Equipment

GolfWRX Spotlight: Arias True Zero Offset D-23 irons

Published

7 years ago

Apr 22, 2019

GolfWRX Staff

Product: Arias True Zero Offset D-23 irons

Pitch: From the company…

Easiest irons to align at the target on the market.
Classic no offset look at address reminiscent of past generation’s most iconic iron designs.
Full cavity back, midsize blade length, blade height and sole width
Modern friendly sole grind with beveled leading and trailing edge makes this iron easy to play both from the fairway and the rough
431SS with proprietary heat treatment.

Our take on the Arias Zero Offset D-23 irons

There are a lot of parameters involved in the design of an iron, including, but not limited to: material, blade length, sole width, camber, bounce, hosel length, groove configuration, and of course offset. Offset is one of the design characteristics that can be quite polarizing from a looks perspective, depending on the golfer. We golfers are a picky bunch when it comes to how our clubs look, but that has less to do with handicap or skill level and more to do with just plain personal preference.

That’s where J.R Robert comes in. Hailing from a custom fitting and building background, with years of experience and having a preference for zero offset clubs, he set out to design an iron that would be both preferred by the better players but playable for golfers of varying skill level that prefer a club with no offset. The result is the Arias D-23 with True Zero Offset.

I got the chance to speak with J.R about his design and he explained his goals for the D-23 irons

“The goal was to create an iron model that was forgiving enough for a higher handicap player while blending together features the better player would demand.”

Through prototyping and testing, J.R found the D-23 zero offset helped golfers with alignment issues get set up to there intended target easier, and for those who had issues with missing left (speaking to right-handed golfers) the Zero Offset D-23 helped correct for that too. J.R admits that although they are very playable, golfers that struggle with leaving the face open at impact might not be the ideal candidates. Also, those who are used to offset in their clubs might at first be turned away from the design, but for players that have always enjoyed the look of a club with less offset, these are clubs that should go right to the top of the list.

For more information on the D-23s, along with the line of M-29 onset wedges from Arias Golf, you can visit their website at True Zero Offset

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22 Comments

dave

Dec 30, 2019 at 10:47 am

been looking for zero offset irons for years. i have even bent my srixon 785 to 4 degree weak to mimick the look of zero offset. still didnt help really. i ordered the 7 iron. not cheap…but if it works it will be worth it. my irons are keeping me from being a plus…honestly the only reason im a 1 is because on many holes my driver gets me to gap wedge or in…

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JP

Jun 28, 2019 at 12:14 am

How much are they $ ?!?
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Can’t find them on the PGA Value Guide.

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ZO Guy

Apr 25, 2019 at 9:42 am

There is certainly a market for this. Price is always an issue. However, when I see clubs that look this nice and know how much guys like them, I have to ask myself “WHY IS THIS SO RARE TO SEE – ITS NOT ANY HARDER TO MAKE!”

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Shallowface

Apr 25, 2019 at 9:22 am

This is the first set of irons that I have been interested in for a very long time. However, why chrome plating on 431 stainless? The original Titleist DCIs were satin finish 431 stainless and were among the most beautiful clubs ever made. The Arias remind me of the original and rare DCI-B (not the 962B. Its predecessor), and those didn’t need chrome plating for a “flawless finish.”

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CB

Apr 25, 2019 at 8:04 am

I messaged 3 days ago, still haven’t heard back. Chapter 11 might in fact be a better name.

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Matt S.

Apr 23, 2019 at 10:01 am

The clubheads look great and are $99, which is great, however hey’re charging over $100 per club for standard True Temper shafts, which is definitely not great.

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- Matt S.
  
  Apr 23, 2019 at 12:53 pm
  
  My bad, had an email exchange with J.R., that shaft pricing is the full price of the club. SAMSONITE, I was way off!
  
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Mark.

Apr 23, 2019 at 7:53 am

I wish you had asked him if he paid for the tooling to create this cast club. I am wondering if he found a club manufacturer with an off-the-shelf zero offset mould.

