deep center of gravity. The speed comes from a thin, high-strength Carpenter 465 steel face insert and an updated channel in the sole to help enhance face flexing, especially on impacts lower on the face.
PRICE: $230
Launcher XL Halo
Street Price: $230
The rails on the sole help average golfers who can make contact with the ground before reaching the ball, counteracting those chunked shots and maintaining the club's velocity. The larger size improves stability on off-center hits for better overall distance, while a lower face height helps them play even easier.
CLEVELAND Launcher XL Halo
Street Price: $270
These fairway woods change the stiffness patterns of the sections around the face. Immediately adjacent to the face is a region that’s as much as 43 percent thicker than on past models to stiffen and concentrate more flex in the face. An internal weight pad is forward in the sole to provide a low center of gravity to reduce spin.
ZX
The most compact and lowest spinning of the Rogue ST fairway woods, its forgiveness comes from a new internal jailbreak structure behind the face. It now braces the crown and sole at the extreme heel and toe, freeing up the face to flex even more freely.
Rogue ST LS
PRICE: $270
SRIXON ZX
TOUR EDGE Hot Launch C522
CALLAWAY Rogue ST LS
I want lofts above 26 degrees
CALLAWAY Rogue ST Max OS
Featuring slightly stronger lofts than the OS model, it still manages plenty of forgiveness both in its shaping, tungsten weight in the sole and an A.I.-designed variable thickness face that is unique to each loft. Also, A.I.-designed is the "jailbreak" structure, which now connects crown and sole at the heel and toe for a broader area of maximum flexing and spin control across the face.
Street Price: $220
The variable-thickness face insert, designed with the help of a super computer, improves Wilson's previous constant thickness face. It's made out of high-strength Carpenter custom 455 stainless steel and creates high ball speeds across the face by optimizing the weight of the insert. It is now thicker in the middle than before but increasingly thinner at the perimeter.
D9D9
WILSON
PRICE: $220
D9
Epic Super Hybrid
0317XF
CALLAWAY Apex
The all-titanium construction iis about 20 percent larger than the Apex hybrids and includes a variable-thickness face that gets extra bounce from the company’s “jailbreak” system. That uses two angled bars positioned wide apart and stretching from crown to sole, stabilizing the frame and concentrating more energy at impact.
CLK
The more compact X enhances solid hits. The crown features a carbon-composite wedge sandwiched between heel and toe sections made of steel. This increases the structure’s stiffness for faster ball speed and enhances the high-strength stainless-steel face. Two adjustable ports in the sole—one heavy, one light—allow for a range of customization for spin and draw.
0317X
PRICE: $280
Street Price: $280
More targeted to better players who tend to hit their hybrids with a steeper, more iron-like angle of attack, this model also features an adjustable sole weight. It positions the CG in neutral, heel and toe positions to cater to elite players' impact patterns.
This is a traditional all-steel, compact construction built for speed, workability and a flatter flight. Players can tweak lie and loft through the adjustable hosel. The company’s famous slot in the sole helps the face deflect more at impact, especially for shots hit lower on the face.
PRICE: $140
Street Price: $140
The “Houdini” sole reduces the footprint of the sole to eliminate drag and increase turf interaction. There’s also offset on the E522 and a draw-bias weight that virtually eliminates slices. A pattern of 40 interwoven diamond shapes of varying thicknesses on the backside of the wraparound cup face serve as mini-trampolines for improved ball speed.
There's a power channel in the sole behind the face for forgiveness on shots struck on the lower end of the hitting area. It also features rear-sole weighting for maximum stability. The wraparound cupface gets speed from a pattern of 40 interwoven diamond shapes of varying thicknesses on the back side, all serving as mini-trampolines.
The larger yet still conventional shaped head provides ample forgiveness and a higher launch. A variable-thickness-face pattern—dozens of diamond shapes that serve as mini-trampolines behind a high-strength, steel-alloy face—has been thinned out on the heel and toe to create more ball speed on off-center hits.
Thanks to a high-strength steel alloy, the face is 5-percent thinner than previous models to create more rebound at impact. Srixon has encircled the areas outside the face with stiff and flexible zones. Alternating the stiffness in the transition areas of the crown and sole helps to enhance energy transfer by intensifying the face deflection for both on- and off-center hits.
I tend to hit hybrids with a . . .
