Irons
Players' irons, game-improvement sets and the direct-to-consumer disruptors — what actually fits your game.
Tour Edge Hot Launch Max D vs TaylorMade Qi Max HL: the test winner against the set in every fitting bay
One of these sets won MyGolfSpy's 2026 Most Wanted title in super game-improvement irons. The other one is on the rack forty minutes from you, in a bay you can book for Saturday morning. Both of those are real reasons to buy, and only one of them is about the iron.
By Jordan Hale
TaylorMade P770 vs PING i240: one of these is a set, the other is two clubs
Both are compact, both are aimed at good ball strikers, and both turn up in Solheim Cup bags this week. But the tour usage says they are not competing for the same slot in your bag at all.
By Jordan Hale
Cobra 3DP MB vs Srixon Z-Forged II: one of these blades starts as metal powder
Two musclebacks aimed at the same golfer, made in ways that have nothing in common. One is hammered out of soft carbon steel. The other is printed, lattice and all, and costs roughly twice as much for fewer clubs.
By Jordan Hale
Mizuno Pro M-15 vs Titleist T100: one of these is a tour iron and the other is forgiveness you'd rather not admit you need
Two irons good players cross-shop hardest this year, and they are not two grades of the same club. One asks you to strike it. The other quietly covers for you.
By Jordan Hale
Half the price, or the ball flight you have been missing
One of these iron sets costs roughly half what the other does. That is not the reason to choose between them, and treating it as the reason is how golfers end up with the wrong set.
By Jordan Hale
Titleist T100 vs Ping i240: two players' irons, and one of them is lying to you about your handicap
Both are beautiful, both are fitted, both are aimed at the same golfer on paper. The difference shows up on the strikes you'd rather not talk about.
By Jordan Hale
Titleist T100 vs Srixon ZXi7: one costs 27% more and the difference is not what you think
Neither of these goes further than the other. The honest split is turf interaction, shaping and whose fitting cart you can actually get into — and a lot of buyers at this tier are paying for a head when they never made a shaft decision.
By Jordan Hale
Takomo vs PING: are direct-to-consumer irons really as good?
A value upstart against an iron-making institution. The honest verdict on whether skipping the big brand costs you anything.
By Jordan Hale