This set of highly attractive irons comes with black, graphite shafts, black Winn grips and a sharp-looking, moderately large cavity. This slightly oversized head is based on the King Cobra II style of design. There is even a mild version of a weight protrusion on the backside of the hosel. While not a completely original [...]

These beauties have an awesome job to do. They have to make people forget the venerable Tommy Armour 845′s. From the initial look and feel of them they just might be able to pull it off. The EVO V-31′s are an impressive looking set of golf clubs – absolute knock-outs. More than one of our [...]

Toski Golf has a long-held reputation for creating distinctive and original head designs. The Tough Shots are no exception. Stern, sophisticated good looks grace these gray and silver, game-improvement heads. The long irons are moderately low-profiled while the shorter irons are taller in the face. These Tough Shots are not designed for low-handicappers. Game improvement [...]

The Forged PCB Tour’s are one of the best-looking of the new breed of traditional players irons. They are a serious set of sticks when mated to the Flighted Rifle stepless shafts from Royal Precision. The Forged PCB Tours are not to be confused with the regular Forged PCB irons which are aimed more towards [...]

When Spalding purchased the Ben Hogan Company many analysts hailed it as an ideal marriage; one that gave high-profile prestige to the middle-class image of Spalding and vast resources and marketing expertise to the oft mismanaged Hogan company. Spalding pledged to return the Ben Hogan line to its former glory. The first releases under the [...]

The Cleveland GunMetal wedges were so popular that Cleveland decided to extend the look and feel over to their TA-1 and TA-5 irons both of which were already available in chrome versions. The gunmetal look is one that our testers have responded to with absolute love, or with near total disdain. Whatever the opinion, all [...]

The DCI 981′s are an alternative to the hugely popular DCI 990′s. They provide a small, but readily detectible bit of additional user-friendliness over the more blade-like 990′s. This handsome set of irons has developed an enthusiastic following of its own that includes many mid handicappers and tournament level players as well. The DCI 981′s [...]

These irons, designed by Southern California’s Byron Butler, have an attractive and sophisticated look to them. They have an innovative design that is both logically intelligent and cleanly uncluttered. The Butler heads have pronounced offset and a distinctive, squarish shape to them. The thin-faced heads have what is basically a half-cavity. Extra weight is distributed [...]

It should be stated at the beginning that the Strata Oversized Irons may be difficult to locate. When we began testing these irons in April, they were available in Dick’s Sporting Goods and other retail outlets. Since then, the parent company of Strata, Top-Flite Golf, has declared bankruptcy. On July 1st, 2003 the company was [...]

The legions of Ping fans throughout the world were all abuzz about the arrival of the Ping i3s. The Ping Zings were fine for some, but were a disappointment to many of the Ping Eye 2 devotees. The large, overly forgiving heads of the Zings might have performed as well as their predecessors, but the [...]

The Cleveland QuadPro irons were designed to incorporate some of the same elements that are utilized in the successful QuadPro line of fairway woods. They are user-friendly, game improvement irons that offer a soft, controlled feel and versatile performance. Their appearance is dark and handsome, too heavy looking to be beautiful, but attractive nonetheless. On [...]

The RL Blades are cast 303 stainless steel irons. At address, they have a very rounded, small-headed, traditional look. Technically speaking, the RL’s have a minimal cavity back – a gently sculpted depression that does add extra toe-weighting and a small amount of forgiveness. The long irons have a marginally lower center of gravity and [...]

If it’s good looks you are after and a club which fills you with confidence then look no further. The X-14 is inspiring visually and with some very beneficial playing characteristics too. For low or high handicappers a higher ball flight from the longer irons is rather desirable and who can knock extra spin and [...]

What can I say about the revolution irons? The best looking golf clubs I have seen for a long, long time, but not only that, what feel! If you enjoy your golf these are not to be missed and if it’s in your mind that somehow you’re missing out on the size, then perhaps the [...]

The perimeter weighted i3 Blade and i3 O-Size irons are designed with innovative features for players of all abilities. They offer distinct advantages for different types of players. The compact Blade with less offset and a solid feel meets lower handicappers’ requirements for more control and potential to work the ball and shape their shots. [...]

The choice of Sergio Garcia and Davis Love III – the DCI 990 features sophisticated weight management techniques to create an iron that yields the shape of shots serious golfers desire with the feel of a muscle back forging. Designed with the better player in mind, the new DCI 990 is the flagship of the [...]

The Velociteque is an economical Rescue-style hybrid iron/wood. The Velociteque line comes from Hireko, one of the world’s largest producers of components. This is an attractive, charcoal gray metallic head that, when coupled to the black and silver Graman shaft, looks better than its price would indicate. The durability of the finish is not great, [...]

Aside from being popular with the pros, the Mizuno MP-33 irons are a hit with many amateurs. The satiny smooth good looks and impressive reputation make a strong statement in any player’s bag. That does not mean that the other 98% of the world’s golfers, those that don’t regularly break par, will all benefit from [...]

In late 2001, Titleist simultaneously released two, new, user-friendly DCI models: The DCI 762 and the DCI 822OS. (“OS” stands for “over-sized”) In spite of marked similarities, these two closely related irons are directed at different market segments. The 822OS model is intended for higher-handicapped players who need the considerable forgiveness provided by oversized heads, [...]

We use a number of various testers during testing sessions and on-course playing rounds. That’s the theory, at least. In the case of these Gun Metal blades, two lead testers laid claim to them after the first session. Each decided that these blades would be their new, full-time playing irons. A third tester was very [...]

The first thing that strikes the user about LMG’s Liquidmetal II Irons is their sharply distinctive good looks. These irons look good in the bag and at address. The heads have a bright, sophisticated design that comes across as both elegant and friendly at the same time. The TTR graphite shafts from Liquidmetal have a [...]

The Callaway X-14 Steelheads are the successors to the popular Big Bertha X-12′s. There have been some adjustments made to this newest version of the basic, oversized cavity-back design. The primary change is the relocation to the sole of a greater percentage of the head weight. This is to help in getting the ball airborne. [...]

Top Flite has been building excellent irons for quite some time. Their “Tour” irons have always had a reputation for being strong hitting, versatile irons that work well for a wide range of players. The middle-class image of the Spalding and Top Flite names have apparently always prevented the irons from being as successful as [...]

The 845 Silver Back irons from Tommy Armour turned out to be as easy to review as any irons that have ever come through Golf Product News. A half a dozen testers tried them out, and a half a dozen testers had the exact same feedback as concerned playability. There was minor disagreement about the [...]

Released late in 1999, the DCI 990′s were Titleist’s lead pony in the hotly contested “players’ irons” segment of the market. They were designed to take over the mantle of Number One Players’ Cavity Back, a mantle held for years by the highly popular Titleist DCI 962′s. How successfully the 990′s replace the 962′s is [...]