Welcome to Fully Fit 2026, GOLF’s new platform for providing you with real-golfer insights into what 2026 gear might be best suited for your game. To this end, we assembled six GOLF content creators of varying abilities and ran them through the gauntlet of six full-bag fittings (driver to putter!) at six major club manufacturers in Phoenix and Carlsbad, Calif. Our hope: that you might see shades of your own game in one of our panelists’ and take some learnings and inspiration from their fitting experiences. In this installment (below), check out the iron sets that each of our Fully Fit 2026 panelists chose for their golf bags. You may browse each of our panelists’ full 2026 dream bags here:
Jake Morrow (0 handicap) | Johnny Wunder (2) | Wadeh Maroun (2) | Jack Hirsh (2.4) | Maddi MacClurg (5.6) | Sean Zak (7.8)
MORE FULLY FIT: Fully Fit hub page | Why we’re ‘testing’ golf clubs differently this year | Inside 6 days of fittings and testing | Browse 2026 drivers | Browse 2026 irons | How 5 days of club fittings changed my mind on golf equipment
Finding the right set of irons is most crucial to shooting lower scores. How good is a great driver if you can’t find the green from the fairway? Or a great putter if you’re not leaving yourself birdie putts?
Although with this year’s offerings of irons, if you can’t find a set, then that’s probably on you more than anything. While this part of the bag is so crucial, each of our team members came out of their fittings confident with the set of irons they landed on.
After fittings with six manufacturers, here are the iron sets our six panelists chose for their bags in 2026.
Jack Hirsh’s Irons
Set composition: Cobra 3DP Tour (4), 3DP MB (5-9)
Shafts: Nippon N.S.Pro Modus3 Tour 120 X
Length: +.5″ (37.75″ 7-iron EOG)
Lie: 2˚ Flat (60˚ 7-iron)
Loft progression: 22.5/26/30/34/38/42
Swingweight: D2.5-D3
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ALSO AVAILABLE AT: PGA Tour Superstore, Cobra
Why they’re in my bag: If you had asked me if I would have expected to come out of this project with a set of muscle back irons, I would have said yes, only because I knew these 3DP MBs would be those muscle backs. The 3DP MB will actually be the first set of blades I’ve ever owned, but these are obviously not your ordinary blades. Because they are as compact as a typical blade, I almost experience a similar phenomenon to when I started playing a mini driver. It doesn’t look like I can hit these things solid and up in the air, but it sure is easy to do anyway.
I really love the process I went through with Cobra fitter Andrew Lusty here, as we changed shafts to the Modus 120 X (As mentioned above) to eliminate my right miss and gain consistency. I also benefit that Cobra’s standard lie angle is 62˚ on the 7-iron, so going the maximum two degrees flat really gets my start line in a good spot. The last thing we did was hit stock builds of each head through the set to figure out where we would jump to the 3DP Tour. Shockingly, it only took me two swings to commit to a 3DP MB 5-iron, but that’s where the magic ran out because I couldn’t hit my target ball speed with the 4-iron. When we switched to a 3DP Tour head, it was easy again.
1 key data point: 3.7 yards carry yardage standard deviation. I could give you my numbers with a 9-iron here or a 7-iron or even a 6-iron, but that 3.7 number I showed you was produced over 8 balls with a 5-iron with an average carry of 204.5 yards. This basically makes my 5-iron play like an 8-iron and as someone who occasionally forgets how to hit a long-/mid-iron, that’s a huge advantage.
Jake Morrow’s Irons
Model: Cobra 3DP Tour, Cobra 3DP MB
Set composition: 4, 5-GW
Shafts: Project X 6.5
Length: 37″ 7-iron
Loft: 34º 7-Iron
Lie: 1º Upright
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ALSO AVAILABLE AT: PGA Tour Superstore, Cobra
Why they’re in my bag: I’ve played the Cobra King CB/MB set for the better part of the last 4 years, and putting the 3DP MB in the bag was a no-brainer. It gives me the turf interaction, size, and relative shape of the MB that I love with forgiveness that exceeds the CBs that I love. It’s a fairly easy switch to end up with these in the bag for me. We decided to throw a 3DP Tour 5-iron in the top end of the bag for just a touch more forgiveness, but really it’s for easier tee shots on longer par 3s. I may actually end up doing a little bit of custom work to the sole on that one, but more to come on that if I get the opportunity.
