Popular Irons These Days?

[SuaSponteMn]

can anyone compare the forgiveness of the mp-60's, the RAC LT's, the titleist 704's, and the mx-23's?

I think you're close on what you've got listed here, but I believe the mp-60 and the 704 might be swapped; or about the same anyway...

You know, you can get tons of input here but it's really of no value until you go swing some of the candidates and get an idea of what you like vs. what you don't. With my handicap, I can't feel the subtle differences between clubs at impact; only the differences in weight (I can't feel where the clubhead is with lighter heads). What it will boil down to is what looks the best to you at address and what feels the best when you swing it. All the clubs you've got listed here are awesome choices and would last you well into the single digit index's, you really are the only one who can decide; just demo them and see what works

[atm90210]

i recently hit many clubs while upgrading from my oversized game improvement irons. here are a few of my thoughts quickly, if you want more info than i give feel free to email me with your questions and i'll try answering them if i can, justinbwyatt@gmail.com .

titleist:
735s - loved the way they look and thought the technology of a cavity back working down to the muscleback would be exactly what i was looking for but when i hit these at my local golf shop they felt clunky and almost too much "feedback." i could never get the feel i was wanting from these clubs.
695s - probably more player's club than you are looking for but these felt like butter compared to the 735s for some reason. i liked the 695s better than the 735s.
these were the only titleist clubs i hit.

cleveland:
cg4s - never liked the way they felt when i was swinging them and hitting balls so i didn't hit them much.

mizunos:
MP-32s - hit them a bunch, liked the way they felt but i couldn't get a feel for the clubs the more i hit them, basically they got worse as i hit them.
MP-60s - these are the clubs i ended up getting. they feel great. i hit them near the start of my swinging and after trying all the clubs that i was interested in, i went back and hit my favorites and still hit these great, took them to the range with the other two clubs i wanted to test and these outperformed them by far. now, i can say that they aren't always easy to hit, if my swing is taking an off day, i can have problems as they aren't as forgiving as a cavity back.

taylormade:
rac LTs - they were my next favorite club i tested. i really liked how they were forgiving but still a little workable. would have gotten them but i found a deal on the mp-60s that help settle the deal with the buying.

pings:
i5s - liked them, very forgiving and a better club than i was hitting at the time but i hated how they ballooned on me pretty often which is why i didn't like my old cavity backs. had a buddy tell me after i bought the mp-60s that i probably needed an even more stiff shaft than what i was hitting. he plays the i3+ and he said they had him hitting the "stiff" shaft and it was ballooning really bad too and he asked if they had a stiffer shaft and they put him on another "stiffer" shaft and now he launches the ball, still high but it is penetrating.

to add to my thoughts, everyone who has hit my mp-60s from seasoned golfers to beginners like them and said that they are easier to hit than they would have thought for a muscleback "players" club.

if i were you, i'd just go to a shop that has many different clubs and hit as many of them as possible and do it more than one night. i kept going back about once a week hitting clubs and whittling it down each visit until i got down to the pings, mizunos and taylormades then took them all out to the range and a round of golf.

after that i had in mind to buy either the mizunos or taylormades. then while returning the clubs a man walked in and wanted to trade his mp-60s in. he claimed that he couldn't hit them after two rounds and wanted to look at clubs again. the shop after he left told me that they were gonna give a good price since the clubs had already been fitted and played. i got them to check my fittings with what the clubs were and i was basically a perfect match which i thought would be right since the guy was basically my same size and build.

anyways, hope this helped some and i'm willing to try and remember more specifics if needed. good luck.

forgot to add that i'm a 19 handicap, my approach game from inside 100 yards gives me fits along with those stupid blow up holes and probably that walking the course in 100+ degree Southeast Texas heat and 90 percent humidity.

[ilikegolf]

thanks alot for the great feedback. time for me to go to the range with the info i gained.