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Please refer to the club fitting guide below to ensure that you purchase clubs with specifications that are best suited to your game. If you don't know your exact specifications, you can still shop with Callaway Golf Europe Certified Pre-Owned. All purchases come with a 14-Day 'No Obligation' Trial Period, so if you're not sure the club you've ordered suits your game, you can return it to us for a full refund on the product price (refer to our Returns Policy for more information)

Choosing The Right Golf Club For Your Game

Callaway Golf Certified Pre-Owned stocks a wide range of pre-owned Callaway Golf, Odyssey Golf and Odyssey Toulon golf clubs. On every product page on the site, there is a grid which displays all of the available stock of that specific club we have for sale. The grid features a number of columns which describe the specification of the golf club, starting with 'Head Hand' on the left-hand side (which always displays either 'Left Hand' or 'Right Hand'). The right-hand side of the grid displays the condition options we have available, from 'Like New' through to 'Average' condition.

Choosing the correct loft in your driver is critical in producing a proper launch angle. Golfers with a slower swing speed will benefit from a higher lofted driver (as it helps to get the ball in the air more easily) and the result will be higher trajectory, longer carry, and greater distance. Look at your average swing speed in order to determine the proper loft for your driver:

*Most Callaway Golf drivers come with a loft setting of 9, 10.5 or 12 degrees of loft, and can be adjusted to either -1 or +2 degrees of loft.

Shaft Flex:

Choosing the right shaft flex for your game is crucial: without the correct flex, golfers will have a harder time making solid contact with the ball on a consistent basis, affecting the direction and distance of their shots. As a general guide, you can determine your shaft flex based on your clubhead speed:

*If you're at the lower end of your clubhead speed category, select a shaft weight at the lower end of the scale, and vice versa.

Shaft Length:

Choosing the correct length of shaft will ensure you have the optimum level of control over your driver. The standard length of a driver is 45.75'' for men and 44.75'' for women. Your height and your level of control over the driver will determine the correct shaft length for you. A shorter golfer should go down 0.5'' to 1''. A golfer with less control over their driver might also consider going down by 0.5'' to 1''.

Shaft Material:

Irons come with either graphite or steel shafts. Golfers with a lower swing speed would generally perform better with a graphite shaft, as it can help with getting the ball in the air.

Choosing the right shaft flex in your irons is vital in making solid contact with the ball on a consistent basis. With the correct flex, golfers will see more accuracy and longer distance on the shots. Follow this guide for determining which flex and weight is right for your game:

Head Lie Angle:

Getting the correct lie angle of your iron will ensure the position of the club head at address and impact will strike the ground, rather than the heel or toe. A club which is too upright for a golfer will cause the clubface to close, resulting in a pull or a hook (for right-handed players), which a club which is too flat will hit the ground with the toe, causing the clubface to open and resulting in a push or a slice (for right-handed players).

Use this guide to determine which club length and lie is right for you, based on your height and wrist-to-floor measurement:

Selecting the correct club length will ensure the golfer is in the address position which can be maintained throughout the golf swing. Too long a club length will cause a shorter player to stand too upright, while too short a club length will cause a taller player to stoop over the club.

The degrees of head loft in a wedge determine which type of wedge it is. The higher degree of loft in a wedge, the higher the shot.

Head Bounce:

Head grind:.

Wedges come with either graphite or steel shafts, although steel shafts are more common. Golfers with a lower swing speed would generally perform better with a graphite shaft, as it can help with getting the ball in the air.

Getting the correct lie angle of your wedge will ensure the position of the club head at address and impact will strike the ground, rather than the heel or toe. A club which is too upright for a golfer will cause the clubface to close, resulting in a pull or a hook (for right-handed players), which a club which is too flat will hit the ground with the toe, causing the clubface to open and resulting in a push or a slice (for right-handed players).

Selecting the correct club length will ensure the golfer is in the address position which can be maintained throughout the golf swing. Too long a club length will cause a shorter player to stand too upright, while too short a club length will cause a taller player too stoop over the club.

Always a high quality grip.

No signs of any wear or use.No bag wear.

Perfect sharp grooves with scoring lines and paint fully intact.

May have a few brush marks but otherwise perfect.

Woods Top/Crown

Minor signs of wear from normal use. Paint may have a small scratch or chip, but they will be barely visible.

Irons Topline/Body

Few cosmetic scratches from rubbing against other clubs but medallions and overall condition is great.

Matching model specific head cover included.

Slight signs of wear or use. Graphics still in place. No bag wear. May have a few paint chips from rubbing against other clubs but are otherwise structurally perfect.

Polished look of Like New but with slightly more signs of play. All of paint-fill still in the grooves.

Polished look Like New but with a bit more wear. Light wear from where club has brushed through the grass in play.

Generic Callaway Head cover included where the matching original is unavailable.

Graphics are still completely visible and little, if any, bag wear.

Normal scratches from shot impacts that will not affect performance. Grooves are still sharp and in great condition.

Normal scratches from a couple of seasons of use. These scratches are common for the polished soles on most Callaway Golf woods. Scratches and wear consistent with steady use but no dents or damage that will affect the weight or structural integrity of the club.

Might have some small chips or scratches but will not be visible without close inspection.

Scratches and wear consistent with steady use but no dents or damage that will affect the weight or structural integrity of the club.

Graphics may be worn off in places and paint may have worn away. Shafts are still in perfect working condition

Grooves will have typical wear from frequent play and nicks that will not affect playability. Paint-fill in grooves may be worn or missing in places.

Typical scratches from heavy use but no imperfections that will affect performance. Such scratches are common on polished soles with most Callaway Golf painted woods. Paint may be missing in areas.

May have ball marks or pop-up marks where the paint meets the crown. Paint chips more prevalent in areas from rubbing against other clubs in the bag but no dents or damage that will affect performance.

Normal scratches and nicks from rubbing other clubs that affect appearance, but not the playability of the club.

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The Callaway X Forged CB Irons are beautiful and have stellar, soft feel.  Tungsten weighting makes them surprisingly easy to hit.  Plenty of ball speed.  Strong trajectory.

Introduction

In a fall that’s absolutely packed with great players irons, the Callaway X Forged CB created plenty of buzz of its own.  This is an iron with a strong pedigree that still has a unique look.  I tested a set to see how its performance stacked up against the best in class.

Like many recent players irons, the Callaway X Forged CB irons aim to blend a traditional shape with something new and eye-catching .  In this case, that something new is the external tungsten weight screwed into the back of the head.  This focal point is balanced with minimal branding, a simple cavity, and a clean, angular shape.

At address, the X Forged CB looks gorgeous .  The face is compact with just a little offset, and the top line is thinner than many of its peers.  For the high end player (or any player with high end taste), this is the kind of club that makes you want to head straight to the range.

Sound & Feel

The body of the X Forged CB irons are, as the name suggests, forged from 1025 mild carbon steel.  However, the iron is actually a mix of materials including metal injection molded (MIM’d) tungsten.  Though this construction is very high tech, the feel at impact is decidedly classic .

With a Tour-quality golf ball, impact is whisper quiet.  This enhances the soft, buttery feel off the center of the face .  What surprised me was the gentle feedback.  With a players iron, I expect a sharper rebuke when I miss the center, but the X Forged CB firmed up only a little.  This was an early hint at the surprising stability and forgiveness.

Performance

Thanks to record-setting warmth in Chicago, I was able to spend time with the Callaway X Forged CB irons both indoors and out.  Each setting shined a light on a different part of this set’s strong performance.

On the launch monitor, the thing that stood out was how consistent the numbers were .  That starts with ball speed that doesn’t jump up and down between pure and mishit shots.  This club has plenty of speed on center, and it retains the vast majority of its speed even on fairly bad misses.  The launch and spin numbers are also robust, particularly on thin strikes.

When testing outdoors, I was struck by the strength of the ball flight and the way the Project X IO shafts compliment this set.  Compared to similar irons, the X Forged CB launches the ball on a more boring trajectory .  There’s ample spin to hold a green, but the spin is low enough that shot shapes tend to stay fairly small unless you make a Bubba Watson-style swing.

I started my testing with the short irons and saw the set’s strong ball flight.  This made me wonder how practical the long irons would be for a regular player.  When I got to the 4I, I was pleased to find that the modern-traditional lofts and Project X IO shafts [review HERE ] help to elevate the long irons to playable trajectories .  Any player with the ability to game this set should not be scared to at least try the 4I.

The Callaway X Forged CB have carved out their own space in this season of players irons by blending excellent forgiveness with alluring looks.  This set allows skilled players to choose their own trajectory, defaulting to a strong, penetrating ball flight.

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Matt, thanks for the review. Any more insight into IO shaft? And any other models (project x or others) you think are similar?

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I’ll have a full review of the Project X IO in the near future.

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How do these compare to the ZX7? Is trajectory the biggest difference? Thanks

I have a full review of the ZX7 here: https://pluggedingolf.com/srixon-zx7-irons-review/ The X Forged CB has a slightly stronger trajectory, the ZX7 is a little more forgiving.

