Srixon makes only one iron model, but what a model it is. Although the Z-TX looks like a real players’ club with a relatively small head, thin top line and minimal offset, there’s enough “junk in the trunk” to make it appealing to even mid-handicaps.

Two tungsten weights in the heel and toe on the rear flange give these forged blades a higher moment of inertia for more forgiveness and lower center of gravity for higher ball flight. A “stepped sole,” which shortens the area that comes into contact with the ground, makes the longer irons play like shorter ones by improving turf interaction. And the iron’s thin face results in a 20 percent larger sweetspot.

“I have no problem working the ball with these clubs, because they feel and look just like a blade,” says a 7. “But they’re aren’t as many thin shots or mishits.”

$900 (3–PW), srixon.com

TESTING GROUNDS: Srixon Z-TX (6-iron, steel S flex)
BALL SPEED: 109 MPH
LAUNCH ANGLE: 19.2 degrees
BACKSPIN: 5,119 RPM
CARRY DISTANCE: 174.8 yards