[Eracer]

Great review Tim. As you know, I bought the MT irons, opting for a bit more forgiveness than the Pro-C model. Mine came with the Nippon 950GH shaft which (for me) is far superior to the True Temper offerings I've tried. You are right on about the design of the heads, as they are indeed a nice blend of modern and "old-school" design elements. One of the things I noticed is that, while the heads seem small when framing the ball at address, they are significantly larger than the 845 V-25's I previously played. They "fool the eye" quite nicely. As for performance - I agree wholeheartedly with your assessment. Wonderful on center strikes (or even near-center strikes) and enough feedback to tell me exactly what I did wrong on mediocre hits, without too great a penalty.

The 54º Pro DW wedge I bought is proving to be everything I want in a wedge. Great feel, versatility, and good looks to boot. I was concerned that the 54º model might have too much loft, since I bought it to replace my 52º gap wedge, but oddly, it's proven to be just as long as the 52º it replaced. I suspect the extra 1/2" shaft length makes the difference. I'm hitting the new DW wedge better than any gap wedge I've ever hit (including the Srixon GW) and I'm probably going to buy the 58º model soon. It's going to be tougher still to replace the 56º Srixon; we'll see how that goes.

In short, I think better players who are in the market for a forged cavity-back player's iron would do themselves a great disservice by ignoring the Pro-C clubs. In fact, any player in the market for a premium iron - be they muscleback (Pro-M,) player's cavity-back (Pro-C,) forged GI (MT and the MT Mid,) or SGI (MT OS) - would do well to put MacGregor on their demo list.

I plan on demoing the MacGregor hybrids soon. Everyone here who's been paying attention knows how much I love my Bafflers; for me to even contemplate trying another hybrid speaks volumes about my opinion of MacGregor right now. And no, Dave, they DON"T make an 8-hybrid.)

Too bad MacGregor doesn't get more press. They deserve to be returned to the status they once held as one of the premier club manufacturers.