Callaway xr vs rsi 1 irOns. Which would you recommend? Why? Any particular shafts your u would use in then?

[Trentongott1]

Got it narrowed down between these. I shoot around 82-85!bought the xr pros and struggle slightly. I find a lot of my shots going off  the mower center or center of the toe. It's been a struggle.  Went and hit a lot of irons and these were the two I was closest wth and consistent with. What would you recommend and why? Have you hit either and just your overall thoughts please 

[WUTiger]

On 6/1/2017 at 5:19 PM, Trentongott1 said:

(With XR Pros)...I find a lot of my shots going off  the mower center or center of the toe.

Are you hitting lower center of face? An  image of an impact face decal would be useful.

If you are hitting ball low and slicing, the clubs may be too long, or the shaft too stiff. If it's center toe, your irons might be too short. Or, you might have a swing flaw (you end up pulling hands slightly toward body on downswing.) An instructor who fits clubs might be a place to start.

As far as the hardware goes, I have hit both models of irons multiple times:

TM RSi 1 - Regarded as the most user-friendly of the RS** series, it is a GI club with a stock REAX 90 steel shaft. I had done a TST test on the SLDR irons - with Speed Pockets in sole - which TM put out the year before. The RSi 1 and 2 models had the addition of Face Slots at the left and right end of the grooves on the clubface.

A comparison of YouTube clips by pro Mark Shiels showed pretty much the same trajectory for the SLDR and the RSi 1 (hint: the RS Face Slots won't help much on a toe shot outside the face grooves).

The RSi 1 felt OK, but the slightly smaller head of the RSi 2 felt better but didn't fly quite as far.

Calla XR Pro - I try to hit all the Callaway stuff, and got some "quality time" with XR.P on a couple of demo days. This model comes with KBS Tour V90 shaft as stock. It had a better feel than the straight-up XR.  (Fitters normally put me with GI head and R-flex steel shafts circa 95 grams.)

Advice -  As I noted above, your problems might be lie angle, too firm a shaft, shaft length or you might have a swing flaw. Get a fitting, and find out what the launch monitor numbers say.

Edited June 3, 2017 by WUTiger