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Fall Gear Guide

Fall is just around the corner, and with its arrival, we turn our attention to one of our favorite seasons on the golf calendar. Shirt sleeves give way to quarter zips, and golf pants typically make their debut at some point in October. So why wait until the holiday season to refresh your links-look or restock your golf bag? Here’s a roundup of cool golf gear we have our eye on this autumn.

TRUE Linkswear FS-01 + OG 1.2

Walking golf shoe brand TRUE linkswear is introducing its Future Staples line this fall with the debut of the FS-01. Featuring a timeless, minimalist style with what the company describes as “hidden technology,” the FS-01 is hitting the ground running with six colorways in men’s sizes 7-15 and women’s 5.5-12. TRUE’s Future Staples line is inspired by classic sneaker looks infused with the company’s legendary technology. If you need a pair of TRUEs ASAP, the Original 1.2s are optimized for fall golf – super supportive and fully waterproof.

MSRP: $175 (FS-01), $170 (Original 1.2)

Website: www.truelinkswear.com.

RADMOR Higgins Bobrad Loop Terry Hoodie

Fall is prime golf hoodie season, and no brand does hoodies quite like Seattle-based RADMOR Golf. The Higgins Bobrad Loop Terry Hoodie is made from 100% sustainable cotton and features an athletic fit and range of motion stitching that allows golfers to swing freely. It’s offered in six colors, including classics like Navy and Heather Grey, and sizes small through XXL. Pair your Higgins Hoodie with a pair of RADMOR’s Five-O Knit Performance Pants, the closest thing to wearing pajamas on the course.

MSRP: $120 (Higgins), $128 (Five-O)

Website: www.radmorgolf.com.

OnCore Golf 2022 ELIXR + VERO X2

The 2022 ELIXR from OnCore provides golfers with perimeter weighting for greater accuracy and reduced side spin off the driver. A unique polybutadiene core delivers an outstanding coefficient of restitution (CoR) for higher ball speed, resulting in more carry and roll. A slightly firmer cover with a 350-dimple pattern and mid-compression rating (85) delivers a pure feel off the club face and gives the ELIXR superior greenside control, durability and unmatched performance in its category. Golfers should also be looking for the new VERO X2, dropping this fall. This four-piece Tour-level offering is a follow-up to the wildly popular VERO X1, which topped several big names in launch monitor and on-course testing.

MSRP: $29.99 per dozen (ELIXR), $50 (VERO X2)

Website: www.oncoregolf.com.

PXG Sugar Daddy II Wedges

PXG’s Sugar Daddy II wedges are the brainchild of Mike Nicolette, the company’s director of product creation since 2013. Nicolette spent 24 years with PING and developed a relentless passion for wedge design. The Sugar Daddy IIs feature 100% CNC-milled construction on top of a 3X forged base, making them one of the most beautifully wrought wedges on the market. Full-face groves and high-toe weighting combine with two grinds – BP and C – for soft or firm turf conditions.

MSRP: $449

Website: www.pxg.com

PXG 0311 Irons

Yes, we are doubling down on PXG this fall. The Scottsdale, Ariz.-based company owned by GoDaddy founder Bob Parsons made a name for itself upon launching in 2014 with its technologically superior irons. Fast-forward to 2022, and the GEN 5 0311 series carries on that tradition and then some. The 0311s are offered in three clubhead options, T (minimal offset), P (moderate offset) and XP (significant offset), for golfers of varying skill levels.

MSRP: $449

Website: www.pxg.com

Bushnell Tour V5 Patriot

The Tour V5 Patriot is Bushnell at its category-leading best. Easy to unbox, simple to start up and sporting a sleek-yet-powerful design that is sure to get more than a few looks from your playing partners. Aesthetics notwithstanding, avid golfers want two things out of their rangefinder: speed and accuracy. The Tour V5 delivers both in abundance.

MSRP: $299.99

Website: www.bushnellgolf.com

GolfForever Swing Trainer

GolfForever has surged to the head of the golf fitness class over the past two years, buoyed not only by Justin Leonard, Scottie Scheffler and Ryan Palmer’s involvement but also by its undeniable results. In 2022, the company rolled out its new Swing Trainer, taking the entire system to new heights by offering dozens of new warm-up routines and drills. The full kit includes a bevy of helpful stuff, all designed to make you a better, stronger golfer within a few weeks.

