NEWARK, Ohio – Over the years, no one has given golf more innovative designs than Ralph Maltby of The Golfworks. While some iron designs have been traditional in shape and style, others strayed from the norm. But their one common characteristic has always been performance. For 2005, The GolfWorks introduces the Glider X — an all-new iron design that gives new meaning to performance...and it’s guaranteed to turn heads.

Unlike so many clubhead designs today which feature form over function, the Glider X irons put performance first and set aside a traditional shape in favor of an intense back-weighted, thin-face iron design that dramatically improves player performance. In fact, the Glider X scored an unprecedented 1197 on the Maltby Playability Factor, a score at the very top of the Ultra Playability category.

“ We’re on a constant search for more playable clubs, and the Glider X irons have surpassed our greatest expectations,” says Britt Lindsey, vice president of technical services for The GolfWorks. “These very unique irons feature an ultra thin face thickness that allows for more mass to be distributed in the sole where it is needed, yielding consistent sole contact upon approach. With a longer blade profile, the Glider X is also more forgiving on off-center hits, and it has one of the highest moment of inertias of any iron we’ve tested. Truly, this is one of most playable irons ever developed.”

The Glider X irons feature an ultra-thin face thickness of 0.100 inch (much thinner than most irons) to accommodate more mass in the sole and a longer blade profile to create even greater playability. The longer length improves the Moment of Inertia and makes the Glider X very forgiving. Testing has also shown marked improvement over control of direction and distance, especially around the greens.  

However, the most noticeable attribute of the Glider X is its wide sole design. An atypical sole width of 1.687-inches (5-iron) allows for much more mass to be placed lower in the club and lowers the club’s actual vertical center of gravity (CG) down to 0.45-inch. With the actual vertical CG significantly lower than the CG of the golf ball, the irons are extremely ‘turf friendly’ and drive the ball airborne from all kinds of lies.

“ During the creative process,” adds Lindsey, “The GolfWorks team never lost sight of our ultimate goal of driving performance. We met those goals with the Glider X irons, and created one of the easiest irons to use in getting the ball off the ground.”

For more information on the Glider X or other products from The GolfWorks, please call 800.848.8358 or visithttp://golfworks.com.