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Originally Posted by jimhoward
I believe Ricky Fowler is still using forged clubs. He switched from blades to mini cavity backs but they are still forged. I think that is the case for most of the players.
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Rickie is playing Forged cavity-back, he just switched to Cobra King Black Edition Tour irons, the beginning of the year.
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Originally Posted by jimhoward
I have never had the opportunity to compare clubs cast versus forged that were otherwise identical. The cast clubs I have owned have been game improvement irons with big fat soles and thick top lines and offsets on the longer irons. The forged clubs I have owned have not been blades but have small cavities and small soles and thin top lines and smaller hitting area. I can definitely feel a difference. It might be all in my head and maybe in a scientific blind test I couldn't tell. But psychological factors matter. There is a saying in golf "feel isn't real". But in my head it feels real.
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I think you're exactly right. "Feel" is a perception and most of the testing that's been done between Forged & Cast clubs, suggest that "sound" is more of a determining factor in a player's perception.
I don't know how old your clubs are, but the newer model "Player Distance" irons, look much more compact at address. In some cases, it's an optical illusion, but they don't look "clunky" and perform almost as well as a super-game-improvement iron. I play forged Srixon ZXi5's & PXG Gen6 0311's interchangeably and they both look almost as compact as a blade, at address.
I also play a set of Maxfli Australian Blades in my "retro bag" and they're probably the hardest to hit blades, ever made. The satisfaction of hitting a flush shot with my Srixons or PXG's is the exact same as hitting one with the Australian Blades, but it happens way more often and I score way better.