[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":20},["ShallowReactive",2],{"article-tour-edge-golf-clubs-tour-edge-for-mid-handicappers-the-realistic-bag":3},{"slug":4,"title":5,"subtitle":6,"image":7,"imageAlt":8,"category":9,"html":12,"wordCount":13,"prev":14,"next":17},"tour-edge-for-mid-handicappers-the-realistic-bag","Tour Edge for Mid Handicappers: The Realistic Bag","What a golfer between 12 and 20 should take from the two ranges.","\u002Fimg\u002Ftour-edge-golf-clubs\u002Ftour-edge-for-mid-handicappers-the-realistic-bag_tour-edge-mid-handicap.png","Tour Edge for Mid Handicappers: The Realistic Bag illustration",{"slug":10,"title":11},"tour-edge-golf-clubs","Tour Edge Golf Clubs","\u003Ch3>The driver\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Exotics Max\u003C\u002Fstrong> if you want the premium construction and the sliding weight, \u003Cstrong>Hot Launch Max\u003C\u002Fstrong> if the priority is value. Both prioritise forgiveness, which is what a spread strike pattern needs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Skip the LS. A 440cc low-spin head punishes exactly the miss this player makes most often, and it will cost height as well as accuracy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ch3>The irons\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Exotics Max\u003C\u002Fstrong> or \u003Cstrong>Hot Launch Max\u003C\u002Fstrong>, or a combo set with ironwoods in the long slots. The forged MB and CB are the wrong clubs here however good they look — a mid handicapper in a muscleback loses several strokes a round to lost height.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you have bounced off hybrids before because of the shape, this is where the ironwoods earn their place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ch3>The top of the bag\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\u003Cp>One fairway wood you can hit off grass — 18 degrees is usually more useful than 15 — plus one or two hybrids or ironwoods replacing the long irons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The 4-iron comes out. For most golfers in this band, so does the 5.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ch3>The wedges\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\u003Cp>Three below the iron set, spaced off the actual pitching wedge loft. Forgiving soles rather than tour grinds, matching the irons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ch3>Check the bag gaps before adding anything\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\u003Cp>The bag above only works if the distances step evenly, and the only way to know is to measure. FocusGolf picks up swings automatically from a Wear OS, Apple Watch or Garmin watch with nothing attached to the club, recording carry and keeping each session on file. Walk the whole set on a range day and you will usually find one pair of clubs landing in the same place — that slot is free, and it is almost always better spent on a wedge than on the long iron you were protecting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ch3>Where not to spend\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\u003Cp>Adjustable weights you will never move, a low-spin driver head, or a fourth wedge before your distance control inside 100 yards is reliable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cblockquote>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Fitting tip:\u003C\u002Fstrong> Tell the fitter your handicap and typical miss before hitting a ball. A fitter working from your real pattern builds a better bag than one working from your best five swings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003C\u002Fblockquote>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cem>Model names current as of September 2026.\u003C\u002Fem>\u003C\u002Fp>\n",360,{"slug":15,"title":16},"tour-edge-wedges-hot-launch-max-and-max-d","Tour Edge Wedges: Hot Launch Max and Max D",{"slug":18,"title":19},"tour-edge-for-better-players-where-exotics-competes","Tour Edge for Better Players: Where Exotics Competes",1788335629066]