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Forum Thread of the Day: “Best game improvement or super game improvement irons available?”
Today’s Forum Thread of the Day comes from dhen9 who opens up a discussion on both game improvement and super game improvement irons. Dhen9 asks WRXers what they feel are currently the best irons in either department presently available, which are both forgiving and clean looking. Our members share their thoughts with plenty of valuable insight provided.
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.
- sdandrea: “PING G410 is a real player in that category. It looks very clean at address and plays very forgiving. G400 is still available as well.”
- AG12: “P790’s have been a good combo of forgiveness, minimal offset, blade length, feel and ball flight for me. I had the Apex line, and they were great clubs but prefer the topline, etc. on the ’19 P790. I have hit and demoed the G410, G400, M5, M6, AP1 and AP3, and the 790 beat them out for me for all mentioned above.”
- dannym53: “I upgraded to G410 and wish I had my 400’s back. Just played three rounds with them but to me, the 400’s feel better, but that’s just me.”
- Ripken08: “Simple answer as previously posted…G410 or 919 Hot Metals. I have played several G series clubs over the years and got along ok with them. Had G410s briefly. The 919 HM are in a different league for ME. I hit them considerably better. And they look and feel better in my opinion. Only two serious contenders you should try…”
- elon235: “I’ve been playing the Callaway Rogue Pro irons for the past 8 months and find them to be very forgiving but also have minimal offset. Very easy to work the ball or point and shoot. Also should save you some cash. Worth a look IMO.”
Entire Thread: “Best game improvement or super game improvement irons available?”
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On the 54 (degree), we have ‘Big Fudge,'” Shipley told GolfWRX. “It was supposed to be ‘Big Fridge,’ so this happened a little while ago. ‘Big Fridge’ was a nickname between my college teammates and I, with ‘fridge’ meaning stomach, a big stomach.
“We told the Ping guys to put … ‘Big Fridge’ on it, and I think maybe some bad cell service or something, and they thought I said ‘fudge,’ so they put fudge on it.”
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ChipNRun
Nov 12, 2019 at 10:38 pm
First a grammar note:
“… best irons in either department presently available …”
Correct phraseology is “currently available”… presently means “in the near future.”
Second, how about separate discussions on SGI and GI clubs? You blade-runners fail to see the difference between the two categories.
People with above-average swing speed may not find a BEST SGI iron, as SGI heads would tend to balloon the ball too much on short irons.
dj
Nov 5, 2019 at 3:49 pm
Unless you hit each SGI club, you won’t know which brand works best for you. Buying off of the rack w/o hitting them isn’t the best choice to purchase clubs.