This is as close to a players club as Callaway currently gets. This club has greater playability than the X-Tour, the only other forged club Callaway has produced recently. The sole of the X Forged is materially narrower than that of the X Tour, which makes it much better all around, but especially for chips and bumps around the green. The X forged doesn't have much cavity, so it is easier to cut or draw a ball versus the X Tour, which always wanted to go straight. The clubs do have a little more offset than a true players blade, but it is not enough to really bother me. Topline is much much thinner than the X Tour. The heads are OK, but what I consider a fairly generic forging. In my opinion they do not approach the feel or consistency of a quality Japanese forging, such as Miura or Mizuno. The forgiveness level is fine for a 10 handicap or better. I noticed no loss in distance as did some other reviewers. In fact, I noticed increased distance. The thing I like most about the club is the shaft - Project X Rifle Flighted 6.0. I usually play a DG S300. The X feels a little stiffer, but the trajectory is very penetrating and the dispersion is good. I may end up liking the X better than the DG. If you are a decent golfer and have never tried the X, you should try it. In terms of comparables, this head reminds me of the old TaylorMade 300 forging or the original (longer blade length) Titleist 690 CB. Not a bad effort from Callaway and clearly an attempt to produce an iron for lower handicaps.

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I have been reading with great interest the reviews on this set of clubs on this site, golf-gear-review, and golfdigest.com. One comment repeated enough times to garner my attention was the loss of distance and I have to admit it concerned me. Especially since I had not been hitting my TaylorMade Burner LCG's the distances I remember hitting my old clubs. But I suspected it was mostly my fault and worked especially hard on my swing the last 2 months. Finally, I have been hitting the TaylorMade's as far and accurately as I can remember hitting my old clubs for the last 2 weeks. I had always played blades because I always wanted to play something as reasonably close to a players club that I could. I always felt that even though my scores weren't especially low, it was more a lack of dedication than my lack of talent. Playing 9 holes a week on the local course with no range or practice time isn't enough to lower scores. I felt it was time to buy some forged blades to bring my game up a notch and push me even harder to work on my game. I went to Carls Golfland and demo'd the TaylorMade r7 TP, Callaway X-20, and the Callaway X-forged irons on the outdoor range.
My impressions after a couple small buckets of balls were that I hit the Callaways crisper and there was a jump off of the Callaways that I didn't feel with the TaylorMades. Distance-wise I did not notice a substantial difference between the X-20's or the X-forged. But the feel of the X-forged irons were absolutely pure. After the demo I was sold on the Callaway X-forged but was nervous about spending $900 on a set of irons I might not like once I had them in my bag and used them on the course. To protect some of my investment I went to Golfsmith because they have the 90/90 playability guarantee.
Evaluation of my swing came to the conclusion that the Project X 6.0 rifle shafts were the best fit for me. These are the same shafts that I demo'd on the clubs at Carls.
Well I took them out to the course last night with a few of my old clubs to compare. I know this is only after one round of golf, but these clubs feel better than the TaylorMades I have been playing and they give me a renewed confidence when I am standing over them.
First impression : All the clubs feel great in my hands, ball gets up quickly on long irons, and the distance is definitely as long and longer in some cases on all clubs. Examples :7 iron - overall accuracy better and distance 10+ yards longer on some shots. 3 iron - overall accuracy better and ball gets up in the air better. I hit better shots than I have with the Taylor mades. Distance-wise,it is definitely not shorter. I will definitely have to dial these clubs in, but for a diferent reason than my original concern. I don't know why some people were getting the shorter distances, but that is definitely not the case in my situation. I agree that possibly, it's because the people who were getting shorter distances with the X forged may have been coming from using clubs with entirely different loft degrees.

