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Are these new Callaway Apex and Apex Pro irons?
We spotted photos in this forum thread that are rumored to be Callaway’s new Apex and Apex Pro irons. Currently, we have no information or confirmation from Callaway on the irons, but check out the photos below.
Updated: See the full story on the new Apex and Apex Pro Irons here
*We will update the story with info as it becomes available.
Updated: See the full story on the new Apex and Apex Pro Irons here
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TaylorMade is continuing its UDI/DHY series with the successor to the Stealth UDI and DHY utility irons: PUDI and PDHY (which the company styles as P·UDI and P·DHY). TaylorMade is folding the designs in with its P Series of irons.
TaylorMade outlined the process of developing its new utilities this way. The company started with the data on utility iron usage. Not surprisingly, better players — i.e. those who generate more clubhead speed and strike the ball more precisely — were found to gravitate toward the UDI model. DHY usage, however, covered a wider swath than the company might have expected with six-to-18 handicappers found to be bagging the club.
TaylorMade also found that the majority of golfers playing UDI or DHY utilities were playing P Series irons at the top of their iron configurations.
Can you see where this is going?
Matt Bovee, Director of Product Creation, Iron and Wedge at TaylorMade: “As we look to the future, beyond the tech and the design language, we are excited about repositioning our utility irons into the P·Series family. P·UDI is an easy pair for players that currently play P·Series product and P·DHY is an extremely forgiving option for players of all skill levels. It is a natural fit to give these players the performance in this category that they are looking for.”
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TaylorMade PUDI
TaylorMade PUDI technology cutaway (via TaylorMade)
Crafted with tour player input, TaylorMade sought to develop a confidence-inspiring utility iron that blends with the rest of the P Series irons. Also of note: Interestingly, the PUDI has a more compact head than the P790.
In comparison to past UDI products, the PUDI has a more traditional iron shape, slimmer toplines, and less offset with a little of the backbar visible at address.
TaylorMade PDHY
TaylorMade PDHY tech cutaway (via TaylorMade).
Larger in profile than the PUDI, the PDHY seeks to position center of gravity (CG) lower in the club for ease of launch. The toe height is larger and the profile is larger at address — roughly five millimeters longer than PUDI — the sole of the club is wider for improved forgiveness.
Club Junkie’s take
Golfers who feel like they are missing something at the top of the bag could find the PUDI or PDHY a great option. The look of the PUDI should fit the most discerning eye with a more compact look, less offset, and a thinner topline. If you want a little more confidence looking down the P-DHY will be slightly larger while still being a good-looking utility iron.
For being small packages both models pack a pretty good punch with fast ball speeds, even off-center. The feel is soft and you get a solid feel of the ball compressing off the face when you strike it well. Your ears are greeted with a nice heavy thud as the ball and club come together. The PDHY will launch a little higher for players who need it while the PUDI offers a more penetrating ball flight. Both utility irons could be the cure for an open spot in the top end of the bag.
PUDI, PDHY, or Rescue?
TaylorMade offers the following notes to assist golfers in filling out their bags:
- PUDI has mid-CG right behind the center face to create a more penetrating mid-to-low ball flight
- PDHY has a lower center of gravity to produce an easier-to-launch mid-to-high ball flight.
- Both PUDI and PDHY are lower-flying than the company’s hybrid/Rescue clubs.
- PUDI is more forgiving than P790.
- PDHY is the most forgiving iron in the entire TaylorMade iron family
Pricing, specs, and availability
Price: $249.99
At retail: Now
Stock shafts: UST Mamiya’s Recoil DART (105 X, 90 S and 75 R – only in PDHY)
Stock grip: Golf Pride’s ZGrip (black/grey)
PUDI lofts: 2-17°, 3-20°, 4-22° in both left and right-handed
PDHY lofts: 2-18°, 3-20° and 4-22° in both left and right-handed
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Coolest thing for sale in the GolfWRX Classifieds (5/3/24): Scotty Cameron Champions Choice 2.5+ putter
At GolfWRX, we are a community of like-minded individuals that all experience and express our enjoyment of the game in many ways.
It’s that sense of community that drives day-to-day interactions in the forums on topics that range from best driver to what marker you use to mark your ball. It even allows us to share another thing we all love – buying and selling equipment.
Currently, in our GolfWRX buy/sell/trade (BST) forum, there is a listing for a Scotty Cameron Champions Choice 2.5+ putter
From the seller: (@wwcl): “Has been gamed as pics show. 33.5 includes original h/c and grip. $575 includes shipping and PP fees.”
To check out the full listing in our BST forum, head through the link: Scotty Cameron Champions Choice 2.5+ putter
This is the most impressive current listing from the GolfWRX BST, and if you are curious about the rules to participate in the BST Forum you can check them out here: GolfWRX BST Rules
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- Richy Werenski what’s in the bag accurate as of the CJ Cup Houston Open.