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When you say forgiving are you speaking in terms of strictly ball speed off center hits? I don’t need any help with distance I’m more curious which one spins less. I want to shape the ball but I want something slightly less responsive than my current iron mp18 Mmc. I strike the ball well and I know what direction it’s going to move but sometimes it just gets really exaggerated.

Ball speed on off center hits is part of it. I also consider what a club does with thin strikes, stability on toe/heel strikes, robustness of launch and spin. If you’re looking for something that specific, all I can recommend is getting fit. With a few possible exceptions, most of the irons in this category are going to be so close that it will come down to fit and how the club works with your swing. And shaft fit.

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I have a set of older X forged irons and I hit a real high trajectory and my ball rolls maybe 2 feet . Do these new X forged irons flatten out the trajectory at all because I loose too much distance.

I have no way of knowing how these will compare to your current irons, but, as I said in the review, these irons tend to be a little lower launching than other current players irons.

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Been gaming these for about 3 weeks now. Went with the MMT graphite and could not be happier. Agree on all points regarding feel, looks, forgiveness, workability and distance. I went with 5-PW but am thinking about picking up a gap wedge also but they are backordered for 4 -6 weeks.

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I just got fitted for these with modus tour 120 X shafts… I have only hit the 7 iron so far to be fair … and it’s to cold to golf where I live until spring but I did love these. Just as you said the miss hits were very forgiving and distances were consistent … I needed an iron that brought my spin down a bit since on my last set ( 10 years old ) my ball flight tended to balloon a bit. I am a 5 handicap btw

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Hello – How would you compare these irons to the Taylormade P7MC and P770?

They’re not in the same category as the P770. Compared to the P7MC, they’re quite similar. I prefer the Callaway on looks and feel. There are full reviews of both on the site.

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Great reviews as always! I am looking at buying these as well and was curious what do you mean when saying they are not in the same category as the P770? Meaning the latter is less blade than the Callaway or the Taylormade’s are way better in your mind? Thanks!

The 770 is a hollow body iron which the X Forged is not, so it’s not correct, in my opinion, to compare them apples to apples. I didn’t mean it to say one is better, just that they’re different.

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How do these compare to Callaway’s Apex 19?

The Apex is slightly larger and more forgiving.

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Sounds like they’re almost the perfect set of irons!

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Are these comparable (forgiveness wise ) to something like a 718 ap2

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Matt— curious how you would compare these to the ‘18 x forged in terms of shape and feel? I loved the ‘18 model so wondering if these are more similar. When I tested the previous model the sole designed just worked really well for my delivery. One of the better feeling irons in this category. Thanks!

It’s been about three years since I hit the ’18 version, so I’ll defer to whatever I said in my review: https://pluggedingolf.com/callaway-x-forged-irons-review/

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Matt, what is the difference in the shafts on a Forged CB Callaway clubs.

I’m sorry, I’m not sure what you’re asking.

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Matt-I am a fairly good ball striker, I currently play Titleist 712 MB’s, my driver swing speed is in the low 120s, Would you suggest the Callaway Apex Pro 21 or the X Forged CB 21?

As always, I would recommend getting a fitting. If you’re asking what’s most similar to your current irons, it would be the X Forged CB.

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Why are the price per club $40 more than the new Apex MB or Apex Pros? What am I missing that would cause a bum of $40 per club?

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Great Review. I’m an 18 handicap. Currently play the Apex Pro (original version that came out in 2014). Curious if someone of my caliber could game these?

I hit them in a golf shop and loved them, but sometimes i feel like those are juiced to make you purchase.

Additionally, are the new Apex Pro ’21 or these x-forged more forgiving?

I haven’t hit the Apex Pro yet, but I expect them to be slightly more forgiving than the X Forged CB.

I would never tell someone they can’t play an iron because of their handicap. If you hit them and enjoy them, play them. With regard to the monitors in the store, take your own irons in and hit them with the demos side by side. That way you can see if the yardages match what you see on the course.

Thanks Matt!

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Was thinking of doing a combo set with the X forged CB and the APEX MB. What are your thoughts on weakening the X forged by 1 degree to add some spin and close the gaps between the clubs. I am not in need of distance. -JOhn

Sounds like an excellent idea.

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Really impressed with these irons. Recently bought a set of 2021 T100-S irons that I was fit for and put the CB X-forged head-to-head with them. Callaways were more forgiving and more consistent in terms of dispersion and distance control, which kind of blew my mind. Feel is fantastic, a little more off-set then I’m used to, but they’re not “game improvement” type offset. Definitely worth trying out, especially with the Project X IO shafts.

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I currently play Mizuno MP-18 MMC. Would these be much harder to hit or pretty much in the same class?

They’ll be pretty similar.

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2013 Callaway X Forged Irons — Pics and Info

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What’s better than a forged muscleback iron at address? Nothing, except maybe an iron that looks the same, plays the same and has more forgiveness.

Callaway has attempted to create such an iron for 2013 with its X Forged, a tour-inspired forged cavity back designed by Roger Cleveland that offers cleaner looks and better performance than its predecessor, the Callaway RAZR X Forged.

Luke Williams, senior director of global woods and irons for Callaway, said the most popular irons on the PGA Tour and European Tour right now for the company are not its forged cavity backs. It’s the company’s muscleback offerings — last year’s RAZR X Muscleback irons and their predecessor, the Tour Authentic X-Prototype irons that Callaway tour players are trusting in their bags.

The reason is not necessarily that tour players don’t need the added size and forgiveness of a forged cavity back, either. Yes, one of the reasons musclebacks are more popular with tour players than forged cavity back irons is because of their clean looks. But there are also performance reasons.

According to Williams, Callaway’s recent musclebacks have been a hit because of what the company is calling CG Height progression. CG (Center of Gravity) Height Progression puts the center of gravity lower in the long irons for the higher trajectory that tour pros want. It also places the CG higher in the short irons for a flatter trajectory. Callaway’s previous forged cavity back irons, the RAZR X Forged, had the opposite CG progression. The center of gravity was actually the lowest in the short irons.

Callaway also got feedback from tour pros that the RAZR X Forged irons had a tendency to dig through impact, while the muscleback irons went more smoothly through the turf. So the new X Forged were designed to have what Williams called “a slightly wider muscleback sole.”

Aesthetically, the 2013 X Forged look more like Callaway’s musclebacks as well. They have a shorter blade length than the RAZR X Forged, but it’s not quite as short as the musclebacks. The 2013 X Forged irons also lose the high heel and sharp toe that gave the RAZR X Forged a polarizing appearance, opting for a face profile closer to the musclebacks.

“Pretty much every player that puts the muscle back iron down like the way it looks,” Williams said.

They X Forged irons go farther than the RAZR X irons as well. They do so, according to Williams, for two reasons:

  • The clubs have one degree stronger lofts (21-degree 3 iron, 46-degree pitching wedge)
  • CG height progression

Despite what many believe about modern iron design, the lofts were not strengthened simply to make the ball go farther. Stronger lofts are a result of tour feedback. Williams said that Callaway sets the lofts on its tour irons based on tour trends. And it’s vital for Callaway to follow the loft trends on tour, since changing the loft of an iron also reduces the bounce on an iron, which can lead to digging. Bending an iron one-degree strong won’t change a iron’s response to the turf that much, but bending a club stronger than that can certainly change things.

“We really design a forged iron product like the X Forged for the tour,” Williams said. “But we know if we get them right, they will work for amateurs as well.”

CG Height progression makes the X Forged long irons go farther because since they’re launching higher, they’re also carrying farther. It also makes the short irons go farther thanks to a more piercing trajectory.

Golfers looking for a tour-quality ball flight will also be happy to learn that the new X Forged irons come stock with a Project X PXi shaft, a lighter weight model of the popular Project X shaft with similar flight characteristics.

“We felt that PXi was the best fit, given the trend of going lighter with iron shafts,” Williams said. “Players are recognizing the value of lighter shafts if [those shafts] can maintain the consistency.”

Williams expects that the X Forged will become Callaway’s most popular iron on tour, knocking some muscleback irons out of the bags of Callaway staff players. Callaway has already received a glowing endorsement from Phil Mickelson, who was not very interested in switching from his musclebacks. He showed up to a recent Callaway ad shoot with a full set of X Forged irons in his bag and said he might put them in the bag in China at the HSBC World Golf Championships.

The 2013 Callaway X Forged irons will retail for $999.99 per set and will be available on Jan. 25, 2013.

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Mar 2, 2013 at 10:54 am

Awsome clubs..far better than my ‘former clubs” Mizuno MP-67…soft feel, explosive off of the clib face, and deadly accurate. One of the best Callaway has ever produced

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SMSgt Kenneth Clouthier

Jan 3, 2013 at 5:45 pm

When are the new Callaway Irons be released?

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Dec 31, 2012 at 4:51 pm

I bought RAZR X Forged in September 2012 and these are the best Irons I’ve ever hit for distance and workability… these look even better!

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Nov 8, 2012 at 8:16 pm

Great looking iron. Long time Callaway user and can’t wait to add the newest iron to the bag. Well done Callaway!

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Nov 2, 2012 at 6:42 pm

I’d like to see this in a bore thru, like the 06 x tour forged.

