When I first started playing these irons I was hitting them 1 to 2 clubs short and too high.The key is swing speed.If you don't have enough you won't be able to play these irons.I love these irons,pin seeking lazers.First time out I walked away with all the skins money.Yeh man!

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The best.

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I recently purchased a used set of these irons and have enjoyed them very much. I originally bought a set last year for my son, so I have played with these some for almost a year. I have been playing with Ping I3 Blades for the last few years and prior to that I played Hogan Apex Blades. I haven't had the problem of balooning shots with these that some of the other reviewers have described, other than into a head wind, and all clubs will baloon to some degree into a stiff breeze. The ball flight is somewhat high, but about the same as my Pings. In normal conditions, these hold their trajectory quite well on a medium/high trajectory. The ball flight with the Hogan Apex irons were even higher than these. With the X-Tours, you can control the trajectory if you put the proper swing on it. When hitting knock down shots, I always take more club and take an easier swing. This imparts much less spin, consequently keeping the flight down. As far as working the ball, these irons will allow you to hit any shot you need if you have the ability to do so. Certainly not as easy as with a true blade, but the perimiter weighting is designed to help straighten out shots. These irons are also a little longer than my last two sets. About a club longer. I truly believe most golfers benefit from more forgiving irons. In my case I don't have the time anymore to play as much as I would like. In my opinion, to really benefit from playing with blades, even good golfers, need to play and/or practice a lot. My son is a very good golfer (player of the year in his conference as a Freshman, under 3 handicap), and I have noticed an improvement in his iron play since he switched from Mizuno MP-33's to the X-Tours. With any iron, there has to be some compromise. You have true blades, game improvement irons, and irons that are in between. The X-Tours are in between. They offer the soft feel of a forged iron and they also offer some forgiveness. Also, forged clubs are so much easier to set up for each individual. You can adjust lie angles and lofts so much easier than with cast irons. I think these irons will work very well for a large number of golfers.

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No experience

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Hogan Apex, Ping I3

Callaway X-tours are great, I don't know about everybodys individual position, but i am coming from a very old set of precept irons. Upgrading to the Callaway X-Tour for me is like trading in an old Volvo on a new Ferrari. Pity golf clubs dont pull chicks.

Awesome to look down onto the clubheads at address, perfectly weighted on the backswing and more forgiving than many of the oversized clubs that i tried. The ball flight is your typical Callaway flight. Long, with a boring trajectory that seems to cut through a breeze and 9 times out of 10, a gentle draw. Perfect!. I have never hit so many greens in regulation. Overall Callaway you not only get 5 cupcakes out of 5 from me, you get a new loyal customer.

I have recently purchased the callaway x-tour irons after getting tired of my Big Bertha 2002 Irons. When i first purchased the big bertha irons, i was a beginner. However, now i believe i have enough skills to play with the x-tour irons. I purchased them from callawaygolfpreowned.com for a like new price. Before I bought these irons however, I demoed them at a local pro shop. I tried the x-20, x-20 tours, big bertha 2006, and x-tour irons. After the demo, i felt pretty good about the x-tours byfar. They felt the best and ball flight was excellent...so that day, i went online and purchased these (r300) irons. A day later, I decided to go to the range to play a round(without practice) and shot a 101. Boy was I upset!!!! However, on my 2nd round, i played with them and shot a 90(close to my avg). I hope to gain another 10 strokes on my 3rd round! In all, the clubs are excellent, the more i practice with these, it makes me feel differently about the game of golf..the feel and ball control is just excellent... I should of gotten these clubs a long time ago..Thanks Callaway!!

