The Most Used Irons On the Champions Tour (inc. Cavity Backs vs. Blades)

Having looked previously at the iron choices of the top players on the PGA and LPGA Tours in this video Golfing Focus turns our analytical lens on the irons chosen by the best players on the Champions Tour to see:

1. What are the most popular irons, and
2. If Champions Tour Pros Prefer Blades or Cavity Backs?

This is part of our ongoing series at the end of which in the following overall video we analyze the golf bags of the best players on the Champions Tour to see what the most popular 14 clubs are on the Senior Tour.

What Clubs Do Pros Use? Most Popular Set on Tour Revealed – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZZ-4_WqEZc&t=1s

0:00 Introduction
0:38 Most Popular Irons
3:58 Cavity Backs vs. Blades on Champions Tour
6:16 ‘Mixed’ Sets of Irons

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given approach shots account for 40% of the scoring Advantage between different standards of golfer according to the stats gurus we were intrigued to uncover what irons Champions Tour Pros entrust with the most critical part of the game having looked previously at the iron choices of the top players in the PGA and LPGA tours in this video we wanted to focus our analytical lens on the irons chosen by the best players in the champions tour to see what of the most popular irons and to find out where the senior Pros stand in the blades versus cavity back debate welcome back to the golfing Focus Channel everybody and when it comes to the Irons used in the PGA Champions Tour our in-depth study of 50 of the top 100 Senior Tour Pros found ping models of the most used irons with Miguel Angel gimenez and Jeff mager among those choosing them Callaway irons are the next most played including by 2023 money list winner Steve strick tight list and shron irons meanwhile are the third most popular and the most common iron setup is four iron to pitching wedge golfing focuses analysis further uncovered that ston ZX7 irons are the most used individual irons on the champions tour with 12% of this Elite group using them including Ernie else titless T100 irons are chosen by 12% with Callaway’s X Forest irons the next most popular with 8% playing them two edges Exotics proos 723 irons are that Brand’s most used model in total our in-depth study found 30 different models of irons being played by the champions tour Pros across 10 different manufacturers while this fact combined with our overall analysis showed the top senior Pros to be very much like their main tour colleagues on the PGA tour in terms of their consistent tinkering with the irons that they play what was also interesting to note was the prevalence of iron Brands which don’t feature on the main tour tour edge and Muno irons for example were more prevalent in the club data we analyzed in the champions tour compared to the PGA tour in addition we found Taylor mid irons to be far less popular in the senior tour when again compared with the main tour and this in turn brings us onto the issue of sponsorships and how much that affects the iron choices made by the top senior Pros it obviously does and as such we hesitated somewhat when describing various irons as the most popular as opposed to the most used once again the data available in the champions tour Pros is not as extensive as it is in the PGA Tour but we were still able to discover that at least 64% of the 50 senior Pros we researched are playing the irons made by one of their manufacturer sponsors this percentage is in all likelihood to be higher however it was refreshing to see some outliers 2023 Champions Tour winner Steve Stricker for example chooses to play Callaway’s Apex proone 2019 irons despite his sponsorship deal with Callaway only including an obligation to use their Odyssey Cutters according to Golf Digest with his use of seven different brands of clubs in his bag Champions Tour Legend Bernard Langer also does not appear to let endorsements impact all of his club choices having signed a multi-year equipment deal with t Edge in 20121 he does currently play a mixed set of Exotics cbx forged and Exotics Pro 723 IRS produced by that manufacturer but he also has six other manufacturers clubs in his bag including ping Taylor m Adams Cleveland titlist and a Callaway Odyssey Putter ex Rider Cup captain ton Layman meanwhile still appears to put a combination of old tailor made irons burner and tpmc forged 2011 models in play despite his headline sponsorship deal with t Edge and although he has been with bridon since 2006 it was fun to find Fred couple still playing with the Dual pocket cavity irons he’s been using a version of since 2010 the topic of Blades versus cavity B generates a lot of attention amongst regular golfers as many remain convinced blades are not only what all good golfers should be using but also that they are good for golfers of all standards to help them improve their ball striking abilities so when it comes to the best Pros in the champions tour we were Keen to discover where they stood in the issue among the 50 senior Pros for which iron’s information was available our analysis however only found three of them use blades Miguel Angel gimenez for example uses a set of ping blueprint T blade irons from four iron to pitching wedge while VJ Singh chooses Muno Pro 221 models for his blade irons starting at a five iron so it appears the vast majority of the champions tour Pros we researched are clearly settled on their preferences for cavity backs over blades and even among the pros who do use blades only heenez uses what would be considered a full set of them that being said the remainder of the best senior players showed a clear preference for Players golf irons which while not quite as small and thin as blades are not far off although this category of irons does still offer a little more forgiveness based on them having some type of cavity Bank these IRS are also targeted at low handicap in Elite golfers and therefore while Champions Tour Pros use cavity back irons in the main we find them almost always to be in the players category there were some notable exceptions however among the senior Pros who opted for a mixed set of irons comprising more than one model for example we found Rob Le britz Tim O’Neal Davis Love III and Brian Gay all to be choosing for their long IRS a player distance iron a model another step up in the Forgiveness ladder and designed for golfers with handicaps up to the low double digits the first three in this small group chose tiess T200 irons for the three and four long irons but also up to a seven iron in L rit’s case and we also even found top 10 Champions to a rank Alex sedka with a mid- handicapper Callaway x223 iron in his bag so although the senior Pros we analyze most frequently chose the least forgiven category of cavity back irns for their bags we found some willing to embrace the benefits of the much more forgiving IRS a huge number of regular golfers use what we didn’t see as much as we did in our analysis of the iron choices of the top Pros in the PGA Tour however was the best Champions Tour Pros opting for a mixed set of irons where they put more than one iron model in their bag on the pga2 our in-depth Club study discovered 42% of the top 100 PGA Tour Pros opting for a mixed set of IRS but in the Champions Tour by comparison we found only 14% of the senior two Pros preferring a mixed iron set whether the champions tour Pros will follow their main tour colleagues and this increasing Trend in future years remains to be seen but for now they seem happy with sticking with one iron model for their iron set when you take driving or utility IRS out of the equation so that’s it for this video If you enjoyed it please do hit that like button and click on one of those boxes on the screen to join us in another one 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