XXIO Women's 14 Irons

Five clubs in the stock set, the 7, 8, 9, a pitching wedge and a sand wedge, a shorter run than most iron sets ship and an honest reflection of where they actually get used. The 7 iron sits at 30 degrees. Long irons are not the job here: XXIO's women's hybrids cover that ground as far as 35 degrees, and these pick up from the point where a golfer is swinging at a target.

Heads are cast, and the face alloy changes across the set instead of holding one spec from the long irons down to the wedge. Only Ladies and Senior flexes are built, on the women's lightweight graphite, and every club is right-handed. Anyone still carrying a longer set out of habit should look hard at the five-club version.