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Nov 1, 2012 at 8:57 am

Forged is forged and cast is cast. You play one or the other. Just because they change the design on the back of the club makes no difference whatsoever.

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Oct 28, 2012 at 10:52 am

My callaway razr forged have green writing on the head where it says forged x anyone have a idea why

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Barry Goodman

Mar 12, 2013 at 2:03 pm

I believe it means that it is a custom order. Simple answer.

Mar 12, 2013 at 2:09 pm

I believe that it means your clubs were a custom order. Simple answer. Regards, Barry

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Greg Capstick

Oct 26, 2012 at 1:25 am

These are sick!!, i really think Callaway has stepped up their game in the “better player” category recently in he last couple releases starting with the x prototype, if i didnt go titleist id either be going tCallaway or Mizuno

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thegolfingboy

Oct 25, 2012 at 5:12 pm

These look really nice, I do agree though with prior comments. Definitely looks like a Mizuno typed iron, but if the shoe fits..

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Oct 25, 2012 at 12:44 am

It looks nice, but it also looks like a tweaked Mizuno MP64. It’s even got what looks like the Mizuno diamond muscle idea going on.

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Dec 10, 2012 at 5:22 pm

I’ve tested these clubs out and they work relaly well. I was shocked at how much control I had with the club. My favorite club is still the Nike clubs they have more power than any other club I’ve used. Check out the brand new Nike clubs in my profile.

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Oct 24, 2012 at 2:26 pm

These look great. I play the razr x forged now and love them. Can’t wait to hit these though. Not sure how I feel about project x shafts though. I love the feel of my x100s.

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Feb 16, 2013 at 10:41 am

I demoed these and the x-hot irons vs many other irons at the golfsmith store the other day. The lighter project x shafts (pxi and 95) made a huge differance. My clubhead speed increased 10-15 mph on average without changing my swing effort (i hit a LOT of balls with all if them so i had a pretty large sample group). I have been a DG guy for 20+ years and I have to say im completely sold on the px stuff. 18 yrds more for the callaway irons with those shafts is huge! Very good feel and control as well.

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Oct 24, 2012 at 3:00 am

That’s a very Japan-influenced design, it looks like, to me. Very Yamaha looking, know what I mean?

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Oct 23, 2012 at 5:19 pm

Decent looking iron. I don’t like the extra grooves on all new Callaway irons, but they are good, solid clubs.

Much better offering than the new TM shovel

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Mar 26, 2013 at 8:05 pm

“TM Shovel” HAHAHAH!!!!

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During the week of the Masters, news broke that Bryson DeChambeau was using 3D-printed irons from a relatively unknown company called Avoda Golf.

DeChambeau fired an opening-round 65 at Augusta National using the irons, sending the equipment world into a frenzy trying to figure out who the company is, and what’s different about the irons. Information about the irons, however, wasn’t so easy to find. No one really knew much about Avoda or his new iron designs.

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Then, ahead of the 2024 U.S. Open at Pinehurst, GolfWRX.com got its first in-hand look at the irons, and DeChambeau provided a public explanation of the flight-correctional “bulge” that the irons have on their faces.

DeChambeau went on to win the U.S. Open using the bulge-faced 3D-printed irons, but we still didn’t know much about the irons themselves.

Recently, GolfWRX.com spoke to Thomas Bailey, founder of Avoda Golf, to find out more about the company, and DeChambeau’s mysterious irons. Enjoy our full Q&A with Bailey below!

Andrew Tursky, GolfWRX.com: So what is Avoda? How did the company get started in the industry?

Thomas Bailey, founder of Avoda Golf: Originally, I just wanted to make myself a set of golf clubs. That’s the truth. So that’s a year ago to date of Bryson winning the U.S. Open.

It’s been a crazy year.

I wasn’t quite happy with what I was looking for from a club and what was available on the market. I played around with a lot of the same-length products for a while. I got to the point where I was grinding the heads myself, taking heads and grinding them away to get the weights I wanted, to get them the appearance how I wanted. And I got pretty dialed in on a set I wanted over a two-year period. It just felt like it had been mauled by a bench grind.

So we were using raw heads, from Kyoei, and taking them down to weight. When I say we, that’s myself and Mike Schy, Bryson’s long-time coach from out at Dragonfly Golf Club in California. We were just grinding away golf clubs, seeing if we could create the ultimate club for what I wanted; and we got it. It just felt like it had been attacked by a bench grind.

So the mission then came in to make it presentable. My brother actually worked in the firearms industry and had a lot of supplier and manufacturer relations, so he worked on finding me a manufacturer who would be happy to put together the clubs for the specs I wanted. And we got there. We went through a number of suppliers and manufacturers to try and get to the point of what we wanted. We got it and had a prototype set come in around October last year, which was spot on. It was exactly what I wanted.

The goal was when I got that set in was to maybe make 50 sets and sell them, and fund my own golf career and my own golfing habits.

So right around that time, Bryson was coming back into town. He just had a win and shot 58 with the new driver in the bag, and he wasn’t happy with irons. They didn’t complement what he’d got right with the driver. The driver had more onset with more bulge to it. The swings he was making with that and having great success off the tee just didn’t work when he went to an iron. So he was saying say he would be fighting his iron play, fighting a left miss if he made the swing he wanted to, and then fighting a right miss to compensate for it. And that would then leak back into the driver to where he’d be missing with the driver, as well. He knew he needed new irons in the bag.

I know him and Mike Schy had explored a few options to try and find someone to do the irons. Right around that point, I told Mike that I’d been working on my own set of irons, that we could always explore doing something for Bryson, as well. And that’s kind of where it started. It’s like, well, nothing to lose. Let’s go for it. Bryson was in town in September, testing some irons and stuff again, having the raw Kyoei’s and grinding them down, getting the appearance he wanted.

He was on the bench grind, as well, and they got a head, and then the conversation started around putting bulge into an iron.

Mike goes, “Well, why don’t we test bulge on an iron?”

And Bryson asked, “Can we do that?”

And it was like, well, let’s find out.

So, he actually went into the academy where he’s got his workshop and started grinding away the toe on the Kyoei heads to try and put a little bit of curvature to it.

Wait, Bryson himself was on the grinding wheel?!

TB: Bryson was on the grinding wheel shaping the club to how he wanted them to look.

We actually had my partner’s dad, he was welding up the back of the club to give him extra weight to play with on the grinding. So it was a right interesting process, but he got it down to the shape he wanted, and then they started grinding. Mike went back into the academy and started grinding away some other toe section to get some curvature on the face to start testing the bulge-face idea, and found out very quickly when he was hitting them.

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GolfWRX’s in-hand photos of Bryson’s 5-iron at the 2024 U.S. Open

Bryson went back to hit them and said, “Yeah, this is it. This is what we need to test.”

So, I set about making two identical heads – 7-iron heads – to the specs he wanted to see weight-wise and the width of the head he wanted to see. And they were CNC forgings to start with. So we had a flat head, or flat face, and then we did an identical club with a curved face, so we could hit them, start getting some numbers, and seeing what the difference is between them. And immediately, it was a night-and-day difference on the mishits, and just the overall performance of the club. It was more than just the mishits, so we knew we needed to put it into a full set.

He had very specific requirements he wanted to see in terms of the width of the head, the appearance from the top line. He liked the thicker top line. He liked the wider blade. When you start doing that, the head weight goes through the roof, so it couldn’t be a one-piece forging. It had to be hollow-body, which also had the advantage of reducing the spin rate, which is something he’d been struggling with for a while.

So we went about putting together the first full prototype set, which came in, we had it completed around end of January this year. He did some testing with it, took it to Mayakoba, had it in the practice rounds there. He decided not to put it in play just because we overdid the face curvature to begin with, to where we’d actually see the opposite miss, not the ideal. And then we went out making another prototype round, tidying up some of the aesthetics on it a little bit, but, again, dialing in the face curvature.

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Bailey says Bryson prefers irons that have thicker top lines, wide faces from heel-to-toe, onset, and a square, symmetrical-looking face (as much as possible when there’s a curve) / Photo credit: Avoda Golf

They arrived the week before the Masters. We strongly believe we were still in a prototyping phase there, and did not expect them to be in play at The Masters. So when we found out Tuesday at the Masters that they were going in play, we went, “Uh, right.”

So him switching into the irons at the Masters was news to you, too?

TB: It was, well, there was some stuff that was going on leading up to that. He had them. He was in testing with them a week and a half before, and he took them to Miami, with the full intention of playing them in Miami.

We sent some stuff off for USGA testing, because, again, we’re still in prototyping at that point. So we sent them off. We wanted to get them tested just in case he did put them in play. We had a couple of groove issues that had to be sorted with the 3D-printing process, just some inaccuracies in the groove. His manager, Connor (Olson), over in Florida, was working hard on fixing them over the weekend before The Masters, and then we had them re-tested on the Monday.

Half the set was good to go, but we needed to get another set over there to fix a couple of clubs. So I get a call on Monday afternoon of Masters Week. I’m on the West Coast, in California, and I get a call at 4:30 in the afternoon from Connor saying we need the other set here, right now. And I’m thinking, “How am I getting this other set for you anytime soon?” And if it was Wednesday, it would have been too late for him to put them in play.

