Equipment
New Callaway X Forged Irons Unveiled in Japan
Our friend Jonathan Wall from PGATOUR.com scooped a photo of a new Callaway X-Forged iron being released in Japan, which he shared with the golf world on Twitter. It’s a long-anticipated release, and as such, GolfWRX Members are already responding here.
It’s definitely a happy Tuesday if you’re in Japan. The new X Forged look dirty. pic.twitter.com/02MjJhsJFp
— Jonathan Wall (@jonathanrwall) September 12, 2017
The photo of the irons come from this Alba story, and from the translation we can discern that the new irons are due for release in Japan in mid-October. If you can read Japanese, you’ll likely glean further insights. The irons are not yet listed on Callaway’s Japan website.
Callaway’s last X-Forged iron release came in 2013, and the irons became the stuff of legend. Several Callaway Staffers are still using the irons on the PGA Tour, including Phil Mickelson (See Mickelson’s Full WITB).
Discussion: See What GolfWRX Members are saying about the new irons.
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The first wedge has made its way to the Three Swing Challenge! This week we have the WedgeWorks A+ grind that was recently released by Vokey. BK is looking for a new 60-degree wedge, and this could be a contender.
Why three swings?
Many years ago, the legendary Barney Adams, founder of Adams Golf told us this:
“My formula as a fitter was three shots only. I discounted No. 1 just because it was the first one, counted 100 percent of No. 2 and discounted No. 3 because the player was starting to adjust.”
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- Daniel Brown WITB accurate as of The Open Championship.
Driver: Ping G430 LST (9 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Blue 6 X
3-wood: Ping G430 Max (15 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Blue 7 X
(Image courtesy of SMS on Tour)
Irons: Ping i230 (3), Ping Blueprint S (4-9)
Wedges: Ping s159 (50-12S, 54-12S, 58-06T)
Putter: Ping PLD
Grips: Golf Pride MCC
Ball: Titleist Pro V1
Info an images via SMS on Tour.
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Editor’s note: This is an excerpt from a piece our Andrew Tursky originally wrote for PGATour.com’s Equipment Report. Head over there for the full article.
Three years later, Morikawa has once again changed his irons to deal with the unique Scottish turf.
Morikawa has been using TaylorMade P730 blade short irons (7-PW), P7MC mid irons (5-6) and a TaylorMade “Proto” 4-iron with a cavity-back construction this year.
However, he switched into a new set of TaylorMade P7CB irons (5-PW) before finishing T4 at last week’s Genesis Scottish Open, to go along with his familiar “Proto” 4-iron. TaylorMade’s P7CB irons are the finalized versions of the “Proto” 4-iron that Morikawa has been using, except they remain unreleased to retail.
According to TaylorMade, Morikawa switched into a full set of the new P7CB irons to aid with turf interaction, just like he did prior to his 2021 Open victory.
Morikawa is honing in on his winning formula overseas.
Morikawa also has switched from his usual TaylorMade Qi10 5-wood to a lower-launching TaylorMade P790 3-iron equipped with a Project X HZRDUS 105 Hybrid shaft. The loft of the club has been bent down to 19 degrees.
TaylorMade says that Morikawa switched into the new driving iron In order to “have an option to hit something lower that will roll out in the fairways.”
Head over to PGATour.com for the full article.
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mlecuni
Sep 13, 2017 at 5:35 am
Will Phil change ?
Milo
Sep 12, 2017 at 11:59 pm
Maybe an upgrade for my ’13 X forged?
Lemming
Sep 13, 2017 at 3:18 am
Absolutely
Dat
Sep 12, 2017 at 3:13 pm
Let’s hope these aren’t $300 a club like the Epic Star.
Bob
Sep 12, 2017 at 3:08 pm
FFS who cares about the back? Show the setup, face, and sole please!
XO
Sep 12, 2017 at 5:48 pm
Gearheads only slobber over the glue-on graphic plaques on the back of the irons for the ‘bling effect’.
Real golfers want to look at the performance aspects of the club design….. and even cover up the back with lead tape for added MOI.
golfreality
Sep 12, 2017 at 7:45 pm
added moi thats funny
OX
Sep 13, 2017 at 2:46 pm
… and higher swingweight too.
Orville
Sep 12, 2017 at 2:34 pm
The back of the club is largely cosmetic. The hosel offset and CG location (distribution of metal mass) is all that matters to the swing and ball impact.
LLC
Sep 14, 2017 at 1:14 am
And the ball is whacked only by the front of the club! What’s all this fuss over the design of the rear end of the clubhead.
Oh, I get it. The only way to obsolete the last club models is to change the appearance of the back!