The world of golf clubs is full of options, and that’s no more apparent than with iron sets. Whether you’re a beginner or an experienced player, the available categories give you a variety of choices to best suit your needs and either find something that makes the game as easy as possible or provides you with a greater shot selection based on your skill set.
Here are the 5 most common iron categories and how they can help your game.
Super game improvement
Super game-improvement clubs are designed for maximum enjoyment, meaning maximum forgiveness. These irons generally have a wide sole and deep cavity, or even a full hollow body construction to help lower the center of gravity to get the ball up in the air. They are also commonly offered in combo sets that feature hybrids instead of longer irons.
Although added distance is a focus of super game-improvement clubs, they tend to launch higher and spin a bit more than other iron types, which makes them a great choice for moderate-swing speed golfers who are looking to gain height on shots and hold more greens.
Game improvement
Game-improvement irons are designed to offer added forgiveness and distance for golfers of all abilities, but are engineered to help higher handicap golfers gain accuracy.
Unlike super game-improvement irons, which tend to spin more to help with accuracy, game-improvement irons are most often designed with stronger lofts to help lower spin and add distance while still offering a higher launch.
3. Players distance
The players’ distance iron category is one of the most popular iron options because of it blends the looks of a muscle back style blade club with the added technology of a game-improvement iron. The result is an iron set that is way more forgiving than it looks.
The best part about many irons in the players’ distance category is that their shaping and size make them a great option to create blended/combo sets with smaller player cavity irons so you can add extra forgiveness in the longer irons without having to move into hybrids of something that doesn’t match up looks wise to your mid and shorter irons.
PXG 0317 CB Custom Irons
View Product
4. Players’ cavity back
Players’ cavity back irons offer a smaller profile and thinner soles to blend forgiveness into a smaller package.
In most cases, irons in this category are forged from a single piece of metal but some models blend game-improvement technologies like multi-material construction into a smaller shape to provide extra forgiveness through the set and into the longer irons. These types of irons can also be blended with players distance irons or blades to build combo sets.
Callaway Apex CB Custom Irons
View Product
5. Blades (muscle backs)
Of all the styles of irons on the market today, the humble blade has been around since the dawn of the game and is designed to offer the greatest amount of workability (the ability for a golfer to control and shape a shot), thanks to its smaller size and higher center of gravity.
Blades are generally only recommended for advanced players, but can also be built into a combo set with players’ cavity irons or even players distance irons depending on the wants and needs of the individual golfer.
Miura MC-502 QPQ Custom Irons
View Product