MSRP: $199

Website: www.golfforever.com.

Sun Mountain Pushcarts

Sun Mountain’s PX3 and PX4 push carts have made a big splash with members of #pushcartmafia. Offering improvements on the company’s past Pathfinder models, PX3 and PX4 feature advancements like a new handle and accessory tray while retaining the main benefits of smaller folded size and easy opening. Both models include a continuous handle for pushing with one hand, an accessory console, a mobile phone holder with a slot for a charging plug, dual umbrella holders, and a mesh basket and velour-lined pouch for additional storage.

MSRP: PX3 $249, PX4 $259.

Website: www.sunmountain.com.

PuttView Yardage & Green Maps

Technology isn’t just reserved for smartphones and wearable GPS devices. PuttView’s yardage and greens maps have become staples for serious golfers of all skill levels, and the upstart company continues to improve upon the original each year. Tournament organizers relish PuttView’s new Event Books, which are customizable for charitable events and other outings.

MSRP: $49.99 (yardage + green map)

Website: www.puttviewbooks.com.

TOUR EDGE C722 IRONS

Tour Edge is making plenty of tsunami-like waves in the iron category, as evidenced by their C722’s – a player’s distance iron that is compact (thus the C in its name) and explosive at the same time, no mean feat. As with other sticks in this category, the C722 irons use hollow-body construction to gin up the ball speed and maximize face deflection.

Tour Edge has injected its patented VIBRCOR performance gel (or thermoplastic polyurethane) inside the head to “dampen sound and shock and to produce faster ball speed at impact.” Those features work in conjunction with Tour Edge’s proprietary, varying-thickness “Diamond Face” design that expands the sweet spot. The hollow face also promotes more perimeter weighting and a deeper center of gravity, which leads to more forgiveness than other irons in this category.

Shaft options are available in both True Temper steel and Fujikura graphite and are speed-tested to ensure the optimal custom shaft pairing for every flex – determined by robotic and player trials. For a club this forgiving and able to achieve higher ball speeds, the C722s still have a thinner topline and more compact shape that will suit the eye of better players. Available in 4-PW, with the former checking in at 21 degrees and the latter at 44. A great iron for those in search of enhanced performance in a cast face.

PXG 0211 XCOR2: Irons for Golfers Who Crave Exceptional Tech

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PXG has unveiled the latest evolution in its wildly popular 0211 Irons offering. New PXG 0211 XCOR2 Irons employ some of the cutting-edge golf club technology in the company’s GEN5 series wrapped in a high-performance progressive set design and delivered at a price that will knock your socks off.

“PXG 0211 XCOR2 Irons were engineered to include some of our finest performance-enhancing technology at a ridiculously good price,” said PXG Founder and CEO Bob Parsons. “If your budget is tight and you want to play the best, these irons are the easy choice.”

Informed by PXG’s flagship 0311 GEN5 Irons, PXG 0211 XCOR2 Irons integrate XCOR2 Technology, Power Channel Technology, and golf’s thinnest club face. XCOR2 Technology results from a multi-year collaboration with material experts to develop a core specifically for PXG Irons that is lighter and faster. Power Channel Technology supports additional face loading at impact. The internal U-shaped corridor increases the coefficient of restitution (COR) and transfers more energy back into the golf ball for faster ball speeds and more distance.

The clubface is made from an HT 1770 maraging stainless steel using a cold roll manufacturing process combined with an aged heat treatment method. This produces an extremely tight grain structure and higher-strength performance than what can be achieved through the traditional forging process. This advanced material and process is one of the attributes that enables PXG to deliver the thinnest clubface in golf. Combined with XCOR2 and Power Channel Technology, the overall system delivers explosive performance and an incredibly soft feel.

Engineered with a broad audience of golfers in mind, PXG 0211 XCOR2 Irons employ an innovative progressive set design. With years of research and performance data gathered by PXG’s Fitting Specialists, the progressive set design features varied blade lengths, offset, and bounce for greater forgiveness in harder-to-hit long irons and maximum control in shorter irons.