So, luckily, we rushed over to UPS. The guy said that the out-of-state overnight had already gone. We’d missed it, but he put the address in, and said we’ll see if we can get it out on the first shipment in the morning. And when I’m putting the address in, he goes, obviously, reading out the address in Augusta, and he goes, “Oh, Augusta. You going to the Masters.”

And I said, “Yeah, these are Bryson’s golf clubs.”

And he’s like, “You’re kidding me.”

Luckily, he was a golfer.

He goes, “You’re kidding.” And I’m like, “No, these are legit Bryson’s golf clubs. We need to get them there.”

So they ended up rushing them out to the truck, luckily getting them on the truck, and they made it to Augusta at 7:00 a.m. the next morning. So Connor did some work on them, and then they got approved to be used midday on Tuesday. But when we had the issues come back just before the Miami event for LIV, he didn’t put them in the bag there. So we kind of thought, right back to the drawing board. We’ll go again, get ready for the next one. But then it was a miracle to get them ready by Tuesday, we just didn’t see that coming. So yeah. And then they were in the bag.

That’s such an unbelievable story.

TB: Yeah. It’s pretty crazy.

Crazy. I mean, it seems like, you know, there was a lot of stuff going on behind the scenes during the week, but we didn’t really know what was happening, because he didn’t publicly come out and say everything. It’s truly unbelievable.

TB: And then having the balls to put that set in play on Tuesday of the Masters. I mean, he’d been practicing with it for a week and a half, so he knew it was good, and he was adamant he wanted to play it. So, obviously, we were gutted originally when it came back that we had the grooves issue that needed to be fixed. And then obviously to get it fixed in time. It was kind of an emotional roller coaster for us all, including him.

So with all that going on, the fact he put them in play and then goes out and shoots at opening 65 was pretty incredible to see. Then, obviously, everything went from there.

All of a sudden, it’s like, “Who’s Avoda?”

A lot of emails coming in, and a lot of interested parties.

Yeah I mean, I was scrambling. For my job, I have to keep up with the latest equipment, all the custom stuff on tour, and then all of a sudden he comes out with these. It’s like, uhh, I know absolutely nothing about these! I’ve never heard of them. I don’t know what to say!

TB: Yeah, that was funny. So, yeah, I mean, we registered the company end of last year, and the intention was for me to make myself a set of irons I was happy with, and, it will result in creating a really, really good product and a lot of interest straight away when we had people testing it.

So I thought, “OK, let’s get in 50 sets and sell fifty. Let’s see if we can build this thing to a 1,000 set a year business.” And, yeah, we smashed it a lot quicker than we thought we would. And, obviously, we cannot be more grateful to Bryson for giving us the opportunity to get it going. It’s accelerated us 5-10 years ahead of typical business growth. So yeah, it’s been pretty unbelievable. So it’s all systems go now, and getting people in the position to handle it.

Fortunately, I’ve had a lot of people around me at the time who knew I was working on this equipment and had made comments like, “If this works and this is this is a good product, we want to be there. We want to support it, and help grow the business.”

So when the clubs went in play, I sent text messages to every one of those parties: “It’s happening. Get ready.”

What an exciting moment for you and the company. So when did the 3D-printing aspect of this come in?

TB: So the 3D printing purpose of that was just for rapid prototyping. So, originally, it was CNC, the first test. And then because he needed a hollow-body head to achieve the visuals he wanted, and then all the specs he wanted, we obviously had an option of creating a mold to cast it, CNC-ing it in two pieces, or 3D printing.

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3D printing gave us the quickest option. We were testing a whole new element to golf, adding curvature on an iron, and speed, with the limited time of an off-season.

LIV, fortunately, giving him a longer off-season was great. If it was the PGA Tour, I think, well, I don’t know how we would’ve done it. We’d still be in testing, just because of how limited time there is to do that. So 3D printing gave us the option to rapid prototype, get clubs in within a few weeks to test. So, I mean, we really did go from the first full set…design work started late November, and then by late January, we had the first full prototype set.

So without the ability to 3D print that, we wouldn’t have got it done in that time frame, so it allowed us to get it done.

Where are these heads coming from? Like are you 3D printing them in-house? Are you ordering from a third party?

TB: We have an international manufacturer, so it’s third party. We do all the design work – we have a designer that’s doing that for us – and then we outsource the manufacturing. It’s been a pretty crazy process, and we’re learning a lot very quickly.

So how does it work with the consumer product? How is that working right now? How can people buy sets? What is the market saying about those? What is the feedback you’ve seen in testing when it comes to amateurs? Because I know Bryson was talking about his swing speed and how it helps him, but, you know, the consumer audience doesn’t swing it like Bryson. So, like, what have you seen with the translation there?

TB: So the products that are available for purchase right now is that initial set I put together. So I put two sets together initially, which is what we’re calling our combo-length set. I played same length for a long, long time. I’m 5-foot-9-inches with shoes on, so I’m not the tallest player. And then I’ve got freaky long arms. So, for me, I’ve always had to play my clubs slightly on the shorter side. I love the advantages of the same length set, however, playing a shorter 4-iron when it’s already shorter wasn’t helping me that much. So I needed to make the 4-iron, and the 5-iron, where I didn’t see the distance gapping dropping off. I needed to make them a little bit longer. So that’s where kind of the grinding the golf clubs came in, getting on the bench grind, taking some weight out so I could make them longer. That’s where that originally happened. So I had to set this combo-length set. Same length to the 8-iron, then progressively getting longer through the 7, 6, 5 and 4 iron.

So that’s the initial product we put together, and did the testing on. Then we released a same-length as well, because it was still requested, the same-length product. And there wasn’t really any, at the time, there isn’t a same-length forged product available, like a truly one-piece forging for the same-length market. So we wanted to provide that, as well. So we had the same-length set the whole way through, and then the combo-length set.

So that’s what’s available for purchase for the market right now. The testing on those, from what we’ve seen, just being able to bridge the gap between variable length and same length, that hasn’t been done yet. We’ve seen people who swore that they would never go to a same-length club, who are now using combo lengths, where they’re same-length from the wedge to the 8-iron, and they’re loving it. And then we’ve also seen people who swore to same-lengths, who would never go away from the same length, but did maybe struggle with a longer wedge, or struggle with speed on the 4-iron, again, going into that combo length set, so it’s really bridged the gap between the two.

We’re calling it “removing the disadvantages of both,” and just taking the best of both, and putting them into one set. So those are the sets that are available to purchase right now. The specific Bryson one is a 1-of-1 set that’s done just for him. He has the only set of that, because it’s such a specific product to him. He plays super upright and the head weights are very unique. Obviously, the face, as well the hollow-body.

My goal has always been to create a product that helps people get better. That was the one that helped him get better. I believe in the custom fitting approach, as well. I don’t plan to sell a club for the sake of it. Like, yes, there’s a massive demand for someone to purchase a specific set just like his, but it would be more just for the sake of hitting the Bryson Club, you know, as opposed to actually a club that the consumer can get better by using.   Right, right. What’s your playing background? Like, were you a designer before? Were you a player before? A professional?

TB: Bit of everything. So, I played college golf, packed in college golf after two years to try and pursue full-time golf, so I went back to the UK to pursue full-time golf. Had some injuries straight off the bat, golf swing related. So in an effort to try and get myself healthy, get myself back playing, I kind of saw everyone, did everything, and just wasn’t quite getting the results and help I needed.

And then I kind of had to dive down the rabbit hole of figuring things out for myself. Got some good advice from coaches like George Gankas along the way. He actually gave me some good information around how the body can set up, how the body can move to reduce the stress on the body. So driving down that rabbit hole actually got myself healthy again.

And then there’s a lot of other people in professional golf that are also injured at top amateur level. I had people coming to me saying they struggle with the same problems I had, golfing related. And that led me into the coaching route. So I coached full-time for about 3-4 years. Had some success in that. I coached a guy out of injury named Laird Shepherd. Coached him out of injury to winning a British amateur, and then ended up coaching a few guys out on the European Tour pretty quickly.

I always still wanted to play, so in the back of my mind, it was like, right, yes, I learned everything to try and help myself get better. I’ve got to continue to pursue my dreams of playing. So I got back playing pretty much full-time golf, came out to the U.S. the beginning of 2022 to see Mike Schy to actually build up a set of golf clubs. And then, one thing led to the next, and it kind of got me down the equipment rabbit hole, and that resulted in a major-winning set.

Going down the equipment rabbit is quite an accurate statement…

TB: Yeah, I’m always asking, “Why?” You know? I’m like, why why why? I’m that annoying kid that says, “Yeah, but why?”

I know Bryson is always saying why, too. So you guys linking up makes so much sense.

TB: It worked quite well. There’s a lot of things that we like to see that are similar in a golf club, as well, so that helps. It allowed me to go away and do the design work knowing that I’m looking for a similar thing, as well. I think the struggle that maybe he’s had in the past, and I can’t speak for him on this 100%, but he has an idea of what he wants to see in a club. He takes it away to someone, and they put what they want to see in a club. And it has to work for the mass consumer. The club that he’s playing, the clubs that these guys are all playing, it has to still be available to the mass consumer. So it has to have the element of being able to be used by everyone. Well, now he has the opportunity to create his set.

