bending irons 2 degrees strong

All rights reserved. You may have heard golfers talk about how they need to use a flatter club or that they need to change their lie angle. Everyone's comments are super helpful! However, in reality it was now a 63* wedge so what happened. Brilliant information ! Being a golf club designer and marketer, I certainly know that there are gains to be made in your efficiency by availing yourself of the right modern equipment. If you're a true picker, wont make you a digger. Usually weak, but occasionally strong, and if done intelligently where you don't hurt the clubs playability it's no big deal. I've never had a sand wedge bent. By NYonce. Ping G425 5 wood & hybrid Putter: Snake Eyes Viper Tour Sv1, 34" -or- Cleveland Huntington Beach #1, 34.5" -or- Golden Ram TW Custom, 34" -or- Rife Bimini, 34" On the opposite and gapping from AW to 9i is very wide about 16 yards about between clubs. All rights reserved. sorry, didnt mean increase loft. Club design of a particular club can be a factor also. OP, which is it you are asking about.. making a club 2* stronger or increasing loft? What bounce does is keep the leading edge from digging into the ground. Your link has been automatically embedded. May 23, 2016 at 04:54 PM. traditional lofts ftw (let the technology be what determines added length/distance, not loft changes). The bounce on irons is pretty much a non starter in my opinion. On 7/12/2018 at 3:15 PM, PoeKingShankspeare said: Please put and questions or comments here, Please put any questions or comments here, Please put any questions of comments here, w/ SuperStroke 2.MidSlim (50 gr. Hi Greyson, Bending your irons strong will reduce the bounce of the club. Calla SuperHot (Orange preferred) ||Bag: Sun Mountain Three 5 stand bag. Just curious for those who have personal experience with this as to the answer. By adding loft, those golfers achieve more ideal launch conditions, which means they carry shots farther and stop the ball faster on the green. Featured Section: 10.5 set at small - Clear editor. Ping G30 irons w/Recoil 95 But Im not sure whats being accomplished with weakening irons. So, I am now waiting for a major brand to market and advertise that their new, weaker lofts will add distance for most golfers. I was 50 yards out on the 3rd hole, and was in the moguls. I am 2 handicap, playing Scottish Links golf, smooth tempo, 80-90mph, pretty straight flight, shallow divot. If you can get it in the air, no problem. Best of luck.Chuck. Im 62 and most GI clubs are too long even for me in their stock iteration with this progressive shaft lengths concept. As far as lofts for amateurs go, I feel like long irons have to little difference between them. I've never had a sand wedge bent, I suppose that could be an issue but if you open the blade a bit the bounce comes back. After the back-to-back top-25s, he was a sneaky play at a long price for the Honda, but was never comfortable, withdrawing during the event with sinus issues. is 2 degrees enough to mess up a club? How much of static bounce is positive at impact?..we have to start from a static bounce of MORE than the difference to have any, and 31* minus 20.2* = 10.8 static bounce is needed to get ZERO. We also see these players having gapping issues with a mid iron, not just 4 and 5 like your example, so adding loft achieves better gapping as well. The GI/SGI clubs are basically directed to help players with lesser abilities to hit the golf ball, usually that also means lower swing speeds. If you bend lie, you will effect swingweight. Display as a link instead, Thanks! Even with limitations, many of todays metal woods are indeed bendable, especially stainless-steel heads. 5 Testers Needed! Watch this great video here if you are curious on how to bend the lie angle of a club using a loft/lie machine: Impact tape is a tape that a club fitter places on the face of the golf club that creates marks of where the golfer struck the ball on the clubface. Played a mp30 2i for most of the year as a gap from my 3i to my 3 wood. A flat lie angle is simply when the heel of the golf club is bent so it is higher than the toe. Military. And the opposite is true as the speed drops. Golfers change the lie angle of a club to better their chances of hitting the center of the clubface. A standard golf shop, or fitting center will be able to do this. You may want to try searching if you need more info. Does that create the maximum distance for that ball speed? This also gives me room for more wedges. Ping Redwood Anser- the "real deal!". And its one of only two elements of the golf swing that require absolutely no physical skills. The trajectory, depending on your swing, should be flatter. What's In The Bag (Summary as of October 2021, post-MAX changeover), Driver: Tour Edge EXS10.5, set 9.5;weights neutral ||FWs:CallaRogue4W + 7W, Hybrid: Calla Big Bertha OS4H at 22 ||Irons:Calla Mavrik MAX 5i-PW, Wedges*: Calla MD3:48MD4: 54, 58||Putter:Slotline Inertial SL-583F w/ SuperStroke 2.MidSlim (50 gr. I know for people with slower swing speeds these crazy lofted, ultimate SGI irons are perfect. In the grand scheme of things, I would say zero effect. What I was hoping from this article was proof for that a current 46* MB/CB PW doesnt go any further than the 47/48* PWs of the past. Strengthening the loft should decrease the effective offset shouldn't it? Sorry to be a jerk but this topic comes up quite regularly so there are dozens of threads in the archives discussing this same topic. If you're after a driving iron, I would expect you to use it off the tee for the most part. 2023 Acushnet Company. TM TP EF Tour Issue 50* & 56*, 62* Will I be digging too much? Custom Edel E-3 Putter, More than likely you will hit the ball a bit farther as well, potentially close to 1/2 a club. The club was designed and built with certain characteristics. Another reason why stronger lofts dont always mean more distance is something I do frequently to help golfers hit the ball farther weaken lofts. Started Thursday at 03:24 PM. It is hard for some golfers to understand how irons with more loft can help them hit the ball farther, and this is understandable. Odyssey 2-ball Pro-Type milled face putter. Don't think you'd notice a difference of 2. IG: golfer_scott So glad this was posted. Since such a precise hit is needed to take advantage of the lower loft, the average distance each club hits the ball tends to converge at lower lofts for less-skilled players. If your Ball Speed was higher than that, say up to 125, which is a few MPH slower than PGA Tour average, you would want spin to stay within 200-300 RPMs higher, and Launch Angle to come down to about 14*. I changed my Apex pro 19 2 degrees strong. But i am talking more along the lines of the bounce, leading edge, etc. