BEN HOGAN Edge CFT Hybrid Set w/Steel Shaft

Golfsmith has the excellent Hogan Edge CFT Hybrid Sets on sale for just $399. That’s $400 off the steel, and $500 off the regular graphite shaft prices.

I’m tempted. It would be nice to have another set to leave at the vacation cottage—it’ll keep me from having to schlep a set back and forth.

Powerplay System Q2 Irons

Hireko Golf’s Power Play System Q2 Irons are designed to offer increased forgiveness for mid to high handicappers, while still offering the workability favored by better players. Among the features:

Reduced Offset at Address
Designed to attack the greens from any position on the course, very minimal offset was selected in the wedges and scoring irons for alignment preferred by a majority of avid golfers but the offset is progressively increased where it is needed most in the lower lofted irons for increased accuracy.

Rear Mass Stabilizing Bar
An extremely deep undercut cavity forms a barrier between the face and Rear Mass Stabilizing Bar (RMSB) to optimize the perimeter weighting and increased MOI for superior forgiveness. The added structural stiffness created by the thick RMSB enhances the power and feel at impact.

Wider, Thicker Sole
The wider, thicker contoured sole was not only created to concentrate weight low for a higher trajectory and more solid feel at impact, but designed to improve performance from a variety of different lies one might encounter out on the course.

You can get a full set for as little as $181. Hireko also allows you to customize shafts, grips, club length, loft and lie.

CALLAWAY Tour Authentic X-Prototype 3-PW Iron Set

Callaway says you can’t any closer to the Tour Pro experience than with these irons that have been specifically designed for Tour pros (but they don’t say which). Designed by Roger Cleveland, these forged muscle backs are supposed to offer precision shot-making with unparalleled playability. The’ve got a thin topline, narrow sole and shorter blade.

In other words, I can’t play them. But maybe you can.

They’re beautiful clubs, and also the most expensive set I’ve seen in a while at nearly $1,500 dollars. They’re also apparently a limited edition.

ADAMS A3 OS Set 3-5 Hybrid with Graphite Shafts, 6-PW with Graphite Shafts

Why are we all playing with traditional iron sets, when the new hybrid sets hold so much promise in making the game easier?

The Adams A3 OS set is a case in point. Designed from the first to be an integrated hybrid set, it includes 3, 4 and 5 Boxer hybrids, 6 and 7 irons with a hollow back design and cavity backs in the 8 through pitching wedge.

All are designed for ultra high moment of intertia, meaning that even off center shots (the ones that most of us hit) are longer and straighter.

I’m seriously thinking about ditching my TaylorMade XDs for a set like this, or Mizuno’s 950s.

TRX Ion Control

There’s a fine line between a game improvement iron and one that will satisfy the shotmakers. Add in too many improvement functions, and the ball goes straight and naught else. Enhance the shot making capabilities and you have an iron the average amateur can’t hit.

Gigagolf believes that it’s hit just the right notes with its TRX iron. It’s got a host of game improvement functions packed into a traditional shape that’s supposed to allow players to work it. The cavity has been designed to allow for significant perimeter weighting.

Plus, this has that sinister black look I like so much in irons.