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SEXY BEASTS

Make no mistakes, blade, or muscleback, irons are far from being for every and any golfer. However, there is no denying their beauty from a purely aesthetic standpoint. Let alone the supreme feeling at impact when you manage a centre strike.

Blade irons have come a long way though, with more forgiveness built in through a variety of techniques, innovative shaping and weighting also precisely placing centre of gravity (CG) for best results.

The following pages feature the best of the blade category in world golf, which will be the envy of your playing partners and take pride of place in your bag. They will also allow shotmaking like no other clubs should you be talented enough to make them sing.

There is also some of the best models of the past used by players to win majors, which

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