Iron Set Recommendation

[Duffy96]

Hi all,

i'm brand new to the forum and looking for some advise. I'm on the presupus of picking up golf as a hobby. I used to play a little as a child and spent a lot of time on driving ranges but my parents would never get me a membership to the local golf course despite buying me a full set of clubs.

As i'm finally an adult with disposable income i'm looking to finally get that membership. after 10+ years of not even touching a club.

Could anyone recommend a "good" set of irons that are fairly forgiving? or even some brands look at or stay away from. I'm looking to spend up to £200ish but have no idea what to go for. I've been eyeing up some Cleveland CG16's or 588 TT's but i haven't commit to anything yet.

Any help/advice would be greatly appreciated.

 

[pendodave]

Hi all,

i'm brand new to the forum and looking for some advise. I'm on the presupus of picking up golf as a hobby. I used to play a little as a child and spent a lot of time on driving ranges but my parents would never get me a membership to the local golf course despite buying me a full set of clubs.

As i'm finally an adult with disposable income i'm looking to finally get that membership. after 10+ years of not even touching a club.

Could anyone recommend a "good" set of irons that are fairly forgiving? or even some brands look at or stay away from. I'm looking to spend up to £200ish but have no idea what to go for. I've been eyeing up some Cleveland CG16's or 588 TT's but i haven't commit to anything yet.

Any help/advise would be greatly appreciated.

Welcome and good luck.
You'll get a lot of different advice on this, all of which worked for the poster, much of which will be the opposite of the previous/next poster.
What I'd recommend (which I didn't do) is to borrow an old set from a friend/family member etc (or use gumtree/freecycle) and see how you get on. After a while you'll have a much better idea of what might work for you.
I have a couple of sets of irons in my shed from my early golfing career which demonstrates what happens if no-one is around to suggest this!

 

[clubchamp98]

Where’s your nearest club.
Ask the pro if you can try some.
Our pro puts the clubs the members are selling for whatever reason in the pro shop. He takes a small % of the sale.
Usually because he’s sold them new ones
Although I know some don’t do this now
If they have a practice area they will let you try them out

 

[Lord Tyrion]

First off, good advice from @pendodave . Going full steam ahead can lead to some trial and error mess ups.

Something that worked well for me, I was in a golf club and the pro shop had a bag of 7 irons that they were selling for £10 each, they had been demonstrators. I saw 2 that I liked and bought them. The next week I tried both out at my club, found the one i liked most and then bought a set off ebay. This was about 4-5 years ago and I still have them now, Ping G25's. £20 well spent, I sold the demonstrators on Ebay and near enough got my money back. If there are no shops that have such a bag then check out single irons on ebay, gumtree, freecycle etc to see which you fancy and try them out.

The Ping G series, 20, 25, 30 are pretty forgiving and hold their value well. If you get a set of G25's for example and then decide you don't like them then you will get most of your money back.

 

[Duffy96]

Welcome and good luck.
You'll get a lot of different advice on this, all of which worked for the poster, much of which will be the opposite of the previous/next poster.
What I'd recommend (which I didn't do) is to borrow an old set from a friend/family member etc (or use gumtree/freecycle) and see how you get on. After a while you'll have a much better idea of what might work for you.
I have a couple of sets of irons in my shed from my early golfing career which demonstrates what happens if no-one is around to suggest this!

This is probably the best idea, i have a habit of diving in head first. i think i'm going to do as Lord Tyrion suggested and buy a few single irons. And see how i get on. Thanks for the Advice.

 

[Duffy96]

First off, good advice from @pendodave . Going full steam ahead can lead to some trial and error mess ups.

Something that worked well for me, I was in a golf club and the pro shop had a bag of 7 irons that they were selling for £10 each, they had been demonstrators. I saw 2 that I liked and bought them. The next week I tried both out at my club, found the one i liked most and then bought a set off ebay. This was about 4-5 years ago and I still have them now, Ping G25's. £20 well spent, I sold the demonstrators on Ebay and near enough got my money back. If there are no shops that have such a bag then check out single irons on ebay, gumtree, freecycle etc to see which you fancy and try them out.

The Ping G series, 20, 25, 30 are pretty forgiving and hold their value well. If you get a set of G25's for example and then decide you don't like them then you will get most of your money back.

Thanks for the Reply, i think this is what i'm going to do. i'll see what i can find on the market. thanks for the help!

 

[Duffy96]

Where’s your nearest club.
Ask the pro if you can try some.
Our pro puts the clubs the members are selling for whatever reason in the pro shop. He takes a small % of the sale.
Usually because he’s sold them new ones
Although I know some don’t do this now
If they have a practice area they will let you try them out

Only small ones without a shop unfortunately. i might have a trip to a bigger one soon. thanks for the reply.

 

[clubchamp98]

Only small ones without a shop unfortunately. i might have a trip to a bigger one soon. thanks for the reply.

Call ahead and ask saves time and money.
Some driving ranges have clubs you can try.

 

[Duffy96]

Call ahead and ask saves time and money.
Some driving ranges have clubs you can try.

Will do, Thanks!

 

[jim8flog]

The sets you are looking at are both good sets.

Although now over 10 years old you will still find reviews for them.

 

[spongebob59]

Hi all,

i'm brand new to the forum and looking for some advise. I'm on the presupus of picking up golf as a hobby. I used to play a little as a child and spent a lot of time on driving ranges but my parents would never get me a membership to the local golf course despite buying me a full set of clubs.

As i'm finally an adult with disposable income i'm looking to finally get that membership. after 10+ years of not even touching a club.

Could anyone recommend a "good" set of irons that are fairly forgiving? or even some brands look at or stay away from. I'm looking to spend up to £200ish but have no idea what to go for. I've been eyeing up some Cleveland CG16's or 588 TT's but i haven't commit to anything yet.

Any help/advice would be greatly appreciated.

I had a set of 588tt's, lovely irons with plenty of forgiveness, my only issue was the stock Cleveland actionlite shaft was a bit on the light side .