I don’t know why people assign handicap ranges to Irons. Let’s face it you can be a good ball striker and go up 6-8 strokes with bad chipping and putting or be a bad ball striker and go down 6-8 with a great short game. My bottom line for clubs is how straight do you hit it and what help do you need with that
It seems to me the shaft used in each of these iron models plays a big part in the comparison. When getting fitted, I pay just as much attention to how the shaft performs as the head of the club. You can hit on a launch monitor and see the significant differences in how the club performs utilizing different shafts by looking at the data (distance, spin, height, etc. What I have found that the best performing club head and shaft combination, isn't always the winning combination since how the club feels when you strike the ball counts for a lot. So, I think that comparisons like this should also identify the characteristics of the shaft. Am I wrong here?
Shafts should absolutely be a consideration, particularly in terms of feel and how much you like to "feel where the head is". Both shafts here were Ping's standard fitted shafts so characteristics should be almost, if not, identical, but would definitely need to be looked at if trying 2 different shaft and head combos
Alot of youtubers especially the Brits talk about sound and feel so much, but 99 percent of golfers(the mass majority) could care less about that. When you hit one in the sweet spot they all feel good. The mass wants clubs they can score with, sound means nothing. I play in 3 different golf leagues and there are hundreds of players, I always ask about sound and feel and most players never give it any thought.
i dont care to much about the sound and feel in the long irons. but i do care about the feel in the short irons. i would think the forged i525 would have much better feel and control around the greens when chipping with the short irons, suspect the g430 irons might be a bit hot of the face
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I don’t know why people assign handicap ranges to Irons. Let’s face it you can be a good ball striker and go up 6-8 strokes with bad chipping and putting or be a bad ball striker and go down 6-8 with a great short game. My bottom line for clubs is how straight do you hit it and what help do you need with that
It seems to me the shaft used in each of these iron models plays a big part in the comparison. When getting fitted, I pay just as much attention to how the shaft performs as the head of the club. You can hit on a launch monitor and see the significant differences in how the club performs utilizing different shafts by looking at the data (distance, spin, height, etc. What I have found that the best performing club head and shaft combination, isn't always the winning combination since how the club feels when you strike the ball counts for a lot. So, I think that comparisons like this should also identify the characteristics of the shaft. Am I wrong here?
Shafts should absolutely be a consideration, particularly in terms of feel and how much you like to "feel where the head is". Both shafts here were Ping's standard fitted shafts so characteristics should be almost, if not, identical, but would definitely need to be looked at if trying 2 different shaft and head combos
Alot of youtubers especially the Brits talk about sound and feel so much, but 99 percent of golfers(the mass majority) could care less about that. When you hit one in the sweet spot they all feel good. The mass wants clubs they can score with, sound means nothing. I play in 3 different golf leagues and there are hundreds of players, I always ask about sound and feel and most players never give it any thought.
i dont care to much about the sound and feel in the long irons. but i do care about the feel in the short irons. i would think the forged i525 would have much better feel and control around the greens when chipping with the short irons, suspect the g430 irons might be a bit hot of the face
The back of that G430 kind of resembles a Titleist AP3. That club was awesome.
Now you mention it, there's worse clubs to base your looks on!
I525 please, better looks and lofts
I currently use G400’s I might change at the end of the year and both of these are under consideration. I play off 17.
The G400s are a great club! The natural move would be into G430, but these could both be good options 🏌️♂️
Still perfectly happy with my i500s 🙌🏽
Agree it hit it only gained 5 yards over I500 so not worth buying a new set. Although it did have better feel
Neither the new i230, good sound, good spin.
Another great option, more towards the players' iron 🏌️♂️
You may want to edit the title .
Buying clubs because they look good and super fly? What kind of review was this….?