Power Play System Q Dual Iron

The Power Play System Q Dual Irons offer customized weighting in an iron. The heel and toe ports accept 2, 4, 6, 8, and 10 gram weight screws to enable you to customize your ball flight. The irons also feature an oversized face and a wide sole with reduced bounce to enhance forgiveness.

This isn’t a bad idea. I tend to hook my short irons and slice the long ones. A set like this could help to straighten them all out.

P2 Deep Cavity Irons

New for 2008 are GigaGolf’s P2 Deep Cavity Iron. With a deep cavity that allows precision weight redistribution, these irons are designed to offer the higher handicapper distance, control and forgiveness.

Interestingly, the set offers an optional 2 iron—something you just don’t find today. GigaGolf says that’s a measure of how confident they are in the playability of their clubs. Or, you can add matching P2 Hybrids.

You can customize these clubs to your heart’s content, changing grips, shafts, flex, length and lie. As with all GigaGolf products, these come with a playability guarantee.

TaylorMade Tour Burner Men’s Iron Set

I have iron envy. These new TaylorMade Tour irons look like they were designed just for me. The race car styling just screams “Buy Me! I’m FAST.”

TaylorMade says that these are designed for a wide variety of player abilities—from the tour level to mid-handicappers. The club starts with a thin 2.2 milimeter face that’s designed to deliver a high coefficient of restitution (rebound effect). Thinner = more rebound. And that means more ball speed and distance. It’s also got the TaylorMade Inverted Cone Technology, which is designed to enlarge the sweet spot on the clubs.

I have that on my TaylorMade clubs, and can testify that it works. As inconsistent as I am in striking the ball, my distances stay consistent.

Other technologies include “distinct heel and toe weighting” for increased moment of inertia (resistance to twisting), and a large “multifunctional sole” that’s beveled to make it perform better from a variety of lies. The design also is supposed to promote a low and deep center of gravity for higher launch.

The best part for me though, is that it has the look of a better player’s club. I long to play with a sleek clubhead, but know that—realistically—I need to play with a game improvement iron. The look of the Tour Burners is designed for just such a player.

Envy is a terrible thing. It’s one of those seven deadly sins, you know.

Bridgestone Forged Cavity Back Irons

I’ve been happily playing Bridgestone balls for a couple of seasons now; it turns out that they also manufacture a line of clubs that have gotten some nice reviews. The J33 irons are forged from 1020 carbon steel and are designed with a a progressive muscle cavity. A progressive horizontal center of gravity and progressive offset makes the long irons easier to square, while the short irons remain very stable and square. The leading edges are rolled to offer consistency in all kinds of turf.

It looks like these are just the clubs for a player who wants the feel of carbon forged irons, but still needs help with their game.

Cobra FP 2008 Men’s Iron Set

The Cobra FP 2008 Irons have been redesigned to increase their forgiveness and playability. They have been reshaped with a full cavity-backed plate, mid width sole design and a sleeker head design.  Heel and toe weighting creates a higher moment of intertia, while a urethane membrane is designed to create enhanced feel.

These are a very handsome looking set of irons.