So when we did the first run of design work and he said what he wanted to see in a club, it was like, okay, let’s do exactly that, and let’s come back with exactly that. And then if he if he wants to make adjustments from there, he’s making adjustments on what he wants to see. So there’s no, like, fighting in the sense of what I want see in the club. If this is what you want to see, that’s what we’re going to design.

And I know he alluded to it a couple times, but is it a progressive bulge that’s going on through the set? So the 9-iron isn’t quite as curved, 7-iron’s a little more curved, and then 5-iron has the max curve? Is that correct?

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TB: Yeah. Okay. So the 5-iron, his being 17 degrees in loft and him swinging a 5-iron faster than most people swing a 3-wood, it’s got to have some curvature on it. It’s got a good amount on it, and then progressively tapers off to being nonexistent. So it tapers out to his pitching wedge to where it’s minimal and then becomes flat through his wedges.

And that’s not what the consumer is necessarily buying, right?

TB: No, our products that are available are flat-faced. They are traditional one-piece premium forging. The advantage of ours are more based around how the set’s put together in terms of the length, the weighting, the shaft options, the customization on that, as opposed to the face curvature. Yeah. Right now, the face curvature is just specific to him.

OK, OK. You’re sitting on an absolutely unbelievable story here. It’s so cool from a gear perspective. A lot of things have been coming together very quickly, and of course he goes and wins the U.S. Open with them in the bag. How are you handling things on the production side?

TB: We’ve been labeled as a DTC brand straight away off the bat. We didn’t have an opportunity to be anything else. Things seemed to accelerate so quickly. So right now, we are working. Obviously, the demand’s been huge. People have been calling. We’re receiving hundreds of phone calls, fitting centers asking if they have our clubs. So we’ve got an awesome demand for people wanting to have our fitting kits and be able to offer our equipment.

I believe in that room more than anything, having someone be able to go and test the club. And if they test the club and they decide they don’t want to go with our club, great. We need to do better, and we need to bring out a better product. We’re pretty confident that when they test it, and go through our fitting system, that they will get a very, very well-fitted club that they will have a lot of success with. So getting out to a custom fitters to offer that option to people to go test.

And if we did have that in place from that first week at the Masters, yeah, business would be 10x what it is right now, but, obviously, we were very unaware that we would be in that position so quickly. I mean, we were we were on the fourth month of, or maybe even the third month at that point, of really actually having a full set. So, yeah, it’s accelerated very quickly, but we’re fast learners, and we’re going to deal with the demand. But getting out to custom fitting centers is our number one priority right now, so people can actually go test, and actually have that experience.

I definitely agree on the custom fitting aspect. Well, I’ve taken up way too much of your time, and those are all the questions I have for now. I feel like we cleared up a lot, though. Congratulations on all the success so far, and we look forward to hearing more from you next time.

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At the 2015 John Deere Classic, Jordan Spieth downed Tom Gillis in a playoff for his fourth victory of the season. Spieth entered the final round with a two-stroke lead, bolstered by a Saturday 10-under 61, and was steady enough Sunday to book passage to a playoff at 20 under par. When Gillis wasn’t up to the task, Spieth captured his second trophy at the Silvis, Illinois, event.

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Wedges:  Titleist Vokey Design SM5 (46-08F, 52-08F, 56-10S, 60-04L)  Buy here. Shafts: True Temper Project X 6.0

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Putter:  Scotty Cameron 009 Prototype  Buy here. Grip: SuperStroke Flatso Ultra (Black/White)

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Ball:  Titleist Pro V1x

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  • Michael Thorbjornsen what’s in the bag accurate as of the John Deere Classic. Check out more photos from the event here.  

Driver: TaylorMade Qi10 LS (9 degrees @7.5) Shaft: Fujikura Ventus TR Blue 7 TX

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4-wood: TaylorMade Qi10 Tour (16.5 degrees) Shaft: Fujikura Ventus TR Blue 8 TX

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Irons: TaylorMade P790 (2), TaylorMade P770 (3), TaylorMade P7MC (4-PW) Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold X Seven (2), True Temper AMT Tour White X100 (3-PW)

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Putter: TaylorMade Spider Tour S, Spider Tour X Grip: SuperStroke Zenergy Tour 3.0 17

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Been away from the game for a few years and have recently demoed multiple clubs for a new modern technology bag. For the purpose of this posted question, my focus is on 200 yards and in, loft gapping, and a seamless transition into wedges (primary goal being more precision and tight shot dispersion).

I’ve decided on the Callaway X Forged (2018) irons and Mizuno T20 White Satin Wedges (based on performance, feel, and pleasing aesthetics when demoing). My dilemma is loft gapping. I have traditionally preferred 4 degree loft gaps (admittedly unsure if I need to change that mindset - though it was a solid formula for efficient yardage gaps with my previous “real” muscle back blades - multiple sets).

Callaway X Forged has 4 degree gaps from 6 iron to PW at 29 - 33 - 37 - 41 - 45. 3 iron to 5 iron are 20 - 23 - 26. Custom options allow for bending 1-2 degrees weak/strong. Already being used to more traditional lofts and no issue with ego in caring how far a numbered iron goes, I am leaning towards weakening the lofts 2 degrees from 6 iron to PW (31 - 35 - 39 - 43 - 47), weakening the 5 iron 1 degree to 27 and leaving the 4 iron stock at 23. This would allow me to add Mizuno T20 White Satin Wedges at 51/08, 55/13, and 59/05 (would really like this combination of wedges). Though, the really great thing about the Mizuno T20 wedges is they offer every loft from 46 to 62 (many with multiple bounce options), so there is plenty of room to adjust if any of you have suggestions.

I feel pretty good about the above, though maybe a tad concerned about the added bounce (not so much about minimally less offset - I have a slight strong grip - my natural shot shape is a baby draw - my primary miss tendency is a shut face pull). The extra bounce concerns me more with the mid to longer irons as I am more of a sweeper (sometimes almost no divot - just skimming the turf). I would feel a little more comfortable if I knew the exact bounce I’m working with, though Callaway does not provide that info (I have called them more than once).

The other option is to go 1 degree strong with 6 iron to PW (28 - 32 - 36 - 40 - 44), 5 iron 2 degrees strong to 24, and either go 2 degrees strong with the 4 iron to 21 (can’t and wouldn’t bend 3 degrees even if I could) or go with the stock 3 iron at 20 (dropping the 4 iron). I could also still go with the Taylormade P790 3 iron as I planned to do in the previous scenario above (mostly for purposes of a distance driving iron - it’s stock at 19 degrees - could weaken to 20). This would allow me to add Mizuno T20 White Satin Wedges at 48/08, 52/09, 56/10 (maybe 56/14 for soft sand and heavy rough), and 60/06.

In case anyone is curious, the rest of my bag will be a Ben Hogan GS53 16 degree 4W and a Ben Hogan GS53 9 degree Driver (adjustable to 10 and/or 8 degrees).

I’ve been pondering this for months, though now that I have found wedges that I am very confident in (that offer so much flexibility in loft gapping on that end), I am itching to make this investment. And I did think about doing a fitting at Club Champion, but that wouldn’t cover “real” turf interaction and I already feel good about my fitting in regard to shaft, shaft length, and lie angle. Any thoughts, suggestions, or shared experiences will be greatly appreciated.

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Personally, I would go with the second option of bending strong. However, I also think that more or less offset is a bigger factor to consider than the change in bounce. It's likely that we are always delivering a slightly differing amount of loft (+/- a degree) and hence bounce when we swing. This doesn't account for the slight difference in that you need to go 2 weak or 1 strong. But unless you are playing on extreme turf conditions one way or the other, I am not sure that most people could tell the difference in 1 degree of bounce on their full swing irons.

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if you can use long irons and are considering bagging some why not continue with Cally and get a X Forged UT 21* & 24*?

I would get on a launch monitor and Gap the irons based on your distance with each club. Some irons may need to be bent stronger, some irons may need to be bent weaker, all depending on the distance they are going. Don’t get hung up on lofts to much on paper

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> DMartini said:

> if you can use long irons and are considering bagging some why not continue with Cally and get a X Forged UT 21* & 24*?

I’m actually still considering the X Forged UT driving iron. Though, I really like the Taylormade P790 long iron a lot (distance - forgiveness - aesthetics). P790 short irons sacrifice too much consistency in distance control in mid/short irons compared to the X Forged (for me). Predictable yardages when shots are struck well and shots that come up a bit short if mishit will always take priority over extra distance In approach irons. However, for more of a driving iron type club, I’ll take an occasional extra 10 yards or so (in most tee shot situations). Compared to the UT, I simply prefer the compact head at address. A P790 3 iron seems like a good compromise to combine traditional aesthetics (that personally give me confidence and extra focus at address) with modern distance performance.

