Your opinion - easiest hitting , most forgiving forged irons

[canecorso303]

Callaway Apex DCBs, hands down!!!

[vamosjackets]

Bridgestone J40's.  Feel great, nice natural soft-draw flight, good-confidence-inspiring forgiveness.  I'm a fan.

Edited September 22, 2022 by vamosjackets

[Tom Gregory]

Callaway DCB 21 with Recoil Dart. I am 75 and shoot my age very often, this was a no brainer for an old Duffer ya'll! 

[Donn lost in San Diego]

I don't have a lot of exper but 4 years ago I got fitted for an 8 9 wedge in a forged.  I was hoping the fitter would put me into Mizuno with their GFF process but I got Ping I 500.  Now I know it is not a total forge, it is a forged face welded to a cast highly engineered body.  I love them, in between injuries.  I added a 6 iron a year later ( I have a Apex 7 iron that works)  and might add a 4 or 5 if I start playing more.  I am in S Diego, just a fw miles from the HQ of Callaway, Cobra, TM, Titleist, and Honma, and Torrey Pines, so my fitter location is au courant as they say in French.  

[billybogey]

Finally hit my JPX 921 HM Irons the way that gave me a Smile of Success. Only took me a year to do it!!

Also, do & did like Raymond Floyd & Buy-In on his thought of 4 letter words. Especially now as have to say K.I.S.S.!!

Cheers.

 

[Grand Stranded]

I just stumbled on this thread.

Some of the answers are, to be kind, puzzling. I don’t know if it’s an effort to impress people or not, but as often happens in these type of threads people answer based on the most forgiving club THEY like to play, instead of answering the question asked.

As far as the most forgiving irons out there now, it’s not a complicated question. You look at either Game Improvement or distance  models such as the Apex DCB, the PXG 0311 XP or a club like the Wilson D7 Forged.

Let’s get real here. Nobody looking for the most forgiving iron is playing a TC anything, nor a MB. 

 

[Angry Birdies]

Thanks for all the responses- I appreciate the feedback 

[Landy]

On 9/21/2022 at 9:59 PM, canecorso303 said:

Callaway Apex DCBs, hands down!!!

Hello - Did you put this up against the ZX5? Which one was longer and more forgiving?

[canecorso303]

I had hit the ZX5s, as well.  The Apex DCB had a better feel and sound than the ZX5s.  Distance was comparable

[DrRob1963]

Ben Hogan Apex Redlines from 1988.

I have a set - 1-iron right through to E-wedge - with new Golf Pride Tour Wrap 2G grips and the original Hogan steel 4 "stiff " shafts.

Magic clubs!

[Knock]

I assume the OP meant "forgiving" as a forged club that a mid to high handicapper could hit. To me, forgiving means a club that when hit off centre will still go relatively straight and will not lose significant distance.

[Landy]

On 10/14/2022 at 3:59 PM, canecorso303 said:

I had hit the ZX5s, as well.  The Apex DCB had a better feel and sound than the ZX5s.  Distance was comparable

Thank you @canecorso303

Also considering the Cobra FTX's.  Back to the drawing board!

[ChuckZ]

Being a Titleist guy, and one who does not have the game for a forged iron.  I cannot go on experience.  But based on what I have read and heard from the experts, I would say that Mizuno makes a very very good iron.  I wish I had the game to hit them.   

[Donn lost in San Diego]

would like to hear back now from the author   angry birdies   to find out what you've done so far.

[Peejer]

I have been a cast iron player for decades, always told myself I wanted to forgiveness over feel.  But I recently pulled the trigger and bought the TaylorMade P790s (2021 version) and took them out for the first time today.  Wow, what a different feel - I couldn't be happier with the performance and the feel was phenomenal.  So, in my limited experience with forged clubs (previously owned JPX900 Hot Metal, but I didn't consider having a forged face to be a forged club), the 2021 Taylormade P790's were amazing combination of feel, distance and forgiveness.

[GaryF]

On 9/15/2022 at 10:59 AM, revkev said:

Not quite sure why the question was being asked in the first place but I will put in my two cents.  I fall into that category of better player who is aging and has a moderate swing speed.  As I've lost speed I've found that I've needed a larger platform (sole) to get the ball airborne so that I went with a GI iron (PIng G30's) for a while.  They were great.  I was selected for the Wilson D7 forged test.  I was afraid that the narrower platform, less loft and offset might pose a problem with my swing but I was also in the target group for the D7 forged so I thought, why not?

They had lots of shaft options to go with their head and my teacher agreed that one would fit me best so that's what I selected.  I was honestly surprised at how well I hit them. I found them more forgiving than my G30's and also than a set of regular D7's (which are clearly in the GI category if not the SGI one) that I picked up along the way.  The D7 forged's are still in my bag with no thoughts that they will be coming out in the near future.  

I don't know what the Op's intent was in starting this thread but if it's to garner info about stuff to try, I would say don't sleep on Wilson.  They have quality offerings at a good price point.  Of course the D7 forged has been replaced with the D9 forged but they are sweet looking clubs.  I have a friend who is a 23 and games whatever Sub 70's forged CB is and those are sweet looking clubs.  They are forgiving enough for him - his issue is with his swing, not with his clubs.

That’s interesting.  I keep reading comments about Wilson and have really never considered them.  I’ve been playing G15s since 2009 and in the market, liking Miz and Titliest a lot.  In the last 4 years through a lot of reading and study of the golf swing, a few lessons, and countless hours on the range, I’ve improved from a mid 20ish hdcp to 11-12.  All with the G15s.   And all of the improvement post turning 65.  I Still get mis hits, sometimes more, sometimes less.   I think I will look at the Wilson line and give them consideration. 

While on the topic of GI and forgiveness, etc - as I was improving, I adopted another GI concept.   I used to get so frustrated with mishits, things would build up inside.  I now invoke a 15 second rule - mishits are going to happen, so after 15 seconds I forgive myself and just focus on the next shot. Now, I rarely get a triple, rarely hit 2 bad shots in a row, and accept a potential bogey. I also hit reset at each tee.  Sorry for digressing.  As Yogi once said something like this - its 75% physical, and the other half is mental.
 

 

[BMart519]

I play Callaway APEX and would rank these high in forgiveness for players distance/forged iron. Misses low on the face get good distance. They are more forgiving than the i500 and p790 when I tried those a few years back. Switched from Ping G410 and find no problem with the smaller club heads. 

[tucker_jct]

I'm playing the Sub70  TAIII forged raw irons.      The reason is for the consistent distance even with when I mishit the ball.   I know my distances and they inspire confidence at address.    An added plus with the raw finish is that my set is unique with its finish. 

 

If you shank a ball it doesn't matter what type of club you are playing.