Butter irons?

[Norboo]

What are some of the best feeling irons?

[Pepperturbo]

My new Titleist 620 CB&MB's are not only beautiful looking but smooth as butter. The problem is they look so good I don't want to get them dirty.

[DFS PFD]

Mizuno is pretty much the standard for buttery soft. Miura more of a powerful solid feeling.

[third-times-a-charm]

cf16s

[chickwebb]

PXG 0311s are room-temp-buttery when pured.

[Hougz79]

Mizuno is hard to beat. Much softer than any Titleist I’ve ever gamed. As far as cast, it’s almost impossible to beat i210. They’re softer than my old 718AP2.

[Kale_m]

Raw Callaway apex mb, so good

[Zigzog]

Mizuno are decent, my Callaway MBs are very pure and probably softer than the Mizuno's I have played.

My Srixon 745s are the softest feeling I have played, not even close - the ball just melts into the face

Titleist are not in the same league IMO.

[Krt22]

-Bridgestone (J40, J15, both endo forged)

-Mizuno (mainly MP series)

-Srixon (7x or 9x sereies)

 

I own one set of each

[Goldhawk]

Part 1: Callaway Chromesoft ball

Part 2: Nippon Modus shaft

Part 3: almost any iron head as long as you hit it in the middle - but I like Z785

[ani5009]

I've played a bunch of different Mizuno's in the past, those are incredibly soft pretty much up and down the lineup. I have to say though my z785s are shockingly soft, quite possibly significantly better than any of the Mizuno's I've had

[strength115]

Agree Bridgestone J15cb.

[Bubbtubbs]

Sounds like you need a second set for display purposes.

[Tree Levino]

This. I’d add in Apex MB as well. 785 are the very satisfying and soft. MP 20, 5, 4 and then a ton of older models are the softest irons you’ll ever hit. Overall feel as to go to Srixon though. The 1020 Endo forged carbon steel plus v sole is just unfair.

[SubaruWRX]

Low compression golf balls with a good quality cover is the best feeling iron when struck in the sweet spot.

[Z1ggy16]

I've found that for me... of the latest offerings, MP20's Apex Pro 19 and P760 have been the "softest" feel. However, I feel the reason the 760s and ap19's are "soft" is more down to sound, because they don't offer the feedback that the MP20's do, or other bladed type irons that I've hit in the past.

 

For all time soft... MP-54 is right up there for me.

[LHGolf4]

I went to Club Champion last weekend and back to back I hit the P790, PXG 0311 Gen2, and new Cobra Forged Tec. I was shocked at how good the Cobra's felt. I would pick them based on feel alone over the other two. I am definitely considering getting a set (bases on performance and feel).

[Pepperturbo]

I have some mid "80's" original Snake Eye 1018 Carbon steel wedges by Ernie Vadersen, you talk about buttery soft. I love those wedges and nothing today is comparable. At the time I bought four sets of 4 wedges cause I knew they would wear fast and did. They lasted till 2011.

There is no problem with 1018 and 1020 or 1025. Lucky for Pros' they get free replacement clubs when desired. Average amature Joe, on the other hand, faces wear issues and maybe buys another set of clubs sooner than expected. Of course, decent ball striking skill is the influential factor as to how long they last.

Anyhow, Butter is all about carbon content, hardness and using the sweet spot. I have come or prefer 1020 or 1025 club heads like in my 620 MB & CB's. It's a tad harder with more carbon but still provides good feedback to my hands. One man's love of cooking with butter is another man's Crisco. It's time.

[cookszn]

Mizuno's and Miuras

[Pepperturbo]

Cost aside, not one to buy for display. I use everything including pretty tools.

[Bubbtubbs]

I'm just trying to give you an excuse to get another one. You're making it harder than it has to be!

[jerryo]

Taylormade P770, seriously!

[jc88]

Mizunos for me. But those Titleist 620s are pretty nice

[8602081]

Maxfli Revolution red/black dot.. Softer than any forged irons I've hit..

 

[Aviador Naval]

The answer is completely personal and compounded by type of ball you play and shaft.

 

Best feeling iron I’ve ever played was Ping i3+ Blade with original Rifle shaft (with premium balls). Recently demoed some i210s with multiple shafts given the rave reviews and they were terrible (with range balls). Suspected it was a defective demo head so hit a ‘real’ club. No better (can’t remember shaft).

 

Mizuno MP20 feels fantastic with any shaft or ball out to a reasonable miss. Mizuno MP60 felt great dead center but was complete a$$ with any shaft or ball and even the slightest miss.

 

Titleist feel great with heavy or tip soft shafts. They don’t feel great with light shafts and feel awful with light tip stiff shafts.

 

I lived in Japan for a while and bought a Vokey forged wedge. Didn’t feel as good as his cast wedges. BTW, his forged wedges aren’t actually very popular there...

 

Bought a Byron Morgan putter once. Exquisite craftsmanship. Worst feeling putter ever - even with Pro V1 or Z-Star.

 

BL - there are no absolutes.

[braincramp52]

Wilson Staff blades

KZG Blades

[Oldplayer]

Anything forged by Endo and Kyogi forging houses. Mizuno (forged at Chou) are soft also but not better than the first two. 1020 carbon steel is the way to get soft forgings but it is borderline too soft to not deform (going out of spec) too easily. Many soft forgings use 1025.

My Maxfli A10 tour cast with nickel are some of the softest irons I have ever hit.

I still have an old set of Dynacast ping eye 2 knockoffs, (they were copied by virtually every company back ion the day) which are cast from 302 stainless and they are soft as butter as well.

It's the type of metal used not the forging that matters.

[pat_kato]

"Nothing feels like a Mizuno"

[wam78]

Hard to beat Mizuno, Srixon and Bridgestone without needing to go JDM. I played Mizuno for a long time and have recently converted to bridgestone tour b. The bridgestones feel incredibly soft. The sole designs of both Srixon and Bridgestone set them apart in my opinion.

[herbert7890]

Mizuno. End of topic.