Srixon ZXi irons: Full reviews, player testing, photos and more
HIGHLIGHTS
New materials
Mix and match
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PLAYER TESTING TAKEAWAYS
“No notes! Nothing to improve on this club — it’s gorgeous with a topline that is just thick enough. The ball jumps off the face and goes far. The blade length helps on misses. I’ll be buying!” – Anthony Newville on the Srixon ZXi5 irons
“Good distance and look. It’s clean at address with a thick topline. Also pretty forgiving.” – Dave Carroll (7-handicap) on the Srixon ZXi5 irons
“Love the look, felt solid. A little light. Forgiving and consistent.” – John Henniger (4.2-handicap) on the Srixon ZXi7 irons
Srixon Zxi Irons
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
Srixon has a new process for forging its ZXi irons: i-FORGED, which is short for Impact Forged. The new process helps strengthen and enhance the steel used to build the clubs.
Armed with the new material and forging process, the new single-piece forged ZXi7 irons are 7 percent softer than the previous generation ZX7 Mk II, while the multi-piece ZXi5 and ZXiU have face materials that are 14 percent softer than their predecessors, Srizon says.
In the ZXi7 irons, which are the player’s iron of the family, Srixon has expanded the PureFrame technology used in the previous generation to further improve feel.
PureFrame is a piece of steel forged directly into the body of the iron to dampen vibrations and with the larger PureFrame comes a 9.3 percent reduction in vibration displacement compared to ZX7 Mk II.
On the underside of each ZXi iron, Srixon’s Tour V.T. sole geometry helps ensure clean contact through a combination of sole width, bounces and notches. The grind will be present in the ZXiU Utility irons as well with this series for added versatility — a first for a Srixon Utility iron.
The irons sets also feature a progressive set of grooves with the 3- through 7-irons having wider grooves while the scoring clubs have deeper and tighter grooves to ensure spin consistency across the set. There is also laser milling between the grooves.
In the ZXi4 and ZXi5, the third generation of Srixon’s MainFrame variable face thickness technology is back again to increase MOI and ball speeds. MainFrame features a variable thickness network of grooves, channels and notches milled onto the backside of each face to maximize energy transfer at impact.
For the new ZXi series, designers widened the toe-side channel, allowing them to reposition up to 2 grams of mass lower to increase ball speed and MOI.
As the single-piece forged iron in the series, the ZXi7 (Available 3-AW) are meant to cater to elite ball strikers with the shallowest cavity for more precision and workability.
The ZXi5 irons (available 3-AW) are the players’ distance irons while the hollow-bodied ZXi4 irons (4-SW) are the game-improvement entry.
