Srixon 2020 Irons ZX7, ZX5, ZX Utility

[bogey69]

30 minutes ago, Tzoid said:

I'm thinking about getting the same set but with the Modus Tour 120 or all ZX7 because I'm a fan of a single forged club and don't care for badges on clubs....  I have been playing the Modus 120 for about 5 years and it works great in my Kuro irons but I should probably try something else to verify it's the best with these heads.   Enjoy your new irons. 

I'm not seeing a badge...am I missing it?

[scooterhd2]

7 minutes ago, bogey69 said:

I'm not seeing a badge...am I missing it?

 

I thought it was pretty obvious myself. 

 

 

[dhen9]

1 minute ago, scooterhd2 said:

 

I thought it was pretty obvious myself. 

 

 

You a Buckeye?

[scooterhd2]

7 minutes ago, dhen9 said:

You a Buckeye?

 

Nope. A Beaver. You know, the better OSU.

[Bunkersarebigcups]

6 hours ago, bombs said:

Went into my local shop today just to mess around hitting the new Srixon range. Things escalated quickly. I didn't even want new clubs. 

 

Ended up doing a full fit and ordering the ZX5 in 5-6 iron and ZX7 in 7-AW, with KBS $ Taper 120 Stiff.  Currently gaming 921 Tours with the Project X 6.5 for reference. 

 

Having hit the Tour and ZX7 side by side I really enjoyed the softer feel of the Srixon. Performance on off centered strikes was noticeably better. The ZX5 longer irons were ridiculously easy to hit, launch conditions were optimal, and forgiveness was next level. Where I would lose 15% on a bad strike in my current set I was losing nothing with these. I feel like I am giving up nothing and gaining so much by going the combo route. I'll admit the ZX5 face does feel faster and I wouldn't want that in my short irons, but for the long irons it's a small trade off for so much extra help. 

 

I also really enjoyed the $ Taper shaft and had outstanding results with it. While the PX 6.5 is absolutely precise for me, I do find that i need to work hard to get results (i.e. 95mph+ 7 iron swing speed). By comparion the $ taper was effortless, consistent but could also handle when I went after one. The combination of shaft/head change had me consistently hitting a full club further than my current set but maintinaing excellent numbers. Given the added carry I went 5-GW instead of 4-PW which gives me a vacant slot in the bag to play around with (!!). 

The other surprise was that in Australia Srixon are an absolute bargin, with the set costing almost half the price of my 921 Tours. The no upcharge shaft range is also bigger than the UK/US too but all grip options are upcharged at full RRP.

 

 

Did you have the lofts adjusted? E.g. 5 and 6 iron a degree weak or somethin? With the 5 seeming to be a lot hotter/longer I would be worried about gapping but really am looking at a similar combo set. Or a set of 921s (SEL specs in right handed). Or some HMB/MMC combos. What a time to be alive for a combo-set lover

[bombs]

 I didn’t feel the need to order them bent.

 

The carry difference was minimal in longer irons. 

 

If I find gapping an issue I’ll bend the 5 & 6 irons 1 degree weak.

 

Or I’ll just enjoy roasting the occasional 7 iron.

Edited November 20, 2020 by bombs

[livigolfs]

3 hours ago, nfreda2211 said:

Zx7 is more like the 770 and zx5 would be 790

Doubt the zx7 will carry as far as the 770

[jvincent]

3 hours ago, nfreda2211 said:

Zx7 is more like the 770 and zx5 would be 790

Disagree.

 

ZX7 is a solid forging like the P7MC. The ZX5 has an engineered face for more ballspeed so while it's not a hollow body like the 770 it is the equivalent model.

[nfreda2211]

Just now, jvincent said:

Disagree.

 

ZX7 is a solid forging like the P7MC. The ZX5 has an engineered face for more ballspeed so while it's not a hollow body like the 770 it is the equivalent model.

