Iron Profile: New Callaway Forged ERC HOT

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Its Forged, and its their most player iron after the X-18 Pro Series.

X-Tour

X-18 PS

New Forged ERC HOT

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Forged +Tunite insert? Doesn't make sense to me, but whatever Callaway thinks will sell I guess.

Let me say however the ERC Fusion irons on looks, size, and shape alone seems to have been targeted at the 10-16 hdcp crowd which makes it an "almost" player's iron IMHO.

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Forged +Tunite insert? Doesn't make sense to me, but whatever Callaway thinks will sell I guess.

Let me say however the ERC Fusion irons on looks, size, and shape alone seems to have been targeted at the 10-16 hdcp crowd which makes it an "almost" player's iron IMHO.

What is a Tunite insert? Dont get the Ti vs the Forged Mixed up as they are tottaly different in design and materials.

Here is the breakdown on this new model:

The ERC HOT irons feature a "Spring" Steel Face, Soft Forged Body, and TPU (Thermo Plastic Urethane).

- The Spring Steel Face is made of a high rebounding material used to increase the initial ball speed. In addition, the sweet spot has been expanded.

- The Soft Forged Body promotes a soft feel and increased control.

- The TPU futher increases the soft feel at impact.

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I thought the black plastic thing (the TPU I guess) was the tunite insert. I'll go check the Callaway site.

Still it doesn't make sense to me. Especially putting the spring face steel on the face where you would get "feel" the most. I would guess though they now who they are targeting with these. The previous cast Callaway better players. Cast with better feel I guess.