Have Srixon Changed Game Improvement Irons Forever?

Have Srixon Changed Game Improvement Irons Forever? (Srixon ZX4 Mk II R & HL Review)

Srixon has made a bold move by introducing their first-ever Super Game Improvement (SGI) iron: the ZXIR and the ZXIR HL (High Launch).

Srixon promises to deliver the premium feel, classic looks, and cutting-edge innovation found in their famous players’ irons, but packed into a forgiving SGI head. But can a Super Game Improvement iron really look and feel this good?

I put the new ZXIR irons to the ultimate test, taking them from the range to the course, to see if they truly offer the perfect balance of forgiveness, distance, and performance.

What You Will Learn in This Srixon ZXIR Review:
The Look & Feel: I break down why the ZXIR wedge and 7-iron look remarkably like a player’s iron and how the feel compares to my gamer ZX4s.

New Technology Deep Dive: We explore the brand-new I-Alloy material (10% softer than regular steel) and how the Main Frame Milling and Tour V.T. Sole technology translates into real forgiveness and better turf interaction.

Distance & Launch: Are the strong lofts just for show? I share my on-course numbers to determine if the ZXIR irons deliver powerful distance without sacrificing the necessary launch and land angle.

Who Should Play These Irons? Srixon targets the mid-to-high handicapper, but I argue that the blend of forgiveness and looks means anyone—from a raw beginner to a low-handicapper—could benefit from putting these in the bag.

Let me know in the comments: What do you think of the ZXIR pricing? Is this the future of game improvement?

