Titleist DCI Oversize+ Black

Reviewed by: Walter Wellsfry ,  Shoots in the 80s

Model Reviewed:
Titleist DCI Oversize Black

Summary:
I bought my DCI Oversize Black's new in 1996. I played them as my "gamer set" for ten years and was always pleased with them. Titleist stands for quality and these clubs are still outstanding today--especially for mid to high handicappers.

True, they have a good amount of offset and are a bit large in shape. But they are still excellent as I recently tested them against a brand new set of Callaway X 20's. As a 11 index I played 6 rounds with the X20"s and my best score was an 86. I then played a round with my trusty old DCI's and shot an 82!! I ditched the X20"s and just purchased a set of X20 Tours (best score 77) but have retained my Titleist's as a great back-up set and the one to go to when I need more forgiveness.

You can pick-up a used set for a song. I cannot endorse more highly for a inexpensive, forgiving set of quality irons.

FYI--if you really want to improve, work on your short game! Titleist Vokey Spin-Milled wedges are awesome!!

Customer Service:
Outstanding! Lost my eight iron about four years ago and Titleist replaced as they had still retained my custom order specs. Titleist is a great golf company.

Similar Products Used:
Callaway X20, Ping G5 and 10

Reviewed by: hannibal3blue ,  Shoots in the 80s

Model Reviewed:
Titleist DCI Oversize Plus Gold, Trispec Reg. steel.

Summary:
I was given these clubs by my Dad, a single digit handicapper for years, not long after I had taken up the game. He replaced them with some Mizuno Pro II's. I have played these for about 4 1/2 years and have loved using them. They are forgiving and long, the shafts are great - nice bit of kick, (v. similar to DG R300 IMHO). The looks are neat and compact for an oversized iron and the feel on a middled shot is superb - almost as good as a forged club.
My only difficulty has been the amount of offset - quite a lot! This makes it quite dificult to work the ball and can result in fades turning into straight pulls and gentle draws into big hooks.
Now, you might suggest that a 14 h'capper like me has no business trying to work the ball anyway (!) but I'm at that difficult stage where I really feel that I'm on the edge of 'the next step'. With this in mind I bought a set of Macgregor 1025cm (mixed set).
Now these are beautiful and great feeling clubs.
HOWEVER, a month later and I'm not hitting the ball so well. Maybe due to some health problems, but for whatever reason, the first thing I do is to get the DCIs back out - they still feel great and sold ball-striking returns!
A really great, no frills, high quality (make that super high quality) game improvement iron.
Buy them dirt cheap on ebay.

Customer Service:
Terrible in the UK. E-mailed them about my 905t driver - no response at all.

Similar Products Used:
Macgregor 1025cm

Reviewed by: AJW ,  Shoots in the 90s

Model Reviewed:
DCI oversize+ Black

Summary:
A very simple if not elegant set of clubs slightly square and chunky but devoid of any gimmickry. These irons are solid forgiving and dependable. Distance is good and consistent feel is solid and satisfactory and off center strikes are not punished very much at all. I've noticed that there particularly forgiving on slightly toped shots. there is a bit of off set but not so much that they're hard to align and its progressive so the short irons have none.

Customer Service:
never used

Similar Products Used:
Ben sayers top scots, ping eye 2, DCI Oversize+ in gold, Maxfli revolution and revolution midsize, hogan radiels