Ping i3+

Advantages: Look great and give great confidence
Disadvantages: A bit pricey perhaps?

...I've been playing golf since I was about 12 and in the last 10 years I've worked my handicap down, so it fluctuates around the 7 mark. The vast majority of that time I played with some second hand Wilson Staff blades, which did the job fine. At least I thought they did, until I invested in these Ping irons. They are beautiful golf clubs, both to look at and strike the ball with. They are accurate, or as accurate as I can be, hit the ball a good distance and best of all they're forgiving. I don't need to hit that 3 Iron just right in order to hit it 200 yards, I know even a mishit won't be a disaster. That gives me real confidence. I know my dad has also played with them, and was so impressed that he swapped his Titleists for some Pings, and he's now loving them too. I know they're a bit on the expensive side, but you will be using... Read review

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Advantages: Custom fit,
Disadvantages: none

...all this done at your local Ping stockist, or on the Ping UK website, however I would not recommend that as I was advised on the 'gold dot' online but at my ping fitting I was told green dot was the correct one for me. Right after all that I had better tell you about the irons. In the last year i have had 2 sets of irons, in the past 3 years I have had around 4 sets, each on off the shelf. I have had Callaway X14, Lynx blackcat, Nike slingshot, Wilson 1200, but always felt that the clubs where not right for me. I rand up my local Ping specialist and booked a fitting, and received my irons around 2 weeks later. i had not played golf in around 3 weeks, and was very impressed with the feel. Being a 18 handicapper i'm proned to making mistakes, and my main mistake in not being able to play consistant. My irons did lay flush on the ground... Read review

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Advantages: Easy to strike, good ball control, flexible
Disadvantages: Cost

...for a slightly off-centre strike that you ended-up having to be as accurate as a professional to master them. So the club pro suggested I forget the X-20's (which I didn't like anyway) and replaced my 3 and 4 irons with a hybrid. In the end I tried 3 different hybrid clubs, all of which are equivalent to a standard 4 iron, a Callaway steel shaft, a Cobra standard graphite shaft and the Ping G5 graphite shaft. All these clubs had a loft of 23/24 degrees. I was instantly impressed as my first few shots with each club sailed well past the 185 yard mark with little effort, but whats important with this type of club is that you can hit them high enough to be able to get them to land on the green and stop quickly, not hit the green and bounce right off. I've found that I can hit the Ping 24 degree loft hybrid as high as a 7 iron. The reason I went... Read review

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