The new AP1 714 irons are welcomed now
The new AP1 714 irons were available to PGA Tour pros in the days leading up to the AT&T National in June of this year. To much acclaim, many on tour took notice and Ben Curtis, the winner of the 2003 Open Championship at Royal St. Georges and a player who had been using the previous version of the AP1, the 712 edition, switched immediately. The toplines and soles of the short irons have also been made thinner, but the short irons don't have the undercut in the top cavity like the long irons. Titleist also strengthened the lofts of the short irons by one degree. This lowered the loft of the pitching wedge to 44 degree, prompting Titleist to make two gap wedges (a 48- and a 52-degree) to properly bridge a transition to a sand wedge and avoid excessive gapping.