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1. A set of golf clubs comprising at least a first golf club, a second golf club, and a third club, wherein:
- the first, second and third golf clubs each comprising a heel, a toe, a topline, a hosel, a sole and a front face having a face center,the first golf club further comprising a first loft angle (LA1) of between 15 and 25 degrees having a first face stabilizing bar extending from the heel to the toe, a first back panel coupled to the first face stabilizing bar, and a first center of gravity positioned horizontally from the face center by a first distance,the second golf club comprising a second loft angle (LA2) of between 26 and 36 degrees and a second center of gravity positioned horizontally from the face center by a second distance, andthe third golf club comprising a third loft angle (LA3) of between 37 and 47 degrees and a third center of gravity positioned horizontally from the face center by a third distance,wherein the first distance and the second distance are approximately constant and the third distance is at least 30 percent greater than the first distance and the second distance.
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The present invention is directed to a set of golf clubs comprising long irons, mid irons and short irons. The irons have a progressive horizontal CG location. Preferably, the long and mid irons have a face stabilizing bar and back panel and the CG is located between about 1 mm and 3 mm towards the hosel and the CG in the short irons is located between about 3 mm and 4 mm toward the hosel. Further the long and mid irons irons can have a plurality of apertures in the face stabilizing bar and/or the back wall.
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1. A set of golf clubs comprising at least a first golf club, a second golf club, and a third club, wherein:
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the first, second and third golf clubs each comprising a heel, a toe, a topline, a hosel, a sole and a front face having a face center, the first golf club further comprising a first loft angle (LA1) of between 15 and 25 degrees having a first face stabilizing bar extending from the heel to the toe, a first back panel coupled to the first face stabilizing bar, and a first center of gravity positioned horizontally from the face center by a first distance, the second golf club comprising a second loft angle (LA2) of between 26 and 36 degrees and a second center of gravity positioned horizontally from the face center by a second distance, and the third golf club comprising a third loft angle (LA3) of between 37 and 47 degrees and a third center of gravity positioned horizontally from the face center by a third distance, wherein the first distance and the second distance are approximately constant and the third distance is at least 30 percent greater than the first distance and the second distance. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A set of golf clubs comprising at least a first golf club, a second golf club, and a third club, wherein:
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the first, second and third golf clubs each comprising a heel, a toe, a topline, a hosel, a sole and a front face having a face center, the first golf club further comprising a first loft angle (LA1) of between 15 and 25 degrees having a first face stabilizing bar extending from the heel to the toe, a first back panel coupled to the first face stabilizing bar forming at least a portion of a first back wall, and a first center of gravity positioned horizontally from the face center by a first distance, the second golf club comprising a second loft angle (LA2) of between 26 and 36 degrees and a second center of gravity positioned horizontally from the face center by a second distance, and the third golf club comprising a third loft angle (LA3) of between 37 and 47 degrees and a third center of gravity positioned horizontally from the face center by a third distance, wherein the first distance and the second distance are approximately constant and the third distance is at least 30 percent greater than the first distance and the second distance. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A set of golf clubs comprising at least a first golf club, a second golf club, and a third club, wherein:
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the first, second and third golf clubs each comprising a heel, a toe, a topline, a hosel, a sole and a front face having a face center, the first golf club further comprising a first loft angle (LA1) of between 15 and 25 degrees having a first face stabilizing bar extending from the heel to the toe having a first plurality of face stabilizing bar apertures, a first back panel coupled to the first face stabilizing bar forming at least a portion of a first back wall having a first plurality of back wall apertures, and a first center of gravity positioned horizontally from the face center by a first distance, the second golf club comprising a second loft angle (LA2) of between 26 and 36 degrees and a second center of gravity positioned horizontally from the face center by a second distance, and the third golf club comprising a third loft angle (LA3) of between 37 and 47 degrees and a third center of gravity positioned horizontally from the face center by a third distance, wherein the second golf club further comprises a second face stabilizing bar extending from the heel to the toe having a second plurality of face stabilizing bar apertures, a second back panel coupled to the second face stabilizing bar forming at least a portion of the second back wall having a second plurality of back wall apertures, and wherein the first back wall apertures have a first area and the second back wall apertures have a second area less than the first area. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18)
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