Graphite vs Steel | Golf Monthly

Been back out looking at various clubs in graphites. Have to say the biggest disappointment was the Burner irons in both reg and stiff flex. Being the replacement for the R7 which are coming to the end of their 2 year product cycle (according to TM rep) I just couldn't hit them.

Hit the G10 in graphite bery well but the heavier head of a Ping was an issue and took some conscious swing thoughts to keep the swing and tempo together.

However as per the demo day on Monday the stars of the show were the X20's. I hit both regular and stiff flexed 6 irons and was averaging 165 on regular and 161 on stiff. The ball flight was lower on the stiff as expected but the dispertion was pretty similar and if I'm honest probably better than I'm getting at the moment.

Of the others, for anyone looking to invest in new irons with graphites, the Yonex were very good, if you can find some R7 draws they are very very cheap if you need the draw element in your game. Surprisingly good as well were the Cleveland CG golds (yellow insert) which were averaging about 168 on distance but I was pushing and hooking a few with reg shafts (no stiffs available)

Played yesterday and still not much better despite the pro kindly spending 10 minutes with me just going over the points of my last lesson. I just feel that as I'm not as strong (no beer gut to help propulsion) and I tend to get a little more fatigued (due to my diabetes) that graphites are the way to go.