Players Irons with Cavity/Perimeter Weighting

[SpacklersEdge]

I have been playing MP-52's now for about 9 months.  the loss of distance, and the added difficulty to hit them solidly a higher percentage of the time have made me re-think them.  I put my older Taylormade RAC OS2's back in the bag for the lasst 3 rounds and shot the three lowest scores of the year.

The OS2's just look terrible at address now though, after playing MP-52's.  What irons are out there that have more of a players look, but still provide forgiveness?

I am considering JPX800's, or JPX800 Pro's, but I am looking to see what other brand are similar to those?

[uttexas]

adams idea pro cb1 [URL=http://thesandtrap.com/image/id/162803/width/1000/height/800][IMG]http://thesandtrap.com/image/id/162803/width/1000/height/500[/IMG][/URL] and adams idea pro cb2 [URL=http://thesandtrap.com/image/id/162805/width/1000/height/800][IMG]http://thesandtrap.com/image/id/162805/width/1000/height/500[/IMG][/URL]

[uttexas]

I also like the bridgestone J36combos [URL=http://thesandtrap.com/image/id/162807/width/1000/height/800][IMG]http://thesandtrap.com/image/id/162807/width/1000/height/500[/IMG][/URL]

[rdwoody]

I'll agree with uttexas on the Bridgestone J36 irons. Those things are really great. It was a hard decision between the Bridgestones and the irons I have now. Nearly impossible. I almost ended up with both sets!

[Keyser]

I went from Callaway X-20 Tour to the Mizuno MX-300s and I never looked back. I hear some people like them better than the JPX800 Pros, though i can't say from experience. You can get them fairly cheap, got mine for $450 from Roger Dunn Golf for 4-GW.

[shades9323]

Obviously the look at address doesn't matter as you have shot your best scores with them. Get over looks and hit what works. If you must get new clubs, look at the Wilson Staff Ci9's.

Originally Posted by SpacklersEdge

I have been playing MP-52's now for about 9 months.  the loss of distance, and the added difficulty to hit them solidly a higher percentage of the time have made me re-think them.  I put my older Taylormade RAC OS2's back in the bag for the lasst 3 rounds and shot the three lowest scores of the year.

The OS2's just look terrible at address now though, after playing MP-52's.  What irons are out there that have more of a players look, but still provide forgiveness?

I am considering JPX800's, or JPX800 Pro's, but I am looking to see what other brand are similar to those?

[Stretch]

I play with these. They are full-GI forged irons with not much offset and a very traditional look at address. I find them quite forgiving on bad shots and they feel fantastic on the good ones.

[WUTiger]

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Obviously the look at address doesn't matter as you have shot your best scores with them. Get over looks and hit what works. If you must get new clubs, look at the Wilson Staff Ci9's.

+1

I played in a scramble with a former small-college golfer who once carried a 2 HDCP. With full-time job and marriage, he now plays to about 9. He said he switched to GI irons from blades because he doesn't have enough time to keep his game "blade-ready." The forgiveness of the GI clubs more than make up for lesser ability to shape unusual shots.

[jmcmb]

At your handicap, the mp52 should be a good club for you, but then again, i am completely unfarmilliar with your golf game, so that statement could be totally wrong, some other factors that would give me a better idea though, did you get fit for the mp52? did you get fit for your older clubs? do both sets have the same specs(length, lie, etc)? do you have the same shafts, and or shaft flexes in both sets? which shafts/flexes do both sets have? whats your swing speed? how far do you hit your 6 iron from both sets? do both sets have the same grips and grip sizes? what percentage of the time do you make good contact(hit the sweet spot)? is your swing consistent? do you currently, or have you recently taken lessons? if you can give me that or most of that info, i can definitely be of more help.

As far as other club sets mentioned above, the mp52 and 53 are very simillar to the jpx 800 pro, i own all 3 and you may see a very small distance increase, and an almost unnoticeably higher launch with the 800 pro if they all have the same shaft, but if your swing is consistant and you are having trouble with the mp52, the 800 pro probly wouldnt be a good choice, in my opinion, based on my experiences.  Ive never hit the jpx 800, but that may be a better club for you if you want to go with mizuno.  The adams cb1 is a great club a little hotter off the face then the mizunos, but again, if your having difficulties with with the mp52, i wouldnt reccomend it, as i find it to be a little less forgiving, ive only demoed the cb2 and i find that it plays very simillar to the mp52, again, the ball comes off the face hotter than the mizunos, but other than that, not much difference.  Thats just my personal opinions of the clubs mentioned above, I would find it difficult to toss out other ideas of my own based on the limited info i have about you and your golf game, if you could give me some more of the info that i mentioned above, i could certainly make some suggestions, also, so much of selecting clubs is about personal preference and what you are trying to acomplish playing golf, and no matter what clubs you play, make sure you get them fit and built to your exact specs, that will help your game more than any suggestion i could make.  Hope this helps.

Jay