I want a hybrid that’s adjustable
King Tec
This muscular hybrid not only ratchets loft up and down, it offers three discrete weight positions—rear, toe and heel—that allow golfers to fine-tune performance on flight, distance and spin based on their swings. The weight savings of a thin-ply carbon crown lowers the center of gravity and frees up discretionary weight. The oversize shape adds forgiveness with a larger, L-shaped face for better all-around deflection.
COBRA King Tec
This hybrid is built for forgiveness with its longer front to back shaping, and especially is tuned to players who swing hybrids with more of a sweeping motion. The thin Carpenter 455 forged face is the fastest hybrid face Titleist has ever made.
This ultralightweight design is 20 grams lighter than standard, but it maintains a high stability on off-center hits through its larger shape and deep CG location. Its streamlined shape aims to reduce drag to maximize potential speed for moderate swing speed players.
PRICE: $200
Street Price: $200
To help generate speed, the gently offset Air-X is eight grams lighter than its predecessor, the F-Max. It uses a thinner face to create ball speed and better launch. Any discretionary weight is pushed low and to the club’s back perimeter to increase stability on mis-hits and create more dynamic loft for higher flight.
Shaped more like a compact fairway wood with its shallower face, there's more camber on the sole for improved turf interaction, as well as a more neutral ballflight compared to the other models. A new "jailbreak" structure connects the crown and sole at the heel and toe for a broader area of maximum flexing and spin control across the face.
Rogue ST Pro
The Pro’s smaller profile targets better players with low launch and more spin. The forged 455 steel cupface is designed with variable thicknesses that came by way of artificial intelligence and internal “jailbreak” bars that join the crown and sole to provide better all-around flexing on the face for extra oomph on those impacts that aren’t flushed.
Apex Pro
CALLAWAY Rogue ST Pro
CALLAWAY Apex Pro
Iron-like swing
Sweeping motion
G425
Apex
Rogue ST Max OS
WILSON D9D9
The thinner, A.I.-designed variable thickness face wraps around the sole like a backward letter “L.” Also, the rails are hollow, allowing the face to more easily deflect at impact than solid rails would. The company’s signature Baffler sole rails help the club glide through uneven lies to reduce loss of ball speed.
The oversized head shape provides increased forgiveness, as well as a natural draw bias. The wide loft range (up to the 8-hybrid) is fueled by tungsten weighting in the sole and an A.I.-designed variable thickness face. A new "jailbreak" structure connects the crown and sole at the heel and toe for a broader area of maximum flexing and spin control across the face.
The larger Stealth features a carbon-composite crown to relocate seven grams to the rear perimeter. This boosts the moment of inertia (stability on off-center hits) 15 percent higher than TaylorMade’s Sim Max hybrid. The company’s famous slot in the sole helps the face deflect more at impact, especially for shots hit lower on the face.
The square-toe and compact head (just 100 cubic centimeters) offers a player-friendly shape with an iron-like flatter trajectory and custom loft and lie settings through an eight-way adjustable hosel. A central rail shaped like an hourglass with heel and toe relief, called “RyzerSole,” helps the club glide through the turf more easily and concentrates weight low.
MIZUNO CLK
PXG 0317X
One of the club’s more effective attributes is a flex-friendly maraging-steel alloy face that gives ball speed a boost. By compressing more freely than previous models on the lower part of the face—a common impact area—this new face design improves where the hybrid most often makes contact with the ball: low.
PXG 0317XF
CALLAWAY Epic Super Hybrid
PING G425
The large-profile XF, with a deeper CG location than the X, smooths out your blunders. The crown, which sandwiches a carbon-composite wedge between heel and toe sections made of steel, increases the power of the high-strength stainless-steel face. A set of sole rails prevents the head from digging into the ground on turf-heavy strikes.
A high-strength maraging-steel face wraps around the sole and crown. This allows the top and bottom of the face to be thinner and more flexible to increase distance. There’s also less curvature low on the face to combat excessive spin. A tungsten back weight creates a low and deep center of gravity.
The larger Apex has an adjustable hosel to tweak launch angle and uses tungsten in the back to enhance forgiveness. The forged 455 steel cupface is designed with variable thicknesses that came by way of artificial intelligence and internal “jailbreak” bars that join the crown and sole to provide better all-around flexing on the face for extra oomph on those impacts that aren’t flushed.
