Lynx Black Cat Irons Specifications
Full factory loft, lie and length chart for the Lynx Black Cat irons, 1995–1998.
- Years produced
- 1995–1998
- Category
- Game Improvement Irons
- Construction
- investment cast oversize cavity back
- Material
- cast stainless steel
- Set makeup
- 1–LW
Data confidence: medium. These figures are compiled from secondary sources rather than a manufacturer spec sheet. If you have an original catalogue page, send it over and we will update the chart.
Loft, lie & length chart
| Club | Loft (°) | Lie (°) | Length (in) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 15 | 56 | 39.5 |
| 2 | 18 | 57 | 39 |
| 3 | 21 | 58 | 38.5 |
| 4 | 24 | 59 | 38 |
| 5 | 27 | 60 | 37.5 |
| 6 | 31 | 61 | 37 |
| 7 | 35 | 62 | 36.5 |
| 8 | 39 | 63 | 36 |
| 9 | 43 | 64 | 35.5 |
| PW | 47 | 64 | 35 |
| GW | 51 | 64 | 35 |
| SW | 56 | 64 | 35 |
| LW | 60 | 64 | 35 |
Lofts and lies are the factory standard build. Individual clubs may differ if they have been bent, re-shafted or re-gripped during their life.
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Loft progression
About the Lynx Black Cat
The Black Cat joined the Lynx line in 1995 as the larger, more forgiving partner to the Parallax, another David Boone design from the brand's mid-90s peak. The oversize cast cavity back carried notably strong lofts for its day — a 35-degree 7-iron, 47-degree pitching wedge and a 15-degree 1-iron — with a gap wedge in the stock ladder, unusual for 1995. Published lengths are for steel shafts, with graphite builds half an inch longer per club. Stock options were Lynx's Lite-Lite lightweight True Temper steel, True Temper Dynamic Flare steel or Lynx Unifiber graphite, with a Golf Pride Wrap grip. Original-era production ended with the US company's 1998 bankruptcy; a Black Cat Tour players iron appeared in 1998 and Golfsmith and today's UK owner later reused the Black Cat name on unrelated designs.
Stock shafts
- Lynx Lite-Lite (True Temper) — steel · light
- True Temper Dynamic Flare — steel
- Lynx Unifiber — graphite
Related models
Frequently asked questions
What is the loft of a Lynx Black Cat 7-iron?
The Lynx Black Cat 7-iron has a loft of 35 degrees, a lie of 62 degrees and a steel-shaft length of 36.5 inches.
How do Lynx Black Cat lofts compare with the Parallax?
The Black Cat runs about one degree stronger through most of the set — 35 versus 36 degrees at the 7-iron and 47 versus 50 at the pitching wedge — and adds a 51-degree gap wedge the Parallax never had.
When were Lynx Black Cat irons made?
The original Black Cat joined the Lynx line in 1995 and production of the US-era design ended with the company's 1998 bankruptcy. Later clubs called Black Cat — including the 1998 Black Cat Tour and the Golfsmith-era and modern UK models — are unrelated designs.
Finding a used set
The Lynx Black Cat ran from 1995 to 1998 and is no longer in production, so the used market is the only source. Search the used listings on eBay, and check the loft and lie against the chart above before buying — sets this age have often been bent from standard.
- golfclubspec.com (Equip2Golf) 'Lynx | Black Cat', iron_results.php?id=97, filed under 1995 — the full 1-iron-to-LW loft/lie/length table used here (raw table cells verified: the 51- and 56-degree clubs sit in the GW and SW columns), the steel-length basis with graphite half an inch longer, and the stock shaft and grip notes
- MyGolfSpy 'History's Mysteries: The Nine Lives of Lynx Golf' — 'by 1995 the larger, more forgiving Black Cat joined the lineup', the David Boone attribution, and the 1998 bankruptcy that sets year_discontinued; the model is often informally dated 1996, but both sources here say 1995
- The GolfWorks Maltby MPF ratings chart (golfworks.com/content/PDFs/Head_MPFs/MPFRatingsChart.pdf) — corroborates the later Black Cat family timeline (Black Cat Tour 1998, Golfsmith-era Black Cats from 2005), confirming this original is the mid-90s model
Last updated 22 October 2026. Spot an error? info@loftchart.com