PXG 0211 XCOR2 Irons also undergo a precision robotic polishing process. Robotic polishing is a notable breakthrough in manufacturing. This extremely precise finishing process delivers significant improvements in the consistency and quality of the final geometry of the clubhead as compared to the traditional, industry-standard hand polishing.

Built-to-spec and available in a Chrome or, for the first time, Xtreme Dark finish, PXG 0211 XCOR2 Irons are now offered online, in-stores, and through PXG Mobile Fitters. To learn more or to schedule a golf club fitting, visit www.PXG.com.

TaylorMade Announces SIM Max, OS Irons

On the heels of new drivers, fairway metals and rescue clubs, TaylorMade has announced its the all-new SIM Max and SIM Max OS irons.

Featuring the company’s “revolutionary” Speed Bridge technology and the all-new ECHO Damping System, SIM Max and SIM Max OS deliver explosive distance, enhanced sound and forged-like feel to the distance iron category.

After playing a pivotal role in the industry leading performance found in M5 & M6 irons, TaylorMade has built upon its Speed Bridge technology to deliver more refined performance with these new clubs.

Speed Bridge is a mass efficient beam that spans across the cavity back of the iron, connecting the back bar to the topline. This intelligent shaping allows for improved stability in the upper face and supports the topline, preventing unwanted vibrations that create the harsh feels associated with traditional distance irons. The increased rigidity in the topline and upper perimeter of the face delivers improved sound and feel while working in conjunction with a flexible Thru-Slot Speed Pocket engineered for increased ball speed and distance.

TaylorMade engineers also incorporate a Thru-Slot Speed Pocket in SIM Max and SIM Max OS. The slot stretches from heel to toe and completely disconnects the leading edge from the sole of the iron, which in essence creates a free-floating face. The collaborative technologies allow the face to hinge upon the topline for enhanced flexibility, more ball speed and greater forgiveness on shots struck below center.

Through further analysis, TaylorMade engineers were able to redesign the face and optimize the relationship between the stiffness in the Speed Bridge and the flexibility in the face. The result is a thinner and faster face with a larger sweet spot as compared to the company’s previous model.

Meanwhile, the all-new ECHO Damping System is, says the company, the key to providing better feel without sacrificing performance. This uniquely shaped damper design stretches across the entire face (from heel to toe) using multiple contact points for accelerated vibration damping. This damper design is driven by Vibration Damping Channels that wrap around the entire structure for effortless compression.

In short, the ECHO Damping System and Speed Bridge work in unison to deliver forged-like feel.

TaylorMade’s Inverted Cone Technology (ICT) is now uniquely positioned in each SIM Max and SIM Max OS iron to both increase the sweet spot and minimize the effects of common mis-hits. ICT is positioned in the center of the face on mid irons to deliver performance exactly where golfers need it the most.

TaylorMade’s vast archive of club data shows that longer irons struck towards the toe have a greater tendency to miss to the right. With this in mind, engineers progressively positioned ICT towards the toe in both SIM Max and SIM Max OS to generate a draw bias in the longer irons to minimize the common miss to the right. It’s positioned the farthest toward the toe in the 4-iron.

Designed for the golfer seeking all-around performance in a distance iron, SIM Max is built to deliver fast ball speeds, high launch and forgiveness. A lightweight fluted hosel with a 360 undercut shifts mass from high in the club to the bottom of the sole for a super low CG. These features combine to make SIM Max TaylorMade’s core distance iron.

SIM Max OS is equipped with all the same technology that powers SIM Max but bundled into an oversized package with a taller face to increase stability and a wider sole for forgiving turf interaction. The chamfered sole design allows engineers to drive CG low and deep to promote easier launch and significant ball speed. Stronger lofts protect the trajectory and produce a penetrating ball flight that makes SIM Max OS the longest iron in the current TaylorMade lineup.

$899 steel/$999 graphite | www.taylormadegolf.com

Wilson D7 Forged Irons Have Tour-Level Look

Wilson Sporting Goods has launched its all-new D7 Forged Irons for the 2020 season. Created with tour-preferred styling, a forged soft carbon steel face, a urethane Power Chamber and Power Holes, the D7 Forged Irons provide golfers with a coveted forged feel and world-class distance.

