Titleist Gent About Trying To Tweak The AP2 Series A Good Bit

TItleist this year, went about trying to tweak the AP2 series a good bit.

The ap2 irons are similar in many ways, yet there are some new improvements making them Absolutely Perfect. The new black medallion looks much better than the original model with the silver/gray. The black gives a richer look, and the insert is slightly larger than previous model. The top line looks just wide enough to inspire confidence, but thin enough to not look bulky. The offset is minimal and the overall squarer headshape is really pleasing to the eye. While I think these will appeal to alot of golfers, I don’t think they are a GI club by any means. They aren’t going to make a bad swing good, and a chunky shot is still a chunky shot. This insert has been specifically designed to improve the sound and feel of each new iron. As with the AP1, the length of the hosel increases through the set, with the longer irons having a short hosel to assist in launch, and the scoring irons utilizing a longer hosel to help control the ball flight.

Like the new AP1, the Tuned Feel System is one of the big differentiators in the new model according to the golf. Titleist heard that, and decided to work on it. Enter the 712 line up. The New titleist 712 ap2 Irons are more forgiving and more distance control. It gives the AP2 player more consistent ball speed over a larger area of the face. The 712 AP2s feel much more solid. The originals had a slight hollow feeling in my opinion, while the new ones feel like there is meat right behind the ball when you strike it. Although looking at the cavity, it might seem that is where some of the metal is cut out, it certainly improves the feel. They were great off tight fairways, yet cut nicely through the rough popping the ball up quickly thus losing very little distance. The progressive offset was modest even in the long irons keeping with a traditional and advanced player’s desire, but just enough for even the mid-handicap player. For more offset see the AP1 irons. The AP2 is still forged from 1025 soft carbon steel, and features the tungsten nickel sole found in the original AP2. You can search these irons from the todaysgolfer.

The 710′s were without a doubt a hit for Titleist, and while I didn’t play them, who couldn’t notice the love everywhere you looked. With the AP2′s my flight is slightly higher. This may be a turn off to many, but it is compared to a muscle back. Can’t say there is anything missing here. I could make them do everything I could with my 710 CB/MB’s and while I’m not big on working it alot, I could do it easily. Hit a few off the toe, and while a back swing is bad, these still helped fly decently. Low on the face was still slightly okay, and high on the face was fine. It didn’t seem to feel much different on toe hits or heel hits. There might be some golfers that want a little more feedback in an iron head. The feel that the shaft gives off is something that quite a few of us felt might have been the missing piece in the previous version of these irons. After 2 hours of testing, it was fairly unanimous that titleist ap2 710 may have a winner on their hands.

Together, the AP1 and AP2 irons cover a large spectrum of golfers as they are very different irons geared towards very different players. GOOD LUCK!!!