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finally, callaways brought out an iron which wouldn't crack a mirror. These irons actually look good for a change. callaway have truely latched onto the better player aesthetic with a nice thin topline and compact blade lenght without forgetting that these need to be used by the mortal man. They really aren't that hard to hit, on part with my half cavity hogans but the looks put them over the hogans, the inspire confidence. Weight wise they're about the same as hogans so therefore are pretty hefty, good if u hook the ball but bad if u slice it, a heavy club impeeds the release so look at ur options.

in conclusion workable, good looking but perhaps not too cheap but essentially most forged irons are very similar, its all down to the minor details, they'll perform about the same

btw if people report distance loss it probably as a result of more old fashion lofts newer irons are about 2-3 degrees strong

I've been using Minuzo MP60 with DG300S for the past two years and was happy with the way it performed. When I heard about the new Callaway X Forged irons I decided to try out. After spending some time on the range with demo clubs I really liked the way X Forged performed. Great look and great stock shaft (Project X Flighted). Compared to the Mizuno MP60 DG300S, Callaway X-Forged with Project X Flighted offers less shot dispersion and better trajectory on the long irons. Highly recommend this irons if you are in a market for new forged blade irons.

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I have been playing Titleist 690.MB blades for the last few years and though I really like the irons, I was just looking for a change. I wanted something with a small head like a blade, but with a little more forgiveness. I tried various products, but nothing impressed me as much as the x-forged irons. I love the look and the feel of these irons and the rifle shafts are just icing on the cake. They look good at address, have a great trajectory and give me about 1 club more distance over the blades. The feedback and workability are also great. Overall, I couldn't be happier with them. Give them a try and I bet you'll love them too.

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I have been playing with the callaway x-forged irons with the project x 6.0 Flighted shafts for about 3 months now... I love the feel of a well struck shot leaving the face of these club.. The ball just jumps off the face and usually has a penetrating trajectory..Easy to hit.. as stated before mis-hits are not to bad but you do get immediate feedback...
Also, I don't understand that the club feels to light to some.. with the 6.0 shafts the clubs have a substantial feel to them..
Excellent clubs

First off, the person below me obviously can't play golf and would leave a negative review for every club. Secondly, Phil plays with X-tour irons, not x-forged.

These irons are TRULY players irons. The forged heads are really soft, and provide excellent feedback for mis-hits. When you strike the ball well, you know it. The feel is unmatched in any club I've ever hit. Very soft. The blade goes through the grass so easily. The trajectory is high, very high. So there isn't a lot of roll after the ball hits the ground, which I prefer. You dont have to be a pro to play with these. Shot-shaping is easily done. The blade is thin, which I also prefer.

Really great irons, I will keep for a long time.

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Haven't used yet. But I hear it's unparalled.

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I just put these irons in the bag about a month ago and could not wait to take them out.I have the project x 6.0 in them and the shafts are way to light for a normal project x I probaly lost ten yards playing these irons. Just when you thought callaway could make a good iron thy go and messed it up again way to go phil miss another cut.

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I just recently replaced my Cleveland TA-5s with these. The big drawing point for me were the Project X shafts. I have long been using the S300 shafts, but I found the stiffness of the Project X 6.0 a bit more suitable for my swing. I can really go at these irons and the higher irons are like lazers. Very penetrating ball flight. I might have lost a little bit of distance but have gained accuracy. The longer irons are surprisingly easier to hit than I thought they would be. My ball flight is a slight draw, but I can easily produce slight fade with the lower irons. The flighted shafts do help to get the ball up in the air with the lower irons. With easy swings I can easily put my 3-iron out there about 210-215. As far as forgiveness, I have found that mis hits are not really too bad. My usually mis hit is off the toe and when I do with these, it's really not too bad. I know some people have complained a bit about the Project X shafts, but I love them. I feel very compact with these shafts and irons. As far as the feel of the club, I have never used blades or player's irons before, so I don't have a good comparison, but they probably don't have the feel of MP-60s I was trying. I am just starting to work the ball a bit and I would say from my practice trying to fade the ball a bit you can definitely shape them a bit more. I just firmed up my left hand grip and with the outside in swing, I can producing a nice slight fade. I don't really have to work to hard with these clubs. So far I love them.

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It's Callaway, so they are always doing a good job.

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