Ping was the first company to come out with the forgiving heel-toe weighting design in irons with the Ping EYE and Ping EYE 2 irons. They continue to make irons that are very forgiving, according to reviews. The Ping Rapture V2 irons have been ranked among the most forgiving in the Rankmark.com irons test.

The golf industry isn’t doing so well with the slow economy, and that’s good for those who are buyers of golf clubs. There are plenty of good deals, and here’s another one. When you purchase a set of Lynx LXTI irons with either steel or graphite shafts, you get a free Lynx LX3 driver AND a free Lynx LX3 fairway wood.

What are the most important criteria when choosing the driver you would want to play? Let’s say a club looked terrible and sounded terrible, you might not even want to try it out, but if it performed better than all other clubs, you would learn to love it wouldn’t you? I say that clearly, the most important criteria for a driver are distance and accuracy. I’m not intending to imply anything about the Nike SQ Dymo driver’s looks or sound. My point is that it really doesn’t matter, since it received 2nd place in reviews in the 2 most important categories: distance and accuracy.

Henrik Stenson won the Tour Player’s Championship in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida on Sunday. Clearly, he plays the clubs that work best for him, with little concern for any big endorsement contract. His driver is a Callaway FT-3, which is several years old. The 3-wood that he used to tee off many times this week is a Big Bertha from 2004. His irons and putter are different brands.

I figured since he was wearing a Srixon hat, maybe the Srixon irons he plays were more current models, but that’s not the case. Apparently he wears the hat because he plays a Srixon ball.

The Callaway FT-9 driver has done very well in reviews and testing. Rankmark.com tested 36 drivers, and the FT-9 took 5th place overall. The FT-9 is designed for better players to be able to work the ball with a draw or fade, but golfers of all handicaps have benefited from this driver.

Sean O’Hair won the Quail Hollow Championship in Charlotte, North Carolina on Sunday. Sean plays TaylorMade golf clubs, except for one Cleveland lob wedge. Quail Hollow’s finishing holes are referred to as the green mile, and are very tough finishing holes. In spite of taking bogey on each of the last 2 holes, O’Hair won by one stroke over Lucas Glover.

I was fit for custom Wilson golf clubs in about 3-5 minutes without leaving the comfort of my chair. I received an e-mail from Wilson the other day; they were advertising their Dyna Fit website.

Cleveland has several good deals going. You can get free golf and airline tickets with the purchase of $500 worth of Cleveland golf clubs. Or, you can get a free Cleveland bag with the purchase of a set of Launcher irons. The newest deal is when you buy a Monster driver or a Launcher driver, you get your choice of a free Launcher fairway wood or HiBore XLS fairway wood.

The Rankmark.com irons test reveals the best golf clubs set as the Titleist AP1 irons. There’s not a remarkable difference in the appearance between the AP1 and the AP2 irons. The AP1 irons are for higher handicappers (but not necessarily high handicappers), and are made of stainless steel, whereas the AP2 irons are made of forged carbon steel.