The D7 Forged Irons are designed with minimal offset, a thinner topline, and an ideal choice of blade length and face height. Compared to the inaugural D7 set, they present true tour-level appeal for a great look behind the golf ball. Golfers can appreciate the desirable forged feel thanks to the irons’ soft 8620 carbon steel face supported by a urethane-filled power chamber and V-shaped cavity.

“Combining the distance technologies from the original D7 line with the aesthetics of Wilson Staff’s players irons, the D7 Forged Irons provide an ideal blend of maximum distance and ultimate feel for golfers looking for effortless distance and ultimate control,” said Jon Pergande, Manager of Golf Club Innovation. “Through the optimized sole and face thickness, urethane-filled Power Chamber and centered power holes, the new D7 Forged Irons give golfers remarkable ball speeds, shot-making ability, and a soft forged feel across the entire club face.”

The urethane-filled Power Chamber and new Power Hole structure in the sole of the new D7 Forged Irons are designed to reduce vibration for a more solid and consistent feel at impact. In addition, the thin face and thicker sole, paired with the centered Power Holes, provides game improvement attributes including effortless distance, higher ball speeds with shot-making launch angles and spin rates.

The irons are available for pre-order on Wilson.com starting January 14, 2020, and available at golf retailers on January 21.

The irons are available with Golf Pride’s Tour Velvet grip. Golfers can select a D7 Forged Irons with stock KBS $-Taper Lite steel shafts or True Temper Catalyst Black 80 graphite shafts.

$899.99 steel, $999.99 graphite | www.wilson.com

Ben Hogan PTx Pro Black Forged Irons Return

On the heels of its best sales month in recent history, as well as the launch of its first full-line of forged products in decades, including irons, woods, wedges and putters, Ben Hogan Golf Equipment Company has introduced the PTx Pro Black Forged Irons, featuring proprietary Diamond Black Metal Finish.

The company made PTx Pro Black irons a permanent part of their product line based on extraordinary consumer demand from a limited edition run in July 2019. The darker finish, which is up to seven times more durable than nickel chrome, reduces glare and provides better contrast with the golf ball, while promoting effective shot alignment and accuracy.

“Ben Hogan Golf has exceptional market momentum right now, as we remain committed to Mr. Hogan’s mission to design and manufacture the “highest quality and best performing golf equipment in the world,” said Scott White, President and CEO. “The simple fact is that more and more serious golfers are understanding and embracing the company’s unique factory-direct business model, which allows them to buy custom-crafted, micro-manufactured clubs that are individually built to their specifications. By keeping our costs and overhead low, and eliminating retail mark-up altogether, we sell some of the best golf equipment in the world for about half of the price of competitors’ premium clubs.”

The PTx PRO irons, which are available in both traditional nickel-chrome and DBM finishes to provide more choice to players, were developed for discerning, serious golfers who demand performance.

After consultation and testing with many competitive and highly accomplished golfers, Ben Hogan Golf’s engineering and product design team successfully developed a forged iron that is pure and traditional looking on the outside, yet packed with technology on the inside.

The irons offer the feel and feedback only a forged product can provide, while utilizing some of today’s most advanced materials and manufacturing processes. They are truly a unique blend of traditional, elegant styling that Ben Hogan irons are famous for, combined with modern game-enhancing technology.

All PTx Pro irons are manufactured using a multi-step co-forging process that allows Ben Hogan Golf to combine multiple materials into the club head. The long and mid-irons (4-7) are hollow and made using a forged 1025 Carbon Steel frame and forged MS300 steel face for exceptional feel. Heavy tungsten weights are inserted in precise locations near the toe of each iron to promote a straighter ball flight, higher initial launch angles, and more spin to hold the greens on longer approach shots.

The shorter, scoring irons (8–PW) feature lightweight Titanium inserts allowing for optimal weight disbursement throughout the club head. This delivers lower, more penetrating ball flight to eliminate ballooning shots while enhancing distance control.

White adds, “PTx Pro irons are our best-selling model as it sets a new standard for performance, and appeals to a wide variety of golfers, from professional and competitive players to double-digit handicappers. This has led to much, much higher than anticipated demand. Simply put, we couldn’t manufacture PTx irons fast enough to keep up with order pace but we have pretty much caught up with backorders now.”