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account. NOW AVAILABLE: GolfWRX G/Fore Hats and Holderness & Bourne Polos! The 2 that were out the most went from 'avoided' clubs to 'favourites'! You get to replace the 4 iron thats gone with something you can get in the air. And yes it is common to not have an iron longer than 6 or 5 for some of these guys because they carry them all the same distance, and then hybrids come into play. Can you bend a metal wood? Good info to pass along regarding COG. There only seems to be one logical reason to do this and thats just in the odd situation where someone needs more bounce. :-). First, is it safe to have P790s bent that much? - Chick Evans, Irons: Mizuno T-Zoid True 5, 7 and 9-irons, Wedge: Mizuno S18 54* and Top Flite chipper, I will add a little to what was posted above. 4-AW with juiced lofts is the same set as an old 3-PW that would probably be 22*-48*. If you really want to improve your golf, you must define where you are losing the most strokes and start there. Callaway Epic - HZRDUS BlackCobra F9 3 Wood The sole on that thing is tiny compared to any driving iron and I still had no trouble hitting it off the deck. One good example comes to mind. LOWER COG IN NEW IRONS REQUIRES LESS LOFT A LOT OF THE TIME TO GET THE SAME DISTANCE OF OLDER CLUBS WITH A HIGHER COG. We'll walk you through the process and offer some simple tips and trick. When you get 2* gaps on the long end there is almost no difference between clubs. Equipment counts courtesy of Darrell Survey. ** Due to coronavirus and the work restrictions in place here in Michigan, for international orders, please email info@mitchellgolf.com for a complete quote. Odyssey #7 Tank, I got a set of Titleist 716 cb that are bent 2 degrees strong (they end up being 1 Degree weaker than my old z745 I believe). Driver: G425 LST 9on Fujikura VENTUSBlue 5S, Fairway: G425LST 3w on Fujikura VENTUSBlue 6S, G425MAX 9won Graphite Design Tour ADDI7S, Utility: KING Forged Utility Black 4 on UST RECOIL SMACWRAP, Irons: KING Forged TEC Black5-Gon Mitsubishi MMT, Wedges:ES2154& Hi Toe Raw58on KBS Hi Rev 2.0, Putter: Triple Track Double Wide White Hot, Balls: Pro V1TP5xChrome Soft Triple Track x LS. All Rights Reserved. IG: golfer_scott Introduce Yourself/ WIYB (What's In Your Bag), Lessons, Drills, Mental Game, and Fitness Tips. As you watch PGA or LPGA golf, you will see very little personalization to this basic fundamental. May 20, 2016 at 10:43 AM I have mine bent 2 degrees strong and cannot see any visible difference. Think about how much this could help golfers from the rough as well. . ***GIVEAWAY*** Cleveland CBX ZipCore Wedge! That said, people will usually launch clubs higher with a longer shaft length as well, (mechanical advantage/physics) so again, it kind of goes hand in hand with the stronger lofts. Your previous content has been restored. If you change your AOA and go 2* steeper, both delivered loft and bounce is reduced by 2* The industry is run by marketing divisions, who are responsible for stronger lofted irons, in the mistaken belief that lower loft equals more distance. In between, the Aussie came home fast to be 18th in Cam Smiths Australian PGA, and although he missed the cut at his home Open, sat in the top-10 after an opening 65. I dont like alot of offset so that changes things a little. That said, no equipment can make up for poor fundamentals in your approach to moving a golf ball around three to four miles of real estate in the least number of strokes. Sounds like it's a long iron. APPLY NOW: Cleveland Frontline Elite Putters! Bending strong 2* decreases bounce by 2* and increases offset by about .75mm. Among full-swing clubs, drivers have the lowest degrees of loft (some pros use drivers with as little as 7 degrees of loft; most recreational golfers use drivers lofted at 9 to 14 degrees). But when I show them the results on golf radar, which can be as much as 5-to-10 yards more carry distance, they start to get it. My irons are bent weak partly to get the right launch conditions but also to reduce my draw. Good point. You cannot paste images directly. 1 is somewhere between somewhat important to very important, then the next question has to be. A golf club can be bent two degrees flat when the lie angle is lowered and the heel of the club is raised to a position that is higher than the toe of the club. Still, someone has to win, and, with such dead wood, punters might smile at this opportunity to nab the winner of an event returning to its status as an opposite event expect LIV to make an offer in 2024. I have a 17-degree 4-wood, a 21-degree hybrid, a 26-degree hybrid, and a 29-degree iron as my longer (non-driver) clubs. A Good Fit for a Clubfitter is the Post Fit. Guess I dont get it. How will that affect it though? Say you have a modern set that is 3-PW, 19*-45*. If they are not bent properly you can change the lie fairly easily unintentionally. Bending 2* strong will increase the clubs digging tendencies. About time someone who knows what theyre talking about said what the the real deal is with loft and modern clubs. Titleist 818 H1 19 HybridMiura CB-57 4-PW He hasnt let that chance go, and while the opening nine events certainly havent been stunning seven missed cuts he showed up at Bermuda, finishing 35th after entering Sunday inside the top-15. Clamp the piece of angle iron into the vise. You can post now and register later.