Driver: Titleist TSR3 (10 degrees, D1 SureFit setting)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Diamana PD 60 TX
3-wood: Titleist TSR2 (15 degrees, A1 SureFit setting)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Red 8 X
Hybrid: Titleist TSR3 (19 degrees, D1 SureFit setting)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Tensei CK Pro White Hybrid 90 TX
Irons: Titleist T100 (4-9)
Shafts: Nippon N.S. Pro Modus3 Tour 105 S
Wedges: Titleist Vokey Design SM9 (46-10F, 50-12F), Titleist Vokey Design WedgeWorks Proto (54-M, 58-L @60)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100 Onyx (46-50), True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S400 Onyx (54-60)
Putter: Scotty Cameron prototype
Ball: Titleist Pro V1x Left Dash
Grips: Golf Pride ZGrip Cord
Check out more in-hand photos of Richy Werenski’s clubs in the forums.
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JIMMY
Sep 28, 2015 at 4:43 am
The Diablo Forged irons are one of the best irons from callaway if you take the time to get a shaft fitting. These probably would not top them or be equal to them at best.
Joe
Sep 22, 2015 at 10:09 pm
Stock shaft on the pro is Px 6.0
JH
Sep 19, 2015 at 6:07 pm
“Are these the new Callaway Apex and Apex Pro irons?”
No, no they are not, GolfWRX. You’ve been hoodwinked. GTFO.
john krug
Sep 17, 2015 at 10:35 pm
OT, but has anyone tried Apex irons with Nippon shafts?
Richard
Sep 17, 2015 at 6:50 pm
I was hoping they would have looked more like the 13 forged with the improved technology and larger groove spacing. Say what you will about look at address being most important. I feel more confident pulling a blade looking iron from the bag. These look like GI irons to me. I guess I can pull the trigger on the apex mb’s. I feel a bit let down for sure.
P
Sep 17, 2015 at 11:54 am
I like the way the forged one looks. I’m sure it performs.
Teaj
Sep 17, 2015 at 8:32 am
for those that would have liked to do a combo set of Apex and Apex Pro’s would you go from a satin finish long iron to a polished chrome finish? Not sure why Callaway would change the finish between the two that much but im sure they have their reasons. Also if your not into the polished chrome look you can always get some green scotch brite pads and puff it out yourself, I did this on my original RTX wedges.
Bert
Sep 17, 2015 at 8:11 am
You gotta like them to buy them and that starts with appearance; ugly. I hate bright chrome; has always looked cheap to me.
Matto
Sep 17, 2015 at 5:06 am
“Are these the new blah blah blah…………?”
Yes….yes they are.
mlecuni
Sep 17, 2015 at 3:00 am
Where is gone the legacy of the name Apex ?
To the designer of the x-forged 2013 –> I will not be surprised if the guys on tour still use more x-forged 2013 than apex pro. Even Apex and Apex Pro combined.
christian
Sep 20, 2015 at 8:42 am
Legacy is the JDM line. I game the Legacy Blacks, still one of the best looking, performing and feeling players CBs anywhere. At least I think so
David
Sep 17, 2015 at 2:55 am
Gorgeous. They have really outdone themselves. I’m assuming the issues with finish will have been addressed and fixed. Well done, Callaway!
Joe
Sep 17, 2015 at 12:45 am
Design 101. You don’t mix 3 fonts within 1 inch of each other like of the pro.
Joe
Sep 17, 2015 at 12:43 am
hideous. wow. I’m pretty easy going but these are the “anti-MP5”
R GUy
Sep 28, 2015 at 10:37 am
There meant for the guy that needs help, can’t get out to practice daily, has to balance family life and other things, WHILE still enjoying the game of golf. Everything can’t be blades, otherwise the game would have died years ago…..
KK
Sep 16, 2015 at 11:11 pm
Does it matter what the outside of your car looks like? You can’t see it while you’re driving. Does it matter what your hair looks like? You can’t see it unless you look in the mirror.
I like that the Apexes don’t have the strangely plain rubber bumper. i don’t like that they and the Pros look less classy.
TinWhistle
Sep 16, 2015 at 10:38 pm
If it is it should have to give the Apex name back to Ben Hogan
Joe
Sep 22, 2015 at 10:07 pm
He’s taking a dirt nap. And the new company is going to be soon.
obo
Sep 16, 2015 at 8:35 pm
I have no opinion.
avastor
Sep 22, 2015 at 2:52 pm
If you have no opinion, please don’t bother to comment.
Dave
Sep 16, 2015 at 6:35 pm
The only aesthetics I am concerned with is how it looks when I address the ball, not how it looks in my bag. Last time I checked, I am not looking at the back of my club when playing a shot. If it looks good and plays/feels good, then game on.
Ben Hogan
Sep 16, 2015 at 5:50 pm
“Ely. . . You’re fired!”
