Gear Guide 2023 – Irons
A look at some of 2023’s top irons
SRIXON ZX7 MK II
Why You’ll Love It: Elegant, muscular cavityback with blade-like feel
Why You Should Buy It: More mass behind the clubface, lower profile and leading-edge refinement induces sweet hits
Insider’s Insight: Tour-quality club reveals Tour-like performance for those who know how
Price: $170 per club
COBRA KING TOUR
Why You’ll Love It: Pure forged without multiinjection molding (MIM)
Why You Should Buy It: A forging process that produces finer grain alignment for feel and grooves to the USGA max
Insider’s Insight: A real tweener; call it the forgiving performance iron
Price: $181 per club
MIZUNO PRO 221
Why You’ll Love It: Grain Flow Forged in Hiroshima in throwback iron
Why You Should Buy It: Refinements in shape & weighting yet still that classic solid Mizuno forging for amazing feel
Insider’s Insight: Faldo, Tiger & many others all played Mizunos back in the day
Price: $188 per club
CALLAWAY APEX 21
Why You’ll Love It: Tungsten weighting for forgiveness; steel for feel
Why You Should Buy It: A perennial on this list; consistent performer offering forgiveness yet outstanding feel & control
Insider’s Insight: Better players love being able to shape shots; others love mishit distance
Price: $185 per club
MIZUNO JPX923 FORGED
Why You’ll Love It: Amazing technology in different irons
Why You Should Buy It: 4- through 7-irons have nickel alloy forged in face; all have deeper center of gravity
Insider’s Insight: Mizuno goes high-tech to bring forgiveness and feel in a distance iron
Price: $188 per club
COBRA T-RAIL
Why You’ll Love It: Introductory set with space-age tech
Why You Should Buy It: Rails on sole prevent digging, so every shot gets airborne; internal weighting adds forgiveness
Insider’s Insight: Graphite shafts only, and a little lighter for more impact speed
Price: $143 per club
This article can also be found in the April 2023 Issue of Colorado AvidGolfer.
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