NO
On a scale of 1 to 10, my confidence level hitting a 5-iron is a 7 or higher:
OK paying more than $1,500 for a set of irons
Seeking a set of irons under $1,500
Regarding cost, I am:
Some offset to help frame the ball at address
Little to no offset
I prefer…
A fair number of shots hit on the heel and toe
A high percentage of shots that find the center of the face
My iron play produces…
A little more leisurely (under 90 m.p.h.)
Fast (90 m.p.h. Or higher)
My swing speed is…
More distance
Shotmaking ability/control
I’m looking primarily for:
Have a flatter trajectory on my short-iron shots
Launch my short irons higher
I’m looking to:
Better trajectory control
More long and mid-iron distance
I’m looking for:
My primary need out of my irons is:
Getting the ball up in the air
Greater forgiveness out of mis-hits
More distance without losing control
Controlling shot shape
PRICE: $157/per iron
Staff Model CB
PRICE: $187/per iron
Mizuno Pro 223
PRICE: $200/per iron
Apex TCB
PRICE: $350/per iron
C03
PROTO-CONCEPT
PRICE: $175/per iron
P•7MC
PRICE: $163/per iron
PRICE: $275/per iron
i59
JPX921 Tour
PRICE: $185/per iron
King Tour
PRICE: $235/per iron
TS+
HENRY-GRIFFITTS
PRICE: $186/per iron
T100
0311 T GEN4
PRICE: $100
PRICE: $107
Launch Pad (2022)
PRICE: $132
0211 Z
PRICE: $275
Prime
PRICE: $85
T-Rail
PRICE: $114
PRICE: $185
T400
PRICE: $143-$157
Rogue ST Max OS/Lite
PRICE: $143/per iron
T300
PRICE: $114/per iron
SIM2 Max
PRICE: $125/per iron
JPX921 Hot Metal
LTDx/LTDx One
0311 XP GEN4
PRICE: $185/iron
Apex DCB
PRICE: $172/per iron
Forged Tec-X/One
ZX4
PRICE: $115/per iron
PRICE: $170/per iron
King Forged Tec
P•770
T100S
PRICE: $188/per iron
Mizuno Pro 225
0311 P GEN4
PRICE: $205/per iron
i525
JPX921 Forged
D9 Forged
JPX921 Hot Metal Pro
T200
PRICE: $370/per iron
C05
TITLEIST T100
Street Price: $235/per iron
This iron uses a tri-metal approach in which a 431 stainless-steel body is married to a zippy HT1770 face that is just two millimeters thick. The body is hollow, allowing plenty of room for the face to flex.
HENRY-GRIFFITTS TS+
PXG 0311 T GEN4
Street Price: $186/per iron
A higher-density tungsten (up to 70 grams) is brazed to the body to optimize launch conditions and to foster forgiveness so that mis-hits more closely resemble center hits.
Street Price: $275/per iron
Because fitting is not one-size-fits-all, every Gen4 iron has a weight in the low-center portion of the clubhead that can be adjusted during the fitting process to be heavier or lighter to dial in swingweight.
Street Price: $185/per iron
Urethane microspheres damp out any vibration from the cupface—essentially, the face wraps around the topline and sole—which provides plenty of distance.
The use of tungsten to position the center of gravity more in line with the center of the clubhead rather than toward the heel is valuable for an audience segment that finds the sweet spot more often than most.
PROTO-CONCEPT C03
Street Price: $175/per iron
Based off the company’s P•750 irons, enhancements include moving mass behind the face to support the point of impact.
TAYLORMADE P•7MC
PING i59
Street Price: $163/per iron
Srixon engineers shifted weight to the perimeter and behind the sweet spot to improve forgiveness and to enhance the feeling that comes from a well-struck shot with a forged club.
MIZUNO JPX921 Tour
Every iron in the set has a specific insert that reinforces the face while minimizing face deflection to produce consistent distance and trajectory.
Mizuno studied vibration patterns to develop a thicker cavity pad that lets players feel impact for a fraction longer.
Street Price: $350/per iron
We applaud the method of milling away material from the back of the face by focusing on the heel and toe areas and leaving more mass directly behind the hitting area in pursuit of a crisp feel.
CALLAWAY Apex TCB
MIZUNO Mizuno Pro 223
Street Price: $157/per iron
The Staff Model CB has “tri-brace technology” in the back cavity where structural steel connects the thin topline to the more rigid areas in the sole of the cavity to reduce vibration and produce a muted sound.
