Review: Titleist 716 CB
Pros: The addition of tungsten to the design of the 716 CB irons makes the long and mid irons noticeably easier to hit, without compromising the looks and feel of past models.
Who they’re for: The 716 CB irons are a great choice for golfers who think the 716 AP2 irons are too bulky at address, as well as those looking for more forgiveness than one-piece cavity-back and muscleback irons can provide.
With the 716 CB irons, Titleist added tungsten to the design through its co-forging process. Like the 716 AP2 irons, each 716 CB long and mid iron receives its own specially designed set of tungsten weights, which are forged into the corners of the sole to boost moment of inertia (MOI), a measure of ball speed retention on off-center hits.
The move to tungsten includes an average of 55.52 grams of tungsten per club head (3-7 iron), which is only fractionally less than the average of 56.2 grams of tungsten used Titleist’s 716 AP2 iron heads. Compared to the 714 CB irons, the 716 CB irons have 12.3 percent higher MOI. To put that into perspective, the MOI of the 716 CB matches that of the 714 AP2 irons. That’s remarkable.
More info (GolfWRX.com)
No comments:
Post a Comment