Srixon ZX4 Irons

The new Srixon ZX4 Irons are the latest club in the ZX line, offering the most forgiveness in the lineup with really appealing looks not normally found in this area of Game Improvement (GI) irons. With a larger, hollow body, the ZX4 is designed to go long and straight.

The Looks

The Srixon ZX4 has the same badging and design as the rest of the ZX lineup, using a black and red color scheme, with minimal logos for a clean, sleek look which looks amazing. The club head itself has a fairly long, wide sole, designed to better distribute the weight of the club and create more forgiveness. This is, of course, a GI iron so there will be some size. While it’s not the largest club head I’ve seen, the longer irons’ soles can peek out at address That said, it’s not daunting by any means. Just don’t be expecting to be looking down at a butter knife. The top line is very clean and nicely shaped. The club’s profile does, however, inspire confidence, especially if you’re not confident in your iron game. Overall, you’re not going to find a better looking game improvement club on the market right now.

How Does it Feel?

I found the Srixon ZX4 irons to have a much better feel than other hollow irons tend to. What does this mean? Well, they don’t actually feel “hollow” at impact. Now, realizing this is very much a hollow game improvement club is key here, so you’re not going to the get the feel of a forged blade. With that, the ZX4, however, does give a lot more feedback off of the face than other hollow clubs I’ve hit, most likely because Srixon uses a forged face in the ZX4. You definitely can feel where you hit the ball on the face, which is nice for a club this forgiving. There is an impressively solid and precise feel on well struck shots.

How Does it Sound?

With a large, hollow iron head typically comes a matching sound. At impact, the Srixon ZX4 has a higher pitched “thunk” sound when coming off of the face. I’d almost categorize it similar to a driving iron or hybrid, more so than the click of a blade. When you do take a divot, it lets off a nice “whoosh” sound. This combo of turf and impact sounds makes for a nice clean combo.

On-Course Performance

On the course, the Srixon ZX4 is going to play very differently depending on the type of player. If you’re like me, you like a bit of workability from a players club in the short irons, but want that extra forgiveness in the longer irons. Thus, the top of my bag in the long irons is where the ZX4 found its home. The club is just very long, straight and forgiving. I found it extremely easy to launch the 4 iron from anywhere. The larger club head is very confidence inducing as well, so that’s another big plus.

I enlisted the help of some higher-handicap players who were good candidates to test the ZX4, and they fell in love. For one, it looks better than any other game improvement clubs out there. With that came the performance to match. The most common comment I received was that the ZX4 is long in the distance department. I took this two ways. For one, the distance on well struck shots is up there, or above, any other iron in this category. Secondly, the forgiveness is there as well. If you’re a player who doesn’t find the center of the club face as often as you’d like, the ZX4 won’t punish you with huge distance losses.

In terms of tech, Srixon uses what they call the Mainframe, which creates a variable thickness across the face, grooves, and cavity. This is how we get that forgiveness and distance combo above. Additionally, the ZX4 uses the same Tour V.T. sole from the rest of the ZX lineup, so while the sole is larger, it still glides through the turf easily. It also still gives you a tad of workability, which could be good for those better players looking for a long iron replacement.

Final Thoughts – Srixon ZX4 Irons

Overall, the Srixon ZX4 can fit in to almost any bag. Higher handicaps should check out a full set of these long and forgiving hollow irons. Lower handicap? Then add some forgiveness to your long irons like I did. Either way, Srixon has done an incredible job with the entire ZX iron lineup, and the ZX4 is no exception.

Stock ZX4 Specs

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