I was in search of finding some new irons to replace my Mizuno MP60s. I am an 11 handicap and was looking for something with a little more forgiveness since my ball striking isn't quite what it used to be. I have a clubhead speed with my 7 iron of 86MPH with a carry of 181 Yards from my Fitting Session.
I put in atleast half a dozen demo sessions at golftown hitting the Titleist ap1 and ap2, callaway apex cf16, ping G and I, TM M2, Mizuno MP25 and JPX850. After the first session I really liked the Apex, they were really hot off of the club face and was getting great distances compared to the others, but was spraying them a bit. I wanted to like the AP2's as they were what I was wanting/planning to buy but they were just okay, didn't hit them all that well unfortunately. AP1's and Ping I's I didn't really care for either. I did hit the G's well and liked the consistency but they felt too big and the distance wasn't really there for me. The M2's I hit well the first time but lacked consistency the next couple sessions. The mizuno MP25 felt really good like all mizunos do and familiar to me so they made the short list with the Callaway Apex, and Titleist AP2 (cause I want to like them).
I was in no hurry to buy so I tested these 3 clubs out a couple more times. In my 5th session the guy mentioned that he loved the Ping I and another employee had just bought the Cobra Forged TEC irons so he went to grab me both to hit. He gave me one and I hit it probably 10 times, striping it almost every time and I said to him wow these pings feel great and he replied that those are the cobra's. I was shocked with the results very tight dispersion and great distance, maybe a yard or two shorter than the Apexs. I chalked it up to just getting into a groove with my swing and went home.
The next day I had to go back and try them all again, AP2 unfortunately I just couldn't strike them consistently even though they did feel good and launch high, just lack distance and consistency. Mizuno's didn't have the distance and forgiveness I was looking for. So it came down to the Cobra Forged TEC and Callaway Apex CF16. I really studied the look of both irons from 5 iron down to gw. The apex heads were a tiny bit smaller but I didn't like the shape of the head as much as the Cobras. The apex had more offset which I didn't care for and the 5 iron you could see the cavity back at address which was a turn off. The cobras were a bit thicker top line but the shape and size were really nice looking.
On to the demo. I tried them both with different shaft combinations on the launch monitors and distances and results were fairly similar between the two clubs however the dispersion left and right were again much better with the Cobra's than the Callaway's. I had the guy put a green on the screen where I was landing my irons (roughly 180) and the one thing I noticed was when the cobras landed on the green they one or two hopped and then backed up a bit when the apexs were one or two hopping and then releasing 2 or 3 yards. The spin was a little better on the cobras and that was apparent on the interaction with the green. So, after over 10 hours of demoing clubs and talking to many different sales people I ended up getting fitted for the Cobra Forged TEC irons which I wouldn't even have hit (and didn't the first 4 demo sessions) had one salesman not recommended them to me. After the fitting I ended up with the KBS C-taper Lite shafts in Stiff flex, 1 degree upright, standard length and couldn't be happier!!!
I put in atleast half a dozen demo sessions at golftown hitting the Titleist ap1 and ap2, callaway apex cf16, ping G and I, TM M2, Mizuno MP25 and JPX850. After the first session I really liked the Apex, they were really hot off of the club face and was getting great distances compared to the others, but was spraying them a bit. I wanted to like the AP2's as they were what I was wanting/planning to buy but they were just okay, didn't hit them all that well unfortunately. AP1's and Ping I's I didn't really care for either. I did hit the G's well and liked the consistency but they felt too big and the distance wasn't really there for me. The M2's I hit well the first time but lacked consistency the next couple sessions. The mizuno MP25 felt really good like all mizunos do and familiar to me so they made the short list with the Callaway Apex, and Titleist AP2 (cause I want to like them).
I was in no hurry to buy so I tested these 3 clubs out a couple more times. In my 5th session the guy mentioned that he loved the Ping I and another employee had just bought the Cobra Forged TEC irons so he went to grab me both to hit. He gave me one and I hit it probably 10 times, striping it almost every time and I said to him wow these pings feel great and he replied that those are the cobra's. I was shocked with the results very tight dispersion and great distance, maybe a yard or two shorter than the Apexs. I chalked it up to just getting into a groove with my swing and went home.
The next day I had to go back and try them all again, AP2 unfortunately I just couldn't strike them consistently even though they did feel good and launch high, just lack distance and consistency. Mizuno's didn't have the distance and forgiveness I was looking for. So it came down to the Cobra Forged TEC and Callaway Apex CF16. I really studied the look of both irons from 5 iron down to gw. The apex heads were a tiny bit smaller but I didn't like the shape of the head as much as the Cobras. The apex had more offset which I didn't care for and the 5 iron you could see the cavity back at address which was a turn off. The cobras were a bit thicker top line but the shape and size were really nice looking.
On to the demo. I tried them both with different shaft combinations on the launch monitors and distances and results were fairly similar between the two clubs however the dispersion left and right were again much better with the Cobra's than the Callaway's. I had the guy put a green on the screen where I was landing my irons (roughly 180) and the one thing I noticed was when the cobras landed on the green they one or two hopped and then backed up a bit when the apexs were one or two hopping and then releasing 2 or 3 yards. The spin was a little better on the cobras and that was apparent on the interaction with the green. So, after over 10 hours of demoing clubs and talking to many different sales people I ended up getting fitted for the Cobra Forged TEC irons which I wouldn't even have hit (and didn't the first 4 demo sessions) had one salesman not recommended them to me. After the fitting I ended up with the KBS C-taper Lite shafts in Stiff flex, 1 degree upright, standard length and couldn't be happier!!!
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