Callaway Big Bertha Irons

These are the most forgiving irons Callaway makes, aimed at golfers who want height and straightness without working for either. Each head is a hollow cast stainless body behind a 450 stainless steel cup face, with urethane microspheres in the cavity to settle the strike and tungsten placed inside to drive launch. Lofts run strong, the 7-iron at 27 degrees, which is how a super game improvement set buys its distance.

Shaft choice is a clean split by material. True Temper's Elevate 85 MPH covers the steel side, Callaway's RCH 65i the graphite, and between them the set spans light, regular and stiff in right or left-handed builds. In practice these suit the golfer stepping up from a boxed set, or stepping down from irons that stopped being fun. The Big Bertha hybrid ladder extends the same idea above the 5-iron.