Srixon Irons wait time.

[Dmartica]

55 minutes ago, nostatic said:

It seems that shafts have been much of the hangup (though certain heads are now out of stock as well). Over the last month or two I've managed to order and receive ZX7 in 7-PW and ZX5 in 6-PW. I did order one or two clubs at a time, and spec'd a "stock" shaft (Recoil 95) which I think helped.

Probably was the case before, but as of now the zx7 heads are BO and expected to arrive some where next week. 

 

TLDR: Head used to be BO, then shaft and now Heads again 😅

[adonad]

8 hours ago, Aviador Naval said:

 

Some points to consider before you walk down that path...  You will have FAR less customization options.  If what you want is the stock stuff on the Srixon Japan website, you'll be in luck.  If you want something else, you're very likely to be greeted with a giant inhale and slow, "So desu ne..."

 

Even if you go the online route, you may be stymied.  I went into a large Japanese retailer about a few weeks ago to order a ZX5 5i with the stock Modus 105 shaft to go with the ZX5/7 combo I ordered from DDs.  The salesperson - extremely helpful, very good English, and with whom I had good rapport through previous purchases, called Srixon to inquire about the turn around time.  He was told, by Srixon Japan, that they don't sell ZX5 5 irons as individual irons because they are offered in the set (standard set is 5-PW).  They would sell a broken or lost club from a previously purchased set but not any individual clubs that are offered in the standard set.

 

I've lived here three times and have a deep affection for the Japanese and their culture.  However, "flexibility" is not a word you would typically find listed under "Pro" in a catalog of their attributes...

 

Additionally, last week there were quite a few sales as part of Golden Week and I drove around "shelf checking" the used racks for clubs with AD-DI shafts (Got 4 for a total cost less than the cost for one from any US retailer but that's another story...).  Anyway, the only full set of ZX irons I saw on any shelf in 5 different stores was ZX4.  Before the Masters, virtually every place had them in all three models.

I usually go with all standard when it comes to iron specs, so customization isn't my concern, the lack of goods available in the market, however, might prove to be a problem... 

 

Thank you very much for your insight. 🙂

[arobbins3]

4 hours ago, rondre3000 said:

Do you not have a set of sticks to play with right now? Also, what is your set make-up (model, shafts, etc)?

I ended up buying a set of X5/X7 on here to play with. Same specs, lol.  But I paid more. So I guess it's just about getting them new.

[Phil_I_am 84]

Decided to pull the trigger on a mint set of ZX7's instead of re-ordering through srixon with all the backorders.  Same specs as my original order luckily.  Will probably just swap out the grips.  Excited to hit them.  

[Dannyboy44]

Looks like golf galaxy has stock options available to ship when i looked 4-pw in zx5.

[Peterman6068]

Carl’s had the 4 iron listed as backordered for zx5 and now it’s not 🤷‍♂️

[pmang]

16 hours ago, Dannyboy44 said:

Looks like golf galaxy has stock options available to ship when i looked 4-pw in zx5.

I just ran to my local Golf Galaxy and picked up a full set of ZX5’s

[Straphael]

Ordered zx4 with steelfibers on May 3rd and picked them up yesterday so 10 days for what srixon called exotic shafts. That’s pretty impressive honestly precovid. Also got the zx utility iron which was a stock x flex as well in the same time period. Only thing that didn’t come was the 5 wood but that’s ok with the quick turn around with the irons. 

[QuigleyDU]

Placed my order on Feb 19th... Still waiting.. 

[arobbins3]

MY ORDER HAS SHIPPED FROM MARCH!!!!

[xandersingh]

Placed an order end of march for ZX7's with with $ Tapers. Shafts seem to be the hold up for me

[Phil_I_am 84]

2nd swing mints still have plastic on them.  Decent option if you don't want to wait.  

[Owen]

Ordered my zx7 late March. Just got shipping notice very excited to say the least!

[Jackal24]

Ordered zx5/7 combo on april 9th through club champion after a fitting....emailed them 2 weeks ago to find out they didnt even put the order in for the clubs..got email last friday saying club were in but still had to be built and the fitter/builder would get around to them if he had time...so could have had my clubs sooner than later if they would have put the order in when i payed for them and not waited a month to do so....and now have to wait till he has time to build them

[BallerNate]

On 5/14/2021 at 10:19 AM, QuigleyDU said:

Placed my order on Feb 19th... Still waiting.. 