HackerDav31
Sep 16, 2015 at 5:10 pm
Previous version was leaps and bounds better looking…
pjb029
Sep 16, 2015 at 9:56 pm
Seriously … these new offerings are leaps and bounds better appearing than the older ones and it’s not even close
RH
Sep 16, 2015 at 5:09 pm
Sooooooo disappointing! Come on Callaway!
John Krug
Sep 16, 2015 at 4:57 pm
With respect to the Apex, it will be interesting to learn from Callaway how this new version differs from the irons it is replacing.
Will the face scuff up immediately like the current version?
Is the face made of the same material as the current version?
Why is the rubber insert on the back still there although in a different iteration?
Nevin
Sep 16, 2015 at 4:51 pm
I have both Apex and Apex Pros. The Apexs look like a slightly redesigned update of the previous model. The new Apex Pros are more GI appearing than the previous versions. It will be interesting to hit these and see if there are any advantages over my current sets.
Tider992010
Sep 16, 2015 at 4:48 pm
FUGLY!
Bryan
Sep 16, 2015 at 3:34 pm
Looks like a Taylor Made version of an AP2.
Kc
Sep 16, 2015 at 2:19 pm
How come the forged version is “busier” looking then the standard. IMO the previous model looks nicer
johnnyboy
Sep 16, 2015 at 2:16 pm
These are the real deal, I saw them in person last week and I think they will be a hit.
those are the pictures.
Brian
Sep 16, 2015 at 1:45 pm
Performance with golf clubs in the right hands is the criteria NOT judgement by a photo ????
So comment AFTER you have tried them ????
The dude
Sep 16, 2015 at 2:57 pm
Ok dad
Tom
Sep 16, 2015 at 4:53 pm
That’s why half the guys on here can’t get a date.
Teaj
Sep 17, 2015 at 8:24 am
or don’t settle…. I guess there are two ways of looking at it. But I myself am a big believer in trying them out first to see if they can perform…. you know what I mean
other paul
Sep 16, 2015 at 1:36 pm
Looks to chunky. Like a cobra… What happened to the nice lines of the first one? They are on sale I noticed. May have to find a set at boxing day for $350 if there are any left.
sandtrap
Sep 16, 2015 at 1:31 pm
Looks like the Cobra amp
Dave
Sep 16, 2015 at 1:15 pm
I think that it’s becoming pretty clear that Callaway dropped the ball with this one. Exactly why OEMs should give a sneak peak into irons during the proto phase…it would greatly cut back on catastrophes like this!
Bill
Sep 16, 2015 at 3:24 pm
I think they probably have a little better idea what the market wants without reading posts from a bunch of people looking at a pic on a website.
Dave
Sep 17, 2015 at 10:44 am
They were wrong this time! Nice try.
GMatt
Sep 28, 2015 at 10:29 am
Bill, but that’s the way it rolls here, take new shafts, when a pic is posted everyone wants it without (in 95% of the cases) any idea of what the specs are and will that shaft even work for that person, this forum is site driven and egos rule depending on what’s in your bag…. How dare you (sic) state something obvious and use logic….how dare you!
They are probably right… Nice try on your part though….
Jack Nash
Sep 16, 2015 at 1:07 pm
Is it just me or are these new irons coming out from various builders looking like the Titleist/Mizuno models? They look similar if not close to the same. I still like the look but if you took all the branding off the iron it would look like a Titleist or Mizuno to me.
setter02
Sep 16, 2015 at 1:01 pm
Guess all the comments when people say how they like the satin finishes vs. chrome fall on deaf ears. OEM’s only care about what is easier to see on tv and catches the most light on the show room floor. Sad.
Chuck
Sep 16, 2015 at 1:01 pm
I always thought it was ridiculous to judge a golf club based on a single Internet photo if the back of a clubhead. But comparing the current Apexes (beautiful, functional, classic) to these … Is sad.
I expect that club designers have some sophisticated market data that tells them what sells in big box golf stores, and this is it. (Let’s face it; the Titleist AP1 and AP2 lines feature some of the same junky decoration; yet they are quality clubs.). Not for me.
Alanp
Sep 16, 2015 at 12:53 pm
Im going to reserve judgement if these are the new apex irons. There arent enough indicators to make that bold jump
Double Mocha Man
Sep 16, 2015 at 12:41 pm
Apex Pro… from beautiful to ugly. On the other hand, if it works, I don’t care if there are fins on the back of my clubhead.
Mat
Sep 16, 2015 at 12:34 pm
Oh look; they seem to have made the face finish so it doesn’t become a stupid mirror… imagine that.
cody
Sep 16, 2015 at 12:34 pm
yuck, worst iron offering by on OEM so far this year.
Mat
Sep 16, 2015 at 12:35 pm
I got a filling from the dentist that looks better than that Pro…