The new EZONE Forged CB by Yonex is another reminder that Yonex is serious in its quest in appealing to the “better player” more than ever before. At the 2011 Japan Golf Fair we witnessed an ultra pear shaped 380cc driver, some edgy looking muscle backs, a low trajectory driving iron named the ZERO, along with their compact Miyagi designed and Zodia produced wedge. I’ll be honest I usually prefer not to have an undercut in a forged CB but after hitting this new EZONE CB I don’t feel as penalized by sacrificing feel. Although good feel is also hard to pin point as it’s such a personal preference. I mean is it soft or is it Pure? Muted or dead?
I have a Srixon Z-UTi driving iron in my bag currently and the new EZONE CB feels much like it. It’s Hollow,Soft, and Pure which is a delight. Interestingly Yonex chose to produce this Iron at Endo of S25C. I wonder what the logic was behind that considering both(S20C) materials are very similar. The slightly larger Forged PB Iron is made of an S25C body and S20C face. Nonetheless I likey.
As you can see the Yonex has relatively little offset for an undercut cavity back iron. It’s top line also appears very slim from address all in all hiding it’s most important feature which is forgiveness. Endo seems to be the place to go for soft forged buttery undercut goodness now days. The Titleist Japan Only VG3 packs a similar vibe to it as well. Ezone CB’s competitors would be the Titleist VG3, ONOFF Forged, RB247, Yamaha V Forged, Fourteen TC710, PRGR iD Forged, Royal Collection VS Forged and such. The Muscle Back and Wedges are made by Zodia’s Chiba-san in Japan.
TSG is making these available as components (except UT ) so If you Heads Only it will make sense to have them fit according to your loft/Lie/Length/Swing Weight/Grip Size/ & Proper Shaft. At the very least lie, length, and grip size needs to be done to give any iron a fair chance.
It’s shape is boxy and appealing, It’s sole has a very interesting form of a trailing edge grind. I spent some time messing around with it and it allows the player to open the face but not too much. it kinda just sits back firm and steady with slight change of the hand. It has an aggressive lead edge grind as well to satisfy both the picker and slider. So In the end it’s cutting edge designed with the same features of any top tier company in Japan, It is made by the best, and in my opinion should be considered.
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chris
i was thinking of getting the #3 srixon driving iron, how does the PB or CB compare? I know the pb and cb are narrower soled and an iron iron instead of DI but are they as remotely as forgiving?
its either the Srix zut #3 or the #3 yonex Ezone PB
Look a lot smaller and thinner than it’s competitors!
Your Message@Spoon:
I personally would go 5-PW and toss in a couple of driving irons. The #3 Ezone will not be nearly as forgiving as the ZUti.