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Shrixen are introducing their first super game 
improvement iron. This is the ZXIR and ZXIR HL for high launch. So this is the first time 
Stricks and Golf are bringing a super game improvement iron to their family of irons. 
So they’re promising the quality, the feel, the innovation that we’ve had in irons for 
so many years now in a super game improvement iron. Someone who desperately needs to improve 
their game. I’m keen to test these. So ZXi R first impressions. I’ve got a wedge. I’ve got the 
full set here, but I’ve just got a wedge and a 7. The wedge is classic looking. Nice and round. 
Sometimes game improvement wedges can be so ugly. But that wedge looks really good. Like 
a player’s iron. Slimish top line. Chroing all around. Plenty of face down by the balls. It’s not 
the smallest head in the world, but it’s certainly not the biggest. I do like about ZXIR is the 
back of them falls in line with their whole stricks and iron range. We’re not going for like 
mega fancy badges on the back. Some of the game improvement clubs and manufacturers like go, “Oh, 
look. It does mega things on the back cuz game improvement people need like special pictures or 
something.” This just looks like a ZXi Iron, but it’s the R. So, game improvement. Maybe slightly 
longer blade length. Little bit of offset. Oh yeah. But I can tell these are going to be 
I can just see the loft. I mean it’s these are strong and I can see that from some of the numbers 
I’m collecting as well. Wowers. But for an iron that looks stricks and fantastic. Feels solid. 
Not as soft obviously as their kind of forged offerings, but certainly not as crazy as other 
game improvements out there that can just be crazy kind of clippy. That sound is very much in line 
with my ZXi 4s, which I game. I I can almost see myself going full game improvement because it’s 
giving me the looks that I want. It’s giving me the feel that I kind of already have. And if it’s 
offering more help, why would I give that away? I think what this iron would do for a lot of 
golfers is that I mean I know this isn’t important to maybe lots of golfers but you no one’s going 
to know that’s a game improvement iron unless they know every ins and out of the entire brand’s 
range from a distance from playing with someone in the bag. These are just going to look like good 
irons. Yet, you’ve got all the help, the technical benefits in theory of their most game improvement 
and well, their first game improvement iron and their most game improvement iron out of the whole 
range. It’s totally delivering on every level. If you’re someone who wants classic looks, not crazy 
jazzy, decent feel, but as much help as possible. Impressive. So, are we getting that perfect 
balance between technology and Shrixen’s feels and looks? So, we get I alloy. This is a brand 
new material engineered especially for ZXIR irons. This is 10% softer than regular steel that’s found 
in game improvement irons. This helps with feel, vibration, and overall feedback is what Shrixen 
says. We also see main frame milling patterns. This is going to help that face perform all 
across the face. So when we’re mishitting, we don’t get huge drop offs in ball speeds. 
And it also allows them to push that sweet spot a little bit lower on the face, which for 
irons is generally where people are striking the golf ball. We see the tall VT salt, which 
we’ve seen in stricksen irons for ages, helping with turf interaction. We get progressive 
grooves, the tighter grooves on the scoring club, slightly wider grooves on the more distance club. 
This is all about trying to maximize performance across each individual iron. And we get the 
laser face millet. Again, just trying to maximize performance launches and spins on every club 
on every shot. So, for a game improvement iron, the blend of tech to what we see in their players 
irons is super interesting. When it comes to the always awkward conversation about price, well, 
here are the prices. You decide. Maybe in the comments, let me know. Is this too expensive for 
a game improvement iron? Is it where you think iron should be or should they be at a slightly 
different price point? Let me know. Yes, nothing is cheap at the moment. Nothing is cheap. So, as 
someone who plays tricks and irons, I’m super keen to see where these sit in the family of irons. 
So, I took them out onto the golf course, played a few holes with them. And what I was noticing very 
quick is the feel compared to my ZXi4s, which are obviously on the game improvement side as well, 
was super super similar. The ZX i5s as well, wasn’t miles away. It definitely is a slight step 
in the game improvement field, but my distance control, how they performed instantly in my bag 
without me having to make huge corrections to a new set of irons was great. They’re definitely 
on the powerful side, so they were pushing those distances on a fraction. But for me, I was 
feeling I could just use this set of irons. Am I really going to be using a super game improvement 
set of irons? Possibly. And also, I could easily blend these like I kind of do already in my set 
to make sure my pitching wedges and maybe my nine and eight irons are where I want them to be. 
moving then on into the super game improvement as I get into less loft. I think the standout 
thing for me when I took them onto the course was just how seamless they just started fitting 
in to my already set and kind of already where my game is that familiarity with what Stricken 
have been bringing was just playing through even on their super game improvement iron. So when it 
comes to the actual performance of these clubs, land angle is very good. Launch and spin is good. 
spin obviously on that lower side which it needs to be for a game improvement iron to be maxing 
out those distances. It feels easy to hit. Can I really gauge across the face hits you would need 
to hit a lot more shots than where I’m hitting and still you find what we already know is that ball 
speeds do drop off. They’re just dropping off a fraction less how much that plays on out on the 
golf course. It’s a season plus for you to decide if that’s making a difference. But the distances 
are strong. They’re powerful. They go far. They are easy to get up in the air. They’re still 
relatively easy to stop like any game improvement eye and they’re dropping the spin-off a little 
bit. But they are powerful and for me at the moment as someone who has gone this way in my set, 
I’m quite enjoying where these sit in the distance world that I mean I don’t mind psychologically 
hitting an eight even though I know it’s a seven iron in in whatever loft whatever true is 
anymore. Just psychologically for me I don’t mind that being an eight. And I certainly quite 
like the fact that I can joke with people that I’m hitting an eight when they’re hitting a seven. 
But the numbers are where I’d expect them to be. Strong and powerful. And who should play these 
irons? The always interesting question when it gets to these. I mean, I can play these irons and 
I’m going to try and get qualifying for a senior tour event. I could absolutely play these irons. 
The manufacturer. So, Shrixen are kind of saying they’re more the mid to higher handicapper range, 
which is what all the manufacturers do. I think you need to decide what you want from your golf 
clubs. If it’s good looks with game improvement and better player feels and performance off that 
club, so consistency of spin, these are going to be hard to beat in any category. If you want 
shaved down shapes and prettier looks, yeah, you can get that in more performance-based club. 
Trying to say that they’re for a certain handicap, well, I can see why they’re designed with higher 
handicappers in mind, but I honestly believe anyone could play these clubs. Anyone from a tour 
player through to a raw beginner, you decide. Maybe in the comments, let me know. Are you going 
more towards game improvement than you ever done, or are you running off the blades than you’ve 
never done? Let me know in the comments. Now, if you want to find out how far your seven iron 
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