In this test the numbers on the z785 are much closer to the p770 then they are the p7mc. Say what you want about the tech but the performance is what matters. 
 

 

[nfreda2211]

42 minutes ago, jvincent said:

Disagree.

 

ZX7 is a solid forging like the P7MC. The ZX5 has an engineered face for more ballspeed so while it's not a hollow body like the 770 it is the equivalent model.

Having hit all 3(z785 not the zx7) last week, I’ll agree that the feel of the srixon is like the p7mc but that’s the only area that its more comparable then the 770

[jvincent]

38 minutes ago, nfreda2211 said:

In this test the numbers on the z785 are much closer to the p770 then they are the p7mc. Say what you want about the tech but the performance is what matters. 
 

 

I haven't seen that particular video but the ZX7 lofts are about 2* stronger in the mid irons than the P7MCs which will account for virtually all of any distance gains.

 

From a construction perspective they are the both forged single material (ignoring the tungsten in the toe) faces.

[QuigleyDU]

40 minutes ago, jvincent said:

I haven't seen that particular video but the ZX7 lofts are about 2* stronger in the mid irons than the P7MCs which will account for virtually all of any distance gains.

 

From a construction perspective they are the both forged single material (ignoring the tungsten in the toe) faces.

Thats a pretty good vid. These seem to be stepping up there game on the reviews. I like it. 

[QuigleyDU]

Here are the shaft options. 

 

Interesting that it does not show the DG X100s... Those have to be an option right??

 

Edited November 20, 2020 by QuigleyDU

[COmedic]

49 minutes ago, QuigleyDU said:

Here are the shaft options. 

 

Interesting that it does not show the DG X100s... Those have to be an option right??

 

That’s off the UK site, correct? Is it common that the options would be identical there and in the US? I’ve never seen shaft options for the same clubs between two different parts of the world so I genuinely don’t know.

[QuigleyDU]

6 minutes ago, COmedic said:

That’s off the UK site, correct? Is it common that the options would be identical there and in the US? I’ve never seen shaft options for the same clubs between two different parts of the world so I genuinely don’t know.

Correct off the UK site. I guess they could have different option option for different for different countries I have no idea why they would though.. 

[Tzoid]

6 hours ago, scooterhd2 said:

 

I thought it was pretty obvious myself. 

 

 

Any Iron that uses adhesive to "stick " something to the cavity falls in the category.....  Not that it's a bad thing but I personally don't care for it.  

[Homerun2Birdie]

1 hour ago, Tzoid said:

Any Iron that uses adhesive to "stick " something to the cavity falls in the category.....  Not that it's a bad thing but I personally don't care for it.  

Not trying to stir the pot, genuinely asking: Are we 100% that the ZX5s have a badge, and that its not just part of the club? 

[Truok]

On 11/19/2020 at 8:43 AM, bhj83 said:

Also, worth noting it seems the price is for 8 irons. I typically do 7 irons (4-PW) and that comes to $1,137.43. I believe the 7 piece set of 85 series irons was $999.99 right? So it's not really a 30% increase. 

Yeah it was 7 clubs for $999 4-pw.  Now I think it's $1299 for 8. So basically a $20 per club increase from $142 to $162 per club. 

[Truok]

11 hours ago, bogey69 said:

Any thoughts on the distance control with the short irons?  Any jumping off the "hot" face?  Any fliers on pured shots?  

I can confidently say this is totally a myth. Someone that's hit thousands of shots on trackman and gc quad over the years testing game Improvement irons I can tell you this just isn't really a thing. If you hit the same spot on the face the ball isn't going to come off at different speeds. What may happen is you catch one more towards the toe with a slightly closed face and you get that extra 2-3 mph of ball speed from a closed face and you drop the spin a touch because or strike and you end up hitting it a touch long but that's a swing issue not a club issue. Anytime I've seen any type of "flyer" in the data it's obvious it came from delivery or strike not from the club. 