> agolf1 said:

> Personally, I would go with the second option of bending strong. However, I also think that more or less offset is a bigger factor to consider than the change in bounce. It's likely that we are always delivering a slightly differing amount of loft (+/- a degree) and hence bounce when we swing. This doesn't account for the slight difference in that you need to go 2 weak or 1 strong. But unless you are playing on extreme turf conditions one way or the other, I am not sure that most people could tell the difference in 1 degree of bounce on their full swing irons.

Thanks for the feedback and suggestion.

> @Kale_m said:

> I would get on a launch monitor and Gap the irons based on your distance with each club. Some irons may need to be bent stronger, some irons may need to be bent weaker, all depending on the distance they are going. Don’t get hung up on lofts to much on paper

Agree with this. Especially since there's a margin of error from the manufacturer anyways. Just because you order an iron at 31* doesn't mean it will arrive at exactly 31*. So I'd just order stock, play them awhile to feel them out, then bend as needed to adjust any significant gaps.

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> brew4eagle said:

> > Kale_m said:

> > I would get on a launch monitor and Gap the irons based on your distance with each club. Some irons may need to be bent stronger, some irons may need to be bent weaker, all depending on the distance they are going. Don’t get hung up on lofts to much on paper

> Agree with this. Especially since there's a margin of error from the manufacturer anyways. Just because you order an iron at 31* doesn't mean it will arrive at exactly 31*. So I'd just order stock, play them awhile to feel them out, then bend as needed to adjust any significant gaps.

I had thought of this before. Thanks for reminding me that this is always an option. If I go that route, I could even go certified preowned in good condition (to save money). This was my initial plan until the Mizuno T20 Wedges came out and I knew I could get the specific lofts I wanted with those (without bending). Maybe I just hold off on the new wedges (for now) until I do what you suggested first. Excellent suggestion/feedback!

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The 2018 X Forged should already be traditional. I think the PW comes stock at 46 not 45. And the 7i should be 33 or 34 I believe.

I completely agree with everyone in hitting and see what your numbers are. I don’t think you’d have any issue at all fitting wedges around whether that be 52/56/60 or whatever you prefer.

Edit- I was wrong the PW is stock at 45- I should have looked before posting. That surprised me as the 7i performs pretty close to the MB for me. Either way you could maybe bend it one weak but I wouldn’t think you’d need to bend too much. These play very “traditional” I would think...

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> cmatthews77 said:

> The 2018 X Forged should already be traditional. I think the PW comes stock at 46 not 45. And the 7i should be 33 or 34 I believe.

> I completely agree with everyone in hitting and see what your numbers are. I don’t think you’d have any issue at all fitting wedges around whether that be 52/56/60 or whatever you prefer.

> Edit- I was wrong the PW is stock at 45- I should have looked before posting. That surprised me as the 7i performs pretty close to the MB for me. Either way you could maybe bend it one weak but I wouldn’t think you’d need to bend too much. These play very “traditional” I would think...

Since you mentioned the Callaway Apex MB’s and those being slightly weaker, I had been very tempted to also order the Apex MB PW (stock 47) and AW (stock 51) both at 2 degrees weak resulting in 49 and 53 wedges (keeping the 4 degree loft gaps). Then maybe adding a really high bounce 56 and a low bounce 60 in traditional wedges to compliment the three preceding wedges (geared primarily to full shots). This would be a bit extreme to most at five wedges (including the X Forged PW at 45), but an intriguing idea (to me at least - someone really wanting to excel from 150 yards and in). If I decided to do this, there would be a significant gap from the X Forged 4 iron (stock at 23) and my Fairway Wood at 16). Though, I am really not too concerned about that in regard to impact on scoring. I just really enjoy hitting a 2 iron (or equivalent) off the tee and would miss that (I could get by hitting the 4 iron on shorter par 4s though). However, now that I’ve discovered how much I like the Mizuno T20 wedges, I have all but dismissed this idea (just thought I’d share since it was my original plan).

After receiving suggestions here, my current plan is to order Callaway X Forged 4-PW (stock lofts 23 to 45) and three Mizuno T20 Wedges (49/06 - 54/12 - 59/05). Game these for a while and then adjust if needed to really dial it in later. Really looking forward to getting back into the game!

Thanks for everyone’s input!

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Iron Loft Length Lie Offset SwWt

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4 23° 38.50" 60.50° 0.130 D2

5 26° 38.00" 61.00° 0.125 D2

6 29° 37.50" 61.50° 0.115 D2

7 33° 37.00" 62.00° 0.110 D2

8 37° 36.50" 62.50° 0.105 D2

9 41° 36.00" 63.00° 0.095 D2

PW 45° 35.50" 63.50° 0.090 D2

For the close-in clubs: No guarantee the X.F PW will mesh exactly in yardage gaps with the Mizuno T20s. But, you can figure this out when the clubs arrive, bend a degree up or down in loft to get fit.

And, if you get seven X Forged and three T20s, you'll still have room for a bridge club - 2i, hybrid, utility club - between 4i and 4W.

(Also: do you plan to hit full shots with SW and LW?)

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> ChipNRun said:

> **Mens X-Forged (2018) Irons Product Specs**

> Iron Loft Length Lie Offset SwWt

> 3 20° 39.00" 60.00° 0.135 D2

> 4 23° 38.50" 60.50° 0.130 D2

> 5 26° 38.00" 61.00° 0.125 D2

> 6 29° 37.50" 61.50° 0.115 D2

> 7 33° 37.00" 62.00° 0.110 D2

> 8 37° 36.50" 62.50° 0.105 D2

> 9 41° 36.00" 63.00° 0.095 D2

> PW 45° 35.50" 63.50° 0.090 D2

> For the close-in clubs: No guarantee the X.F PW will mesh exactly in yardage gaps with the Mizuno T20s. But, you can figure this out when the clubs arrive, bend a degree up or down in loft to get fit.

> And, if you get seven X Forged and three T20s, you'll still have room for a bridge club - 2i, hybrid, utility club - between 4i and 4W.

> (Also: do you plan to hit full shots with SW and LW?)

I agree about the no guaranteed meshing from X Forged irons to T20 wedges, though one thing that really draws me to the T20s is they feel closer to the extension of any iron set than I’ve experienced with previous models (mostly used Cleveland RTGs in the past). We’ll see though... I will have to update this post later with that feedback.

And I’m pretty much locked in on going with seven X Forged irons and three T20 wedges (to allow for a driving iron) as you suggest. And after just watching a recent YouTube review from TXG Tour Experience Golf, I’m now intrigued by the idea of going with the Callaway Epic Forged 4 iron (stock 18 - weakened to 19) for that purpose (funny they call it a 4 iron at 18 degree loft I know). I am too new to this forum to post the link to the video, though it’s a simple search and find (for any that are interested). The testers were hitting it around 270.

And to answer your last question, yes I do plan to hit hit full shots with the SW and LW when warranted, though I generally dial back my tempo a slight bit with all wedges over 50 degrees (previously played Project X 6.0s in my wedges compared to 6.5 in my irons for that reason). Curious why you asked? The 5 degree gaps? Or maybe the differences in bounce mentioned above? I definitely like having at least one higher bounced wedge for sand and heavy rough. And I always bounce back and forth (no pun intended) on how low to go with bounce with my LW (I do not take large divots with any club and I definitely like to have something for tight lies).

FmaxTurboSi

i play the xforged and would suggest playing them out on the course first and then tweaking them to your liking. Messing with the lofts is also going to open and close the face. The only gap I wasn't happy with was from xforged P to my MD4 50* wedge. So I just adjusted my 50* wedge. It could've been because my irons have different shafts then my wedges. But i figure it's easier to adjust the loft on my wedge than to start experimenting with different shafts.

> FmaxTurboSi said:

> i play the xforged and would suggest playing them out on the course first and then tweaking them to your liking. Messing with the lofts is also going to open and close the face. The only gap I wasn't happy with was from xforged P to my MD4 50* wedge. So I just adjusted my 50* wedge. It could've been because my irons have different shafts then my wedges. But i figure it's easier to adjust the loft on my wedge than to start experimenting with different shafts.

Thanks for the feedback! I’m curious, what shafts are you playing in your irons and wedges? Also, what is your carry distances with the X Forged PW and the MD4 50 (before and after adjusting it)? Lastly, what adjustments did you make to the MD4 50?

Good feedback everyone!

> @ddgator said:

> > FmaxTurboSi said:

> > i play the xforged and would suggest playing them out on the course first and then tweaking them to your liking. Messing with the lofts is also going to open and close the face. The only gap I wasn't happy with was from xforged P to my MD4 50* wedge. So I just adjusted my 50* wedge. It could've been because my irons have different shafts then my wedges. But i figure it's easier to adjust the loft on my wedge than to start experimenting with different shafts.

> Thanks for the feedback! I’m curious, what shafts are you playing in your irons and wedges? Also, what is your carry distances with the X Forged PW and the MD4 50 (before and after adjusting it)? Lastly, what adjustments did you make to the MD4 50?