WILSON Staff Model CB
Street Price: $187/per iron
The face thickness is just 2.4 millimeters to help create enough speed for those who need it after hitting their drives from the back tees. The beveled trailing edge reduces turf drag.
Street Price: $200/per iron
The 1025 carbon-steel body and a face plate that uses varying thicknesses promote consistent performance over a larger area of the hitting surface.
Street Price: $370/per iron
In the heel and toe areas, the face is thinned to 2.4 millimeters to add a jump in ball speed to partially offset the distance loss from a mis-hit. The weight savings are used to lower the center of gravity to optimize trajectory.
PROTO-CONCEPT C05
A lightweight material (that the company refers to as “speedfoam”) is injected inside the clubhead. The foam’s properties allow the face to flex while not adding a significant amount of weight.
A more intricate clubface in which the back side of each hitting surface is milled in a variable-thickness pattern comprises grooves, channels and cavities to provide extra ball speed.
TITLEIST T200
MIZUNO JPX921 Hot Metal Pro
Street Price: $143/per iron
WILSON D9 Forged
Street Price: $125/per iron
The creation of an extremely thin face—2.2 millimeters in the center and as thin as 1.9 millimeters in other spots—helps foster power and forgiveness.
The original T200 was a great club, but some believed it looked too much like a game-improvement iron. Titleist addressed that concern by slimming down the size and shape of the topline and sole and having less offset.
TAYLORMADE P•770
PING i525
The speed in this iron comes from a HT1770 maraging-steel face that is razor thin at just 1.5 millimeters.
PXG 0311 P GEN4
MIZUNO Mizuno Pro 225
Street Price: $205/per iron
The i525’s shorter heel-to-toe length helps frame the ball nicely, and the tungsten toe and shaft-tip weighting increases the forgiveness.
Mizuno used a milling technique to thin out a wider section behind the face for more potential distance. The result of all this is a pleasingly shaped clubhead with a face that is 16-percent thinner.
MIZUNO JPX921 Forged
TITLEIST T100S
Street Price: $170/per iron
A better casting process for the intricate faces yields speed and proper spin (300 revolutions per minute more), launch (half a degree higher) and descent angle.
Street Price: $188/per iron
The thin copper underlay, a process that dates back to a set of Mizuno irons made for Tommy Nakajima in the 1980s, is a nice enhancement to the club’s feel.
Three grams were removed from the upper pocket and placed lower in the head to increase launch angle. The entire face is thinner by 0.2 millimeters to enhance ball speed and save weight.
COBRA King Forged Tec
Wrapping around part of the sole and topline, the cupface serves as a mini-trampoline to produce extra distance by allowing the face to flex.
SRIXON ZX4
Street Price: $172/per iron
The hollow-body 4- through 7-irons have a lot of tungsten welded into the sole that helps with launching the ball high without having to rely on a super-wide sole to do so.
COBRA Forged Tec-X/One
Within the sleek exterior is plenty of club. It starts with a high-strength HT1770 steel face insert that provides superior sizzle off the hitting area and a 431 stainless-steel body that enhances feel.
An undercut along the top rail and a sole that functions like a hinge create a trampoline effect to further increase ball speed and launch.
Street Price: $115/per iron
The set uses two constructions: a hollow-body-iron design in the long irons (4- through 7-iron) and a more traditional cavity-back construction in the 8-iron through gap wedge.
CALLAWAY Apex DCB
The material inside the clubhead is more compressible than previous materials, giving the ultra-thin face plenty of room to flex and rebound for increased ball speed while providing a cushiony feel.
PXG 0311 XP GEN4
The use of artificial intelligence allowed engineers to more rapidly figure things out, in this instance, designing faces for each individual iron in the set to optimize performance.
The T300 features 40 percent more tungsten than the previous model in the 4- through 7-iron. That mass is added to the toe and heel areas for more stability on off-center hits.
TITLEIST T300
TAYLORMADE SIM2 Max
The speedy 450 stainless-steel face gets as thin as 1.6 millimeters, or the same as the SIM2 Max, for the distance boost every golfer craves.
MIZUNO JPX921 Hot Metal
Street Price: $114/per iron
These irons use a flexible, cut-through slot or “speed pocket” in the soles of the 4- through 8-irons. This technology helps the face flex, leading to more distance.
