Callaway Apex CF16 - BEST. IRONS. EVER......

[Lord Helmet]

Im still going along with the clubs. The long irons are absolute cannons and I enjoy hitting them. The short irons, Ive learned to choke down just a bit and put a nice easy swing on it and I get consistent results. its a fine club. My one issue, and I have had this issue with Cally irons before, is the sole. I prefer for of a sole like Mizuno irons, where there is relief on the leading and trailing edges. I seem to get better turf interaction with them. I know its my swing, but am averaging a fat shot per round with the cf irons. Something I wouldnt see with the different soles. Not bagging on the irons, they are fine irons and like I said, love hitting the longer ones - just rockets! But I may have to move on from them and back into a set that has more leading and trailing relief.

[SwingMan]

Im still going along with the clubs. The long irons are absolute cannons and I enjoy hitting them. The short irons, Ive learned to choke down just a bit and put a nice easy swing on it and I get consistent results. its a fine club. My one issue, and I have had this issue with Cally irons before, is the sole. I prefer for of a sole like Mizuno irons, where there is relief on the leading and trailing edges. I seem to get better turf interaction with them. I know its my swing, but am averaging a fat shot per round with the cf irons. Something I wouldnt see with the different soles. Not bagging on the irons, they are fine irons and like I said, love hitting the longer ones - just rockets! But I may have to move on from them and back into a set that has more leading and trailing relief.

 

If you don't mind the raw look, someone can grind relief for you.

 

Tough to sell them, but if they are keepers.

[Lord Helmet]

Im still going along with the clubs. The long irons are absolute cannons and I enjoy hitting them. The short irons, Ive learned to choke down just a bit and put a nice easy swing on it and I get consistent results. its a fine club. My one issue, and I have had this issue with Cally irons before, is the sole. I prefer for of a sole like Mizuno irons, where there is relief on the leading and trailing edges. I seem to get better turf interaction with them. I know its my swing, but am averaging a fat shot per round with the cf irons. Something I wouldnt see with the different soles. Not bagging on the irons, they are fine irons and like I said, love hitting the longer ones - just rockets! But I may have to move on from them and back into a set that has more leading and trailing relief.

 

If you don't mind the raw look, someone can grind relief for you.

 

Tough to sell them, but if they are keepers.

 

Have thought about that. Would have to do maintenance since its forged.

[M.O.S. Ologist]

Just got back from the first range session after getting fit for these with DGS300, +1", 2* up. Ended up ordering the black heads.

 

It looks like between the clubs and proper fit (again) I gained about 1.5-2 clubs with better dispersion than my 712 AP1s that I was struggling with after swing changes.

 

I'll see how they perform on the course tomorrow, but so far I'm very pleased with the results.

[mxskier]

Just had my first session with these today after they got dropped off at my house. Went stock XP95 in regular. I'm not good enough to notice the real difference between the different regular shafts, and it felt great at GS, so pulled the trigger. Recent bought an entirely new bag from putter on up, and these things are incredible.

 

Having the MD3 in 50, 54, and 58, the high lofted CF16s just feel so buttery smooth and meld so well with the MD3s. And the longer irons are just so easy and forgiving, and absolutely fly.

 

These things are just incredible to play and hit. I am so over the moon about them, I can't wait to get out and play later this week!

[gpleonard]

Have one round in so far. Great feel , balance , distance is better than expected. I definitely need some practice to get completely comfortable with these. My thoughts are these are about as close to perfect as it gets.

[Dbogey]

I have the apex black for a few rounds now and I love that I can hit my 7I 170yds! Maybe it's just a mental thing but it gives me more confidence. I think once you get your yardages dialed in with the extra distance you will start hitting more greens. The one thing I'm struggle with is the tweeners when you have to take a 3/4 or knock down shot, yesterday I had 125 uphill into the wind where I thought I could hit pw but might have to hit it a little harder than I wanted to and I hit a 3/4 knock down with the 9 and it was a beautiful s*** right at the pin but went 5yds to long, a little work on those shots and these are the perfect irons.

 

The one thing that I have noticed is the sound of the ball coming off the face which is awesome, I've had a lot of irons and these are by far the best I've had.

[TM_HOYER]

i am getting my CF16 SW today and will try and get 9 in after work (weather permitting). I am using my Game Golf right now to get a feel for yardages. I am loving the PX LZ shafts even more than the PX PXi. I get the same smooth feel as the PXi, a medium flight, and having no problem getting the ball to stop. I even get the 9i, PW, and AW to backup. When I get to the green, there is a large crater to fix (along with a couple others that other people did not fix).

[J_Birdie]

Anyone game the Cf16 with ctapers?

[AmpliFIRE]

I'd like to see some pics of the black Apex's after a few rounds...

[Dbogey]

I'd like to see some pics of the black Apex's after a few rounds...

 

I'll try and post some.....they definitely get some wear from paracticing....just the sweet spot of course :yes:

[aswile]

Anyone game the Cf16 with ctapers?

 

I just received my set with C-taper 120's after trading in the version with Nippon 120x. The C-tapers go plenty high with no problems spinning. Even with a slight breeze down wind I pick up a club or more of distance with only half a club loss into the wind. Crosswinds are still a problem- the CF16s are affected by the wind significantly more than my Apex Pro '14s with Tour-V X ever were. I like the results, but the feel is not as good as my Pro's.

