SullyGolf

Sorry @ChetlovesMer and @Shindig One last thing, my uh budget just recently expanded quite a bit. I bought a semi expensive piece of equipment for my home office which died a short and abrupt death. Was going to return it when I posted on social media about it and the brand's director of relations offered to replace it and throw in another free much more expensive unit as I spent some time talking to him and his team and sent my failed unit directly to the engineers for testing. I don't have much a use case for the other unit so I'll probably sell it and put the money towards my irons. Incredible how life works sometimes isn't it? So uh, bump the budget to 1k. Do your recommendations change? Thoughts on the Stealth Irons from TaylorMade? I'm kind of falling in love with them and heading over to dicks to hit them tomorrow.

ok good to note. Damn this is hard, seems like what you get $400 has gone way downhill in the last 10 years or so since I bought clubs, which of course it has. The search will continue... The TaylorMade Stealth are super sexy and I want but definitely pushing the budget. Those Mizuno are nice too, I'll have to keep holding and wait for a sale before I strike.

Really for single digit handicappers? I'm not talking the tour version, just the D7 which I've seen categorized as "super game improvement" on several sites. Wilson Staff D7 Irons Review - Plugged In Golf The new Wilson Staff D7 Irons send the golf ball high and long. Easy on the eyes and the wallet as you'll discover in this review.

Do you guys think a set of Wilson D7 5-GW for $400 would be a decent price / performance buy? Not pulling the trigger yet but thought they looked pretty nice for recent clubs (2020) and they seem to have the look / feel with minimal offset that I'd be looking for.

Hey thanks! I couldn't put my finger on it but offset was a huge thing I hated about my prior irons which were some old big bertha. Something about the big offset just really nuked my confidence at address on the ball. It's definitely something I think I would want to keep in line with what my A7 had in that regard, I also really like how the higher irons looked in terms of profile while addressing the ball. I guess I forgot to mention that I was looking for Irons that I could sort of grow into, which I believe the A7 allowed me to do. I feel my game got better by using them compared to my prior oversized, heavy offset irons. So I would like it if my next set accomplished the same thing for me. I'll take a look at those Mizuno's! I'm thinking used is probably going to be my best option of getting something high quality but in my price point so thank you for the suggestions.

Yeah it seems damn near impossible to find the regular steel flex a7 7 iron under $50ish anywhere. There are a bunch but almost none are steel / regular / righty, ah well. Looks like the best I can do is an xxio forged 7 iron for $30.... I'll probably just ride it out till BF, I'm not trying to get a handicap on paper or anything this year anyways.

Thanks, I'm trying to avoid the OS models though. I really don't like the over sized backs, at least I think that is what OS is.

Ok that's perfect. I'll probably wait till BF at the very least, this isn't an urgent matter. I'm having a hard time finding a single a7 7 iron (at least one priced reasonably), it does fit the gap for me between 150 - 165/170 though. I found a play it again selling one, offered them $40 and they said no, I don't know if they realize you can buy entire used A7 sets for $180 🤷‍♂️. I definitely miss the 7 iron though it was my all purpose club, I also hate taking a bit off the swing on my 6 or trying to "hammer" my 8 from the tee box or fairway. Don't know if I can get over my feelings towards Wilson, but I haven't really heard of Tour Edge, PXG or Sub70 I can take a look into those. I'll try to get to a dicks or GW to hit some clubs to make sure standard / standard is still what feels best to me and to check my clubhead speed before deciding on shafts. Then maybe I'll just pull the trigger on something on BF even if it's a few years old (not like I've ever used the newest type of club anyways).