COBRA LTDx/LTDx One
Mizuno uses a steel alloy called chromoly in a single-piece casting to create the thinnest, fastest face in company history for faster ball speeds.
The forged cupface geometry was inspired by focusing on hit-pattern data the company gathered to identify the most common mis-hit locations and then ramping up speed in those areas.
A progressive hosel is longer in the long irons and shorter in the short irons. Why? More weight in the hosel helps the face rotate more easily, which less-skilled players need in their long irons, but not scoring clubs.
To guard against chunked shots, the V-shaped sole has more bounce near the leading edge to reduce turf resistance.
CALLAWAY Rogue ST Max OS/Lite
Street Price: $185
The lofts are obscenely strong (a 38-degree pitching wedge), but the appropriate launch is achieved by using a remarkable amount of tungsten (up to 100 grams in some irons) that gets the center of gravity low enough to produce powerful shots that get up in the air.
TITLEIST T400
Street Price: $143-$157
Because players in this category often need an assist getting the ball airborne, up to 60 grams of tungsten are placed low inside the clubhead for a lower center of gravity that ups launch angle by half a degree.
Street Price: $85
The hollow design incorporates a wide sole with rails that make turf interaction easier and help shift weight low to foster higher ball flights.
COBRA T-Rail
Street Price: $114
The backside of each iron face is milled in a variable-thickness pattern made up of various indentations to provide extra ball speed and remove mass.
Street Price: $275
A new proprietary graphite shaft using a nanoalloy resin is just 44.5 grams. This encourages faster clubhead speed while a soft tip section makes it easier to rotate the clubhead for solid contact.
XXIO Prime
The face is not only fast, but light. The weight was reduced by 7 percent with the savings used elsewhere to promote stability for better results on mis-hits.
Street Price: $100
By taking two grams out of the clubhead and six grams from the grip, more speed can be generated in the swing, thus leading to more yards. A variable-thickness face is thinner in the heel and toe areas to keep ball-speed loss to a minimum on off-center hits.
PXG 0211 Z
WILSON Launch Pad (2022)
The sole has a small tail that increases the effective sole width while pulling a lot of the sole away from the area where the club meets the ground. That’s a useful trait for those with a tendency to come into iron shots too steep.
Street Price: $107
A much cleaner aesthetic kicks off this club refresh. The entire set is a hollow-body construction. The wall thicknesses have been slimmed to lower the center of gravity so that golfers with slower swings can get the ball airborne.
Street Price: $132
A stepped-down back section produces an extremely low, rearward center of gravity for more spin and lift. Fitting is not prevalent in these types of irons, but PXG’s website asks a series of questions to help guide the golfer into proper specs.
I want my pitching wedge to match the rest of my wedges
No
I need a wedge loft over 60 degrees
I am willing to pay more than $175 for a wedge
PRICE: $150
KING COBRA SB
PRICE: $170
JAWS MD5/FULL TOE
PRICE: $140-$150
CBX ZIPCORE/FULL FACE
T22
STAFF MODEL
PRICE: $150-$170
RTX ZIPCORE/FULL FACE
FORGED
SMS
EDEL
PRICE: $180
MILLED GRIND 3.0
GLIDE FORGED PRO
PRICE: TBD
SUGAR DADDY II
HI-TOE RAW
VOKEY SM9
Street Price: $150
Beyond souped-up grooves via more aggressive manufacturing tolerances, there are three sole grinds that improve turf interaction so that club and ball (and groove) make more direct contact. Extending the grooves from heel to toe on the higher lofts make open face shots more effective.
Street Price: $170
The two wedges here include the conventionally shaped MD5 and the larger, high-toe-weighted Full Toe. Each model features groove shapes that help more edges grab the ball, and the Full Toe stretches those grooves across the face.
Street Price: $140-$150
The CBX wedges brought the most aggressive tour-style grooves to “game-improvement wedges.” That design adds more help because it now brings the weight savings of ZipCore, a low-density aluminum silicate compound that fills the inner low-heel area. That redistributes 14 grams to increase the overall stability in the head for better consistency in launch, distance, spin and feel.
There are four sole grinds with increasing heel and toe relief to accommodate lofts, shots and players who demand more maneuverability. The grooves get sharper and more durable by infusing the carbon steel with boron. That makes the edges more effective for the full shots played by the low lofts’ narrower grooves or the partial shots played by the higher lofts’ wider grooves.