[Golf4lifer]

Anyone game the Cf16 with ctapers?

 

I just got my CF16's with the ctapers 130x's today and took them to the range. All I can say they are cannons once I got used to them. Nice high penatratimg flight that didn't fall out of sky. I'm going to the range again tomorrow so we will see how day two goes.

[J_Birdie]

Sweet. I got fit and I just did not get along with the pros but I got the best launch conditions from the pros+ project X shaft

 

Once we went to the CF16, some shots were launching too high. A DG x100 brought the launch conditions back to ideal but I didn't like the feel of the X100 it was too harsh, liked the S300 better. But that really launched high.

 

Unfortunately they didn't have a ctaper to hit. They'll have it for me this weekend and just by research everyone says the ctapers should have similar to lower launch that DG with better feel. I hope so.

 

Zeroing in on some Apex's, I'm just anal and wanna get it right!

[Golf4lifer]

I got the best results with the ctapers and they lower my flight a little. I'm happy with them so far, but we will see how it goes.

[TM_HOYER]

I got my CF16 SW and had a change to try it on the range yesterday. I think distance wise it will provide the necessary gap between the AW and the Nike VR Forged 58 I put in my bag. I think it will give me the 85-90 yard club I am looking for with a full swing and will give it a try for chips and pitches around the green. The 58 degree I will use for bunkers and when I short side my shot to the green.

[Ripken08]

I got my CF16 SW and had a change to try it on the range yesterday. I think distance wise it will provide the necessary gap between the AW and the Nike VR Forged 58 I put in my bag. I think it will give me the 85-90 yard club I am looking for with a full swing and will give it a try for chips and pitches around the green. The 58 degree I will use for bunkers and when I shot side my shot to the green.

 

Yes I find the SW quite useful for the same distance. Good luck!

[Clemsonfan]

I went through a Tour Van fitting the week of the Fourth at the PGA Superstore in North Myrtle Beach. It was a lot of fun, and I hit two irons the best. The Ping I 7-iron was 8 yards longer than my 170 yards with my similarly lofted 32* 7-iron, and I hit it with much tighter dispersion, but slightly right of center.

 

The Apex CF16 was twice the gap, at 17 yards, and very tight dispersion. The loft was only 1 degree stronger. All of the clubs, including my own, are +0.5" and two degrees flat. I had much better results using lighter shafts with both the Pings and Apexes.

 

I didn't pull the trigger because I was uncertain how to manage the distance gap at the bottom of the set. I have read in this thread where some saw the gap shrink, while others are hitting their pitching and gap wedges a full club longer. For those golfers, how do you transition to your wedges? I hit a lot of wedges with 10:30 and 9:00 swings, but not sure how I could cover that much distance if my 50 degree gap flies 135 (my current 45* PW distance), and my 56* distance is 100 yards. Right now I carry two gap wedges - 48* and 52*, but hoped to change that and add a club at the top of the set.

 

Very eager to read the results of others.

[flog2]

havent read all the posts but has anyone done a side by side on the Apex against the Apex cf16?

[High Draw]

Played mine for the first time today, sort of. Played 2 holes and then it rained. Was happy with the 9 iron and 6 iron I hit though.

[ProjectX_Mizuno]

How do these compare to the Diablo Forged irons???

[J_Birdie]

What's everyone's thought on the combo set? What's the reasons for or against this route?

[TM_HOYER]

How do these compare to the Diablo Forged irons???

 

My second favorite iron I have played is the Diablo Forged and favorite is the Nike VRS Forged. They are way better than the Diablo Forged. The face of the CF16's has a softer feel. They are also way more forgiving and longer. The Diablo Forged is genesis of forged GI irons and the CF16's are a vast improvement.

[SwingMan]

What's everyone's thought on the combo set? What's the reasons for or against this route?

 

The Pros are very small...

 

but if you can handle them.

[Grayback1973]

Just tested these at Golfsmith today and was absolutely blown away by how good I hit them! Gained 20 yards even on mishits.They are beautiful irons too.Don't have that shovel look to em like a lot of the cavities out there!

[J_Birdie]

What's everyone's thought on the combo set? What's the reasons for or against this route?

 

The Pros are very small...

 

but if you can handle them.

 

I thought so too. I did hit them well at my fitting but that's one day at that moment so I do worry. Probably will opt for the forgiveness of the full CF16 line

 

Got fit into Modus3 120X shafts

[Grayback1973]

Anyone know what the recommended index level is for these irons?

[J_Birdie]

Idk if there's an official rec but I think anyone up to a 15 could play them

[Cherry Ghost]

Just tested these at Golfsmith today and was absolutely blown away by how good I hit them! Gained 20 yards even on mishits.They are beautiful irons too.Don't have that shovel look to em like a lot of the cavities out there!

 

+20 yds on mishits? That's insane!

[Grayback1973]

Just tested these at Golfsmith today and was absolutely blown away by how good I hit them! Gained 20 yards even on mishits.They are beautiful irons too.Don't have that shovel look to em like a lot of the cavities out there!

 

+20 yds on mishits? That's insane!

Exactly! Thats why I was blown away by them.I don't know how accurate these launch monitors are,but that is what it was showing.The mishits on the MP15's were loss of 15 yards minimum.Here's the crazy part,center hits on the MP15's were 20 yards shorter than the CF16's!! I still can't believe it.