Players CB/Game Improvement CB

scotts33

I have been comparing irons as of late some Swing Science models.

Both 7i Swing Science Pro Forged CB 34 deg. vs. Swing Science OG FC-One CB 34 deg. shafted same Nippon 950GH "R" same Swing Science Tour Velvet grip same playing length/lie TLT Series #7 same heft match MoI 2680 kg-cm² toe down.

What I found is the smaller appearing Pro Forged CB iron to the slightly larger appearing OG FC-One CB there is very little difference in performance. The slightly narrower sole on the Pro Forged CB iron helped me not hit as many fat shots. Cost vs. "feel" is about the only variable. Forged head to cast head.

Take away is many golfers discount players irons and gravitate to GI CB irons or even ultra GI irons when in many regards they are doing themselves a disservice for some very slight forgiveness on toe hits. A toe shot on a players irons cavity back is nowadays very slight to the old days of blades. What I see with mid to high hdcp. golfers is a lot of fat shots with GI and super GI irons and their wider soles. I think one can learn very quickly to use a swing that with a medium width sole to get divot in front of ball. That's the largest malady of golfers the world over. Fat iron shots.

Just an observation.

sdandrea1

scotts33

I have found the same through my experiments with Pursuit Forged, Snake Eyes Forged and Maltby TE Forged. I usually hit the ball near center-face with most of my mishits being fat or thin. This plus the fact that I only play 7 or 8 as my longest iron means I can play smaller heads. Anything larger than an Eye 2 or i3 size head (and the forgings listed above), looks clunky to me. I've played the shovels over the years, but my mishits with those were typically fat or thin.

KCee

I agree. I hover around a 14 -15 'cap lately and hit a lot of toe shots, but I do better with smaller irons. The last 2 iron fittings I had, I was trying to find larger SGI type irons for more forgiveness, but none worked well for me. I settled on Apex Pro Forged in 2016 and now TM P770. The pro/fitter was laughing saying "I'll build whatever you want, but why are you fighting what works for you; the results are clear".

ode

I suspect there is a point of diminishing returns, even though I like shovels, when I saw the g700 I almost 🤮 at the size of them. Nothing else offensive about them, but damn those things are massive!

Subsonic

I usually play clubs in the player CB category like Callaway Apex and my current Handicap is 18.5. I usually do Ok with them. In true Buzzard fashion I was doing some late night golf forum surfing and came across a thread about lower handicap golfers using Cleveland or Wilson clubs like the HB and Launch Pad. I have always been intrigued by those style irons and next thing I knew I was on the Bay. Found a set that was not too expensive and hit the Buy Now button. I ended up with a 4 thru PW of Cleveland Launcher Turbos with steel shafts. I have only hit them twice, but like them. I like the fact that they have very little offset. I want to get a few more rounds in before I pass judgement.