Winner: Irons — Max Game-Improvement
Cobra S9
$ 699, steel $ 799, graphite; cobragolf.com

These handsome, high-tech dudes won't let poor swings kill you. There's a good deal of forgiveness here. The three-piece polymer topline saves 14-grams, to beef up the heel and toe areas of the sole for added perimeter weighting. Testers find the sole weighting helps you stay with the shot on downhill lies. Its overall feel also contributes to successful chipping. The long irons are so easy to smack off a tee, comparable to a hybrid.

"I even feel in control when hitting shots out of rough." — Peter Kraus (20)

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