Ping i525 Vs Callaway Rogue ST Pro Irons Comparison And Review 2023

 Callaway Rogue ST Pro Vs Ping i525 Irons Comparison And Review 2023

Iron technology has really advanced in the past 5 or so years and what we have now are irons crafted by Artificial Intelligence, in a compact, players profile that behave more like distance irons.

The PLayers distance iron market has become and excellent place to shop for Mid to Low Handicappers who want the players shaping without sacrificing the distance, while the irons are also getting more forgiving too, due to weight savings and advancing technology.

The Ping i525 are the upgrade to the i500’s, released in 2018 and the extremely long and forgiving for an iron of this type.

The Callaway Rogue St Pro are the most compact iron in a family of the 4 Rogue St’s are offers a sleek players profile while also boasting very impressive distance and descent angles.

Callaway Rogue St Pro Irons Overview

The Pro after Rogue ST may actually put some people off that would loves these irons as, despite the compact heads, they packing a ton of distance and they are quite easy to hit, aimed at mid to low handicappers.

It’s also amazing that Callaway have managed to fit so much technology into such a compact head, but let’s run through the features anyway.

The A.i Optimized ‘flash face cup’ is now made with 450 high strength steel and this combines for weight savings, gains in distance, launch and spin consistency.

The saved weight is replaced by Tungsten in the Toe and heel area, making for solid launch on toe misses, while increasing ball speed.

Urethane microspheres dampen unwanted vibrations and gives this a nice powerful sound and feel and these irons are designed to have a steep descent angle for stopping power on the greens and they are also quite workable.

Overall the iron looks like a muscle back players iron and performance is more like a game improvement.

These are a high quality set and many will favour these in their scoring irons especially, while mid handicappers also shouldnt be put off by the word pro.

Ping i525 Irons Overview

The Ping i525’s are going to be another iron in the same category, Irons with a players profile and control but are also long, consistent and forgiving.

The tungsten weighting stands out specifically with the clubs, there is a screw in the head and another weight in the heel that stretches the sweet spot and adds distance.

The Ballistic face from Ping is cascading and dynamically designed to deliver distance, control, workability and stopping power.

The irons are really long and the EAV polymer strategically injected inside the head gives a powerful sound and feel to the clubs.

A sole undercut adds flex and ball speed on hits low in the face and 4 more Micromax grooves than the i500’s aid in control around the greens and eliminating fliers.

The heads are compact and also have and almost game improvement performance that will attract mid and low handicappers alike

Overview Conclusion

Both irons are going to similar in terms of what is on offer.

Both irons are long, forgiving, consistent and easy to hit.

For anybody looking to take on a more players profile without giving away too much in terms of distance, will find both of these sets perfect but they will cost a bit more than a set of game improvement irons.