Ping has created a great iron take the right balance of forgiveness and playability and have been praised in many golf reviews. Depending on the target audience depends on how those factors are balanced out. Typically when you go down the “game-improvement” iron road, it means big offset, wide soles, draw biased irons. But not everyone that needs a game improvement iron slices the ball. Sometimes it might just be less practice and infrequency of play that the golfer might desire a “game-improvement” iron. The Ping G15 irons from Ping are "game-improvement" all the way, but with a slight fade bias.
Seven grams of weight have been removed from the tuning port in the back of the head of the G15 irons and repositioned to help provide high launch and optimal spin. The face is thinner than previous models and weight is added to the toe of the head for more stability and forgiveness. The Ping G15 irons should suit golfers who want high-quality game-improving irons, need to gain more accuracy and distance, and prefer large, confidence-inspiring heads.
Like its predecessor, the G15 is an oversized iron designed for players seeking maximum forgiveness. However, several changes have been made which PING believes should make the club even more forgiving.
The epicenter of the G15's technological advances is the new Custom Tuning Port ("CTP"). While the G10 had a CTP, PING engineers reshaped and repositioned the CTP to save seven grams. The weight savings of a thinner face allowed the engineers move weight to the perimeter – particularly the toe – to improve forgiveness for off-center hits as well as increase MOI. PING believes that these changes provide the proper structure and support to ensure distance control and solid feel.
A second change from the G10 is the sole design. A wider sole positions the center of gravity lower and farther back to increase launch angle as well as "ensure a smooth transition through the turf." To offset the higher trajectories, PING strengthened the lofts of every iron by 1 degree.
The last semi-major change from the G10 is that the Ping G15 irons conform to the new USGA groove rule.
The Cleveland CG Red irons are the preferred option for Cleveland Golf's Tour staff. With a classic "player" profile, this club fits the eye of the accomplished golfer. The name Red highlights the clubs' most distinctive feature – the red gelback material that is placed in the bottom cavity of each of the irons. In many golf reviews, these irons are just described as excellent irons for low-handicappers.
The CG Red irons have combined Gelback Technology and next generation Micro-Cavity Technology (MCT) to offer better players increased benefits in the areas of feel, forgiveness and fit. The Cleveland CG Red irons differ from the CG Gold as they have a classic 'player profile' that low handicappers and tour players prefer. Cleveland Golf's newly patented Gelback Technology consists of a lightweight, visco-elastic, vibration-dampening material, which is placed directly behind the hitting area of the clubface in the back cavity of the iron. Gelback is vibration-tuned to remove unwanted vibration on miss-hits while still allowing the player the necessary feedback from the clubhead's soft yet responsive feel. The superior I-beam structural design of this next generation of MCT helps provide the highest strength possible to the topline of the Cleveland CG Red irons. The stiffer topline allows the face to remain undistorted and square through impact for more consistent and accurate shots. Impact vibration waves are also shortened by MCT, thus giving these irons a much more solid feel compared to traditional iron designs. This latest version of MCT not only provides added stability and forgiveness but also allows these irons to boast a 15% increase in their centre of gravity (CG). This improved CG has been achieved by redistributing 10 grams of weight to lower and deeper locations on the clubhead. The CG Red irons can be furthered dialled-in using colour-coded hosel markings that denote if the irons' lie angle are flat, standard or upright.
The Cleveland CG Red irons is a set of clubs that is suited to a low-handicapper (with the sister Cleveland CG Gold Irons a better fit for the high-handicapper). It has a slightly less offset to allow for more workability, and a slightly squarer toe that was altered in response to feedback from the company’s PGA Tour players.
Mizuno is quite often recognized as the best forged irons on the market, on tour and with amateurs as well. And their clubs have always received positive golf reviews. I also have great respect for most of their other types of clubs (drivers, fairway woods, wedges), so whenever I see a Mizuno club, I am confident that the Mizuno name means quality. Anyway, Mizuno introduced the Mizuno MP-60 irons design in 2004/2005 with "cut-muscle". The cut muscle was a small section of the back of the iron that is cut out. The section is cut out in the perfect spot, eliminating any bias the iron may have.
The history of Mizuno's forged blades is long and full of success in the PGA, amateur and pro tours around the world, nobody can deny this. But it was just a few years ago that Mizuno started to produce bigger, and more "sophisticated" forged heads that not only offered superb feel and playability as usual, but now a word that had always been contrary to forged clubs became included in the package: FORGIVENESS.
The Mizuno MP-60 irons Cut Muscle Cavity continues to maximize the performance for today's more aggressive game. The Grain Flow Forged MP-60 is 4% larger and has a 10% larger sweet area when compared to its outstanding Cut Muscle counterpart, the MP-32. The Cut Muscle design in the MP-60 delivers a slightly higher ball flight in the long irons, and a mid trajectory in the scoring irons, while the Cut Muscle design precisely positions the COG in each club for a consistent and predictable ball flight. Manufactured from Grain Flow Forged 1025 select mild carbon steel which provides the ultimate soft, solid, consistent feel. Durable Double nickel chrome plated finish. Modified U-grooves on the Mizuno MP-60 irons produce the ideal spin rate for maximum playability in all conditions. Rolled leading edge, cambered mid-sole, and rolled trailing edge deliver consistent striking ability from all types of lies. In other golf reviews, the MP-60s are also said to be very excellent and trusted.