Jeez...brutal!! 😲

[Kdgolf]

Order placed March 13th and received April 27th. ZX5 4-PW w/ PX 5.5. Definitely worth the wait.

[SaucySpinners88]

5 hours ago, Jackal24 said:

Ordered zx5/7 combo on april 9th through club champion after a fitting....emailed them 2 weeks ago to find out they didnt even put the order in for the clubs..got email last friday saying club were in but still had to be built and the fitter/builder would get around to them if he had time...so could have had my clubs sooner than later if they would have put the order in when i payed for them and not waited a month to do so....and now have to wait till he has time to build them

I feel your pain. I ordered a zx5/7 combo with KBS Tour-V shafts (OEM build) on March 8th through them too. Order was put in right away, but they keep pushing the estimated ship back (Srixon to CC headquarters) 4 weeks at a time. Supposed to now ship 5/21 (doubt it though). Was 4/20 and originally earlier before that. They won't tell me what the delay is, which is BS. I can't believe the clubs can't go directly to the store, considering it's an OEM build. They expect the clubs to sit around for a few weeks at the CC headquarters before they ship to the CC store for me to pick-up. I can't believe that! Their logistics are absurd and the fact that they wouldn't prioritize the shipment to the store is unacceptable. I'll never order through them again. In-store fitting experience was actually fantastic, sadly. The company needs some rework though.

[Jackal24]

13 hours ago, SaucySpinners88 said:

I feel your pain. I ordered a zx5/7 combo with KBS Tour-V shafts (OEM build) on March 8th through them too. Order was put in right away, but they keep pushing the estimated ship back (Srixon to CC headquarters) 4 weeks at a time. Supposed to now ship 5/21 (doubt it though). Was 4/20 and originally earlier before that. They won't tell me what the delay is, which is BS. I can't believe the clubs can't go directly to the store, considering it's an OEM build. They expect the clubs to sit around for a few weeks at the CC headquarters before they ship to the CC store for me to pick-up. I can't believe that! Their logistics are absurd and the fact that they wouldn't prioritize the shipment to the store is unacceptable. I'll never order through them again. In-store fitting experience was actually fantastic, sadly. The company needs some rework though.

Agreed!  Liked the fitting process from them and the fitter I had but how they handle things afterwards is bad. Also twice as expensive. Would do a fitting again through them but will not place orders through CC anymore. Sad

[Hawkeye77]

On 5/4/2021 at 2:58 PM, Hawkeye77 said:

"What if I love it more?" is definitely the danger, lol.  Curiosity has been killing me and nowhere to find a demo day or hit off anything but a mat into a screen.

 

With the recent information on delays and maybe not seeing the zx5 8 iron I ordered a couple off weeks ago on a whim until late June or early July, I decided just to cancel it.  The zx7s are performing better the more I get out and golf and my swing/strength/stamina is coming along which helps.  No reason to tempt fate.  I can always get a zx5 to try when supply side sorts itself out in a few months or even next spring, no big deal here.

 

Hope others get theirs soon.

[Shaner1987]

Well I finally received my 6 out of the 7 ZX5 irons I ordered. My 5-PW arrived today with UST Recoil SmacWrap hard stepped F3 hoping to maybe get out and play a few today or Friday with them. My AW is backordered they expect the heads in May 28th and I should receive my AW around 6/3 or so. But they do look sweet... 

[Jackal24]

Just got email confirmation that my combo set is in and built and ready to be picked up. So will be getting them tomorrow. Hoping to get out and test them on course this weekend

[TiScape]

On 5/18/2021 at 9:05 AM, SaucySpinners88 said:

I feel your pain. I ordered a zx5/7 combo with KBS Tour-V shafts (OEM build) on March 8th through them too. Order was put in right away, but they keep pushing the estimated ship back (Srixon to CC headquarters) 4 weeks at a time. Supposed to now ship 5/21 (doubt it though). Was 4/20 and originally earlier before that. They won't tell me what the delay is, which is BS. I can't believe the clubs can't go directly to the store, considering it's an OEM build. They expect the clubs to sit around for a few weeks at the CC headquarters before they ship to the CC store for me to pick-up. I can't believe that! Their logistics are absurd and the fact that they wouldn't prioritize the shipment to the store is unacceptable. I'll never order through them again. In-store fitting experience was actually fantastic, sadly. The company needs some rework though.

