For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. They catch a bit but I hit it crispier. That is only if the area you are going to contact the ball moves up on the face as a result of bending, the lower portion of the face will move backwards when bent strong. Some people prefer a higher or lower, high- or low-spin ball flight for strategic purposes. The lightweight speed designs dont seem to help the everyday golfer from the examples I see out on the course. Everyone tries to boast yardage, not consistency and accuracy. Long story short, I'm about to have the 5,6,7,8 iron bent 2 degrees weaker, 9 iron 1 degree weaker, and AW 1 degree stronger. It can be re-bent without any adverse effect on it. Copyright 2022 MyGolfSpy Bravo, As a club fitter who deals with players that purchase equipment based on what their ego tells them they need verses the facts this is a breath of fresh air! Restore formatting, I will only add that I don't see what the benefit would be to strengthening loft. The club only has .5 degrees of bounce as it is. To do this I will need to bend the 6 iron - PW 1 degree stronger. 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. Thanks for the insight! 759 Decided to get lofts and lie's double checked on my irons for peace of mind and following a gap check session get them bent 2 degree strong to the original manufacturer loft spec. With the high bounce level of the stock G30's, losing some of that bounce by bending it strong is no sweat, but plenty of clubs have so little bounce that bending them strong leaves virtually nothing left in the bounce department, but bounce really only helps if you strike the ball a little on the fat side. The MB and CB clubs you have need a bit more loft to get the ball launched well. Machines with fixed measuring gauges will not be accurate when measuring clubs with offset, progressive offset, or face progression hosel positions. I am not sure exactly what you are asking with the final 2 questions, are you asking should the 5 and 7 iron have the same launch conditions as the 6 iron, or would there be any issues if your 5 iron or the 7 iron launched like the ideal conditions for the 6 iron? 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. Titleist Response to USGA / R&A Distance Insights. Your previous content has been restored. 50*, 54* bent to 55* and 60*, Putter- Taylormade Spider Tour w/ flow neck The market is fascinating this week, with world number 376 Andrew Novak leading the field. 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. Distance is fine, but I have an overly high flight in the wind. I was being fitted for MP-4's and the ball flight with the kbs tour x was a little higher than i wanted so my fitter was able to bend it strong incrementally by 1 degree to flatten out the ball flight for me. You hit the golf ball off of the heel of the club often causing the golf ball to hook or pull, You are playing clubs too short for you (again. Shane Lowry on the new Srixon ZX Mk II line (fairway wood, utility, ZX5/ZX7 irons). See below the make percentage for an average golfer from varying distances. The trajectory, depending on your swing, should be flatter. I am purchasing new irons and am seriously considering getting the lofts 2* weak to create a 48* PW and 4* loft spacing. But what I dont understand is why you would need to weaken the loft of irons 2-3* when the gap between irons is 3-4*. So I hit my standard 50 yard pitch with a 54* wedge. From my observation of thousands of golfers of all skill levels, far too many are deficient in the fundamentals, starting with the grip, and then to the set-up and only then to the swing motion. The question is, again, Do you really want to get better at golf?. Callaway Epic - HZRDUS BlackCobra F9 3 Wood I wouldn't feel comfortable messing with the bounce/offset/loft. pic.twitter.com/dNhfPEcR4F https://t.co/Talvwe7Kng. Paste as plain text instead, I should have made the same swing with a 9 iron, to compensate for the lie, but did not.". 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). Much of Harrison Endycotts claims were covered in the2023 Players To Followlist, but the summary is worth repeating to justify his selection this week. If anyone thought the Honda Classic had a below-par field, dont show them this weeks Puerto Rico Open. Great article! As a lifelong golfer, a student of the game and having made my living in the golf equipment industry for 40-plus years, I have made it a study to observe golfers of all skill levels as they try to figure out this crazy and very difficult game. Here are the different ways fitters change the lie angle of a club: A club can either be bent to an upright position (toe higher than heel) or flat (toe lower than heel) usually in increments of 1 or 2 degrees. I completely agree with this! For most players the answer is - MORE than we normally can bend static lof, Lower launch, lower flight (generally) but you lose some bounce and add offset, Titleist TSi4 8.25* / Fujikura Ventus Black TR 7-X Still many worries about bending lofts due to bounce changes, and many also thinkthat shafts can lift or lower ball flight by changing dynamic loft, but without anything happening to bounce, but that cant be prevented, bounce always follows loft no matter if loft was changed due to bending, angle of attack, or adifferent shaft, all 3 scenarios has the same changes. Still have questions? Sitemap. This could cause them to dig at impact, and no one wants that. It just depends. Upload or insert images from URL. I would never ever think of doing this on my own. I was thinking of bending my irons 3 degrees stronger as my ball flights were too high, but then there would be a big gap to fill between the pitching wedge and the gap wedge, and potentially more side effects of bending the clubs then.
Stronger iron lofts don't always create more distance - GolfWRX You dont need to bend the clubs. Haven't registered for Team Titleist yet? Older irons can be bent to achieve better gaping and additional distance, but the distance increases will be very small. 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. **. Even with limitations, many of todays metal woods are indeed bendable, especially stainless-steel heads. I dont like alot of offset so that changes things a little. Upload or insert images from URL. TaylorMade M1 15* Tensei CK Pro White 80X or Loft and lie changes are more or less permanent. One good example comes to mind. I tried it today but I can still hit my 6i farther than my 64 degree lw. TaylorMade Aero Burner TP 15 / Matrix White Tie 70-X Now if you take some of the modern GI irons with the thick sole and rounded leading edge (Infiniti brand Assure comes to mind) you can de loft or strong loft it 3 or 4 degrees with no problem at all. The average golfer hits 48 percent of fairways. It is hard for some golfers to understand how irons with more loft can help them hit the ball farther, and this is understandable. After a quick gapping review we bent 2 clubs and tried those out which gave a good base to work from.