Highlighted by no-charge customization on all club orders, the Ben Hogan Golf Equipment Company offers a number of consumer-centric programs, including: free domestic shipping on orders over $250.00, flat-rate international shipping and a low or no-cost financing program.

And, recognizing that many golfers want to personally experience equipment before they purchase, the company offers a simple, risk-free Demo program, as well as a Trade-UP program where golfers can offset the cost of their purchase by selling used equipment back to the Ben Hogan Golf Equipment Company. The company reports that over 70 percent of people who try Ben Hogan Golf equipment via the demo program end up buying equipment.

$805 for 7-club set | www.BenHoganGolf.com

New Titleist T-Series Irons Fit Every Game

The engineering ingenuity that has made Titleist the longstanding No. 1 iron on the PGA Tour delivers three strikingly new designs as part of the Titleist T-Series irons – available for fittings beginning Aug. 8 and in golf shops Aug. 30.

Powered by breakthrough technology – including Max Impact for maximum speed and distance control across the face – the new T-Series T100, T200 and T300 models offer a combination of power, performance, playability and feel unlike anything Titleist has ever designed:

• A true players’ iron, T100 offers confidence-inspiring looks and Tour-quality performance with signature Titleist feel. A new fully-forged cavity construction is balanced by co-forged, dual-density tungsten for precise distance control with exceptional stability.

• T200 delivers powerfully playable distance with a tour-inspired look and feel. Max Impact technology spreads maximum speed and distance control evenly across T200’s thin, forged L-face – with high launch and stopping power – to convert near misses into nearly perfect.

• T300 offers the most forgiving player’s experience possible with a modern shape that rewards with faster ball speeds and preferred feel. Max Impact technology extends maximum speed across an extremely forgiving mid-size face, powering a fast cavity-back design that delivers the best combination of high launch, long distance and forgiveness.

“The T-Series represents a revolutionary step forward in Titleist iron design and technology,” said Josh Talge, Vice President, Titleist Golf Club Marketing. “Our Club R&D team is nearly six times the size it was when the first AP iron was introduced 11 years ago. It’s because of that ongoing investment that we’ve been able to make such significant breakthroughs in materials and construction, and learn how to package those technologies into constructions that offer the look, sound and feel that players expect from a Titleist iron.”

“There are three key elements to hitting a great iron shot: distance, dispersion and angle of descent,” said Marni Ines, Director, Titleist Irons Development, Golf Club R&D. “T-Series technology helps players carry the ball longer and hit their number more consistently, even when they don’t make a perfect strike. Dispersion is tighter, so the ball stays on target. And trajectory is optimized, so the ball not only lands on the green, but stays there. Length means nothing if you don’t have control.”

T200 and T300 irons are powered by Max Impact Technology, a striking innovation that extends maximum speed across the entire face of mid and long irons while preserving superior sound and feel. A super thin face is backed by a unique polymer core – developed in partnership with Titleist Golf Ball R&D – to provide consistently better distance from every swing.

“Max Impact allows us to make thinner, faster faces that push the limits of iron ball speed,” Ines said. “With this system in place, we’re able to take our materials and make them thinner and faster to maximize speed across the face, and help give us the launch angle we need to deliver more consistent distances on every swing. In other words, you’ll end up with more shots that hit the green – and stop there.

“Being able to rely on the material expertise of our Golf Ball R&D team, we were able to build a polymer core with properties that not only deliver the resilience we needed for speed performance but also sound dampening that helps us dial in the preferred feel for each construction.”

The player’s iron, T100 is masterfully designed to achieve new heights of tour-level precision with signature Titleist feel. A result of direct tour player feedback – including Jordan Spieth, who put a full set in play at the Open Championship – the T100 is for the player who wants to play a true Tour iron.

Beginning Aug. 8, golfers can experience the performance of new T-Series irons by attending a Titleist Fitting and Trial event (including Titleist Thursdays), being held at hundreds of locations nationwide. To find an event, or book a free T-Series iron fitting with a Titleist Product Specialist, golfers can visit https://www.titleist.com/fitting/appointments.

