Shot on location at the brilliant Dundonald Links in Scotland TG Test Pro Neil Wain and Equipment Editor Simon Daddow test and review the Best Players’ Irons of 2023.
We narrow 23 sets down to our favourite five models of the year and show comparison data for all the leading options.
See the test data on our website here https://bit.ly/42Bzn9a
Timestamps:
1:08 How we categorise irons and who Players’ Irons are aimed at.
1:43 The choices you face when buying Players’ Iron in 2023 – One-piece forged or Hollow body?
3:01 How we created our data
4:21 How do all 23 models compare for dispersion and drop-offs?
8:47 How duo all 23 models compare for ball speed, launch angle, backspin, peak height, descent angle and carry distance?
12:10 How do Players’ Irons compare in data to other iron categories?
13:24 Our top performing Players’ Irons of 2023
Get more information about all of our best performing Players’ Irons individually below:
Ping i230 – https://bit.ly/3TJ1RK1
Srixon ZX7 MK II – https://bit.ly/40uhYNO
Cobra King Tour – https://bit.ly/3FOFHQT
PXG 0311 T GEN5 – https://bit.ly/3K7nRv9
TaylorMade P770 – https://bit.ly/3JGDPe4
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10 Comments
P770 is 33*..according to Taylormade webpage
There is becoming something very obvious to me the performance on all the clubs is very good depending on loft. BUT you can get this performance from cheaper direct consumer brands. You don’t have to pay for the brands the pros on to are using at the highest price. Well done Takomo.
Really helpful. Thank you.
Are you aware that the volume of the video is quite low? At max volume, I still could hear you talk very quitely.
I have played clubs in this category for a good while. I went in for a PXG fitting today and was able to compare the Gen 5 T to the Gen 6 P. Distance wise I was hitting them them same but my spin numbers were actually lower with the gen 5 T model so I elected to go with the Gen 6 P. Looking forward to easier golf going to the next category haha.
What about the Takomo 301s?
I love these surveys you do. Jokingly though I wonder how my John Letters SwingMaster2s that are currently in my bag would stack up ? Great high launching satisfying irons. I recommend them. 😅
Thoughts about a video comparing the newer iron shafts, such as True Temper AMT White and Project X IO to see how the weight differences change the ball flight data specifically with longer irons? I've always liked player irons but like many amateurs find my 3-6 irons don't get the necessary gapping with traditional shafts – would individually weighted shafts actually change this much?
i have been playing the t100s for a while now and really like them . I did however buy a set of the cobra tours and they are just as good .
Got fitted for new irons and I was looking for something like mizuno, titleist or taylormade. I play whit 5 hcp and I tested many different irons from mizuno, titleist, taylormade, callaway and wilson with many different shafts and ended up with Cobra king tour irons with $-taper 120g stiffs. I never believed that I would go and buy Cobras but I simply wanted best irons for me and my swing. Those felt and looked amazing too! Got em +0.5" and 2 upright and took only 1 and half week to deliver to Finland.
Kevin Thorpe
That is highly debatable, and nobody is stopping you from getting the dtc clubs. I will stick to my Titleist, Taylormade, Callaway, and Mizuno. Cobra is coming on nicely, and Ping makes good clubs, too, except their drivers are always either ugly, terrible sounding, or both. It is cool that everyone likes to play different clubs for many different reasons.