The Ultimate Game-Improvement Iron Test | Trackman testing & comparison 

It would be great if an average golfer that hits around the clubface could test these irons that are made for the average golfer so we can see how these irons perform. This robot dude test would be good for like .000000001% of golfers with a consistent swing like this. Keep the test videos coming, really enjoy them!

We couldn't be more excited to share this ultimate testing video with you. Be sure to subscribe so you can get alerts for our next #fitter friday video and don't miss another premier. Master fitter Thomas Campbell will be available to answer your burning questions on comparing today's top game improvement irons. If he is not able to answer your questions during the premier be sure to leave them in the comments section and he will be sure to respond there.

Well that gent hitting the shots certainly doesn’t need game improvement irons

Great video as always guys. Very informative.

Thanks guys, I enjoy watching your videos. If possible can you guys spend a few minutes on Jumbo Max grips, I switched to them 3 years ago in the 5/16ths size and I love them, what a feel.

Wow, You are a machine, that is some seriously consistent hitting! awesome video.

I really enjoyed this mega test. So many good iron brands to choose from makes it difficult to make a choice. However, I was most impressed with both Callaway irons and the Cobra Speed Zone. It is also entertaining and instructive to watch such a consistent and mechanically correct swing.

This is the benchmark method of club testing for the video audience. Great job guys. Latest hybrids next please, drivers, then fairways. Yikes, perhaps a lie down after that. 😀

Looking at the dispersion of the test you really didn't touch on the T300 which going off this test was amazing IMO.You pulled one slightly left. And the stats match anything there & better.

The Clubs you tested back in 2020 are the clubs to buy in 2022/2023 Slightly used. You can save a lot of money and still have High quality Clubs.

Great review, but you needed the Wilson D7 for a complete comparison instead of just the popular. I was shocked when I was told to try the Wilson D7 when comparing before my new purchase. Behold I bought the D7's and never looked back. I'm a eight handicap and Love the consistency and especially the distance.

Nicely done... Thanks for this. Timely!

Bought the Mav Max this year. 63 years old, 7 handicap. Coming from Calloway x22 Tour. I’m getting older and just wanted to find the sweet spot a little easier and l little distance help. First three games had to get over the SGI look with the big top line and offset. Second three games......hmmmmmm....these might work out. After.......oh baby! Once I started hitting them with confidence my distance control was fantastic, proximity to pin on approach shots was 33% better and rarely hit a big offline shot. Handicap is now 5.5. 👍🏻

(Following Ben's comment) I consider myself a mid-handicapper (hcp 16-17) and I do appreciate very much this video! It's a rare chance to see so many irons relevant to my play being tested and compared together with concrete data. Thanks to Thomas' consistent swing, which I could only dream of, I think I got quite some good info about those clubs' performance under 'near-ideal' situation. I don't care so much of the extra distance due to stronger loft, but I am very keen to understand spin, peak height, decent angle and carry dispersion with similar swings (meaning similar club head data). This video provides lots of such info! Thanks! I think I understand somehow the difficulty to test with mid-handicappers commented by Thomas. Look at the trajectory and landing of my own shots on Trackman or GC Quad. It's typically a mess! However, we don't need to create a nice and neat trajectory pattern. What I care most is the percentage of good and ok shots I can produce! For example, my 7-iron club speed is just below 80 mph instead of over 90. I can only occasionally deliver an 'ideal' swing. If I hit 7 iron 10 times on course, I might got 3 good shots, 3 ok or mediocre, 3 bad ones plus 1 disastrous. I don't expect any club to fix my shank or duffed shots but I do hope to know which clubs may improve my good shots and raise my percentage of 'OK-shots'. Golf is a percentage game! I have for long time envisioned that someone can make series of 'mid handicapper tests' like below: - An average mid handicapper (15-18?) with more or less balanced skill set, e.g. 7-iron speed

Great stuff! Its so good to have someone that can hit more than two decent shots in a row doing these comparisons and other club testing. My preference would be to see more than 5 shots for each club but understand time constraints there are. One thing that I'm not sure you cover (more club review than comparison) is the number/type of shafts and upgrades are available for respective manufacturers.👍👍👍

I just purchased Marvrik Max irons, feel is great and first time used in a round missed a hole in one to 4 inches on a 185 yard hole, par 3. Never had that happen before. Easy to make 200 yard fairway shots, very happy with irons..

Great reviews! Excellent job!

Great review. Thanks.

Great Job !! with that Robotic swing- No need to look at clubs!! Maybe We all Need Lessons, more than equipment!!!

Most consistent swing I have ever seen! Perfect for comparisons

Great video. Really good feedback on comparison of irons. Lots of work you have done, which makes my decision making a lot easier. Thanks

Great video. Good selection of sticks for the everyday golfer. There are a lot to choose from. Just make sure that you an see a fitter and compare numbers on a launch monitor to see the right iron for your swing.

Thomas is a top quality robot.......

