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Testing Grounds:
Flying High

HANDICAP: Low (0-9)

This is the club that helped Jim Furyk rise to No. 2 in the world. The Srixon I-506 looks like a classic blade. But underneath the thin top line, minimal offset and smallish head, the I-506’s heavy sole weighting gives the club a nice heft and helps get the ball up quickly and easily. It did the job so well that the ball flight surprised our testers. “I hit some 6-irons on the range,” says an 8, “and the ball flew so high that I had to make sure I hadn’t picked up a 9-iron by mistake.”

Even long irons fly high, thanks to a center of gravity that moves back from the face progressively through the set. “You can really feel the head and the ball flies high,” says a scratch. “I just wouldn’t use them in the winds of west Texas or in Scotland.”

Srixon I-506 irons:

Bottom Line:	High and mighty
Retail Price:	$1,000 steel, $1,200 graphite (3–PW)
Contact:	srixon.com, 888-477-4966

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