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Spell Check

Apr 23, 2019 at 3:27 am

“Their intended target” not “there…”

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rex 235

Apr 22, 2019 at 11:19 pm

GolfWrx Staff-

It’s 2019-

Will there be ANY irons you feature that aren’t RH ONLY?

“The goal was to create an iron model that was forgiving enough for a higher handicap RH^ player while blending together features the better RH^ player would demand.”

^ fixed it for you.

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- Adam
  
  Jul 25, 2019 at 5:08 pm
  
  Stop being wrong handed
  
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Johnny Penso

Apr 22, 2019 at 10:20 pm

I got to know JR a little bit when he was here in Windsor, before he moved to Cornwall last year. I have to admit I was mighty disappointed that these are only coming out in right-handed (for now I hope). In our first conversation, while getting one of my drivers shortened and swingweighted, I mentioned how difficult it was to find modern cavity back clubs that weren’t offset as I much preferred that look behind the ball. He’s a top-notch guy if anyone can make this work as a small, independent, boutique club manufacturer he can. Best of luck J.R.

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PGA Hale

Apr 22, 2019 at 7:40 pm

Just buy an old set of most any top-line late 1960s/early 1970s irons (e.g. Wilson Staff, Ben Hogan Apex, Haig Ultra, MacGregor MT, etc.) and have the heads refinished and reshafted. You’ll have some of the best zero offset irons ever produced at a fraction of these irons.

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- brian
  
  Apr 23, 2019 at 8:39 am
  
  Or, instead of going through the trouble of hunting for vintage irons, spending the time and money to get them reshafted and refinished, you can buy a set of these brand new.
  
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  - Jim
    
    Apr 24, 2019 at 1:44 pm
    
    I have to agree with PGA Hale on this point. Several years ago I picked up a set (flea-bay, less than $100) of 1967/68 Wilson Staff “Dynapower” irons, which are basically the same as I started with back in the mid-60s. A finer “blade” has yet to be made. You just need to wait for a good clean set to appear.
    
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    - Shallowface
      
      Apr 24, 2019 at 2:12 pm
      
      As much as I love the old blades, the sole on a modern club such as this is going to be much more playable than anything from the 60s or 70s.
      
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- Walter
  
  Apr 24, 2019 at 3:05 pm
  
  Just buy a set of Maltby(Golfworks) TE forged heads(each head is offset 0.1″) and shaft them(or have them shaft them for you) for a lot less and probably a much better iron too.
  
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Travis

Apr 22, 2019 at 6:57 pm

Would love to try these… but am worried it would be a really expensive test with absolutely no resale value if I don’t like them…

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- Thomas A
  
  Apr 23, 2019 at 9:52 am
  
  If you’re worried about resale, you’re not really looking for the best clubs for you.
  
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Brian McGranahan

Apr 22, 2019 at 4:34 pm

Take my money!!!

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- Peter vanWezel
  
  Apr 22, 2019 at 5:13 pm
  
  I had the pleasure of hitting some of jr’s initial prototypes….the material choice and finish had me at first strike…Ive been playing Epon Aftours for years and the feel of these really surprised me.
  For a cast club..the feel is top notch with other forged irons ..now that they are available…I can finally get my set on order! JR knows his stuff!!
  
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  - Anser
    
    Apr 22, 2019 at 9:05 pm
    
    Hi JR!
    
    These should be called chapter11
    
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Whats in the Bag

Christiaan Maas WITB 2026 (June)

Published

1 hour ago

Jun 11, 2026

GolfWRX Staff

Driver: TaylorMade Qi4D LS (8 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus TR Blue 6 X

3-wood: TaylorMade Qi10 (15 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 9 TX

Irons: TaylorMade P770 (3), TaylorMade P7CB (4), TaylorMade P7TW (5-PW)
Shafts: Fujikura Ventus Black HB 10 X, True Temper Dynamic Gold X100

Wedges: TaylorMade Prototype (50-SB09), TaylorMade MG5 (56-HB12, 60-LV07)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold S400

Putter: TaylorMade TP Juno

Ball: Titleist Pro V1x

Grips: Golf Pride Tour Velvet Cord

Check out more in-hand photos of Christiaan Maas’ clubs here.

