Is it time to move up to a “Players Iron”? 🏌️♂️
This week, Chris and Dowson are back in the bay to tackle one of the most exciting categories in golf: the 2026 Players Irons.
If you watched our last video, we tested the “Player’s Distance” category— those hollow-body, game-enhancing irons that give you maximum speed and forgiveness. But what happens when your game improves? What happens when you’ve had lessons, you’re playing more consistently, and you’re ready for a little more workability?
This week, we are rolling it back to the “Big Cousin” of that category. We are looking at irons that pack the tech and help you need, but with a more compact profile, traditional lofts (the 32°–33° battleground), and the control required to shape shots and attack pins.
These are the irons you can play for a long time as you continue to improve.
In this head-to-head shootout, we put five of the biggest names in golf to the test, all with the same shaft (the DZ Gamer) to keep things fair:
– Titleist T150 – The control king. We look at how this iron stabilizes spin and keeps your dispersion tight.
– Callaway Ai150 – The speed machine. Does the new metal injection molding make it too hot, or is it the perfect balance?
– Srixon ZXi7 – The turf interaction specialist. If you’re a steep player who takes a big divot, this one is a game-changer.
– TaylorMade P770 – The all-rounder. A superb combo-set option that offers height, spin, and that classic forged feel.
– Ping i240 – The spin retention master. Even on mishits, this iron keeps the ball in the air and holding greens.
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Great video as always. I'm very interested in the lie angle conversation as it pertains to the toe down strike and left miss. As someone who has the same tendency, I would like you to delve more into that and compare the upright lie angle vs flat lie angle. As an ex-fitter myself and what you briefly eluded to is that the upright lie angle should assist in the toe down strike, but so many people, including a lot of fitters, will cater to the left miss alone and flatten out the lie angle.