TRIED & TESTED: Callaway Apex Ai300 irons – Golf News

Golf Information Editor Nick Bayly places the brand new Callaway Apex Ai300 irons by means of their paces

As a 13 handicapper with an 18 handicapper’s iron recreation, I like loads of forgiveness constructed into my irons, and whereas Callaway’s new Ai300 irons are billed as a recreation enchancment mannequin, their dimensions and general take a look at deal with are barely extra compact that you simply’d look forward to finding in a membership that’s constructed for this class of the market.

Having mentioned that, it’s a broad spectrum and this Ai300 irons undoubtedly sit on the low finish of that handicap class in that they may swimsuit and enchantment to first rate ball strikers, and undoubtedly lead to some efficiency beneficial properties, whether or not it’s in ball speeds, constant distance off the center, in addition to those who aren’t struck off the useless centre of the clubface.

My ball flight with the Ai300s was larger than ordinary, helped by the weighting within the head of the membership, and pictures into greens ‘dropped and stopped’ which confirmed me simply how way more spin Callaway have of their up to date Apex mannequin.

My pictures had been additionally longer than ordinary distance-wise, and dispersion was fairly tight and constant once I hit a variety of pictures with every iron within the set.

The decrease irons, the 9 and PW, felt easy when it got here to getting the ball up within the air, making them best for gamers like me who typically wrestle to maintain their approaches on the inexperienced, as these irons create excessive ball flight for softer landings.

Like many mid-handicappers I typically really feel as if I lose a little bit of management when hitting longer irons, and consequently solely go as much as a 5-iron in my present set.

Though there was no 3- or 4-iron equipped with my check set, I preferred how the ball got here off the membership with the 5-iron, and the mid-to-high ball flight offered a pleasant mixture of distance and dispersion management.

What additionally impressed me, all through the bag, was the efficiency I used to be nonetheless capable of generate with lower than excellent strike. Having irons with enhanced turf interplay for mishits can be best for many who wrestle for consistency with their swing.

General, I feel these are a really well-conceived and executed set of game-improvement irons. The efficiency beneficial properties are evident for mid-to-high handicappers they usually additionally made me wish to turn into a greater ball striker, relatively than doing all of the give you the results you want.

RRP: £1,199/£1,299 (st/gr, 4-PW). For extra particulars, go to eu.callawaygolf.com.