The new T-Series irons made their tour debut two weeks ahead of schedule at the U.S. Open, due to player requests during prototype testing. Cameron Smith and Charles Howell III immediately put sets in play at Pebble Beach, while Justin Thomas added a T100 4-iron. Jordan Spieth, whose feedback was instrumental in the T100 development process, switched to a full set at The Open Championship.

“When I first saw the T100 irons and it didn’t say ‘AP2’ on it, I had to have full trust,” Spieth said. “I’m sitting there saying, ‘Man, I played the same iron that said the same thing on it since 2010, probably earlier.’ But I’ve been playing Titleist clubs since I was 12 years old, and they’ve never led me in the wrong direction and they’ve always gotten better. And the idea of a name change – really an entire change across the board with their irons – is big. But there are big changes.”

Charley Hoffman, Ian Poulter, Scott Stallings and CT Pan are also among the more than 20 PGA Tour players who have put the new irons in play, as T100 is poised to quickly become the most played iron model on the PGA Tour.

The T-Series’ high-performance stock shaft matrix includes premium steel (True Temper AMT) and graphite (Mitsubishi MCA Tensei) aftermarket options designed with tour-proven ascending mass technology – which provides lighter long iron shafts for increased launch and speed and heavier short iron shafts for control in specific weight ranges matched to the target players for T100, T200 and T300.

T100 & T200:
• Steel: MAP $175 per club ($1399/set of 8)
• Graphite: MAP $187.50 per club ($1,499 /set of 8)

T300:
• Steel: MAP $125 per club ($999/set of 8)
• Graphite: MAP $137.50 per club ($1,099/set of 8)

www.titleist.com/golf-clubs/golf-irons

Mizuno MP-20 Irons: More Muscle Back Magic

Mizuno MP-20 irons are getting even better — evolved from the DNA of irons that shaped the modern game, launched major winning careers and inspired generations of ‘tour edition’ muscle backs. They’ll be available in September 2019.

Exclusively Grain Flow Forged in Hiroshima Japan, where Mizuno has refined the art of feel for over 50 years, the MP-20 brings layers of feel. Balancing 1025E Pure Select mild carbon steel, a soft copper plating with Nickel Chrome – the original layering from Mizuno’s legendary TN87 blade – for an impact sensation recognized as our purest ever.

“Most modern muscle backs and limited ‘tour edition’ irons can be traced back to the great Mizuno blades. Though what makes a Mizuno iron truly exceptional is everything you can’t see,” said David Llewellyn, R&D Director, Mizuno Golf. “If you could peel back the chrome plating, you would find a sandwich of nickel and soft copper before the Grain Flow Forged HD chassis. Under a microscope, you can see a perfect flow of grain within the steel from the hosel to toe, compacted tighter in the hitting area. Designers can mimic our lines, but not what’s inside.”

Three irons – MP-20 (Muscle Back), MP-20 HMB (Hot Metal Blade) and MP-20 MMC (Multi Metal Construction) – each offer their own unique appeal to work alone or blend within a custom set.

MP-20 – The ultimate Mizuno muscle back heavily influenced by the most revered blades of Mizuno’s past. Grain Flow Forged HD from a single billet of 1025E Pure Select Mild Carbon Steel, then layered with soft Copper plating beneath a protective Nickel Chrome for legendary feel and feedback.

MP-20 MMC – The 2nd generation of Mizuno’s multi material concept delivers a thinner topline and refined scoring irons. Based on the chassis, set flow and proportions of the MP-20 muscle back is engineered to be more playable through the use of Titanium muscle plate and Tungsten sole weight.

MP-20 HMB – A full set of performance hybrid irons in a sharp ‘tour ready’ profile. Inspired by the proliferation of long iron replacements on tour, the MP-20 HMB extends the concept right through to wedge.

More details about the new MP-20 collection will release leading up to release in late September 2019. Follow@MizunoGolfNorthAmerica on Facebook and Instagram for more details and behind-the-scenes look at the MP-20 using #LayersOfFeel.

Tour Edge Debuts Three New HL4 Iron Sets

Tour Edge has announced the launch of three new Hot Launch 4 iron sets — the HL4 Iron set, the HL4 Iron-Wood set and the HL4 Triple Combo set.