Street Price: $208
The 17 options in this full-service line of wedges all benefit from a new face story. First, the grooves on the lower lofts feature steeper sidewalls to more effectively channel debris on full shots, while they're more angled on the higher lofts (54 to 62 degrees) for better performance on partial shots. A new emery blast to the face also creates more friction for increased grab and spin.
GLIDE 4.0
Wilson consulted its PGA Tour and European Tour staff players to create the three sole grinds on this family of wedges. They include a new “tour sole” with extra heel-side and trailing-edge relief. The redesigned grooves are now closer to each other to increase the number of edges that make contact with the ball, especially helpful on partial shots.
Street Price: $150-$170
A low-density compound fills up a section inside the lower heel. This removes the much heavier steel and redistributes that weight so that the center of gravity is more in line with the face center. This improves head stability for better spin and distance consistency across the face.
Produced in cooperation with the famed Endo forging house in Japan, these “small batch” wedges simplify sole grinds with three throughout its 10 lofts, but only the 56-, 58- and 60-degree lofts offer more than the standard grind as an option. There’s a wide-sole version for shallower swings and a “cut down” grind for improved performance on open-face shots.
The three weights on the back of these forged wedges adjust the feel, Edel says. Shifting the heaviest to one of the three positions fine tunes the way you release the club on the downswing and leads to more consistent strikes.
Street Price: $180
An unplated finish on the face allows the grooves to be cut closer to the edge. Between the grooves, tiny ribs (.02 millimeters) protrude to generate additional friction on the shortest shots for maximum spin. The milled soles make those bounce angles and curves precisely consistent.
It ramps up the spin thanks to a new emery blast and milled face and grooves. This creates extra friction for additional spin on all shots. Via input from Ping’s tour staff, the center of gravity is tighter to the hosel, making these heads responsive to those with gifted hands.
Street Price: TBD
In addition to both narrow- and wide-sole options for each of its seven lofts, this forged design features a higher-toe shape that adds stability on off-center hits and raises the center of gravity. That not only allows for controlled flight on full swings but for consistent performance on open-face shots.
The large shape and toe mass push weight higher for a flatter trajectory with more spin, and those cutouts low in the back further shift the center of gravity upward so that the face stays open longer on open-face shots. The raw face means the groove pattern can push the limits.
A better wedge, according to Vokey’s thinking, requires moving that CG outside the head. Specifically, the new SM9 moves the CG forward of the face and higher than in past models. That combination controls excessive dynamic loft, yielding a lower, more consistent flight for optimal launch and spin.
Ping Glide Forged Pro
PXG Sugar Daddy II
TaylorMade Hi-Toe RAW
Proto-Concept Forged
Edel SMS
TaylorMade Milled Grind 3
Cleveland CBX ZipCore/FULL FACE
Mizuno T22
CALLAWAY JAWS MD5/FULL TOE
CLEVELAND CBX ZIPCORE/FULL FACE
PRICE: $208
Ping Glide 4.0
A firmer feel at impact
A softer feel at impact
I prefer a putter with:
Pretty solid
Inconsistent
My putting stroke is:
I am willing to pay more than $250 for a putter
SEE YOUR BAG RESULTS
PRICE: $130
0211 Series
TP Collection Hydro Blast
White Hot OG
ODYSSEY
PRICE: $270-$380
Ping 2021
Huntington Beach SOFT Premier
King Vintage
TP Collection HydroBlast
Frontline
PRICE: $325
Battle Ready
OMOI
PRICE: $420
ER/V Series
EVNROLL
Loyal 66
FLANIGAN BILT
BB Series (2022)
BETTINARDI
m7x Private Reserve
SEEMORE
Scotty Cameron Special Select
Tri-Hot 5K
Toulon Series
EAS
King 3D Printed
INOVAI 6.0/8.0
PRICE: $400-$420
V Series
Phantom X (2022)
Mezz.1
L.A.B. GOLF
Eleven
PRICE: $300-$420
Spider GT
Toulon Design
Street Price: $130
The company’s four blades cater to four strokes, and the face's pyramid texture gets less dense toward the heel and toe to equalize the energy transfer all across the face for more consistent distance control. The runway pattern of angled stripes help golfers line up correctly.
