Difficult for me to be unbiased because I think all of our irons feel great. Feel is such an important part of what we strive for in any of our designs. That being said, the mass and dimensional characteristics ultimately determine how forgiving an iron will be and contribute to the overall feel as well, especially on off center hits. Our most forgiving, based on the MPF numbers, is the KE4 MAX iron. I think for an Ultra Game Improvement club it feels as good as any we have done. It is so stable it literally feels like a soft material (carbon steel) iron even though it is cast from from 17-4 stainless. Cast, forged, different materials really don’t matter since we can heat treat any material to create a feel that one might not expect from the material, but the perception is that Investment cast from a 17-4 would not feel as soft as a forged carbon steel head. Not the case, in my opinion, on the KE4 Max.
I really like our TS line, all of them. The TS3 has been our best seller, the new TS3.5 should do as well, and the TS4, TS1-IM, and TE+ all feel fantastic. The newest KE4 Forged, which we just got in, may be the most surprising. One of our guys (Pete, who did the design) has played it the last few rounds and he said it’s “unbelievable”. Says it’s long, but trajectory is still normal even with the stronger lofts and feels like a true forged iron, which it is. I’ve hit it too, and it is really good, and long, and feels great.
So, I would consider what you need from a forgiveness standpoint, then consider what you prefer to look at, and then make your choice to try one. Try a #7 iron first, before investing in the whole set. Everyone is different when it comes to feel, so you want to be sure the feel, and performance, is what you are looking for. I will add that no matter what you choose, it should feel and perform better than your old Hogans. I’m a big Hogan fan, but we have come a long way in what we know about iron design, and those, along with a lot of irons of that era were simply not as playable as many designs we see today.
Britt Lindsey
I have a TS3 7-iron and KE4 Max 4-iron. I am a new player, very high handicap. The TS3 is super easy to hit and feels amazing as a forged iron. I really don’t know how something could be more “forgiving” than that. The KE4 is ok. I don’t have long irons dialed in quite yet, but even hitting the KE4 well doesn’t feel as good as the TS3. The KE4 feels bulkier, probably from the higher swing weight and added length. I will be getting a full set of TS3’s in the future for sure.