Fourteen Golf is one of those smaller under appreciated and sometimes overlooked brands that we all wish people would know more about. It is companies like these (RC is another one), that have produced very awesome clubs only to be overshadowed by big mainstream brands whose clubs haven’t necessarily been better. Many of these smaller brands have signature products that they are known for. For RC it has always been their fairway woods and utilities and for Fourteen Golf, their wedges and driving irons. Fourteen of course also makes some amazing woods and very soft irons as well which were all on showcase at the Japan Golf Fair in their new 2011 line.
Fourteen’s new DT111 driver is a very clean looking but high tech premium driver. Forged at Endo, the DT111 features a medium deep face and nice pear shaped look at address. Interestingly it utilizes a tapered design around the crown in order to bring CG lower in the head. Its still a high back design but like recent drivers from Fourteen, the DT111 focuses on both distance, ease of use and control, in other words an all around driver.
Fourteen’s MT-28 wedges have been some of the best selling wedges in Japan for many years and they are now on Version 5 or simply V5 as they call it. Used by amateurs and many top pros through out Asia, Fourteen wedges have slowly been making their way out West as Fourteen tries to grow their presence in North America. You can now find Fourteen wedges used by players like Matt Kuchar (his newest 62* wedge in the slide up top) and Arjun Atwal and Chad Collins whose MT-28 V5 TS wedge you see above.
Fourteen is one of those brands that had been making driving irons for many years. The “better” players utility club or long iron replacement, Fourteen’s “HI” series of driving irons have been the choice of many pros in Asia and on the PGA for nearly a decade. They had not released a new driving iron in a while so we were thrilled to see the new HI610h TS driving iron which we had Stew test out in the Fourteen hitting bay. Designing a driving iron isn’t as simple as making a bigger iron head. Stew also tried the new Zero Iron from Yonex and it was hard to hit but he was able to kill the Fourteen HI610h. It looks to be an awesome club from Fourteen who has had over a decade of experience at making tour performing driving irons.
Fourteen’s many irons have been applauded for their clean cut design and very soft feel, the new refreshed line includes the TC910, TC710 and TC510 forged which all look fabulous. A new hybrid style iron the TC610 was also on showcase at the fair.
You can check out the pictures from Fourteen by clicking on the album below!
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Are these the latest Fourteen irons in 2011? I have seen someone hitting the 510 at the range few months ago.
Hi Andru, the 510 is a 2011 model but it was released a few months ago. The TC910 is actually a 2010 release but the TC710 is brand new as is the TC610 and driving iron HI610h.
I tried the 510 before and it is very forgiving and a great looking club. But 910 is an easy club to hit for mid handicapper like me.
I tried the one with the NSpro 950. Probably a KBS 90 or a Shimada shaft will perform better on these irons.
Anyway its a nice club from fourteen.
@gocchin:
T, when can we expect to see the wedges in the proshop? That 62 is calling my name. Also, on the 62 is the grind style offered for the market the same as the grind style on Kuch’s wedge shown above?
B, Kuch’s 62* is not a retail model so we may never see that one. However the CC or Chad Collins wedge is the MT28 V5 TS wedge that will go on sale with a black finish.
I am wondering if Fourteen Club would offer a left iron set in the near future. Thanks.
Chris