New to these forums and I created an account mainly to respond to this in hopes of helping anyone who is already considering purchasing these irons. Let me start off by saying I am by no means a great golfer (handicap of 21.0 give or take) though most of my strokes are related to my short game (mostly putting =/).
I recently purchased a set of these irons by mistake. I know right. I ordered the Callaway X-22 after some lengthy thought process between the X-22s and the Taylormade 2009 Burner irons. I sided with Callaway due to price but I have a faster swing speed (113 mph with driver) so I needed a stiffer shaft than the X-22 uniflex so I had my Golf shop reshaft with the 6.0s that are found on the X-22 tours. So the shop calls to tell me they are in and I pick them up and get them home. Turns out they just gave me the X-22 Tours instead. The shop tells me to try them and if I like them I can keep them without any extra charge!!
So I take them to the range and do all right but not great but I was going on a golf trip so didn't have time to wait for the shop to re-shaft the correct set so I take them with me. I have a bit of trouble in the over swinging department so on my trip I 'chunked' my iron shots here and there due to these being much more to the players side but the shots I hit well felt great. So I return from the trip and I am considering still trading them in for the more game improvement X-22s but I decide to play just one more round...
Let me tell you that I am glad that I did. Once I realized I didn't have to be Johnny Toughpants and try to crush the ball with these irons my ball striking drastically improved. In my last round I can count the number of times on one hand that I hit a bad shot. Pure shots just jump off the face and land great. I usually hate par 3s but this last round I played 4 par 3s just +2 and for me that is great (usually I play the same 4 about +4 or +5 XD).
Long story short I just want to say that these are not solely for low handicappers and if you are like me and hate looking down at a big cavity these clubs are well worth it so long as you are willing to take some time to correct your swing. These clubs did not give me a great first impression but I have to say I am now hooked and may well become a Callaway man after all.
Thanks!
