I just played around with my brand new single length irons. To be honest, I struggled bad several times I want to go home and get my normal clubs and use them. This one's were the length of my six iron, which I will struggle with anyways party was part of me wants to cut these down to my eight iron leaf and try that they are currently 37 and three-quarter inches long, after a while about 15 holes and I think I got a little bit of a rhythm. I was hitting fat with them, but I could tell it was in the club air to my hit. The ball will go out about to the right and drive back in which was nice and there was some more height.
I talked to @Russell Hogue, PhD about these irons, right after I ordered them, didn't mention about the length that's for another conversation with me and him.
I do agree with one thing he said they do seem be great for stack and tilt. Your swing doesn't change. I'm just stubborn and hitting fat right now. I'm not sure if that's from being off all winter.
The course was very wet today I should've played water polo
Ok 4 shots in the cold lol
For discussion with my favorite Saguto golfers who are interested. If you have a chance to get fitted for clubs, it's critically important. Most of the time, however, fitting just covers lie angle. If the toe is angled down (clubs too flat) then a square clubface is actually pointing to the right. If the toe is angled up at impact (clubs too upright) then a square clubface is aiming left. Lie angle THE variable to make sure a square clubface is aiming straight.
For fitting, the next thing to consider is loft. Loft is THE key variable for distance control. Clubs are built with a loft, a 60 degree LW has 60 degrees of loft when the club sits on the ground (static loft).
However, when you hit a ball, 60 degrees isn't what's presented to the ball. If the handle of the club is leading and if the face is closing a 60 degree wedge may hit the ball with 50 degrees of loft. If the handle is behind the clubhead and the face is open, it may have 70 degrees of loft. The loft presented when the club is in motion is dynamic loft.
The dynamic loft you present at impact greatly changes the ball speed, launch angle, spin rate, descent angle of the ball. Those variables determine the best golf club setup for each player.
It's NOT as simple as getting a lower lofted club to make the ball carry further. That doesn't work. Even if we optimize for all variables to get the most distance for every club speed...if you swing at 80mph you cannot hit a ball that carries 250 yards in the air (maybe off a cliff). Physics won't allow it.
I will just leave you with this and if someone wants to discuss further, I will get into more details. You are safe in assuming, if you are in the standard swing speed range, golf clubs are designed for that swing speed. However, if you are much faster or much slower than the standard speed then getting lofts adjusted is just as important as lie angle so that you can have proper distance control.
You should have reached out to me before getting the irons. You make me sad. :-)
We could have done testing with (your old clubs to figure out what you needed). With your new clubs do they go from 3-LW? What's the makeup of the set?
You already told me they are cast, so that limits our ability to make changes.
Here's what you need to do first. Get on your launch monitor. Hit 2-3 good shots with each and record the ball speed, launch angle, spin rate. Write them down so we can discuss.
You are hitting into a net right? Not a screen? If so, you can also test the lie angle at home. If you are hitting into a screen, don't do this at home, we will do it on the course.
Get a marker and draw a straight line on the ball. Place it on the ground so the line is vertical (perpendicular to the ground), straight up and down. Make sure the line is dark.
Now when you hit the ball, the ink will transfer to the face of the club. Take a picture of the face. For your clubs, I believe they all have the same lie angle, but you should still go through the set. Ideally, the line would be perfectly vertical (perpendicular to the lower edge of the club). Most likely, the line will be angled toward the heel or toe of the club. We need to see how much it's angled.
If the line on your clubface is angled toward the toe the clubs are too upright. If the line is angled toward the heel, they are too flat. The amount of angle in the line will be an indication of how much it's off.
I do have a club loft/lie bending machine, but we would want to check with your club manufacturer before trying to bend. I have not tried bending cast clubs, but I know it's not recommended.
@Brandon Wall - I think your new irons will serve you well once you get accustomed to them, and I'm sure Russell will offer some helpful thoughts on that. And yes, do give yourself a bit of a break since your swing was in hibernation for several months and that was further exacerbated by the soggy conditions.