The clean aesthetic is the result of a high-pressure application of water to the surface-milled 303 stainless-steel body. The face is fueled by a soft, resilient polymer blend’s 12 urethane-filled grooves. They give at impact, adding forward spin to help get the ball rolling end over end more quickly.
Popular for decades among tour players for its unique combination of soft feel with higher rebound, the White Hot insert it was resurrected last year and became a top-seller all over again. The graphite-steel Stroke Lab shaft and its higher balance point improves tempo and face control.
Street Price: $270-$380
The putterface features a soft material for the front section and a firmer material on the back section to dial in the feel and speed on both long and short putts. The stainless-steel heads use tungsten heel and toe weights to provide the highest stability ever in a Ping blade.
The slightly different shapes and hosels target different strokes, and the milling patterns on the faces are specific for each head to normalize distance across the face. Two grip styles cater to straighter strokes or those with more arc.
The descending loft pattern on the face means that if a player is hitting upward or downward at impact, putts will launch off the face at the same ideal degree. Further helping the roll is the use of repositioned weight via ports in the sole. This provides increased stability and a lower center of gravity.
The cast stainless steel heads are milled and then finished with a high-pressure water application for better resilience to dents and scratches. The company’s “pure roll” insert, featuring downward facing grooves, gets the ball moving end over end sooner to help with consistency and dispersion.
Unlike most mallets, which move weight back in the clubhead, the Frontline—true to its name—places the weight close behind the face in the heel and toe areas. Cleveland believes that the majority of mallet designs actually steer mis-hits off-line because the deep center of gravity causes the face to twist open at impact.
This line, which is built on the famously soft-yet-resilient White Hot polymer insert, includes three familiar mallet shapes, three hosel variations for different stroke types and a new model that looks like it’s been around almost as long as that OG of face inserts itself. The Stroke Lab shaft is a graphite-steel composition that redistributes the weight of the putter closer to the hands for consistency in the rhythm and results of your putting action.
Street Price: $325
These putters offera full assault on fitting each putter through four distinct blade models and four hosel options. Tungsten soleweights in the heel and toe bolster the club’s stability, keepingthe head on its intended path and improving off-center hits.
The extra mass in this single-piece, forged carbon-steel putterhead works in concert with a shaft and grip that are lighter than standard to produce a putter with increased off-center-hitstability and an overall weight balance that works to smooth outthe stroke for more consistency.
Street Price: $420
The grooves across the face vary in width and depth to help putts roll more consistently in distance and direction. There are sixpossible hosels for each putterhead to better match your setupand stroke preferences.
These putters feature 11 distinct parts, the most notable being an intricate nylon lattice structure within the head that’s only possible through the 3-D printed-layering process. This weight-saving, sound-enhancing element makes space for tungsten heel and toe weights that increase stability on off-center hits by 20 percent over a typical milled putter.
By removing weight from the toe, this blade design eschews the concepts of toe hang and face balance that preoccupy many putter designers. Instead, the lack of weight in the toe creates a putter that moves more naturally, Edel believes, requiring less manipulation than traditionally weighted putters.
These classically shaped milled putters changed the sole weighting from centered to now a pair of weight ports in the sole that sit forward in the heel and toe. That stabilizes off-center hits and keeps the overall center of gravity lower and forward for better distance and dispersion control. The graphite and steel Stroke Lab shaft provides a higher balance point for increased consistency.
Each of these slick blades is infused with enough tungsten to account for half its weight. This creates a mallet-like moment of inertia (stability on off-center hits) combined with a forward center of gravity to controls side spin and produce more consistent ball speed.
The classic milled 303 stainless-steel construction produces the consistent impact, feel and response preferred by Cameron's ever-expanding stable of tour players. The hefty tungsten heel and toe sole weights add meaningful stability to expand the sweet spot.
This model combines the soft feel of an aircraft-grade-aluminum inner-core face insert (with deep milling for a better roll) and a soft 303 stainless-steel body. By hiding the red dot at address, the golfer knows not only are these putters aimed properly, but the golfer’s body, eyes and hands are perfectly square to the target.
These shapes and combinations of hosels yield distinct functions through different degrees of toe hang and off-center-hit stability. But they are still works of art in 303 stainless steel. That includes a sleek gray PVD finish and the Bettinardi “fly mill” face pattern for a soft, yet responsive feel.
