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Epon irons come out of Endo Manufacturing in Japan, the forging house that quietly makes clubs for a long list of brands you'd recognize. The Tour CB is Epon putting its own name on the head instead of someone else's, and it shows. This is a forged players cavity back built for golfers who want the feedback of a blade with a little more room for error on off-center hits.
The lofts tell you what this iron is not. A 32 degree 7-iron is traditional, not jacked, so nobody bought this club chasing distance numbers. You give up a few yards against a modern game-improvement set and get back precise gapping and shots that stop where you aim them. The 4-iron sits at 22 degrees and the PW at 45, with clean three to four degree steps the whole way down.
What you're really paying for is the forging and the feel. Epon heads are soft carbon steel, hand-finished, and the Vibration Dampening element in the cavity takes the sting out of a slight miss without deadening the strike. It's a boutique price for a boutique club, and it's aimed at players who already know they want that.
In short
The Epon Tour CB (2022) is a players cavity that adds forgiveness without much extra size. The set runs 4-iron to PW with a 32° 7-iron. It carries a $1,795 MSRP.
Refresh due soon
Brands in this category update about every 2 years, and the Tour CB is 4 years old with no successor yet, so a new model could land any time. Grab it at clearance pricing now, or wait a few weeks to see what replaces it.
Based on release timing and this line's typical refresh cycle, not a live price quote.
Modeled from the $1,795 original MSRP and a 4-year-old release (about 27% of MSRP retained used).
Used market value
$410 - $545
Private sale, fair to like-new
Trade-in value
$245 - $380
What a shop typically pays
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| 4i | 5i | 6i | 7i | 8i | 9i | PW |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22.0° | 25.0° | 28.0° | 32.0° | 36.0° | 41.0° | 45.0° |
Stock steel shaft. Lofts are approximate and subject to manufacturing tolerances.
Typical carry by swing speed, adjusted for this set's actual lofts. Your numbers will vary with strike, shaft, and conditions.
| Club | Loft | Moderate swing~135y 7-iron | Average swing~150y 7-iron | Faster swing~164y 7-iron |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4-iron | 22° | 160 y | 178 y | 195 y |
| 5-iron | 25° | 152 y | 169 y | 185 y |
| 6-iron | 28° | 144 y | 160 y | 175 y |
| 7-iron | 32° | 135 y | 150 y | 164 y |
| 8-iron | 36° | 125 y | 139 y | 152 y |
| 9-iron | 41° | 115 y | 128 y | 140 y |
| PW | 45° | 106 y | 118 y | 129 y |
Carry distances are modeled from TrackMan-based norms scaled to each club's loft, not measured for this exact model.
The Tour CB is a compact cavity back with a thin topline and minimal offset, the shape a low-to-mid handicapper expects to look down at. The cavity is where the forgiveness lives. Weight moves to the perimeter to widen the sweet spot slightly over a muscleback, and the dampening insert kills the harsh vibration you'd otherwise feel on a thin or toe strike. Forged from soft carbon steel by Endo, the heads have the dense, buttery feel that forging fans chase. The finish and the small batch production are part of why these cost what they do. This is not a set you'll find on a big-box rack, and that's by design.
The Epon Tour CB's 7-iron is lofted at 32° - near-traditional - close to the classic 32-34° benchmark. For a golfer with an 85-95 mph swing speed, this projects to a 7-iron carry of approximately 143-153 yards. The 5-iron (25°) to 7-iron gap of 7° is well-gapped, which may create overlapping distance windows with similarly lofted fairway woods or hybrids. The pitching wedge at 45° provides a conventional loft window that pairs cleanly with a 50-52° gap wedge.
Yes. Epon is a Japanese domestic brand made by Endo, and it's sold mostly through specialty fitters and importers rather than big retailers. You'll usually order a set built to your specs instead of buying it off a wall.
It's traditional, not weak. Plenty of game-improvement 7-irons now sit at 28 to 30 degrees, so the Tour CB will fly a touch shorter. The trade is tighter, more predictable gapping and more control into greens, which is the point of a players iron.
It looks close to a blade at address but the cavity and the dampening insert give you a slightly larger sweet spot and less punishment on mishits. You keep most of the workability and feel while making the miss more livable.
It's an insert in the cavity that absorbs the high-frequency buzz you feel on off-center contact. It smooths out feel on thin and toe strikes without hiding good feedback on flush ones, so you still know when you've hit it well.
If you care about forged feel and Endo build quality, yes. If you're chasing distance or forgiveness numbers, a cheaper cast game-improvement set will serve you better. The Tour CB is for players who already know they want a Japanese forged cavity back.
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