June 22, 200717 yr i'm hoping the viq forged tops your picks as that's the iron i have and it's awesome. can't be tempted by anythig else.
June 22, 200717 yr Author i'm hoping the viq forged tops your picks as that's the iron i have and it's awesome. can't be tempted by anythig else. Come on you know you've already been tempted... The ViQ's are definitely great irons but after having all 5 together, visually they are definitely the biggest and the others really give them a run feel and forgiveness wise. After a few days, so far the breakdown is as follows: Feel: 1. Yururi 2. ViQ (tie) 2. Epon X (tie) 4. Yamaha 5. G-Field-1 Yururi has the most pure feel... no undercut. The Epon even with the undercut comes in just about even with the ViQ with no undercut, the advantage of Endo using the absolute best steel for Epon I think. Yamaha edges out the G-Field slightly. Forgiveness: 1. Epon X (tie) 1. G-Field CCB-1 (tie) 1. Yamaha (tie) 4. Yururi (tie) 4. ViQ (tie) The undercuts on the Epon, G-Field and Yamaha really help the ball go from virtually any spot on the iron face. amazing forgiveness on all three. The Yururi and ViQ were pretty even and not far behind the top three. The Yururi surprised me as I thought it's smaller sized head would give me trouble but not at all. Setup: 1. Yururi 2. Epon 3. Yamaha 4. G-Field 5. ViQ As you saw from the address pic above, the Yururi and it's compact head and thinner topline sets up absolutely beautiful. The Epon is not far behind... also amazing at setup. The Yamaha, G-Field and ViQ all are considerably bigger and thicker than those two, with the ViQ's being the largest. I did like the ViQ very much initially but after comparing it side by side with others, I may infact prefer a slightly smaller head. Sound: 1. Yururi 2. ViQ 3. Epon 4. Yamaha 5. G-Field The two irons with no undercut top the sound category as pure hits sound great, while the other three with undercuts have a more clicky sound at impact. Performance: Not enough time to determine yet....
June 22, 200717 yr Along with forgiveness you should add one more category..... which irons win on the good shots? i have a feeling it will be the yururi....
June 22, 200717 yr ok, another important part: VALUE. which offers most performance for the dollar? also, you mention feel,etc, but please indicate accuracy in your reports. thanks.
June 22, 200717 yr Wow. Excellent review so far! Thanks so much! What kind of surface are you playing from? Soft bent grass? What kind of divot do you usually take? That is, do you take a deep divot in front of the ball, shallow in front of the ball, behind the ball,,, Can you give us some pictures of the leading edges? All of this, as you know, contributes to the "feel" of a particular club. Great review!! Thanks!
June 22, 200717 yr Author I will add accuracy and performance at a later date which will in the end determine value. Performance measurement needs a bit more time playing. Playing from all different surfaces, it's actually been very dry here lately due to lack of rain. I take a small divot after the ball, medium deep. Will take all the leading edge, topline pics tomorrow!~
June 22, 200717 yr Author I left my ViQ's at my clubfitter so today's pics are just the other 4. For size comparisons, the ViQ has the biggest head and it's topline is about the same as the G-Field and Yamaha. Toplines on the Epon and Yururi are very close with the Yururi having the most compact head.
June 23, 200717 yr gocchin thanks for the pics! i get to appreciate the look of the yuri yuris even more! actually looks like the small brother of the Epon x
June 24, 200717 yr Author So far I'm very impressed with all these irons... I can't decide which to take on my next 18.... Yururi or Epon... The G-Field and ViQ's have already been out for a few rounds...
June 24, 200717 yr what about srixon WR? Wait.. are these sets game improvements? they looked pretty thick to me.
June 25, 200717 yr Author what about srixon WR? Wait.. are these sets game improvements? they looked pretty thick to me. Srixon WR is bordering on Game improvement. From the above sets only the Yamaha is probably considered a Game improvement iron, even still it's forged, the G-Field and ViQ are as forgiving as game improvement but geared towards mid cappers. The epon and yururi are pretty darn thin... what do you consider thin??
June 25, 200717 yr Gocchin, many thankx for counducting these test for us.. I can't afford that many irons to test.. I can drool over them too.. TSG is great to have you here so that us guys that can afford only one set can efficiently narrow the choices down.
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