[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":20},["ShallowReactive",2],{"article-tour-edge-golf-clubs-tour-edge-for-better-players-where-exotics-competes":3},{"slug":4,"title":5,"subtitle":6,"image":7,"imageAlt":8,"category":9,"html":12,"wordCount":13,"prev":14,"next":17},"tour-edge-for-better-players-where-exotics-competes","Tour Edge for Better Players: Where Exotics Competes","The forged irons and the LS heads, and how they stack up.","\u002Fimg\u002Ftour-edge-golf-clubs\u002Ftour-edge-for-better-players-where-exotics-competes_tour-edge-better-players.png","Tour Edge for Better Players: Where Exotics Competes illustration",{"slug":10,"title":11},"tour-edge-golf-clubs","Tour Edge Golf Clubs","\u003Ch3>The forged irons are the strongest argument\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Exotics MB\u003C\u002Fstrong> and \u003Cstrong>Exotics CB\u003C\u002Fstrong> in 1025 carbon steel, hand-built in the USA, designed to combine as a set. For a low-handicap golfer this is where the brand competes hardest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The construction, shaping and finish stand comparison with premium forged irons from bigger names, and the pricing usually does not follow the badge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ch3>Build a combo set\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\u003Cp>CB in the long irons, MB from the mid irons down. This is how most good players should build any forged set, and Tour Edge designs the two heads to work together.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Very few golfers are best served by musclebacks through the whole bag. The long irons punish hardest and are the hardest to strike.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ch3>The LS driver\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\u003Cp>A genuine 440cc low-spin head with two adjustable sole weights. If you have the speed to need spin removed and you want a compact profile, it is a serious option.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Test it against the field on numbers rather than assuming a smaller brand cannot compete. The construction is not a step down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ch3>Where you may look elsewhere\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\u003Cp>Shaft choice at the point of purchase. Larger brands stock more head and shaft combinations at more fitting locations, so if you want six shafts to try in a driver head, that is easier elsewhere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tour Edge builds to order, so unusual specifications are available — but the try-before-you-decide experience takes more effort to arrange.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ch3>The lifetime warranty\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\u003Cp>More relevant to a good player than it sounds. Forged irons get bent for lie adjustment over their life, sometimes repeatedly as your swing changes. A brand that stands behind that indefinitely is worth something real.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ch3>The honest position\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\u003Cp>Buy Exotics for the forged irons. Test the metalwoods against the field on your own numbers rather than on reputation, in either direction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cblockquote>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Fitting tip:\u003C\u002Fstrong> Ask for a CB and MB combo quote alongside the single-model price. Most good players prefer the combo build once they have hit both, and it costs less than adding long irons later.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003C\u002Fblockquote>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cem>Model names current as of September 2026.\u003C\u002Fem>\u003C\u002Fp>\n",347,{"slug":15,"title":16},"tour-edge-for-mid-handicappers-the-realistic-bag","Tour Edge for Mid Handicappers: The Realistic Bag",{"slug":18,"title":19},"carbon-ridgeback-and-pyramid-face-what-the-technology-does","Carbon, Ridgeback and Pyramid Face: What the Technology Does",1788335629067]