I am looking at getting a new set of irons after 11 years with my trusted Taylor Made Tour Burner irons. After going through a few shops I have been hitting the Callaway X-Prototype irons and they are amazing, so solid and responsive and a fantastic ball flight, for the first time in a long while I had a smile on my face after hitting golf shots. These clubs can be ordered individually and my only concern is the long irons.
I play at a relatively short course and I give it a fair old crack so on maybe 12 of the 14 long holes (par 4 & 5's) I will not be hitting more than a wedge / 9 - iron under normal conditions for my approach shots. With this in mind I carry 4 wedges as that is the true scoring range for me. So this limits what i can carry at the long end. I am in the process of swapping my 5-wood / 3-iron combo for a hybrid leaving me thinking, should I go for the X-Prototype 4 and 5 irons, or get the more forgiving X-forged irons?
I need get back into playing regional tournaments which are played on longer courses where hitting 4 / 5 - irons into greens so I need to be competent with them.
Unfortunately the ranges around here only have 6-irons for demo clubs but i can tell the X-forged irons are that bit more forgiving. I guess if I go down that route the question would be am I going to see any difference in carry between the two, will I have a larger or smaller gap in carry between my 5 and 6 irons?
Thanks.
I play at a relatively short course and I give it a fair old crack so on maybe 12 of the 14 long holes (par 4 & 5's) I will not be hitting more than a wedge / 9 - iron under normal conditions for my approach shots. With this in mind I carry 4 wedges as that is the true scoring range for me. So this limits what i can carry at the long end. I am in the process of swapping my 5-wood / 3-iron combo for a hybrid leaving me thinking, should I go for the X-Prototype 4 and 5 irons, or get the more forgiving X-forged irons?
I need get back into playing regional tournaments which are played on longer courses where hitting 4 / 5 - irons into greens so I need to be competent with them.
Unfortunately the ranges around here only have 6-irons for demo clubs but i can tell the X-forged irons are that bit more forgiving. I guess if I go down that route the question would be am I going to see any difference in carry between the two, will I have a larger or smaller gap in carry between my 5 and 6 irons?
Thanks.
