July 2007: MAX Game-Improvement Irons
Winner: Tour Edge Bazooka QL Iron-Wood
$599, steel; $679, graphite; touredge.com
Equipment Finder Profile

WE TESTED: 3-PW with Aldila NVS graphite shaft

THE COMPANY LINE: "Heavy, 120-gram sole contributes to improved forgiveness and higher, longer shots. Forged face improves feel. Ironwoods No. 1 to No. 4 have bulge and roll to bring off-center hits back to target line."

OUR TEST PANEL SAYS: Performance improves with relatively little effort; excels from rough; knocks out consistent yardages under all course conditions; really works if you're looking for maximum control; a funky, bulbous shape; even off tighter lies, the short irons create predictably straight shots; shortest hitter of the group but the most accurate; adequate on chip shots; superb, cushiony feel; short irons produce a fairway-wood sound.

Feels like you pure it on virtually every shot. — Peter Kraus, 20 handicap