

For the 7 iron and PW, I recorded ten shots with each iron. :: All +2 wraps under the grips, though the grips did varyĭriving Range Trials: I recorded the results for 5i/7i/PW for each set while aiming at appropriate targets on the range. :: All shafted with True Temper Dynamic Gold S300 The Clubs: RAZR X, RAZR X Tour, RAZR X Black Irons Today we will see if that iron choice back in January was a good one. What set of irons should I be playing? Unlike wondering what would have happened had you worked up the nerve to talk to that girl in high school, this question can, thankfully, be answered. Should I have gone with the other set? I decided to find out. This is really what got me thinking about the RAZR X Blacks, as I viewed them as a GI iron that falls in between the X and the Tour in the Callaway line. I had taken the RAZR X tours out on numerous occasions, but they just didn’t give me the performance/forgiveness that the RAZR X did. Jump forward to this past summer, and you would have found the RAZR X irons from the year before in my bag. When I went to Callaway this year, we decided on the RAZR X Tours as my game was progressing with my winter lesson project and the RAZR X Blacks seemed too similar to the RAZR X irons I was already playing.

I went toward the iron of least resistance, the RAZR X, and I have definitely enjoyed playing with those irons. The fitter said that I could play the RAZR X or Diablo Forged irons, with the Diablo Forged being the more difficult of the two to play. I faced a similar dilemma the first time I went and got fit at Callaway. The curiosity about how my game would be different had I chosen the RAZR X Blacks instead of the Tours kept creeping into my thoughts. While I went with the RAZR X Tours, I couldn’t avoid the nagging voice in the back of my mind that wondered if I went down the wrong path. To summarize, my iron selection came down to a choice between two sets, the RAZR X Tours and the RAZR X Blacks. Last January, I went down to the Eli Callaway Performance Center and was fit for a new set of irons. I know that right now you are thinking, “What is all this existential BS? I came here to see the latest golf gear!” I’ll admit, those previous ponderings are a bit heavy for a site about golf, but they do relate to today’s topic. RAZR X Black irons are available in both steel and graphite shafts, and golfers may create combo sets by trading out two long irons for two hybrids, if they so desire.(Written by Golfspy_Dave) Have you ever had that moment when you thought back on your life and wondered about the impact of your choices? Did you take the right person to homecoming? Did you go to the right college? What would have happened if you had decided to open your own business? We have all pondered questions like these, not so much to dwell in the past, but more just wondering how things would have turned out had we walked the other path that day. “With a low center of gravity and conventional shape, they are aimed at the large segment of golfers who seek distance and forgiveness in a club design that also delivers the workability of a narrow iron sole.” “Our RAZR X irons line was hugely successful in its first year, and the new Blacks fit perfectly into the middle of that lineup,” says Luke Williams, senior director of global woods and irons for Callaway Golf. In addition, a multi-material medallion on the back of each RAZR X Black iron is constructed of aluminum and thermoplastic polyurethane and intended to fine-tune sound, while it improves feel at impact. They add that a fully integrated clubface/undercut cavity system enabled them to even more precisely position the CG and ensure that they could maximize ball speed on each individual iron. Company technicians describe it as an advanced game-improvement club built to be as accurate as it is long, and their thinking is that it will bolster any golfer’s game – from low single-digit handicapper to golfers with indexes in the mid-teens and those whose numbers are hovering in the low 20s.Ĭallaway engineers say a key to the success of the RAZR X Black product, which is designed to have the look and workability of a thin-sole iron and the playability of one with a wider sole, is the way they were able to shift the center of gravity (CG) lower than in any other of the club manufacturer’s stainless steel iron offerings. And in early 2012, the equipment maker added to that collection with the introduction of its RAZR X Black iron. A year ago, Callaway introduced the RAZR X iron line, with three distinct models.