The refit yielded a super driving iron. The 2-degree limit is only recommended when changing the lofts on irons due to the potential effect such bends will have on the sole angle of the club. VokeySM6 Raw- 50F, Scotty Cameron X5R Flow Neck Torched Finish. Craig, (I ran into this today.) Remember, the set is not necessarily progressively consistent from one club to another, and therefore each club should be checked. Display as a link instead, Just curious but, can I bend a set of titleist cb718 to the titleist ap2 718 specs? I did this to reduce the spin rate. The club was designed and built with certain characteristics. All data in this article is gathered from Shot Scopes database of over 140,000 golfers and in excess of 250 million shots recorded using performance tracking products such as the unique PRO LX+ laser rangefinder. I have a 2 iron bent 2 strong to 16. Including me. You get to replace the 4 iron thats gone with something you can get in the air. Lofts don't always come in 4-degree increments. My old callway x forged dug more than my bent mp-4's. Titleist Response to USGA / R&A Distance Insights, Bending 716MB irons 1 or 2 degrees strong. Callaway 2018 MB irons
Clear editor. Forged irons should be checked every year or 2 anyway for loft/lie. I will also need to bend my irons 2 degrees flat according to a lie board. So it doesnt matter to me what loft a golfers 6 iron is, as long as that loft allows a golfer to launch and spin the ball in a way thats ideal for their swing. Well this article outlines a variety of statistics which will help you pinpoint which areas of the game you are above or below average. It will also increase the offset of the club, not a huge amount, but at two degrees, it is noticeable to me. This is a list of all clubheads that clubmakers are not allowed to bend. Club design of a particular club can be a factor also. After the death of his mother, Endycott understandably struggled through the late teens, understandably saying that, At the time, golf didnt really matter to me.. I realize it is hard to write to such a diverse audience, but Im going to give it my best with this post, and pose the basic two questions to each of you : If the answer to No. This will reduce any penalty shots and subsequently the number of doubles-or-worse in your round. Thanks!
Can I bend my irons strong? - Golf Clubs - Team Titleist Plus, those superlight steel shafts in the 85-90 gram range feel like a softer flex than what is listed, probably due to the thinner steel in the shaft. Iron lofts can be bent up to 2 degrees stronger than standard (note: making the loft stronger will increase the offset and reduce the bounce . Good question. Its like that distance is just not filled. So, it is my contention that conditions on the course often vary much more than changing the dynamics of a club by a degree or two. Display as a link instead, And the grip should be light enough to allow supple movement in the wrists during the swing. I meant decrease loft and make stronger. There was only an added 2 yards with the stronger lofts of trackman. Each one of those sees him rightly disputing the market number one, but Im not sure I can get involved at around 20-25-to-one with any of the favourites, even if they hold excellent claims.
Ping G410 3, 5 and 7 wood, Ping G410 5 hybrid-not much use. The average golfer hits a 7-iron to around 30 yards from the pin. You must log in or register to reply here. If you've got 2* upright and don't need that configuration, the heel will dig in and you'd pull the shots left (right handed). The simple fact is that good golf cannot be played with a bad grip on the club. I couldn't agree more, they are a thing of beauty but also of art, it'll change the effect the way the club goes through the turf, I've lost some distance using these because I was hitting the new T-MB which 3 iron went a mile, but the 3 iron in the MB's is what dreams are made of, way easy to hit and launch, I wouldn't want to mess with it, that being said I did increase the lie up 2 degrees for my swing:). 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. In addition, once a club is bent to a given specification, it will stay there until changed by an outside force of either bending again or striking a hard object. Im also adding a 5 wood to the bag and changing to a 54/60 wedge set-up. The Ever Changing Bag! But if your best place for improvement is in your approach shots or play with the long clubs, you simply must work on your fundamentals of the golf swing. It will reduce the bounce of the club, but the actual effect will depend on your swing path. But i am talking more along the lines of the bounce, leading edge, etc. Maybe manufacturers will take note (I doubt it, but keep trying. Paste as plain text instead, Display as a link instead, Any knowledge on the subject would be appreciated. Why would you weaken the lofts of every club and increase the bounce angle by a proportionate amount if you could just get rid of the 3 iron and add a gap wedge? Taking the destructive shot out of your game is key.
Each player is different and because of this each iron plays different for each player. I also don't mind the little more offset I don't over cut it. A typical #6 iron on the Tour is 31* on loft but Dynamic loft is average only 20.2 If your intent is to modify them by making them one degree strong, you will be changing the play of the iron, and also the physical appearance possible (could be debatable if the human eye can tell one degree, I'm not sure since I have never had to do this to any of my sets.). So I changed my swing to compress the ball better instead, and just took extra club and swing easy. Yes, it would make the clubs a little 'longer' (with a lower ball flight), but it might not be worth it, especially if you already take a divot. I'm curious what effect bending the irons 1 or 2 degrees strong would have on the irons playability. 3" = 4.6* and 6" = 9.2* change in loft.
Bending Golf Clubs: 5 Facts & Fallacies If this continues well end up with 25* 7 irons and carry 6 or 7 gap wedges. I think that makes a difference. DO NOT SEND PMs WITH CLUB TECH QUESTIONS - USE THE PUBLIC FORUM. Adams A12 19 - Fuji HB 80X, PXG 0311X 4 - HZRDUS Red 105 X 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. When you start messing around with the hozzels and stress on clubs you need to know what you are doing. I reckon for every 1 degree off it takes about 250 off the spin. I am now thinking I am just going to bend my 712 Ap2 irons to the 714 AP2 specs so my gaps will match up better with my wedges.