Equipment
Jason Day’s RocketBladez Tour 2 Iron
Two things that shouldn’t go together are 2 irons and 300-yard shots, but that’s exactly what Jason Day says he can do with his new TaylorMade RocketBladez Tour 2 iron, which he used in Round 1 of the HP Byron Nelson Championship today.
The reason we’re making such a big deal out of the club is because it technically doesn’t exist. Golfer’s can’t buy it at the store, or order it through TaylorMade (we’ll let you know if that changes).
According to PGATour.com Equipment Insider Jonathan Wall, Day’s 2 iron has 16.5 degrees of loft. In the past that loft would make the club a 1 iron, but not anymore. The standard loft of a RocketBladez Tour 4 iron is 22 degrees and the 3 iron is 19 degrees, so 16.5 makes sense for a 2 iron.
To help Day hit the club even farther, he had a UST Mamiya Recoil graphite iron shaft installed in the club, which is about the same weight (125 grams) and stiffness as Day’s Project X 6.5 steel iron shafts, but tends to launch the ball lower and with less spin.
This season, Day has been juggling between a 14.5-degree TaylorMade RBZ Stage 2 three wood, an 17.5-degree RBZ Tour 4 wood and a TaylorMade MC 2 iron. According to Wall, Day plans to use the 2 iron in July at the British Open at Muirfield, where it could be a perfect wind cheater, and longer and more forgiving than his old TaylorMade MC 2 iron as well.
Click here to see Day’s full “What’s in the Bag,” and make sure to check out the additional photos of the 2 iron below.
Click here to see what members are saying in the forums.
Click here to see what members are saying in the forums.
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Whats in the Bag
Russell Henley WITB 2024 (March)
- Russell Henley WITB accurate as of the Cognizant Classic.
Driver: Titleist TSi3 (10 degrees, B1 SureFit setting)
Shaft: Project X HZRDUS Smoke Black 70 6.5 TX
3-wood: Titleist TS3 (16.5 degrees, D1 SureFit setting)
Shaft: Project X HZRDUS Smoke Black 80 TX
Hybrid: Titleist TSi2 (21 degrees)
Shaft: Mitsubishi MMT Hybrid 100 TX
Irons: Titleist T100 (4-9)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold AMT (4-6), True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S400 (7-9)
Wedges: Titleist Vokey Design SM10 (48-10F @47, 50-08F @51, 54-10S, @55, 60-04T)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S400
Putter: Scotty Cameron T5 Prototype
Grips: Golf Pride Tour Velvet
Ball: Titleist Pro V1x
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Whats in the Bag
Vince Carter WITB 2024 (March)
- The NBA legend was teeing it up in the Arnold Palmer Invitational Pro-Am.
Driver: Ping G430 Max 10K (9 degrees)
3-wood: Ping G430 Max (15 degrees)
7-wood: Ping G430 Max (21 degrees)
Irons: Ping i230 (4-PW)
Wedges: Ping Glide 4.0 (50, 54, 58)
Putter: Ping
Ball: Renegade Mbu
Check out more photos of Vince Carter’s WITB here.
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Equipment
From the Forums: I need more forgiveness in my irons – Looking for recommendations
In our forums, our members have been discussing the most forgiving irons currently on the market. WRXer ‘TheShark1’ is on the hunt for a new set of irons, saying:
“Currently gaming the Mizuno Pro 225’s but think I need more forgiveness in my irons. My well struck shots are real nice, but my mishits are not performing as good as I had hoped anymore. I really like hollow body irons so if I could find something more forgiving in a hollow body iron that would be great.
Open to any and all recommendations other than Ping. Can’t hit Ping irons at all.”
And our members have been sharing their best suggestions in our forum.
Here are a few posts from the thread, but make sure to check out the entire discussion and have your say at the link below.
- AvidSwampThing66: “Another vote for the super forgiving and fast Paradym irons. They look really good for being a GI iron.”
- bobfoster: “I just went from MP20 MMCs to the new 245s in my scoring irons (just played my first round with them today). If you have a chance to try them, you might find them worth a serious look.”
- vman: “Shoot me down, but spend the money on lessons.”
- J_Tizzle: “i525s are great off the heel in my opinion.”
Entire Thread: “From the Forums: I need more forgiveness in my irons – Looking for recommendations”
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Steve
May 17, 2013 at 6:55 pm
I got a custom rocketbladez 3 iron bent to 16′ and it it a perfect club. It’s about 15yds shorter than my 3 wood. It has a dynamic gold s300 shaft so it shoots low and yet still carries pretty long.
SV
May 17, 2013 at 10:08 am
The Rocketbladez Tour irons are for better players and the 4 iron loft is 22*. Rocketbladez irons, for the less skilled, has a 4 iron loft of 20* and a 3 iron of 18*. Looking at this logically, if you could get a Rocketbladez 2 iron for the average player it would have a 15.5* to 16* loft. No wonder people can’t hit anything longer than a 6 or 7 iron decent.
When are manufacturers going to stop jacking up lofts? Soon everyone will be carrying 6-7 “wedges”. When will the consumer wake up to reality? Irons aren’t for distance.
Ryan
May 17, 2013 at 4:49 pm
Distance sells
JChoj
May 20, 2013 at 12:26 pm
I’m currently trying to work on my iron shots. For some reason I would always try to “Hulk up” with my irons and go for distance. Now I’m mentally making myself take easier swings to work on accuracy. That said, the RocketBladez would be nice as I’d be swinging slower, but still having the same distance. Everyone’s game is different.
gbdoc
Sep 1, 2013 at 6:22 pm
At 73, with a 17hcp, was using Miura blades for years, pro suggested I try RocketBladez/senior shafts. Had them for a month now, and it’s a whole different, much better, game. Hadn’t been able to decently use a 3 or 4 iron for years, now they’re a regular, reliable part of my set – hardly a mis-hit, and much more accurate than any wood. Wish they made a 2-iron I could try. Hcp on its way back down, I believe 12 might be possible.