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Forum Thread of the Day: “Most forgiving players iron made within the past 5 years?”
Today’s Forum Thread of the Day comes from moorebaseball who is on the hunt for the most forgiving players iron on the market from the last five years. Our members offer their suggestions to moorebaseball, with Ping’s S55 irons proving to be a popular recommendation.
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.
- dpb5031: “Ping S55s if you prefer a more compact head, or the i200s if you want a slightly larger profile. Both are excellent, very forgiving “player’s” irons that have been used extensively on multiple Tours.”
- WonIron: “I just bought my Second (backup) set of Adams forged XTD’s with stock KBS C-taper shafts for $160 on eBay. That was a good deal, but you can find them at $200 or better easy. Beautifully setup players look at address, forgiving and longer than the true blades I’ve been playing all my life.”
- BigPapy: “Agreeing with others here on S55’s. Great clubs that most mid-cappers could play well.”
- shakester: “Nike Vapor Pros or Pro Combos are a great set of irons that offer plenty of forgiveness.”
Entire Thread: “Most forgiving players iron made within the past five years?”
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- Steve Stricker WITB accurate as of the Zurich Classic. More photos from the event here.
Driver: Titleist TSR3 (9 degrees, C4 SureFit setting)
Shaft: Fujikura Motore Speeder VC 7.2 X
3-wood: Titleist 915F (13.5 degrees)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Tensei CK Pro White 80 TX
Hybrid: Titleist 816 H1 (17 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Motore Speeder VC 9.2 X
Irons: Titleist T200 (3, 4), Titleist T100 (5-9)
Shafts: Project X 6.5
Wedges: Titleist Vokey SM8 (46-10F @55), Titleist Vokey SM10 (54-10S @53), Titleist Vokey SM4 (60 @59)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold X100 w/Sensicore
Putter: Odyssey White Hot No. 2
Ball: Titleist Pro V1x
Grips: Golf Pride Tour Velvet Grip Rite
Check out more in-hand photos of Steve Stricker’s clubs here.
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- Alex Fitzpatrick what’s in the bag accurate as of the Zurich Classic.
Driver: Ping G430 LST (10.5 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 6 X
3-wood: TaylorMade Qi10 (15 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus TR Black 7 X
Hybrid: Ping G430 (19 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black HB 10 TX
Irons: Ping iCrossover (2), Titleist T100 (4-PW)
Shafts: Fujikura Ventus Black HB 9 TX (2), Nippon N.S. Pro Modus 3 Tour 120 X (4-9)
Wedges: Titleist Vokey Design SM10 (50-12F, 56-12D, 60-08M)
Shafts: Nippon N.S. Pro Modus 3 Tour 120 X
Putter: Bettinardi SS16 Dass
Grips: Golf Pride MCC
Check out more in-hand photos of Alex Fitzpatrick’s clubs here.
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In our forums, our members have been discussing Mini-Drivers and accompanying shafts. WRXer ‘JamesFisher1990’ is about to purchase a BRNR Mini and is torn on what shaft weight to use, and our members have been sharing their thoughts and set ups 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.
- PARETO: “New BRNR at 13.5. Took it over to TXG (Club Champ but TXG will always rule) in Calgary for a fit. Took the head down to 12, stuck in a Graphite Design AD at 3 wood length and 60g. Presto- numbers that rivaled my G430Max but with waaaaay tighter dispersion. Win.”
- driveandputtmachine: “Still playing a MIni 300. The head was only 208, so I ordered a heavier weight and play it at 3 wood length. I am playing a Ventus Red 70. I play 70 grams in my fairways. I use it mainly to hit draws off the tee. When I combine me, a driver, and trying to hit a draw it does not work out well most of the time. So the MIni is for that. As an aside, I have not hit the newest BRNR, but the previous model wasn’t great off the deck. The 300 Mini is very good off the deck.”
- JAM01: “Ok, just put the BRNR in the bag along side a QI10 max and a QI10 3 wood. A load of top end redundancy. But, I have several holes at my two home courses where the flight and accuracy of the mini driver helps immensely. Mine is stock Proforce 65 at 13.5, I could see a heavier shaft, but to normal flex, as a nice alternative.”
Entire Thread: “What’s the perfect Mini-Driver/Shaft combo? – GolfWRXers discuss”
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Miles
Feb 25, 2019 at 9:12 am
Mizuno MPH4
joro
Feb 22, 2019 at 12:36 pm
The most forgiving club, and I have tried all of them, is the 2002 Big Bertha Irons. They hit themselves, the balance was great and they were high. long, and straight. In fact I still have them, a complete set of lefties that I use occasionally and wonder why I don’t use them more.
F
Feb 20, 2019 at 3:59 pm
I find the P730 extremely easy to hit for some reason, easier than say 718MB and better feeling
F
Feb 20, 2019 at 4:00 pm
May be it’s the feel that fools me lol
Jed
Feb 20, 2019 at 2:25 pm
Will only be forgiving if the specs are right.
kevin
Feb 20, 2019 at 12:49 pm
this thread will probably end up as a list of every players iron made in the last 5 years, but my vote is
Bridgestone j15cb
geohogan
Feb 20, 2019 at 12:27 pm
May not be the longest or most forgiving, but a vote for Adams CMB, great feel and accurate and easily bent to zero offset IMO key to accuracy.
O
Feb 20, 2019 at 8:20 pm
So you increased the loft by how much to get to zero offset?
geohogan
Feb 21, 2019 at 4:36 pm
@O; havent checked loft but guess its minimal change
offset off the shelf: PW is 0.096 inch; 4I is 0.168 inch
Newt
Feb 20, 2019 at 10:23 am
If you don’t give the Maltby TS1 irons from Maltby at Golfworks a look then your doing yourself a disservice. They are outstanding…. great feel… great looking… super forgiving and WAY less expensive then any other club that gets mentioned on her. I’ve tried them all. Check out on Golfworks.com
Actual Facts
Feb 20, 2019 at 10:17 am
Here’s another vote for the Adams XTD Forged and the Ping S55 irons. I’ll also throw in the TMag SLDR irons. Calling them a pure player’s iron is probably a stretch but they’re forgiving and workable so…