> Good feedback everyone!

went with kbs 610 wedge shafts since theyre 125g shafts. I play the ctaper 125's in my irons, so just wanted a similar weighted shaft.

my xforged P wedge is my 125ish yd club.

i was hitting the 50* md4 120 yds on an indoor launch monitor and thought i'd be okay. But was only hitting around 105 yds out on the course. maybe it arrived from callaway around 51-52 degrees? I duuno LOL. Turned it down to 49ish degrees, and it's now my 115 club. I hit the 56* around 100 yds.

golfinguru11

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I’d bend them 1 degree weak at least. Reduces offset and bounce won’t be noticeable on the longer irons. On the 9-pw you might notice it but I’m of the opinion that bouncce is your friend.

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> golfinguru11 said:

> I’d bend them 1 degree weak at least. Reduces offset and bounce won’t be noticeable on the longer irons. On the 9-pw you might notice it but I’m of the opinion that bouncce is your friend.

This was my initial instinctive thought as well (definitely prefer more traditional lofts and minimal offset). Bounce was my only concern, though I agree it could be beneficial as long as the stock PW isn’t any more than 6 degrees bounce (frustrates me that Callaway doesn’t appear to disclose that info). Although, bounce can be relative to design (meaning all bounce numbers won’t universally perform the same anyway).

I’d really like to go 2 degrees weak from 6-PW, though I think I’ve been convinced to buy stock lofts and bend/gap them after getting used to them. I’ll be a range rat for the months to come (my game is extremely rusty and after a four year hiatus I want to make some changes I could never fully commit to when playing regularly).

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2 hours ago, Tim77 said: Does anyone know the tip specs on the x forged 18 irons? I just bought a used set with project x 6.0 shafts but I need higher launching shafts. I can’t seem to find online what they are. It seems like they may be .355 but not certain 

0.355. I have had two sets reshafted.

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The X-Tour irons can still be found through resellers and sites/shops that focus on used golf clubs. According to the PGA.com Value Guide, the resale value of X-Tour irons today is around $70, but you might find them for more or less depending on the source and the condition . We've seen them listed on CallawayPreOwned.com, where they tend to be more expensive — but you are getting them semi-direct from the source that way. (Given how old the set is today, the original X-Tours are getting harder to find. But Callaway made multiple follow-on X-Tour sets in later years, too.)

Looking Back at the Callaway X-Tour Irons

How were the Callaway X-Tour irons described at the time of their debut? That debut was in 2005. Here's what we wrote about them in real time:

March 21, 2005 — The new set of irons from Callaway Golf is new not just for consumers, but for the company, as well. The Callaway X-Tour Irons represent the entry of Callaway — a company built on game-improvement — into the forged irons marketplace.

The X-Tour Irons were designed by Roger Cleveland and, while forged, still feature many of the qualities that have made Callaway irons so popular.

"It has been very exciting for me to work on Callaway Golf's first iron offering in a category that appeals to so many passionate and skilled golfers," Cleveland said. "I believe the X-Tour Irons bring a new level of performance in shot-making that can be easily discerned and enjoyed by better golfers."

The Callaway X-Tour Irons begin shipping to pro shops on April 15, 2005. The MSRP for the set (3-PW) is $1,280.

Callaway says the X-Tour set offers the best of both worlds, "... the playability and feel that better golfers demand (along with) proprietary technologies that have established Callaway Golf as the world's leader in golf equipment."

The Callaway X-Tour Irons feature a notch-weighted, cavity-back head to which the face plate is laser-welded. The back cavity is precision-milled to perfectly fit the face. Both pieces of the clubhead are forged from soft, 1020 carbon steel.

The 2-piece forging allows Callaway, the company said, to incorporate the other technologies well-known to Callaway fans: the 360-degree Undercut Channel, Extreme Notch Weighting and a modified bore through hosel .

The 360-degree Undercut Channel and Extreme Notch Weighting are designed to maximize perimeter weighting, moving more weight to the heel and toe. These qualities help stabilize the club through impact, helping improve the ball flight on mis-hits. These features also provide a deeper center of gravity for more ease of use with the long irons and a higher launch angle .

The modified bore through hosel is longer than typically found in Callaway's S2H2 Technology. The location and length of the hosel further influences the center of gravity, moving it more toward the heel. This quality, Callaway says, helps workability.

The Callaway X-Tour Irons have been in use on professional tours for a while already, with Phil Mickelson and Annika Sorenstam among those pros using them.

The standard shaft is True Temper Dynamic Gold steel shafts in flexes of R300 (regular), S300 (stiff), and X100 (extra stiff). A 2-iron can be special-ordered to add to the 3-PW standard set.

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May 25, 2023; Fort Worth, Texas, USA; Harry Hall plays a shot on the 17th hole during the first round of the Charles Schwab Challenge golf tournament. Mandatory Credit: Raymond Carlin III-USA TODAY Sports

With Harry Hall's 2024 setup, is he the next big thing in golf? What do you think?

Harry Hall is a Callaway guy through and through. From the cap he wears to the ball he hits, the famous logo of the Carslbad-HQ brand is visible everywhere. Hall joined the PGA Tour last year, but it’s not clear when Callaway started sponsoring the 26-year-old from Hayle, England . 

While Hall hasn’t yet made his mark on the top tier of men’s professional golf, the British international has shown glimpses of what earned him the Tour card last year. Perhaps a few great rounds, like the 8-under opening followed by a 5-under at the 2024 John Deere Classic, are what he needs more of. As Hall continues his PGA Tour journey in his second year, we take a look at his arsenal. 

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Hall uses a Callaway Rogues ST Triple Diamond driver LS with a 9-degree loft for long drives on par-4s and par-5s. A Fujikura Ventus Black 7TX fits his driver. The Rogue ST comes for $349.99 on Callaway’s official website. Harry Hall is not a bomber off the tee. When PGA Tour pros regularly crush 300-yard drives, the English averages around 296 yards. 

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Harry Hall picks a Callaway Epic Speed (15 and 21 degrees) for his 3-wood and 7-wood. The fairway wood is priced at $60.99 on Amazon. For the 3-wood shaft, Hall switches between Project X Even Flow Riptide LX Proto 70 and Fujikura Ventus Black 7 X. Whereas, for the 7-wood, Hall’s pick is the Mitsubishi Tensei AV Raw Orange 85 TX.

For approaches, Harry Hall has two choices. One is Callaway MB Irons, and the other is Callaway CB24 Irons. The Apex MB and Apex CB irons start at $1,505 on their official website. The Englishman uses a Project X 6.5 shaft with the irons. 

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May 25, 2023; Fort Worth, Texas, USA; Harry Hall waits to putt on the ninth green during the first round of the Charles Schwab Challenge golf tournament. Mandatory Credit: Raymond Carlin III-USA TODAY Sports

Hall uses a Callaway Jaws Raw Face Chrome Wedge to recover shots. Scrambling is Hall’s strongest forte. In the John Deere Classic, Hall led the field in scrambling for the first two rounds. Overall, Hall’s bunker game is also strong. The British pro has 61.43 sand save percentage on the Tour against the field average of 54.28%.

Previously, he also used a Callaway Jaws Full Toe Raw (64-10 @62), but currently, he has switched to Raw Face wedges. The latest one, however, comes at the same price as the previous one, $149, on Callaway’s site. The British International sets a Project X 6.5 shaft with the irons. 

The putter and golf ball used by Hall

Interestingly enough, Hall hasn’t made any upgrades to his putter. The 26-year-old still uses an Odyssey O-Works #1 Wide Putter. It might seem dated—it was Golf Digest’s pick for 2017—but for Hall, it still delivers. Notably. Hall had Odyssey O-Works #7 in his arsenal in 2022. 

The Camborne native hasn’t switched his golf ball, however. Hall still uses the Callaway Chrome X series balls. A pack of balls costs $44.49. Notably, Hall also sports a driving cap from Bryson DeChambeau of 2020 from Callaway.

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The capital city of Moskovskaya oblast: Moscow .

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Moscow Oblast is a federal subject of Russia located in the Central Federal District. Moscow, the capital city of the country, is the administrative center of Moscow Oblast. At the same time, Moscow is not part of this region, it is a separate federal subject of Russia, a city of federal importance.

The population of Moscow Oblast is about 7,769,000 (2022), the area - 44,379 sq. km.

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History of Moscow Oblast

The territory of the Moscow region was inhabited more than 20 thousand years ago. In the first millennium AD, this land was inhabited mostly by the Finno-Ugric peoples (Meryane and Meshchera). In the 9th-10th centuries, the Slavs began active development of the region. The population was engaged in hunting, fisheries, agriculture, and cattle breeding.

In the middle of the 12th century, the territory of the present Moscow region became part of the Vladimir-Suzdal principality, the first towns were founded (Volokolamsk in 1135, Moscow in 1147, Zvenigorod in 1152, Dmitrov in 1154). In the first half of the 13th century, the Vladimir-Suzdal principality was conquered by the Mongols.

In the 14th-16th centuries, Moscow principality became the center of unification of Russian lands. The history of the Moscow region is inextricably linked to military events of the Time of Troubles - the siege of the Trinity-Sergius Monastery by the troops of False Dmitry II, the first and second militias.

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In 1708, by decree of Peter the Great, Moskovskaya gubernia (province) was established. It included most of the territory of present Moscow oblast. In 1712, St. Petersburg became the capital of the Russian Empire and the significance of the Moscow region as the country’s economic center began to decrease.