Man Thomas !! Good thing your Peter is not long enough to keep you at home , or we viewers would not see such a clear and explicit evaluation of these 2020 game improvement irons bud !! I’m in the market for replacing my P790 irons and after watching this review I believe I’ve narrowed down my choices to the T300 and the callaway Mavrik irons. Great job fellas

Great review, when I packed up 8 years ago off +3 handicap by 7 iron was 34.5 degrees, did i see a 28 degree 7 iron?

Nice review guys. Thank you for the comparison. I’ve been looking at the Srixon 585s and the Ping 710s. Both performed well for you. I’m thinking of going to graphite as I’m getting older and not as flexible. Thoughts???

those are basically my 5 iron about .5 degrees loft difference. what a difference 2 decades makes

Thomas is roasting the ball!

Who needs iron Byron when you have a Thomas.

have you tested any of the Tour Edge 2020 product line

Great review good to see so many models keep them coming. What about the Cobra T rail versus the Wilson Launchpad and Cleveland HB Turbo. What difference against the best super game improvement traditional irons?

I hit the mavericks today. Not the max but the regular ones. Not the pros either. It felt so pure was getting around 209 total distance with 7. I think I might get those

Very informative video. Dude in the pink needs to let his hands get some sunlight tho..wow.

Don't know it you noticed but the cobra had the second highest smash factor.

Great effort!. With this “indian”, any arrow will do its job. From what I’ve seen, the most appropriate for me would be the Titleist, although my heart goes to Mizuno and Srixon.

what kind of adidas shoes is thomas wearing?

Now I know why I fade my 919'S so much. Thought it was there midsize grip

is there a ranking here? I didn't watch the end, kind of skipped around, but I feel like I have no idea which one to get after the 10 different sets

I used to watch Drew on the Vikings Territory videos.

ask for recommendation: t300 or sim max or mavirk

Great video, thanks I currently play Callaway Rouge pro stiff steel, 10 handicap I have lost distance and sweet spot harder to find lately Which club fits my club profile but would have distance forgiveness help

Is it just me or does Thomas take every opportunity possible to just stare through your soul? I mean the camera lens probably had to look away at some point!!! 🤣 great video though

Wilson d7 are great for mid handicappers and are great value!

It has to be asked- Thomas, what iron set do you hit as your gamer?

Needed to be tested with 80 mph swing speed and a 2 piece game improvement ball and a regular shaft.

So much Mavrik love and very little Cobra love until the end as it was actually the best club tested. No one who uses these should be concerned on how well they can draw the ball. If they are, they should buy a different type of club. For these clubs it is about getting the ball up in the air, getting some distance and HITTING THEM STRAIGHT. If you take out the one right outlier with the Cobra, you have one of the top east/west dispersions circles (it goes straight!) and you have pretty much a top 2 distance club without having bottom 2 spin. Perfect! Another thing not even talked about was north/south dispersion which Cobra was best at hands down. Even with a pro hitting here, look how bad the Mavrik was at inconsistent distances. On green approaches, maybe the best and most important factor of all, the Cobra wins here. No one wants to have one shot land short to have their next shot fly the green, always a complaint of the super game improvement iron. Great comparison, just think you left out out some important info. Too much talk about workability for this type of club. People who need these types of clubs have no business worrying about how much they can work the ball. Forgiving clubheads, that give some added distance, fly dead straight and have decent spin should be the focus. Cobra wins in my book. Still a great video.

Great video guys

Hi Thomas, I've been enjoying your reviews, great job! One question, y did you skip the distance numbers in this review?

What irons for beginners? I have Wilson Di 11s atm and want some never clubs. Could anyone help?

Nice video, though if you take that long for every shot, I'd hate to play a round with you!

id like to see a review where a beginner golfer is used to review

I've just changed from TM PSI TOUR FORGED to Srixon Z585 but due to lockdown havent had the chance to hit them in anger yet. I'd appreciate your thoughts on what difference I may see and feel? Thanks Mark

Wholy smokes...the Maverik's "7 iron" loft is the same as my Mizuno MP5 "5 iron".

Hai that's great video review, i'm high handicap, im playing golf juat for fun, could you recomend to me from all iron you alread tested, which one the best super game improvment and most forgiving iron? Easy swing thank you

no wilson D7 test??

i remember the last time i got fitted was 2007, and at the time i was considered a long ball hitter, and i hit my 7 iron 162 carry lol and driver 286 average. But after a 2011 injury i quit golf for 6 years. I think it may be time to take golf seriously again !!!! wish me luck

Hmm, in the other video you tested Srixon Z585 as a Player Distance iron and in this video it is a game-improvement iron Which category it really belong?

This guy is so consistent....is he a robot?

Very nice quality of test, but Question: How is this testing the forgiveness of game improvement and super game improvement irons when the guy hitting them is basically flushing almost every shot on the sweet spot of the face? As an example, looking at the Srixon Z85, how the heck is a club with that thin of a top line and that narrow of a sole a game improvement iron? With that narrow of a sole in particular a high handicapper will likely be digging that thing into the ground hitting fat shots constantly if they are really a high handicapper IMO.

