From Golf Magazine (ClubTest, March 2010)

Category: Game-Improvement Irons
We tested: 3-4 hybrid with UST Mamiya Proforce AXIVCore graphite shaft, 5-iron to PW with True Temper Performance Lite steel shaft

Company line: "The hybrids (3-4) have 41 grams of external rear weight to increase launch angle and spin; trans hybrid (5) has a hollow head with 13 percent thinner face to increase distance; cavity-back irons (6-PW) have a dual cavity."

Our Testers say:
PROS: The hybrids immediately bolster overall performance; firm, crisp irons and lively hybrids send precise info; repeatable distance on solid hits; for some, measurable gains in carry distance; medium-high flight; shots generally go straight but can be worked; hybrids deliver from the tee, fairway or rough.

CONS: Perceived weight difference between steel-shafted irons and graphite-shafted hybrids takes getting used to; the ball can feel a little too jumpy with hybrids; a few experience larger-than-normal distance gap between 5-iron and 4-hybrid.

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From Golf Magazine (November 2009)
The company's forte is a smooth integration between hybrids and scoring clubs. The Idea a7 delivers two hybrids (in place of 3- and 4-irons), a transition club (hollow-headed 5-hybrid) and cavity-back irons (6-iron to PW). Hybrid updates include a sleeker look (the boxy shape is gone), more sole camber and a 41-gram backweight for added forgiveness and easier launch.

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