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TaylorMade MySpider Tour and Tour X: More customizable build options now available

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2 hours ago

Jun 11, 2026

Alistair Cameron

TaylorMade Golf’s MySpider program underwent a substantial overhaul over the last month. Firstly, the company launched the option to customize the Spider ZT model, and now the program has returned with the MySpider Tour and MySpider Tour X.

The revamped page now gives golfers complete control over every visual and functional detail of their putter on the popular Tour and Tour X head, with every cosmetic idea thought of. In MySpider Tour, golfers can choose from four head finishes, 16 paint fill colors, nine Surlyn face insert colors, three aluminum insert options, six sightline configurations, and four hosel options — L-neck, small slant, double bend, center shaft. Six sightline options are available in MySpider Tour, including the optically engineered True Path alignment system. MySpider Tour X gives builders the option of four head finishes, four hosel configurations, and five sightline options, also including True Path alignment.

One of the more interesting features of the new MySpider program is the availability of three distinct face insert options. Along with the usual Surlyn Pure Roll insert trusted by Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy, which can be customized from nine colors, golfers can now also select firmer options. Two are offered with the black aluminum Pure Roll insert, slightly firmer than the traditional insert, or for the firmest feel, golfers can choose from two colors of milled aluminum inserts.

Another fun addition to the MySpider Tour is the ability to use the “Tommy Sightline.” The custom alignment aid design, which was first drawn onto Tommy Fleetwood’s putter by PGA Tour Rep James Holley, is based on the milled sightline on his Spider ZT head. There are five shorter lines on the left and right of a longer central line serving as the traditional short line alignment aid.

See below for the full specifications sheet for MySpider Tour and Tour X:

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Equipment

Then and now: Comparing Rory McIlroy’s current setup to his record-breaking 2019 Canadian Open victory

Published

4 hours ago

Jun 11, 2026

Alistair Cameron

In Rory McIlroy’s first appearance at the 2019 RBC Canadian Open, he crushed the record books to earn his 16th PGA Tour title in dominating fashion, winning by seven shots over Shane Lowry and Webb Simpson.

McIlroy’s score of 22-under-par 258 is the lowest 72-hole score to date at the Canadian Open, and his closing 61 is also the best final-round score in the history of one of golf’s oldest tournaments. Finally, with his win in 2019, McIlroy became only the sixth player to win the career Triple Crown, adding to his victories at the U.S. Open in 2011 and The Open Championship in 2014, joining Tommy Armour, Walter Hagen, Arnold Palmer, Lee Trevino and Tiger Woods in a coveted list.

So, with that, why not compare his current setup to the clubs he used to break all the records?

Driver

2019: TaylorMade M5 (9 degrees), Shaft: Mitsubishi Tensei CK Pro White 70 TX
2026: TaylorMade Qi4D (9 degrees @8), Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 7X (45 5/8 inches)

McIroy led the Tour in Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee in 2019; he’s doing the same in 2026. Between now and then, McIlroy has switched from the Mitsubishi Tensei CK Pro White 70 TX (a shaft with slightly more feeling in the tip) to the original Fujikura Ventus Black 7X, having just made the change to the heavier version from playing the 60X.

What’s interesting about McIlroy’s 2019 setup is that the weighting on his driver is actually set in the high-draw setting, using the T-Track weighting system, whereas in the Qi4D, he’s currently using a heavily rear-weighted setup. (Two 13-gram weights in the rear and only two 4-gram front weights.)

