When the 712 AP1 Irons be the hot golf in the market, can you remember the first AP1 Irons that made by Titleist in 2009? AP stands for Advanced Performance. Titleist says it is for the "skilled and aspiring" golfer and features multi-material, dual cavity irons providing great looks, feel, shot control and higher flight with forgiveness.
Titleist 2009 AP1 Irons offer a contemporary, confidence inspiring appearance in the playing position with soft blends, modern proportions and semi-underslung hosel. Key improvements to the new AP1 irons add forgiveness without sacrificing shot control - factors previously thought to be mutually exclusive. AP1 irons are more forgiving because of their more efficient, high MOI design while also featuring a more traditional appearance with a progressive blade length throughout the set.
The AP1 come standard with True Temper Dynamic Gold High Launch steel shafts or Titleist VS Proto-T 75 graphite shafts as well as Golf Pride Tour Velvet grips are available for righties and lefties in a 4-PW set. The dual cavity and multi-material design are a radical departure from anything Titleist has made in the past and have been designed with one key bit of player feedback at the forefront: feel. Cheap golf club sets forgiveness, solid feel and improved looks advance your game with the new AP1 irons.
It covers the lower cavity and is designed to keep weight lower while giving players both good feel and added forgiveness. This lower center of gravity gives players a higher launch angle with more ball speed and what Titleist calls "consistent spin performance across the hitting area." These are dual-cavity irons, which mean the weight is squeezed out to the perimeters. The body of the head is cast #431 steel with an aluminum cavity plate. New for Titleist is a soft elastomer cushion and central cross-member, which translates into a nice, solid feel with muted vibration.
Titleist 2009 AP1 Irons Main Features:
Dual cavity design pushes weight to the perimeter for forgiveness.
Soft elastomer cushion provides structural rigidity behind the impact area while also dampening face vibration for better overall feel.
Tungsten nickel box locates the Center of Gravity low and deep for enhanced performance.
Increased Forgiveness through an advanced technology, multi-material, high MOI design featuring a precise stainless steel body and high density tungsten sole weight, Titleist 2010 710 AP1 Irons + Scotty Cameron Studio Select KOMBI Putter + 909 D3 Driver.
Higher Ball Speed on miss-hits for improved distance control
More Forgiving Long Irons with a 4% increase in moment of inertia (MOI)
Traditional Short Irons through a progressively reduced blade length
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I purchased these to have something more forgiving since I was playing Ping I3 blades. Since I don't play as often I decided to buy something that would dampen mishit. I have a personal driving range and I found that my swing fault followed me, go figure :) Anyway, my 1st round was a disaster, but it wasn't the clubs. After the disaster I practiced all week with them, along with a major revision in my setup and shot 73 in my second round with them. So, they were redeemed. One thing I've noticed is that the offset is hidden well in the design of the club. I have never cared for offset, but it's almost invisible in this club. They feel really good in my hands and the thicker sole from the Ping's now seem normal.