Milled from 303 stainless steel, the putterhead’s short neck is designed to help players who are trail-eye dominant (most golfers) set up more squarely to the target line. The sole weights are used to match up to the player’s stroke to reduce initial skid and produce a quicker forward roll.
This two-part mallet emulates the feel of the company’s classic milled putters with the forgiveness of a mallet. It uses milled stainless steel up front with an aluminum body. The stainless-steel face was engineered with an asymmetrical groove design—called “roll control”—that gets the ball running true quicker.
Street Price: $400-$420
With four hosel options (plus a reliable armlock grip concept), each putterhead can accommodate an array of stroke paths and setup preferences, and all include the company’s trademark grooved face for a true roll.
These mallets mix top-grade aluminum in the body with heavy tungsten in back and adjustable sole weights for customized stability. The four hosels include two with toe hang, one that’s face-balanced and an armlock version. The pyramids dotting the face vary in density to normalize ball speed across the face, and they “bite” into the ball for consistent launch and spin across the face.
A precision-milled stainless steel body pairs with weight-saving aircraft-grade aluminum to create stability and the typical Cameron feel. The 10 models include slant-neck mallets that carry a “.5” designation and work better for strokes that have more of a blade-like natural arc.
The EAS promotes a smoother, repeatable stroke by removing weight from the toe of the club. This unconventional weighting allows the putter, shaft and golfer to work in unison. An adjustable heel weight moderates tempo.
Spurred by feedback from tour players, these return to a traditional milled construction from a single piece of stainless steel. The switch improves consistency and enhances feel across the face. Still, modern-mallet stability comes from the weight-saving aircraft-grade aluminum soleplate.
Forward weighting on the head and sole tighten up dispersion, and a new deep-diamond groove milled face improves sound, feel and performance. Odyssey’s Stroke Lab shaft redistributes weight closer to the hands, increasing stability in your delivery.
Street Price: $300-$420
The GT’s multiple designs use a multimaterial approach. The top plate uses light 6061 aluminum that eliminates excess weight in the middle of the putter. Heavy steel weights, plus tungsten, put 82 percent of the weight on the outer perimeter for help on off-center strikes.
By mixing lightweight aluminum and polymers with targeted use of heavier steel, this large mallet boasts extreme forgiveness with a forward center of gravity for easier release.
Cobra constructed its middle using a 3-D-printed lattice structure to create stability and support while improving sound. That inner structure also houses heavy tungsten weights in the extreme heel and toe, front and back for a highly stable head.
By locating the shaft bore in a specific proximity to the putter’s center of gravity, it removes the way a golfer has to manipulate the head to square the face. Ten weights (eight on the bottom, two on the sides) allow the company to perfectly match a player’s weight, setup and lie angle specifications.
TITLEIST Scotty Cameron Special Select
Odyssey Toulon Design
Edel EAS
Cobra King 3D Printed
Odyssey Eleven
L.A.B. Mezzo
TaylorMade Spider GT
Evnroll V Series
Titleist Scotty Cameron Phantom X
PXG Bat Attack Battle Ready
Bettinardi INOVAI 6.0/8.0
Bettinardi BB Series (2022)
Titleist Scotty Cameron Special Select
Odyssey Tri-Hot 5K
SeeMore Mini Giant/M7X
Flanigan Bilt Loyal 66
Cobra King 3D Printed blade
Mizuno OMOI
PXG Battle Ready
Odyssey White Hot OG
Cleveland Frontline
TaylorMade TP Collection Hydroblast
Cobra King Vintage
Cleveland Huntington Beach Soft Premier
PXG 0211 SERIES
2022 HOT LIST
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These clubs from the 2022 Hot List are the best match for you.
Drivers
Fairway Woods
Hybrids
Irons
Wedges
Putters
These putters offer a full assault on fitting each putter throughfour distinct blade models and four hosel options. Tungsten soleweights in the heel and toe bolster the club’s stability, keepingthe head on its intended path and improving off-center hits.
ST-220 Z
Air X
ST-220 G
PRICE: $
cobra
Proto-Concept
TaylorMade
Srixon
Ping
mizuno
wilson
Titleist
T•100S
0311 P Gen4
pxg
ping
Callaway
Cobra
srixon
cleveland
callaway
titleist
Tour Edge
Wilson
ODYSSEY Tri-Hot 5K
PXG 0211
PXG HellcaT 0211
TaylorMade Hi-Toe
Cleveland CBX ZipCore