The TaylorMade M5 driver he played in during his Canadian Open win was the company’s first head that they claimed to design to initially exceed the USGA’s COR limit, and then injected with tuning resin to bring it back in bounds.

Fairway woods

2019: TaylorMade M6 3-wood (15 degrees), Shaft: Mitsubishi Tensei CK Pro White 80 TX; TaylorMade M5 5-wood (19 degrees), Shaft: Mitsubishi Tensei CK Pro White 90 TX
2026: TaylorMade Qi4D 3-wood (15 degrees), Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 8X; TaylorMade Qi4D 5-wood (18 degrees), Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 9X

The TaylorMade M6 fairway wood that McIlroy was using during the 2019 season is still in the bag of some of the best golfers on Tour in 2026. Just check out Justin Rose’s winning setup from the Farmers Insurance Open earlier this year. This year, though, McIlroy has still been searching for his top-end-of-the-bag setup, having played both the new Qi4D and the Qi10, which he won the Masters with.

The same shaft swap can be seen in the fairway woods as the driver, along with slightly less loft on the 5-wood.

Irons

2019: TaylorMade P750 (4) Buy here, TaylorMade P730 (5-9), Shafts: Project X 7.0
2026: TaylorMade P760 (4), TaylorMade Rors Proto (5-9), Shafts: Project X 7.0

The biggest difference between McIlroy’s custom set and the stock P730s is the groove design. While the P730s were constructed with 14 MX-9 grooves on their milled faces, McIlroy’s proto heads instead use the higher-spinning, 16-groove layout of the TW2 grooves. Other big differences between the sets are that McIlroy’s 7- and 8-irons have thinner toplines, are 1 degree stronger in loft, and are 1/4 inch longer than the original P730 builds.

With McIlroy’s 4-iron, the switch from P750 to P760 sees a transition to a two-piece construction with Speed Foam in it, which allows McIlroy to launch the ball slightly higher, with more workability.

Wedges

2019: TaylorMade Milled Grind (48-09SB), TaylorMade MG Hi-Toe (52-09SB, 56-09SB, 60-LB09), Shafts: Project X Rifle 6.5
2026: TaylorMade MG5 (46-09SB, 50-09SB, 54-11SB, 60-08LB @61), Shafts: Project X 6.5 (46-54), Project X 6.5 Wedge (60)

Between 2019 and 2026, McIlroy’s focus on his short game has been much more apparent. It was the reason why he switched back to the TP5 golf ball, to help with launch, spin and control with his wedges leading up to his career Grand Slam victory in 2025. The most apparent changes to McIlroy’s wedge setup are his lofts and bounce. He’s slowly delofted his pitching to a sand wedge, but has increased the loft on the lob wedge, bending his current 60-degree to 61. With that, adding more loft to his lob wedge also slightly increases the bounce and leading-edge sit point, so, as a result, he plays a lower-bounce lob wedge compared to 2019. The MG5 wedges are also softer than the first Milled Grind option from 2019. McIlroy also no longer plays the full-face grooves found on the Hi-Toe.

Putter

2019: TaylorMade Spider X
2026: TaylorMade Spider Tour X

Notice anything similar. Yes, the copper finish on Rory McIlroy’s Spider X putter in 2019 is a slightly more reflective finish than the recently released torched PVD finish. McIlroy was using the True Path alignment system, but now uses only a single white sightline.

Ball

2019: 2019 TaylorMade TP5 (#22)
2026: 2025 TaylorMade TP5 (RORS)

As mentioned above, McIlroy had transitioned from the TP5 to TP5x golf ball since his victory in Canada in 2019, but now is black with the same style of golf ball as his victory at Hamilton Golf & Country Club.

Grips

2019: Golf Pride Tour Velvet Cord
2026: Golf Pride MCC

Interesting, McIlroy actually used Golf Pride’s Tour Velvet Cord grips during his victory in 2019 (it was during a 2+ year switch to the corded TV) as opposed to his usual MCC grips, which he has played for most of his career.