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Excellent

Just spent a month extensively testing new irons. Have always been a Mizuno guy, but spent the past year playing cast cavity backs made by Precept. I could not wait to get back to blades, so I obviously began with Mizuno, but could not find a model that provided the forgiveness in the long irons comparable to the Precepts. Narrowed the search down to the MP-32's, Srixon 506 and Callaway X-Tours. Forgiveness alone narrowed it further to the Srixon 506's and the X-Tours. The X-Tours do not provide the feel of Mizuno or Srixon (very pleasantly surprised), but they are not designed to be pure players' irons. They are definitely a better player's irons but not a purist. I'm a bit of a digger (I take huge divots), so the X-tours were attractive due to their larger sole (the same reason Mickelson has yet to switch to the new X-Tour models), but I agree with many of the reviews here: these irons hit the ball high, but unlike most bottom weighted clubs, you do not feel like the ball will drift. It stays on line straight to the target. I have not had the opportunity to test them with the Rifle X shafts, but I'm sure it would help. Long irons are very forgiving without ballooning. You will see many used sets appear very soon as Callaway fans re-tool to the newest X-Tour Models. Would be a great opportunity to own a $1,000 set of irons for less than half. OH, by the way, I chose the Srixons based upon feel and trajectory control.

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Great

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MP-29, MP-14, MX-23, MP-32, Precept EC603, Srixon i-506

I finally broke down after 20 plus years and bought a set of game improvement irons. I'm not sure if I like these yet but these are my first impressions. I have the 2-PW outfitted with S300 shafts. The irons tend to fly high and bite very well. Poorly struck shots are no problem and shots that I should have missed by a mile are only missed by a few yards. Distance is average from other forged blades I've played. I'm able to shape shots adequately. Now what don't I like? I miss the feel, appearance and craftsmanship of a true forged blade! Now I may be somewhat of a purest but I don't play golf merely to shoot a low round, I play for the love of the game and the feel of the game. But it is hard to argue with results. Furthermore it is hard to keep up with my playing partners if they are playing with paddles for clubs and I am playing a small forged blade that will punish me severely for a poorly struck shot. In short, technology is here to stay and these are a decent entry for the former forged blade player such as myself. Generally a good club for just about any handicap.

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Prompt and curtious.

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Closest I can imagine is the Ping ISI Copper.

i had an earlier review and this is an update. these are still the best forged irons on the market bar none BUT im beating the crud out of these things. i had my 3rd "break" today. one back came off (8 iron), one face separated from the club (3 iron) and one shaft broke at the hozel. i never had these problems w/ my hogans but then again they were jsut a solid lump of steel.

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service has been good. quick. but its still annoying to have to use it every 4 months.

Absolutely great product, I expected some problems with the S 300 shaft, but to my surprise i could hit the irons high and long, even with the 3 irons.
one of the best Callaways ever, even for a 10 handicapper

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good

Since starting to golf two years ago I bought a set of Adams Idea irons which are super game improvement irons. I loved those irons and they treated me well but I decided I wanted to get alittle more blade like iron so I bought a set of Ping S59 black dots with no cushions. When I first demoed these irons I liked how they felt and played alright with them. I decided to look for a blade with a litte more forgiveness but still some workability. I tried some Titleist, Cobra,and Clevelands and none of them really lit my lantern. Then I tried the Callaway X-Tours and fell in love with them. Unlike the Pings the Callaways still have a smaller traditional fave but still basically a cavity back. I really liked these irons because they felt like they had some weight behind them unlike the Pings. Don't get me wrong the Pings are great clubs but I just like the feeling of the Callaways and I always know where the club is in my back swing. And the Callaways were the 2006 Golf Digest Editors Pick PLayesr Iron. The retail price of the X-Tours is pricy at $1000 but you can go on Callaway pre-owned and get brand new ones under like new for $635 shipped. I talked to the guy their and all of the X-Tour irons they currently carried are sent back from golf shops because they have been discontinued.

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Haven't needed any.

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Ping S59's

These clubs are amazing, they are suprisingly forgiving and have incredible length. Anyone who doesnt like these clubs musnt have gotten them fitted properly. Didnt anyone else look at the Golf Digest 2006 hot list, they were voted best players iron by far.

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Taylormade r7 tp, titleist 735cm, nike pro combo tour, mizuno mp 32, srixon i506, the list goes on but nothing was as good