Thanks, that's a good point. My swing has also changed and become more consistent since my last fitting, it probably wouldn't hurt to do that again. One thing I've noticed on good hits is that my ball flight is very high, which I've been told is a good thing but the few times I've played with lower cappers they've been like "damn that's a high shot!" not indicating if it's good or bad. Wonder if I'm giving up distance on my irons as a result (155ish 8 iron) or if maybe I should be moving up to a stiff shaft. Hmm something else to consider. Have you seen the Callaway Mavrick in person or tried them? Looks like I can get a 4-pw set for about $600 which is just about right on the money for me. Seems like they are pretty well geared towards my level of iron play as well.

Yeah I am standard length and standard lie. I distinctly remember getting fit and doing all the measurements and the guy being like "good news! you're perfectly average" kind of a blow to the ego but good to know I can use off the shelf standard clubs. When we did shafts I wound being best with steel and standard flex, graphite stiff was 2nd but I really preferred the steel and I am a stiff flex on driver / 3 wood. Yeah I'm in MA, small coastal town in the southern part of the state. We actually have 3 CC's here the one I'm interested in is $2500/yr another is like 14k and the fanciest one is 35k "initiation" and I don't know the annual. We have quite a few wealthy types living on the waterfront so plenty of stuff around here to cater to them...... Maybe I'll head up to Joe and Lee's or 3balls warehouse those are about 45min from me and usually have ok deals on used stuff if sift through it. I was kind of wondering if there were any new, successor type clubs the A7 or similar price / performance sets that had come out by competitors in recent years. Have most iron sets gone to buying individual clubs instead of sets? Looking at AP2 I see ton's of different models, does it really matter that much with them? Thoughts on taylor made or XXIO irons? Sorry for 15 questions just soo much on the market it's worse than picking computer parts.

Thanks for the reply! I was a range rat for some years so my iron shots are probably up there in terms of strengths of my game. Hence shooting a 95 where I think I hit like 6 GIR and only missed on 1 of the par 3s (which was about 4inches left of the apron) in the rough around the green and then failing to birdie a single hole. Definitely if I was talking "how to spend $400 to improve the most?" I'd think some short game lessons and a 7 iron replacement would be the ticket. My local CC is VERY relaxed, small coastal town and I don't think I want to say how much the fee is because I've never seen one so low, so I don't think rocking A7s is going to put me in clown territory there. But my A7 are also getting up there in age, definitely need to be regripped and then I need to replace my 7 and probably should replace my 3 and at that point I'm very close to being at new iron set territory. So my budget would be the $400-$600 range with some wiggle room either way, I also wouldn't mind playing a good condition used set if it could get me into AP2s or something if those sound like a decent fit for me. I've been eying AP2's for a long time. Definitely not wedded to some brand, just looking and I see stuff like Rogue, XXIO etc.. and feeling a bit lost trying to pick a few sets I want to try when I drag my butt up to golf warehouse or over to dick's (so I don't have to ask for advice, just ask to hit the clubs).

So I've had my a7s for a while I think 8 years. I got fitted for them and turns out I'm standard length, standard lie, regular flex steel shaft fit. I lost my 7 a couple years ago and my 3 hybrid longer ago. I'm looking at a replacement for the 7 but I'm like $50 to replace a 12 year old used club. I think I paid $400 for them new (3h-pw). I played my 3rd round this year and turned in a 95 and I believe my clubhead speed is 90-100. So I'm kind of struggling to figure what sets out there that fit what I want for my ability level (not a total beginner but not a super serious golfer either). But I'd like to play more and am considering joining my local CC so replacing my irons might make sense. I like the a7 but I kind of hate the lower irons as they gradually switch from blade to fattie around 6/7iron. I think I'd prefer a more forgiving blade or even cavity back that isn't a fat back, I don't really want to see the back of the clubhead when looking down at the ball while swinging an iron. Also want to avoid something geared towards low or super high handicap. Looking in the $400-$600 range for 4 - PW that will last me the better part of a decade. I know to go and hit before I buy, but what sets should I consider? I haven't looked into clubs in years and it's sort of overwhelming to even go into dicks or something with no idea what I want to hit or what I should be looking for so asking here for suggestions or advice. Thanks!