Some iron suggestions pls.

[Garthmo]

I hve been playing the same beginers full set of clubs for 8 years now and have a handicap of 14.5 now and want to upgrade my irons. I have been looking at the Nike CCI cast irons set with the s300 metal shafts. Will be going into the city"4 hours away" next week to check them out at GolfTown, but is there any others that I may want to hit as well? Any good or bad experiences with these clubs?

[eberryhill7]

I hve been playing the same beginers full set of clubs for 8 years now and have a handicap of 14.5 now and want to upgrade my irons. I have been looking at the Nike CCI cast irons set with the s300 metal shafts. Will be going into the city"4 hours away" next week to check them out at GolfTown, but is there any others that I may want to hit as well? Any good or bad experiences with these clubs?

I believe that the new Nike Slingshot D4 irons so you might want to try those. There are a lot of clubs that you might want to try at that handicap. These include Titleist AP1s, Taylormade Burners or r7s, Mizuno MX-25, MP-57, Ping G10, there are plenty but I have heard good things about all of these.

[trjohnson2]

Take the time to go get fit. Swing a few and get your own feel. Try out the Ping G10 and the Titelist APIs, I liked em both.

[Doublepar]

I hve been playing the same beginers full set of clubs for 8 years now and have a handicap of 14.5 now and want to upgrade my irons. I have been looking at the Nike CCI cast irons set with the s300 metal shafts. Will be going into the city"4 hours away" next week to check them out at GolfTown, but is there any others that I may want to hit as well? Any good or bad experiences with these clubs?

I haven't his the CCI cast irons, but those are the irons that Immelman won the Master's with this year so they can't be that bad. Seriously though, I've heard lots of people say they're a fantastic club and now that they're clearing them out they can be picked up cheap - Golf Town's website has the steel-shafted irons listed at $475 in their clearance section. Other nice iron sets at a similar price range that are often overlooked are the Wilson Di7 and Ci7. I've also heard great things about the Cobra S9s too. If you're willing to spend a bit more you should definitely check out Callaway X-20 and X-20 Tour irons and Ping G10s - all are fantastic clubs.

Enjoy the trip and good luck with your shopping!

[B.K. golfer]

I picked up a set of Cleveland CG-4's for just over $300 on close-out, I am very happy with them. I looked into the last couple years golf digest hot list, my clubs all made the list a year or 2 back. It is worth me saving about half the price to get them on close-out, they were the hot club last year and the new ones this year will be on close-out when the new ones come out!
A friend of mines son got the nike's that you mentioned and is happy with them. Do a google search for the brand and model you are considering, you will get plenty of reviews.

[Puttin4Bird]

I think if you're in the market for new irons you'd be doing yourself a major disservice if you didn't at least spend some time and try the Titleist AP1 and/or AP2. With your handicap in the mid teens and I'm sure dropping you'd probably be able to get great results with either set. Those Nike CCI aren't bad looking, I've hit the forged and liked them, but haven't any experience in the cast model.

Regardless, just spend the time to get fitted and try as many sets as you can. If it's been 8 years since your last set you're due and going to notice a significant jump in the performance pretty much no matter what you try. Good luck!

[hipcheck4u]

I swear by my Ping G10 irons. I don't plan on replacing them until I have a single digit handicap and can work the ball at will. (Neither of these things is going to happen any time soon.) Before I bought the Pings, I tried several brands and liked the Cobra S9s and FPs, TM r7 and r7 draw, and Callaway Big Berthas and X20s best. Have fun shopping!

[Doublepar]

I swear by my Ping G10 irons. I don't plan on replacing them until I have a single digit handicap and can work the ball at will. (Neither of these things is going to happen any time soon.) Before I bought the Pings, I tried several brands and liked the Cobra S9s and FPs, TM r7 and r7 draw, and Callaway Big Berthas and X20s best. Have fun shopping!

I've actually heard froma number of single digit hc's that they love the G10's and that you can work them even if it is harder than with "player's" clubs. The other nice thing about the Pings is that even if it takes 10 years to get to the point where you want to move up they'll still be in decent condition and have a good resale value. Eye 2's from 20 years ago still sell for $2-300/set (or more for berillium copper irons) and are still considered a great game improvement iron. I would have bought G10s myself if I hadn't found that I liked the Callaway X-20 Tours a little better.