[Truok]

2 hours ago, COmedic said:

That’s off the UK site, correct? Is it common that the options would be identical there and in the US? I’ve never seen shaft options for the same clubs between two different parts of the world so I genuinely don’t know.

Some are definitely different because the diamana is the stock graphite shaft on the uk site but the recoil 95 is the stock graphite shaft on the us site.  

[reamr87]

4 hours ago, jvincent said:

I haven't seen that particular video but the ZX7 lofts are about 2* stronger in the mid irons than the P7MCs which will account for virtually all of any distance gains.

 

From a construction perspective they are the both forged single material (ignoring the tungsten in the toe) faces.

I can get both perspectives. I would think they meant on a forgiveness level? I’ve hit the P7MC and they’re really nice but not the most forgiving. They play similar to a blade to me. 

 

Edited November 21, 2020 by reamr87

[larciel]

21 minutes ago, Truok said:

I can confidently say this is totally a myth. Someone that's hit thousands of shots on trackman and gc quad over the years testing game Improvement irons I can tell you this just isn't really a thing. If you hit the same spot on the face the ball isn't going to come off at different speeds. What may happen is you catch one more towards the toe with a slightly closed face and you get that extra 2-3 mph of ball speed from a closed face and you drop the spin a touch because or strike and you end up hitting it a touch long but that's a swing issue not a club issue. Anytime I've seen any type of "flyer" in the data it's obvious it came from delivery or strike not from the club. 

 

I disagree. but I agree with your claim that it might be due to not-optimal swing.

 

My p790 6 iron had so much jump on more than 50% of my shots. It was definitely something with the head. 

[mjbfyb]

8 hours ago, QuigleyDU said:

Here are the shaft options. 

 

Interesting that it does not show the DG X100s... Those have to be an option right??

 

Weird, TI X100 and S400 were both listed as no charge upgrade shafts on that PDF earlier this week. S400 is still on the chart to the right of the list. 

[dlow206]

I have a set of ZX 5 irons on the way and i live in the USA. hopefully i didn't outsmart myself on this one lol.

[Truok]

On 11/20/2020 at 5:59 PM, larciel said:

 

I disagree. but I agree with your claim that it might be due to not-optimal swing.

 

My p790 6 iron had so much jump on more than 50% of my shots. It was definitely something with the head. 

One of my theories is that the ball speed is retained well on an iron like that, where normally a slight toe strike usually drops ball speed and spin, with an iron like the taylormade you are maintaining ball speed on the slight toe strike but you're still losing spin so you get a shot that comes off the normal speed of a solid strike but with less spin so it carries a bit further and with less stopping power.  

Edited November 22, 2020 by Truok

[dlow206]

Can't believe none of you purchased the ZX7 set on the BF deal from Golf Partner.

[bombs]

On 11/21/2020 at 11:19 AM, Homerun2Birdie said:

Not trying to stir the pot, genuinely asking: Are we 100% that the ZX5s have a badge, and that its not just part of the club? 

When I pushed the cavity badge in it had some flex and I am almost certain it is not part of the club. 

[ProjectX]

1 hour ago, bombs said:

When I pushed the cavity badge in it had some flex and I am almost certain it is not part of the club. 

It's not a 1 piece forging. The ZX5s have a different material face welded in so it has to be a badge. Because of the different material face they probably used some sort of foam adhesive to quiet things down while also softening the feel and created a badge that looks as close to the cavity of ZX7 as possible so people feel good about comboing them. Just really well thought out engineering, design and marketing collaboration if you ask me.

[Russ757]

11 hours ago, dlow206 said:

Can't believe none of you purchased the ZX7 set on the BF deal from Golf Partner.

 What was the deal

[UnderPar18]

Isn't Golf Partner just used clubs for the most part? Advertising for them or was there a deal because seems weird they would run a deal right before their black friday deal coming up it shows on their website