2012 Buyers’ Guide for Irons

We have three prices for custom iron sets:  $1750, $1050 and $675.  A set is seven clubs, hand-built with premium shafts to your precise specifications.

Price per club:  $250, $150, and $95.

The only difference is the club head.

$250 buys a hand-built to specification iron from the best artisan foundries in Japan – Miura or Vega.  Miura and Vega are tiny but they are the world leaders in forged iron heads.  Your choice of premium shaft is included.

$150 buys a lightly used hand-built iron from one of the top companies.  The only difference is that the club has been lightly played.  We always have a nice selection of recent Mizunos, Miuras, Vegas and Playable Classic models.  Your choice of premium shafts is included.

$675 buys a set of irons that will take the occasional golfer to the “next level”.  We offer head designs to match a player’s skill level.  We focus is on correct length, weight, balance, flex and grip.  These clubs are built with the same high quality shafts and finished with the same meticulous methods that we use on more expensive sets.  The only difference is the club head.  The shaft can be reinstalled in new heads should you decide to change head styles.

Graphite shaft choices are top of the line Aerotech, Matrix, Mitsubishi, Fujikura, Accra and UST.  Steel shafts are the KB Tour “C-Taper”, the Nippon Modus 3, the Shimada Pro and Tour, KB Tour and True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour.  All iron sets are hand-built to specification.

We also provide new Mizuno and Adams irons.  After a fitting, we order a custom set as close as possible to your specifications from choices available from the company custom shop.  Price is “street price – matching big box advertised prices.

We recommend taking advantage of the Golf Lab Performance Club Rental Program to test for shaft feel and ball flight.  The Nippon 950 is the most popular lightweight steel shaft in the world.  Why not see whether you like Nippon steel or high-performance graphite better?  If you choose graphite over steel, the next step is to choose for feel among Matrix, Aerotech, Mitsubishi and Fujikura.  Now that you’ve got feel, how about flex?  You’ll see the ball flight and feel the dirt.  Then you’ll know.

When it comes to frequency slope and balance – swing weight or moment of inertia (MOI) – we are non-denominational.  Our preference is for MOI over swing weight for balancing iron sets.  If you have a preference, we’ll build your clubs your way.  If not, we’ll build them our way.

If price is no object, we will always recommend new Miura or Vega irons – matched up with a premium shaft from Aerotech, Matrix, Mitsubishi, Nippon or KBS.  If $250 per iron is OK – you’re done.  Any Tour Player could find his heart’s desire in those choices.  Go to “Iron Set Makeup”.

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