Srixon ZX4 Irons Review – Are They Blades, Forgiving, What Handicap?
Over recent years Srixon have been overshadowed by the likes of TaylorMade, Callaway and Titleist. Their R&D team has been hard at work trying to get their iron and metal wood products up to the high standards of their golf ball.
Srixon have just released their ZX range, and it hits the nail on the head. From design, look, sound and performance, the ZX range has put them back on the map. Even the likes of Brooks Koepka have joined their team.
The ZX4 irons are incredible, the sleek looking hollow body construction irons are any mid to high handicap players dream.
Below we will jump into some of the ZX4’s technology and give you feedback on our experience testing them out.
What Handicap Are the Srixon ZX4 Irons For?
The Srixon ZX4 irons are built for your mid to high handicap players. The shape of the head and hollow body construction provide a great look at address and give the player incredible forgiveness and distance.
The ZX4 is an interesting iron, although it was built for your mid to high handicap golfer, as a low handicap player looking for some extra distance, the ZX4 irons can be the solution, and as a beginner that has some talent and could improve quickly, the ZX4 can offer incredible forgiveness by not being you over sized chucky game improvement iron, this also means that when you improve you will be able to continue using the irons, and not have to upgrade to irons that will suit your game.
Are the Srixon ZX4 Irons Blades?
No, the ZX4 irons are far from being blades. Don’t be fooled by their looks, the hollow body construction allows Srixon to make the outside look like a blade.
The thicker topline, offset and wide sole are all there to give you maximum forgiveness and distance.
Are the Srixon ZX4’s Forged
The Srixon ZX4 irons are a multi construction head. This means they use two techniques to make this club.
The face of the club is forged and the rest of the iron head is cast steel.
Srixon uses a forged HT1770 Steel in the face of the ZX4 irons, this enhances speed and distance, and they use a 431 Steel body, which absorbs vibrations and gives you a softer feel off the face.
Srixon ZX4 Irons – First Impressions
With Srixon making these big changes to their iron line up, it makes sense that we talk about the technology before we dive into our first impressions on the ZX4 irons.
Srixon have stabilized the ZX4 irons by adding a milled pattern on the back of irons’ face, this technique maximizes COR, and gives you increased ball speed and more distance.
The ZX4’s has hollow body construction design, this gives you loads forgiveness, which allows you to strike the ball across the entire face, without losing ball speed. It also allows Srixon to make the iron look great, while in your bag and at address, while still giving you a lot of forgiveness and distance.
Srixon has placed tungsten in the sole of ZX4’s long and mid irons (4 iron to 7 iron), this lowers the center of gravity, and gives you a higher launch. The ZX4 irons have a forged HT1770 Steel face, the forged face increases speed and distance, it also has a 431 Steel body, which takes away vibrations for a softer feel off the face.
Srixon has incorporated a V-shaped sole, it helps the club slide smoothly through the turf, even when striking the ball badly. ZX4 irons also feature their sole notches.
Srixon have changed the grooves in the ZX range, the 8 iron to PW are sharper, narrower, and deeper, giving you more spin, allowing you to stop the ball on the greens easier than ever.
From the start we could see some incredible ball speed from the ZX4 irons. At address the topline is not as big compared to your average game improvement iron, which we loved.
You can however see the back of the club as the lofts get stronger. This may be off putting to some.
The V-shaped sole is great, the club slid through the turf with ease on every shot. The forged face is great, the sound and feel off the clubface is incredible for a game improvement iron.
With all this tech, you unfortunately lose some workability. It is easy to work the ball left to right, but to control the trajectory is not easy.
Our team mates with faster swing speeds found they hit a few ‘hot shots’ that carried well over the flag, this isn’t ideal, however as a high handicap player, you won’t be getting many of these.
Srixon ZX4 Irons Selling Points
- Multi forged construction, giving you more distance and forgiveness
- V-Shaped helps with turf interaction
- A lot more compact than your traditional game improvement iron
- There are Sharper, narrower, and deeper grooves in the 8 iron to PW
- Stabilized frame increase ball speed and distance
Who Are the Srixon ZX7 Irons For?
The Srixon ZX4 irons are aimed at your mid to high handicap golfers. They are incredibly forgiving with loads of distance.
We could see a lot of people going into a combo set with the ZX range, for a mid handicap player to use the ZX4 irons in their longer irons can really help with the forgiveness, as your longer irons are definitely harder to hit.
Most game improvement irons look thick and chunky, but the ZX range is far from that.
The Srixon ZX Family of Irons
The Srixon ZX range has a few more models to their range, this really gives all levels of golfers the option to play the ZX range, and allows you to build combo sets. We were really impressed by this, because most golf club manufacturers don’t make such an extensive range that caters for all handicap levels.
ZX7 irons are your low handicap irons, they are tour cavity irons. Srixon have moved the weight to the perimeter, this helps with forgiveness. It has an incredibly soft feel and sound off the face. They are extremely easy to work, which allows you to control the ball with ease, the narrow sole, thin top line and minimal offset gives this iron a fantastic look at address.
The ZX5 irons have the same DNA as the ZX7 irons, but there are a few differences, these are mainly there to give you a bit more forgiveness and distance. The ZX5 irons feature a slightly longer blade, wider sole, and more offset, this appeals to the mid handicap golfer. We love the ZX7 and ZX5 irons as low handicap players could play the 6 to 4 iron in their longer irons, this will help with forgiveness.
ZX Utility isn’t a part of a full iron set, it is a driving iron. It has a thinner top line and smaller profile compared to the previous generations. It complements the ZX7 and ZX5 perfectly in the longer irons.
Distance: 95/100
Accuracy: 92/100
Forgiveness: 95/100
Feel & Control: 87/100
Overall Score: 92.25/100
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