HL4 is the fourth release in the award-winning Hot Launch series from Tour Edge founder and master club designer, David Glod. HL4 features a complete lineup from driver to irons, all designed to fill a niche as the best technology and performance at a mid-tier price point.

The new premium performance clubs will be available nationwide and globally on August 1. All HL4 custom fit orders will ship with Tour Edge’s 48-hour delivery guarantee in the continental United States.

HL4 Iron Set

HL4 Irons are made with the extremely soft 431 stainless steel, providing the optimal feel for players of all levels.

The HL4 Irons incorporate an expanded undercut cavity to provide maximum forgiveness, power and consistent performance.

The vast undercut cavity allows weight to be moved away from the face and into the sole for a higher MOI and high CT with faster ball speeds. This undercut cavity also provides a higher launch angle and enhanced forgiveness.

The HL4 irons were also designed with a shallower face height and a wider sole for a deeper CG and an easier launch.

The lower and deeper CG allowed the irons to be power-lofted for added distance and lower spin with the same launch characteristics as a standard lofted iron. This makes for a modern long distance iron design that will provide extra distance and straighter shots with the same apex height expected from each iron.

Advanced toe weighting technology in the HL4 Iron maximizes stability on impact while Variable Face Thickness technology provides better off-center hit distance from the face of the iron.

The HL4 Iron set comes as a 7-piece set with options from 4-iron to 9-iron, as well as a pitching wedge, approach wedge, sand wedge and lob wedge. The entire set will be available in right and left-handed models.

The HL4 Iron also serves as the 8-iron, 9-iron and pitching wedge featured in the HL4 Triple Combo set.

HL4 Iron-Wood Set

The newly designed HL4 Iron-Wood features a re-designed shape with a thinner forged face for more spring-like effect and distance. The upgraded distance is about a club longer over the previous Hot Launch iron-woods.

The iron-wood combines a hollow hyper steel body with a super-thin forged steel face with variable face thickness for maximum ball speed.

The HL4 Iron-Wood is available in 12 different individual lofts designed to replace standard two-iron to lob wedge irons. The iron-wood set is sold as a 7-piece set, for example from 4 iron-wood to pitching iron-wood, but can be purchased in any desired seven club configuration.

The iron-woods in the set feature a progressive sole width, offset and top line making the set seamless so that every club is perfectly suited to hit every shot desired.

“The progressive design of every club in the set, the visual presentation and ultimately the fact that this club enables players to hit better shots than they can with more conventional irons,” said Glod.

HL4 Triple Combo Set

The HL4 Triple Combo set provides players with the most versatile set in golf and provides the most powerful, forgiving and accurate club possible for every situation on the golf course.

Plus, the end-consumer will save significantly in their investment in buying their hybrids, iron-woods and irons together as one set.

The HL4 Triple Combo is a seamless iron set that includes two HL4 hybrids (22 and 25 degrees), two HL4 Iron-Woods (29 and 32 degrees) and three HL4 Irons (35, 40 and 44 degrees.)

The No. 4 and 5 HL4 hybrids bring greater distance and forgiveness to the set over traditional long irons, while the No. 6 and 7 HL4 Iron-Woods provide the ultimate in forgiveness and ease of launch to the set.

The 8-iron through PW in the traditional HL4 irons provides a traditional set up designed to deliver exceptional feel and control on approach shots.

“I love the triple combo set,” said Glod. “It seamlessly combines hybrids, iron-woods and irons so that you’re holding the perfectly designed club for every shot you encounter.”

The HL4 hybrids features a thinner cup face as well as a thinner and lighter forged 17-4 stainless steel crown that provides faster club and ball speeds.

More weight in the sole of the HL4 Iron-Wood combined with the perimeter weighting properties of a hollow body design increases launch angle and forgiveness on every shot.

The new Rear Inverted Crown design lowers the CG for the highest-launching iron-woods to date.

Variable Face Thickness technology featured in all of the HL4 iron sets provides more contact points from the face that results in better off-center hit distance.

All of the HL4 iron sets feature higher MOI properties, which is a consistent performance upgrade throughout the entire HL4 line.

