The Most Advanced Players’ Iron Made Even Better. New Titleist 716 AP2 Irons

“AP2 is the gold standard in the tour-played iron category,” said Chris McGinley, Vice President, Titleist Golf Club Marketing. “It’s been one of the most-played cavity back models on the PGA Tour and has been trusted over the years by players such as Jordan Spieth, Zach Johnson, Bill Haas and Jason Dufner. AP2 is also one of the best selling tour played irons in the market. Our R&D team knows what tour players and dedicated golfers want when it comes to iron performance and have worked side by side with them over the last two years to make the new 716 AP2’s even better.”

NEW 716 AP2 TECHNOLOGY FEATURES:

• High Density Tungsten weighting creates a Low CG that is perfectly aligned at impact to increase speed and distance. The tungsten weights are shaped to perimeter and precisely placed low and out using an Advanced Co-Forging Processpioneered for golf clubs by Titleist R&D. The result is solid feel and higher MOI.

• The forgiving High-MOI design – with an average of 56.2 grams of tungsten per head, 25 percent more than AP2 714 – drives higher ball speeds across the face for more consistent distance on off-center hits at a tour-preferred blade length that allows workability and shot control. Compared to the previous generation, 716 AP2 has 8.5 percent higher MOI in the long irons and 5.5 percent for the full set.

• New AP2’s innovative construction combines a forged 1025 Carbon steel body with extreme perimeter tungsten weighting in the long and mid irons for an unparalleled combination of low CG and high MOI with Solid Forged Feel.

• An improved solid, feel at impact with improved turf interaction. AP2 features a fractionally wider sole (as compared to 714 AP2) with trailing edge relief that helps the club get through the turf fast with less dig.

“New AP2 is a direct result of advancements in our co-forging process,” Ines said. “When the development process began, I told my team to design the best club they could, put the tungsten where we wanted it and not worry about whether we could actually make it. We shaped the tungsten to the perimeter of the club and brought it right to the edge so, literally, it’s part of the profile. Incredibly, our manufacturing team figured out how to make it. You can always make a golf club more forgiving by making it bigger, but a tour player doesn't want to play anything bigger than this. So we had to get more creative in order to boost our MOI. Really, the only way to get the weight further out now would be to pull it outside of the head.”

“There isn’t a tour-played iron with better technology than AP2,” Stone said. “It’s been the forgiveness leader by a substantial margin for years now and we just keep expanding on that. Our 712 series AP2, which we introduced in the fall of 2011, would still be a leader in the category in terms of combination of low CG and high MOI. And our construction has improved two times since then. Our tour players like ball speed on off center hits just like everyone else does. Consistent distance comes from consistent speed. The forgiveness of 716 AP2 is now on par with 714 AP1, and brings distance control in a players’ club to an entirely new level.”