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What GolfWRXers are saying about irons in between Game Improvement and Players

Published

4 years ago

May 5, 2020

In our forums, our members have been discussing irons in between Game Improvement and Players. WRXer ‘jomatty’ is looking for something in between TaylorMade’s M2’s and Callaway’s Apex CF16’s with a budget under $500 and our members have been giving their 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.

Ripken08: “JPX 919’s or i210s are my picks. You can always tweak lofts for distances.”
MattM97: “Look into the ‘Players Distance’ category like Srixon 585, Callaway Apex, Titleist T200 or T100-S, Mizuno JPX, etc., etc. For your budget of $500, you’d probably be able to find a set of the older Srixon 565 which are still good or an older Apex model. I would say go get fit but if it’s not in your budget just make a list and start hunting.”
mxskier: “For saving money: 565, first-gen P790, AP3, Rogue/Mavrik Pro, Apex 16/19 (slightly shorter blade length), prior gen Cobra Forged Tec, 900 Forged, 900 HM.”
lazyjc4: “Definitely look into the Hogan PTx offerings. Pretty much the definition of ‘in-between’ GI and player’s iron, in my book. The short irons are solid player’s CB’s, while the mid and long irons look similar, but have all of the tech included to make them much easier to launch/hit than a true player’s CB set. I have the originals and love them, I haven’t hit the PTx Pros, but they look very similar. Some think they have a touch too much offset for their liking, but I’ve grown used to them, and it doesn’t bother me at all, anymore.”
calfan36: “Try the Cobra King Tour Forged or Fly-Z+ (both models are identical). Pretty much everyone who tries them says they’re a better AP2. Awesome all around iron and can be had dirt cheap.”
jwadds19: “I have the Srixon Z585 3 iron (used as a driving iron with my 785 set), and I could see those as being an awesome option for someone who wants to transition from the big-time game improvement club to something a little more pleasing on the eye. Thinking they will be plenty forgiving still and will feel great. They would also then allow for a good transition to something more players specific later if you ended up going that way.”
Eastcoastgolf67: “Srixon offers blended set options (u85s, 585s, 785s).”

Entire Thread: “Irons in between Game Improvement and Players”

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Callaway launches Paradym Ai Smoke Triple Diamond Max driver

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50 mins ago

May 21, 2024

GolfWRX Staff

Give me a Callaway Paradym Ai Smoke Triple Diamond driver but make it Max. Callaway engineers have taken the tour staple triple diamond head and boosted its size from 450 to 460cc’s. “By doing that we’ve created a more forgiving head while still keeping the same great shape that’s beloved on tour,” said Callaway’s advanced R&D manager Nick Yontz. The driver offers more spin than Triple Diamond standard — and thus more workability and forgiveness.

In contrast to the standard Triple Diamond, which features 14 and two-gram weights. The Ai Smoke Triple Diamond Max is equipped with 10-gram and four-gram interchangeable weights, which contributes to greater overall stability. According to Callaway, the driver plays more neutral than the neutral-to-fade-bias Triple Diamond.

Comparison of the Triple Diamond and Triple Diamond Max faces.

Discussing testing on tour, Nick Yontz, advanced R&D manager, said:

“We first brought this head out for Tour testing in November last year. Players would step up and we had it matched up to their gamer driver specs. They would swing, and we saw consistently good ball flights – very stable. It was the word ‘stable’ that continued to be used by players.”

“They would continue to split the fairway and what that caused them to do was to start swinging faster. They had this excitement that, ‘This thing doesn’t go offline. I can keep swinging harder and harder and it maintains that straight flight’”

“We were seeing players. that would have small gains in ball speed from just the driver head alone, but then the swing speed would increase the more and more swings they made. By the end of it, they really saw meaningful gains in ball speed and distance.”

As a refresher on the Callaway Paradym Ai Smoke driver family — which now includes Paradym Ai Smoke Max, Paradym Ai Smoke Max D, Paradym Smoke Max Fast, Paradym Ai Smoke Triple Diamond, and Paradym Ai Smoke Triple Diamond Max — check out our launch piece.

Callaway Paradym Ai Smoke Triple Diamond Max: Pricing, specs, availability

Price: $599.99

Loft options: 9, 10.5 degrees

Stock shaft: Project X Denali Blue

At retail: June 7

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Photos from the 2024 Charles Schwab Challenge

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55 mins ago

May 21, 2024

GolfWRX Staff

GolfWRX is live this week at Colonial Country Club for the Charles Schwab Challenge.

Custom Camerons and some “super” new grips from SuperStroke are filling our galleries early in the week as well as WITBs — including the always interesting “Cashmere Keith” Mitchell.

Check out links to our photos below, which we’ll continue to update throughout the week.

And while you’re making your way through our photos, be sure to check out last year’s incredible gallery of prototype and personal Ben Hogan golf clubs.

General Albums

2024 Charles Schwab Challenge – Monday #1

WITB Albums

Pullout Albums

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Coolest thing for sale in the GolfWRX Classifieds (5/21/24): New Ping i210 4-UW irons

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4 hours ago

May 21, 2024

Gianni Magliocco

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 set of New Ping I210 4-UW irons.

From the seller: (@jblough99): “New Ping I210 4-UW with AWT 2.0 stiff shafts. Standard length, standard loft, black dot lie. Golf Pride Tour Velvet grips standard size. All matching serial numbers. There is a rub in the finish on the back of the 6 iron and a few spots in the hydropearl finish on the other iron faces (see pics) unfortunately the shop I got them from didn’t wrap each head individually for shipping. These clubs are new unhit, most still have the protective stickers on the numbers on the soles. $1025 OBRO full clubs. $975 OBRO heads only.”

To check out the full listing in our BST forum, head through the link: New Ping I210 4-UW irons

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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