1 key data point: Forgiveness. At the beginning of this, I mentioned that the weakest part of my game is iron play on the course. These are going to and have already helped me with that. I have tried a ton of irons this year, with sneaky contenders in the Wilson Staff Model CBs, but the Cobras just continue to prove their worth every time I test. It’s not about the good ones, it’s about the bad ones. And the bad ones from these can be just as good as the good ones from others. It’s a no-brainer in forgiveness.
Johnny Wunder’s Irons
Set composition: Utility Srixon ZXiU (4), Srixon ZXi5 (5), Cobra 3DP Tour (6-9)
Shafts: Graphite Design Tour AD DI HY 95X (4i), Nippon N.S. Pro Modus3 Tour 120 X (5-9)
Length: Std (5-iron @ 38″ EOG)
Lie: std (61˚ 5-iron)
Loft progression: 22/24/28/32/36/40
*The utility finds its way in on faster tracks where the ball chases out a bit and I need to keep it down.
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ALSO AVAILABLE AT: PGA Tour Superstore, Cobra
Why it’s in my bag: Look, feel, perfect amount of offset, and north-to-south dispersion. The Cobra 3DP Tour has an awesome low-face miss, and I appreciate the fact that when I do smash one, spin stays in a great spot. Typically, irons like this lose spin when you chip it or if you try to hammer one. These do nothing of the sort. The Srixon ZXi5 5-iron is in there for pure ball speed and gapping. I wanted something with a similar offset to my Cobras, but also cranked the ball speed up a bit to gap into the Ping G430 4H. I was getting 133-135 mph consistently with the Srixon vs anything else. Same Idea with the Srixon UT, it’s a 15th club that goes in when I need a lower-launching, hotter 4-iron.
1 key data point: 7-iron ball speed/spin, 123 mph, 6600 RPMs, 173 yards Carry
Maddi MacClurg’s Irons
Set composition: Titleist T250 Launch Spec 5-PW
Shafts: Nippon NS Pro 750 GH Neo R
Length: -1″ (36″ 7-iron)
Lie: 1° Flat (62˚ 7-iron)
Loft progression: 27/31/35/39/43/47
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ALSO AVAILABLE AT: PGA Tour Superstore, Titleist
Why they’re in my bag: I selected these irons because of how well they launch and spin the ball compared to other models I’ve played. The forged L‑Face with a V‑taper design helps generate a ton of ball speed and a super high launch, which really boosts my spin and stopping power into greens, something I’ve really been wanting from my irons. With these in the bag, I feel confident attacking pins and holding greens, even from longer distances.
1 key data point: I love how these irons get the ball in the air. Even on shots that aren’t perfectly struck, the forged L‑Face with V‑taper design helps produce a high, penetrating launch that still carries well and stops quickly on the greens.
Sean Zak’s Irons
Shafts: Project X Rifle 6.5
Length: Standard (37″ 7-iron)
Lie: Standard (63˚ 7-iron)
Loft progression: 24/28/32/36/40/44
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ALSO AVAILABLE AT: PGA Tour Superstore, Titleist
Why they’re in my bag: They were probably always supposed to be. I got fitted into T100s over the summer and while those blades are beautiful to look at, they’re just not forgiving enough for me, as I found out during my next fitting … and the others I did on our trip. I found a lot of success with TaylorMade’s P770s and Cobra’s 3DP Tour line, but I think the T150s seem to look better to me when I stare down at them. Probably because I’ve been playing Titleist irons already. There’s something to be said for sameness and comfort. (Will I be keeping the others as backups? Absolutely.)
1 key data point: Dispersion distance. Like the longer parts of my bag, my mishits — which are still struck fine — just weren’t flying consistently enough to match my best strikes. If my 7-iron is a 170-yard club, my 7-iron mishits were flying 152 yards, weak and to the right. Getting T150s into the bag just narrowed the gap between my pure strikes and my misses, which now feel like they’re still going 160 yards. As we said above, that could be the difference between a soft lie in the rough and taking a drop from a hazard. That’s everything.
Wadeh Maroun’s Irons
Set composition: Titleist U505 (4i), TaylorMade P790 (5i), P770 (6-P)
Shafts: KBS $Taper 120 S
Length: Standard (37″ 7-iron)
Lie: 1˚ flat (61.5˚ 7-iron lie)
Loft progression: 22/22/27/31/35/39/43
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