Cleveland Halo XL Irons

[Lord Tyrion]

I bought these last week, graphite, senior shafts. I've never been great with my irons and seeing a pp transform his game using these, I wanted to give them a go. I tried a few shots with his, that was enough. Today was my first round with them.

For anyone not familiar with them, they are meant to be a cross between an iron and a hybrid, an iron hybrid you might say . If you want thin blades, these are not for you. At the same time, they aren't full hybrids. The design is clever, they don't look overly chunky when you look down on them. Certainly no more than my previous Ping G25's.

The first thing is, they are sooooo forgiving. A bad hit is still okay. A really bad hit is still a really bad hit, but a bad hit is not a disaster. Phew. The thing is though, the face must have multiple sweet spots because I hit more sweet strikes than I have in a very long time. I could kid myself that I'm suddenly a great iron player, but I'm not that deluded . The club helps off centre strikes.

When you hit it well, whooooaaa. It goes high, really high, and does it quickly. Then it lands softly, it's a thing of wonder. The noise is satisfying, as is the feel off the club face. The trajectory . Does it give extra distance? Probably a little extra but not crazy amounts. I think we also know that may be sleight of hand with the lofts.

With these clubs, and the senior shafts, the trick seems to be to hit them slowly and smoothly, isn't it always? The easier I hit them, the better they went. The trick is to do that through the whole range.

It's a work in progress but initial results are hugely positive. These irons are designed to make the game more enjoyable. Based on the number of times I had an inane grin on my face today, they are definitely doing that. Highly recommended, well worth checking out

@Red devil you were interested in how I found these. So far, big

 

[Maninblack4612]

Glad you're getting on with them. Another friend (you know him), recently a low single figure player, swears by them for seniors. I've tried them and they do seem easy to hit. Senior shafts are certainly the way to go for anyone lower than 85mph with the driver. And you're right, the extra height does help, especially in the winter with no run on the ball.

 

[Red devil]

I bought these last week, graphite, senior shafts. I've never been great with my irons and seeing a pp transform his game using these, I wanted to give them a go. I tried a few shots with his, that was enough. Today was my first round with them.

For anyone not familiar with them, they are meant to be a cross between an iron and a hybrid, an iron hybrid you might say . If you want thin blades, these are not for you. At the same time, they aren't full hybrids. The design is clever, they don't look overly chunky when you look down on them. Certainly no more than my previous Ping G25's.

The first thing is, they are sooooo forgiving. A bad hit is still okay. A really bad hit is still a really bad hit, but a bad hit is not a disaster. Phew. The thing is though, the face must have multiple sweet spots because I hit more sweet strikes than I have in a very long time. I could kid myself that I'm suddenly a great iron player, but I'm not that deluded . The club helps off centre strikes.

When you hit it well, whooooaaa. It goes high, really high, and does it quickly. Then it lands softly, it's a thing of wonder. The noise is satisfying, as is the feel off the club face. The trajectory . Does it give extra distance? Probably a little extra but not crazy amounts. I think we also know that may be sleight of hand with the lofts.

With these clubs, and the senior shafts, the trick seems to be to hit them slowly and smoothly, isn't it always? The easier I hit them, the better they went. The trick is to do that through the whole range.

It's a work in progress but initial results are hugely positive. These irons are designed to make the game more enjoyable. Based on the number of times I had an inane grin on my face today, they are definitely doing that. Highly recommended, well worth checking out

@Red devil you were interested in how I found these. So far, big

Thank you for your review. I might take a long hard look at these.

 

[Lord Tyrion]

Thank you for your review. I might take a long hard look at these.

If you have any questions about them, fire away

 

[Red devil]

If you have any questions about them, fire away

Thanks

 

[Ye Olde Boomer]

I bought these last week, graphite, senior shafts. I've never been great with my irons and seeing a pp transform his game using these, I wanted to give them a go. I tried a few shots with his, that was enough. Today was my first round with them.

For anyone not familiar with them, they are meant to be a cross between an iron and a hybrid, an iron hybrid you might say . If you want thin blades, these are not for you. At the same time, they aren't full hybrids. The design is clever, they don't look overly chunky when you look down on them. Certainly no more than my previous Ping G25's.

The first thing is, they are sooooo forgiving. A bad hit is still okay. A really bad hit is still a really bad hit, but a bad hit is not a disaster. Phew. The thing is though, the face must have multiple sweet spots because I hit more sweet strikes than I have in a very long time. I could kid myself that I'm suddenly a great iron player, but I'm not that deluded . The club helps off centre strikes.

When you hit it well, whooooaaa. It goes high, really high, and does it quickly. Then it lands softly, it's a thing of wonder. The noise is satisfying, as is the feel off the club face. The trajectory . Does it give extra distance? Probably a little extra but not crazy amounts. I think we also know that may be sleight of hand with the lofts.

With these clubs, and the senior shafts, the trick seems to be to hit them slowly and smoothly, isn't it always? The easier I hit them, the better they went. The trick is to do that through the whole range.

It's a work in progress but initial results are hugely positive. These irons are designed to make the game more enjoyable. Based on the number of times I had an inane grin on my face today, they are definitely doing that. Highly recommended, well worth checking out

@Red devil you were interested in how I found these. So far, big

They're really upright in standard lie angle.
Did you have to flatten them?

Looks like a very useful design for recreational players --not bad at all for mid handicap players--
but I don't think that I'll ever get used to those modern strong lofts.
They make the resulting set configuration very untraditional.

Still, I have to realize that nobody who's taken up golf in the past forty or so years has played with lofts
as weak as what I still think of as normal.

My first Wilson Staff set, handed down to me by my uncle, had
a 20° 2-iron,
a 24º 3-iron,
a 28º 4-iron,
a 32º 5-iron,
a 36° 6-iron,
a 40° 7-iron,
a 44° 8-iron,
a 48° 9-iron,
and a 52º pitching wedge.

I guess one has to be almost dead like me to have played with lofts like that.

 

[Lord Tyrion]

@Ye Olde Boomer I haven't done anything with the loft and lie. I'm just hitting them as they come.

Set configuration isn't really an issue. The PW loft is 44⁰ apparently and I have a 50⁰ wedge already. That's fine.

Incidentally, I've just checked the loft chart on my previous irons, Ping G25, and the PW was 45°. 1° difference, not a big deal at my level.

 

[Voyager EMH]

They are a fairly standard range of lofts for a 3-SW set of 9 irons, which have been around for several decades. I would have no problem playing with them, I'm sure.
They have merely mis-numbered by 1 and then had to invent an imaginary wedge name.