My son got Ping irons from CC with KBS shafts. His fitter said the clubs are actually built by CC at their Illinois HQ. I was under the impression that they build all their orders??? Someone in another thread said he had a friend that worked at CC. He said they have all the iron sets shipped to Illinois with whatever shaft is the standard OEM offering that you’d see on the rack at a retailer. They then remove the shafts and install whatever shaft you were fitted for. Then sell the shafts they took out. 

[chocolate_rehab]

10 hours ago, Hawkeye77 said:

 

With the recent information on delays and maybe not seeing the zx5 8 iron I ordered a couple off weeks ago on a whim until late June or early July, I decided just to cancel it.  The zx7s are performing better the more I get out and golf and my swing/strength/stamina is coming along which helps.  No reason to tempt fate.  I can always get a zx5 to try when supply side sorts itself out in a few months or even next spring, no big deal here.

 

Hope others get theirs soon.

 

I ended up cancelling my ZX4 6-iron for the same reason, ZX5s have been so great, no reason to even experiment.

 

I waited like 8 weeks or so for my ZX5s, and it was worth the wait. But I had (and will always have) a backup set.

 

The upside to these equipment delays is it has kept my money in my wallet. 😄

[morgan1819]

On 5/11/2021 at 1:48 PM, Dmartica said:

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TLDR: Head used to be BO, then shaft and now Heads again 😅

That's what she said.

[Hawkeye77]

I have to admit that when I received the email wanting me to rate my customer service experience with _____ (which was a simple email acknowledgment of my cancellation of the 8 iron) I just couldn't think of a way to praise her for the lighting speed in cancelling an order that was cancelled because of the slowness with which it would be fulfilled.  And I know they face challenges and understand that - just seemed ironic, lol. Can't be easy working in customer service for anyone the past many months.

[Mike_C]

I cancelled my ZX4 4 iron after a month, was still given an unknown ship date.  Ended up buying a set of stock Z585s, 4-pw for $699 new that my local Edwin Watts had in stock.  I'm going to put the 4 iron in the bag, and may pull a set of recoil protos I have in an old set of Titleist CBs and put them in the 585s when my 785 grooves  wear down.

[SaucySpinners88]

5 hours ago, TiScape said:

My son got Ping irons from CC with KBS shafts. His fitter said the clubs are actually built by CC at their Illinois HQ. I was under the impression that they build all their orders??? Someone in another thread said he had a friend that worked at CC. He said they have all the iron sets shipped to Illinois with whatever shaft is the standard OEM offering that you’d see on the rack at a retailer. They then remove the shafts and install whatever shaft you were fitted for. Then sell the shafts they took out. 

Interesting. I thought they usually have an upcharge for them to do the build, which is why I figured OEM build was going to be Srixon building the clubs and them just checking the lies/lofts in Illinois. If that's the case, it should have made my order quicker then, if CC is sourcing each component. Who the heck knows. I even ordered with no grips to try to rule that supply delay out. 

[TiScape]

13 minutes ago, SaucySpinners88 said:

Interesting. I thought they usually have an upcharge for them to do the build, which is why I figured OEM build was going to be Srixon building the clubs and them just checking the lies/lofts in Illinois. If that's the case, it should have made my order quicker then, if CC is sourcing each component. Who the heck knows. I even ordered with no grips to try to rule that supply delay out. 

It would be nice to get a definitive answer to how exactly the process works at CC. If indeed there is an “OEM build” option. We certainly weren’t told about it. 

Edited May 20, 2021 by TiScape

[nostatic]

1 hour ago, Mike_C said:

I cancelled my ZX4 4 iron after a month, was still given an unknown ship date.  Ended up buying a set of stock Z585s, 4-pw for $699 new that my local Edwin Watts had in stock.  I'm going to put the 4 iron in the bag, and may pull a set of recoil protos I have in an old set of Titleist CBs and put them in the 585s when my 785 grooves  wear down.

I ordered a ZX4 4i on the Srixon site on 10may, received it 18may. Assuming you ordered not long after they were announced?

[KenEvil]

Ordered a combo set of ZX5-ZX7's in mid April. Only timeframe I got was end of May. Ugh..