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Maltby is the house brand out of Golfworks, the clubmaking supply company Ralph Maltby built, and the TE Forged is what happens when a company that has spent decades measuring and testing other people's clubs decides to make its own. You won't find these on a rack at your local big box. They sell direct, often built to order by a clubmaker, and that changes the math on what you're getting for the money.
The TE Forged is a players cavity iron, which means it sits between a blade and a chunky game improvement club. The head is forged, the back is hollowed into a cavity to move weight to the perimeter, and the lofts run progressively through the set. In plain terms, it wants to give a decent ball striker some forgiveness without turning the iron into a shovel. The shaping is compact, the topline is on the thinner side, and there's real feedback when you catch one off center.
What sets this club apart is the honesty of the numbers. The 7-iron is 35 degrees. That's a traditional loft, not the 30 or 31 degrees a lot of "players distance" irons hide behind to inflate their yardages. You're not buying fake distance here. You're buying a forged iron that flies the distance a 35 degree 7-iron should, and you're paying a fraction of what the name brands charge for a similar head.
In short
The Maltby TE Forged (2022) is a players cavity that adds forgiveness without much extra size. The set runs 3-iron to PW with a 35° 7-iron. It carries a $349 MSRP.
Refresh due soon
Brands in this category update about every 2 years, and the TE Forged 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 $349 original MSRP and a 4-year-old release (about 27% of MSRP retained used).
Used market value
$80 - $105
Private sale, fair to like-new
Trade-in value
$50 - $75
What a shop typically pays
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| 3i | 4i | 5i | 6i | 7i | 8i | 9i | PW |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21.0° | 24.0° | 27.0° | 31.0° | 35.0° | 39.0° | 43.0° | 47.0° |
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~128y 7-iron | Average swing~143y 7-iron | Faster swing~157y 7-iron |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3-iron | 21° | 159 y | 178 y | 196 y |
| 4-iron | 24° | 151 y | 169 y | 186 y |
| 5-iron | 27° | 144 y | 161 y | 177 y |
| 6-iron | 31° | 136 y | 152 y | 167 y |
| 7-iron | 35° | 128 y | 143 y | 157 y |
| 8-iron | 39° | 119 y | 133 y | 146 y |
| 9-iron | 43° | 109 y | 122 y | 134 y |
| PW | 47° | 100 y | 112 y | 123 y |
Carry distances are modeled from TrackMan-based norms scaled to each club's loft, not measured for this exact model.
The construction is straightforward and that's the point. A forged carbon steel head gives you the soft feel at impact that forged irons are known for, and the cavity back pulls mass out toward the heel and toe so mishits don't drop out of the sky. The progressive loft setup means the long irons and short irons are tuned differently through the set, so the 3 and 4 iron are a touch easier to launch while the scoring clubs stay tight and controllable. Look at the loft table and you see a clean, traditional progression: 35 degrees at the 7-iron, four degree gaps through most of the set, and a 47 degree pitching wedge. That 47 degree PW matters because it leaves room for a normal gap wedge and doesn't force you to rework your whole short game. Because Maltby sells these as components or built clubs, the shaft, grip, length, and lie are all yours to spec. That's a strength if you know your fit and a small learning curve if you've only ever bought clubs off the shelf.
The Maltby TE Forged's 7-iron is lofted at 35° - traditional - aligned with classic iron loft standards. For a golfer with an 85-95 mph swing speed, this projects to a 7-iron carry of approximately 133-143 yards. The 5-iron (27°) to 7-iron gap of 8° is spread across a wide range, which may create overlapping distance windows with similarly lofted fairway woods or hybrids. The pitching wedge at 47° is traditionally lofted, pairing naturally with a standard 52° gap wedge.
Maltby is the in-house brand of Golfworks, the clubmaking company founded by Ralph Maltby. The heads are forged and sold direct through Golfworks, either as raw components or as complete clubs built to your specs. There's no traditional retail middleman, which is a big reason the price is lower than comparable forged irons from the major brands.
They're traditional. The 7-iron is 35 degrees and the pitching wedge is 47 degrees, which is where players irons sat for years before the industry started jacking lofts to sell distance. You won't hit these longer than a comparable club with a stronger loft, but your gapping is honest and your PW still lofts the ball like a wedge should.
The head shape, forged feel, and forgiveness land in the same players cavity category as something like a Mizuno JPX or a Titleist T-series. The difference is price and how you buy them. You give up the brand cachet and the in-store fitting experience, and in return you pay noticeably less for a forged head with similar performance. For a lot of golfers that's a good trade.
This is a fit for low to mid handicappers, roughly single digits up to the mid teens if you're a fairly clean ball striker. The cavity gives you some help, but the compact head and thin topline reward good contact and won't rescue a bad swing the way a wide-sole game improvement iron will.
No. You can order them as complete clubs built to your length, lie, shaft, and grip by Golfworks, or buy the heads as components if you or your clubmaker want to assemble them. Buying built to spec is the easiest route and still comes in under what an off-the-rack forged set from a major brand would cost.
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