What about p790's?

Calaway mav looks strong

i love your channel but given game improvement clubs are for people that don’t hit the sweet spot every time or have perfect swing paths etc what does this tell us?

OMG. 27 degrees on a 7 iron! My set has stronger lofts than my previous and 27 degrees is my 6 iron. So a few years ago that would be a 5 :-(

How are those smash factors possible? 7-iron should be around 1.35. Is Trackman working properly on a that short indoor space? PGA average is 1.33. They play mostly with traditional lofts but still 1.4 and even almost 1.5 seems impossible.

Hi I’m in market for game improvement irons so thanks for the great video I would like to be able to get a copy of the stats to help me make a smart purchase

Please add Srixon ZX4 to this test

All 7 irons?

super

Why did you not include P790's?

Love the tests and data ,but why o why do you do this with a very low handicapper , as these irons are designed as game improvement aimed at mid to high handicap golfer ,would like the test repeated with a more real world swing and swing speed along with the inconsistences that would bring then we would have a more realistic comparison ,, ??? btw great content on other vids and you have a new subscriber

I think it would be a much better test, with a decent mid handicapper, with a swing speed of around 80. I know my 7 iron swing speed is about 79mph. Plus you are going to get a few more mishits and can judge how much forgiveness there is.

Normal Mavrik looks great

Just bought the sim max OS iron combo set with USB recoil shafts. Turned out the best for me...85 swing speed high handicapper.

Nice review guys, but ya missed one that is every bit as good as any of those tested at a far better price point. Drum roll please.......Cleveland Launcher HB irons & the new HB Launcher Turbo irons. I've been gaming them for the last couple years, and ya, they are pretty much point and shoot. I'll bet if you factored in price, the Clevelands would win hands down every time .

How do I get a swing like that? 😆

My Ping Eye 2 irons perform similarly to all these. They are 25 years old. Iron technology hasn't moved much.

Damn. My 7 is 32 degrees.

SIM Max - "The average curve was nothing". Sure, on average. But ±14 in consistency, way more dispersion than the others. So not really zero, hey.

Q: why the back spin # are so low? A: Hi it's Thomas Campbell. Yes the backspin numbers are lower partially becuase they are game improvement irons. When there is less loft on a club the ball will spin less and the 7irons are stronger than more players category irons. Also I do hit a little draw when the ball curves to the left it will spin less, curve to the right will spin more. Good news is the irons are designed to fly higher so that still provides stopping power on the greens.

So we’re you guys hitting a 7 iron or 6

+200 yard 7-iron shots? Okay, if you are going to test GI clubs, you should use a hack player that actually needs GI help. I have trouble relating. You kind of invalidated the test for me. Great effort, though.

If you like hitting a draw the jpx dose not draw well I bought them and I definitely didn't like them because I like to hit a draw I have 2 years old forged version and they stay on a shelf .

I like the reviews but to have a skilled ball striker hit game improvement clubs don’t tell us anything.. get a 18-28 handicap hack some of them..that would prove more info then a great player hitting them.

Tommy Armour atomic Max 2019 model can out hits all of these

Can these “game improvement “ irons hinder you game improvement since you can consistently hit the ball off center and not pay a real penalty for it ??

I always wonder why people testing game improvement irons aren’t the ones who need game improvement irons. I have never seen anyone who needed GI irons hit a 7 iron 200 yards. Maybe you should use a weekend hacker who can barely break 80. If said hacker hit those irons 200 yards without changing his/her swing then you can call them game improvement irons.

Maybe the ultimate game improvement club should be swung by the player that really needs the "ultimate" help. Seems that would be more helpful than this.

who needs to hit a 7 iron 200+ yards?

The lofts actually make me feel ill.

Anyone that plays jacked up lofts better carry 5 wedges or more to cove gapping and better be awesome at short game

195-200 yard 7 irons, lord help me.

Prov 1 x no high handicap player should be playing those balls wtf.

Hitting 5 iron lofts with 5 iron spin rates. Companies have lost the plot

It should be illegal to mill a 7 into a 5 iron and cut off a inch or two from the handle.

Need an average golfer hitting these for a valid test....

Unless every ball is hit with a machine the numbers mean nothing ,,

No disrespect meant since you two guys seem genuinely nice and well intentioned, but having a guy who swings his irons faster than 90% of the golfing population swings a driver test game improvement irons when he's obviously played blades or player's irons his entire life is about as useful for those of us seeking reasonable comparisons for our skill level and swing speeds as Lebron James showing us how to dunk on a 12 foot rim. You don't have anyone who works at 2nd Swing who would be more representative of the speeds and types of players who would be playing these types of irons?

Why not have someone test these who needs a game improvement iron. Having a pro is useless.

Why don’t you have an mid handicap golfer try these? Having a pro hit them helps nobody.

200 yard 7 iron. Game improvement irons are for BEGINNERS. Lol