Custom Fitting

Tour Edge plans to have over 750 custom fitting centers across the country that will feature the mobile HL4 custom fitting bag and their industry leading 48-hour guaranteed delivery on custom fit orders. All custom fit specific orders turned into Tour Edge by 2:30 PM Central standard time will be built at Tour Edge headquarters in Batavia, Illinois and shipped to any continental U.S. state in 48-hours time, either back to the Tour Edge fitting location or directly to the end consumer.

The HL4 Iron set: $419.99 steel/$489.99 graphite

The HL4 Iron-Wood set: $529.99 steel/$599.99 graphite

HL4 Triple Combo set: $569.99 steel/$599.99 graphite

All are available right- or left-handed.

www.touredge.com

TaylorMade, Tiger Woods Team Up For P•7TW Irons

TaylorMade Golf Company has announced the highly anticipated release of P•7TW irons, a premium players set designed and crafted in collaboration with Tiger Woods.

P•7TW irons combine the inherent minimalism of precision forged muscle back blade-style irons with technology and exactness of TaylorMade’s Milled Grind sole and tungsten weighting for flight control and unique feel specific to Tiger.

“Consumers have never had the opportunity to play irons like mine…until now,” Woods said.

Performance Through Precision

No player on the planet scrutinizes golf equipment quite like Tiger Woods, so the design and creation of his irons presented a significant challenge for the design team. With Tiger’s keen discernment top of mind, TaylorMade’s team spent countless hours unpacking decades of learnings from Tiger and Mike Taylor’s previous design experiences, all of which have led Tiger to the high level of performance and craftsmanship he demands today.

Utilizing this critical information, the team spent hundreds of hours testing, relentlessly fine-tuning and creating nine design iterations through years of development to create the perfect set of irons for Tiger. When players look down at each individual iron, they’re looking at the culmination of every range session, event, victory and major championship from Tiger’s illustrious career.

P•7TW irons were not crafted as a set — rather, each head has been individually and meticulously engineered to meet the highest of performance demands. TaylorMade’s R&D and product creation teams studied decades worth of club specifications and worked directly with Tiger to refine every sole, every contour and every groove. With an emphasis on precise trajectory control, incredible workability and smooth turf interaction, each iron has been meticulously shaped to meet Tiger’s discerning eye. Each P•7TW iron utilizes many of the same design elements such as blade lengths, face height, CG progression, sole geometry, score lines and tungsten weighting, etc., that Tiger himself has in the bag.

“It’s no longer necessary to try to blend a set together from 50 different clubs; we’re able to replicate each one with consistency, from club to club, set to set, every single time,” Wood said.

Milled Grind Soles

In the past, Tiger would need up to eight “identical” hand-crafted builds of each iron in order to find just one that he could put in play. Now, utilizing the same machining process used for TaylorMade’s Milled Grind and Hi-Toe wedges, P•7TW irons feature fully milled soles (for the first time ever in a TaylorMade iron) to eliminate variations head-to-head and set-to-set— ensuring absolute precision in every individual piece.

“With Milled Grind, knowing that I’m getting essentially the same set that I just wore out is huge. I no longer have to hit hundreds upon thousands of golf balls to find a set.”

Tungsten Weighting

It is not widely known that Tiger uses precise amounts of tungsten weighting behind the sweet spot of his irons to improve their feel and performance. In golf, tungsten is typically used to achieve a specific CG location—however, Tiger Woods is no typical player. Instead, by optimally placing tungsten within the head of each P•7TW iron, they deliver a unique blend of feel, flight and control for Tiger to play his best.

A Premium Experience

Golfers will begin their journey with P•7TW with a premium unboxing experience. Constructed from carefully selected materials, every detail of the P•7TW box has been carefully considered to unveil these irons in a way that pays tribute to the heartfelt collaboration of Tiger Woods and TaylorMade Golf.

Available for preorder now and available commercially beginning May 1, the P•7TW will be offered in 3-PW (RH only) and come equipped with True Temper Dynamic Gold S400 Tour Issue shafts and Golf Pride’s Tour Velvet Cord grips. The P•7TW will also be available through TaylorMade’s custom program, allowing for numerous additional custom shaft and grip options.

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