In 1812, the Battle of Borodino took place near Moscow. It was the biggest battle of the Russian-French War of 1812. In the second half of the 19th century, especially after the peasant reform of 1861, the Moscow province experienced economic growth. In 1851, the first railway connected Moscow and St. Petersburg; in 1862 - Nizhny Novgorod.

The population of the Moscow region increased significantly (in 1847 - 1.13 million people, in 1905 - 2.65 million). On the eve of the First World War, Moscow was a city with a population of more than one million people.

In November, 1917, the Soviet power was established in the region. In 1918, the country’s capital was moved from St. Petersburg to Moscow that contributed to economic recovery of the province. In the 1920s-1930s, a lot of churches located near Moscow were closed, a large number of cultural monuments were destroyed. On January 14, 1929, Moscow Oblast was formed.

In 1941-1942, one of the most important battles of the Second World War took place on the territory of the region - the Battle for Moscow. In the postwar years, the growth of economic potential of the region continued; several science cities were founded (Dubna, Troitsk, Pushchino, Chernogolovka).

In the 1990s, the economy of Moscow Oblast experienced a deep crisis. Since the 1990s, due to the motorization of the population and commuting, road traffic situation in the Moscow region significantly deteriorated. Traffic jams have become commonplace.

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Moscow Oblast - Features

Moscow Oblast is located in the central part of the East European Plain, in the basin of the rivers of Volga, Oka, Klyazma, Moskva. The region stretches from north to south for 310 km, from west to east - 340 km. It was named after the city of Moscow, which however is not part of the region. Part of the administrative authorities of the region is located in Krasnogorsk.

On the territory of the Moscow region, there are 77 cities and towns, 19 of them have a population of more than 100 thousand people. The largest cities are Balashikha (518,300), Podolsk (309,600), Mytishchi (262,700), Khimky (256,300), Korolyov (225,300), Lubertsy (209,600), Krasnogorsk (174,900), Elektrostal (149,000), Odintsovo (138,900), Kolomna (136,800), Domodedovo (136,100).

The climate is temperate continental. Summers are warm, winters are moderately cold. The average temperature in January is minus 10 degrees Celsius, in July - plus 19 degrees Celsius.

One of the most important features of the local economy is its proximity to Moscow. Some of the cities (Odintsovo, Krasnogorsk, Mytishchi) have become in fact the “sleeping districts” of Moscow. The region is in second place in terms of industrial production among the regions of Russia (after Moscow).

The leading industries are food processing, engineering, chemical, metallurgy, construction. Moscow oblast has one of the largest in Russia scientific and technological complexes. Handicrafts are well developed (Gzhel ceramics, Zhostov trays, Fedoskino lacquered miniatures, toy-making).

Moscow railway hub is the largest in Russia (11 radial directions, 2,700 km of railways, the density of railways is the highest in Russia). There are two large international airports - Sheremetyevo and Domodedovo. Vnukovo airport is used for the flights within the country.

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Moscow Oblast has more than 6,400 objects of cultural heritage:

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The most famous estate complexes:

  • Arkhangelskoye - a large museum with a rich collection of Western European and Russian art of the 17th-19th centuries,
  • Abramtsevo - a literary and artistic center,
  • Melikhovo - an estate owned by A.P. Chekhov at the end of the 19th century,
  • Zakharovo and Bolshiye Vyazyomy included in the History and Literature Museum-Reserve of Alexander Pushkin,
  • House-Museum of the composer P.I. Tchaikovsky in Klin,
  • Muranovo that belonged to the poet F.I. Tyutchev,
  • Shakhmatovo - the estate of the poet Alexander Blok.

The architectural ensemble of the Trinity Sergius Lavra is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The largest museum of the Moscow region is located in Serpukhov - Serpukhov Historical and Art Museum.

The places of traditional arts and crafts are the basis of the souvenir industry of Russia:

  • Fedoskino - lacquer miniature painting,
  • Bogorodskoe - traditional manufacture of wooden toys,
  • Gzhel - unique tradition of creating ceramics,
  • Zhostovo - painted metal crafts,
  • Pavlovsky Posad - fabrics with traditional printed pattern.

Some of these settlements have museums dedicated to traditional crafts (for example, a toy museum in Bogorodskoe), as well as centers of learning arts and crafts.

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Delve into Odintsovo

Odintsovo in Moscow Oblast with it's 137,041 habitants is located in Russia about 14 mi (or 23 km) west of Moscow, the country's capital town.

Current time in Odintsovo is now 02:27 PM (Tuesday). The local timezone is named Europe / Moscow with an UTC offset of 3 hours. We know of 6 airports close to Odintsovo, of which two are larger airports. The closest airport in Russia is Vnukovo International Airport in a distance of 6 mi (or 10 km), South. Besides the airports, there are other travel options available (check left side).

There are several Unesco world heritage sites nearby. The closest heritage site in Russia is Ensemble of the Novodevichy Convent in a distance of 11 mi (or 18 km), East. If you need a hotel, we compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.

While being here, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Krasnaya Pahra, Cheremushki, Vostochnoe Degunino, Moscow and LMS. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.

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Barvikha Hotel & Spa

Address 4,2 mi Odintsovsky District, Barvikha Village 114/3, 143083 Barvikhinskoye Russia

Checkout: 12:00 - Checkin: 14:00 Reception Weekday: 0:00 - 24:00 Weekend: 0:00 - 24:00

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Postoyalets Hotel

Address 0,4 mi ul. Svobody 1 143007 Odintsovo Russia

Checkout: 23:00 - Checkin: 06:00 Reception Weekday: 0:00 - 24:00 Weekend: 0:00 - 24:00

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Park Inn by Radisson Odintsovo

Address 0,5 mi Ul. Nedelina 8 143006 Odintsovo Russia

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Apart Hotel NEP-Dubki

Address 3,5 mi Poselok Vniissok,ul. Druzhby 2 119330 Moscow Russia

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GREEN PALACE HOTEL VNUKOVO

Address 6,2 mi 1 PRIVOLNAYA ST MARUSHKINO 143350 MOSCOW Russia

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Address 5,0 mi Vnukovo 85 108817 Vnukovo Russia

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Romashkovo Farm

Address 4,7 mi Sovetskaya 14 A 143025 Odintsovo Russia

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The Unique Burial of a Child of Early Scythian Time at the Cemetery of Saryg-Bulun (Tuva)

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In 1988, the Tuvan Archaeological Expedition (led by M. E. Kilunovskaya and V. A. Semenov) discovered a unique burial of the early Iron Age at Saryg-Bulun in Central Tuva. There are two burial mounds of the Aldy-Bel culture dated by 7th century BC. Within the barrows, which adjoined one another, forming a figure-of-eight, there were discovered 7 burials, from which a representative collection of artifacts was recovered. Burial 5 was the most unique, it was found in a coffin made of a larch trunk, with a tightly closed lid. Due to the preservative properties of larch and lack of air access, the coffin contained a well-preserved mummy of a child with an accompanying set of grave goods. The interred individual retained the skin on his face and had a leather headdress painted with red pigment and a coat, sewn from jerboa fur. The coat was belted with a leather belt with bronze ornaments and buckles. Besides that, a leather quiver with arrows with the shafts decorated with painted ornaments, fully preserved battle pick and a bow were buried in the coffin. Unexpectedly, the full-genomic analysis, showed that the individual was female. This fact opens a new aspect in the study of the social history of the Scythian society and perhaps brings us back to the myth of the Amazons, discussed by Herodotus. Of course, this discovery is unique in its preservation for the Scythian culture of Tuva and requires careful study and conservation.

Keywords: Tuva, Early Iron Age, early Scythian period, Aldy-Bel culture, barrow, burial in the coffin, mummy, full genome sequencing, aDNA

Information about authors: Marina Kilunovskaya (Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation). Candidate of Historical Sciences. Institute for the History of Material Culture of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Dvortsovaya Emb., 18, Saint Petersburg, 191186, Russian Federation E-mail: [email protected] Vladimir Semenov (Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation). Candidate of Historical Sciences. Institute for the History of Material Culture of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Dvortsovaya Emb., 18, Saint Petersburg, 191186, Russian Federation E-mail: [email protected] Varvara Busova  (Moscow, Russian Federation).  (Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation). Institute for the History of Material Culture of the Russian Academy of Sciences.  Dvortsovaya Emb., 18, Saint Petersburg, 191186, Russian Federation E-mail:  [email protected] Kharis Mustafin  (Moscow, Russian Federation). Candidate of Technical Sciences. Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology.  Institutsky Lane, 9, Dolgoprudny, 141701, Moscow Oblast, Russian Federation E-mail:  [email protected] Irina Alborova  (Moscow, Russian Federation). Candidate of Biological Sciences. Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology.  Institutsky Lane, 9, Dolgoprudny, 141701, Moscow Oblast, Russian Federation E-mail:  [email protected] Alina Matzvai  (Moscow, Russian Federation). Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology.  Institutsky Lane, 9, Dolgoprudny, 141701, Moscow Oblast, Russian Federation E-mail:  [email protected]

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