He’s not slow, probably pushes 105 with driver in good days. It’s the strike consistency for him.
2024 Cobra King Tec, King Tec-X, and King Tec-X One Length Irons
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I can see that too. Pretty cool.
I gave OL RadSpeed a month or so look in 2023. I maybe 15-20 yards of carry difference from 5-7 and very low shot heights. 8-PW was close to my VL distances and heights.
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Interesting.
I’m not sure exactly how to unpack that. My iron play has improved from continued lessons and just general play. But I think it was good enough when I had the OL Aerojets, I just wasn’t as consistent with my swing then. The original F9 set I played absolutely helped with the long irons (and was the first set I consistently played a 5 iron). So since then my swing really improved.
I know I could play a OL set successfully, and specifically the King Tec X. But right now, I think I struggle most with the scoring irons. I tend to pull the ball left. But my distances have been good in the VL set of King Tours, and that’s something that I always struggled a bit with the OL sets. Whether it was gapping, or just operator error, I wasn’t as dialed in as I have been with the King Tour VL set.
So I can’t really put a percentage on it. My swing has improved a lot done my F9 OL set, but only slightly since my Aerojet OL set.
I did it and committed to it. Would have still be playing them if the opportunity would not have fallen in my lap for a set of KING Tours. I still have them and hit them from time to time.
I believe in the concept and there are a lot of golfers who would benefit from the OL application. But I agree, the interest is always well outsized compared to adoption when it’s finally time to hit the button and submit orders.
King tech left. X right.. hard to say because of the angles and a smidge of glare.
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I was 100% going with the OL until I had my fitting. They performed worse than the VL set so there wasn’t any reason to go through with it. I’m glad they had them at the fitting. If not it would’ve been a miserable summer
What do you think caused the variance? Swing speed?
Kind of, yeah
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The 5 & 6 irons just weren’t consistent. Distance was good but I was missing left and right with them, just couldn’t get them dialed in to one specific miss/ball flight. The 9,P, & G all went roughly the same distance and they were shorter than they should’ve been. I don’t full swing wedges because I have a hard time releasing the clubhead for some reason and basically hit flop shots with them. That was what I was doing except it extended to the 9i.
I liked the concept and I’m sure they work great for some golfers, I’m not one of them though
I pulled the trigger on OL because I am sold on the concept after playing them for the last year. I will say I am SOO happy this time around they didn't change the color scheme on the iron like they did the darkspeeds. Just changed the word Tungsten to One Length.
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Thats great, are you new to the game or a seasoned vet? Higher hdcp or lower?
Play off a 16 right now. Started the season around 21. Newer to the game(started last year).
The OL made sense to me because I had to learn fewer swings, basically.
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Makes sense. I believe you are the type of player who could benefit from OL
That makes sense. At the 2023 Morgan Cup we spoke with Jose regarding the need to deliver the club with a reasonable amount of speed to see the intended results with the longer irons. I wonder if hybrids would have been a better solution for you in that regard.
With the scoring irons, I get what you are saying exactly. Even in the best of circumstances, you really have to trust that a solid swing of an untraditional length PW, etc. will have the intended results. That's where I struggled a bit, finding myself chocking down on the club a bit, which added some inconsistency for me.
100%. When i was in a similar scenario in 2019. I saw a huge jump in scoring when I switched to the OL. it was my first ever round sub-90, after struggling to break 100.
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very nice! And I agree with you on the color scheme.
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Possibly. I’m not a long hitter, but I thought I had enough speed for the longer/mid irons. I wasn’t having an issue elevating them, it was more a directional problem.
ayy, exactly the same.
In 2023 I broke 100 3 times total.
In 2024, I have not been over 100 this season and had a low round of 84!
That is awesome!
@Hawk adding some meat on this since I have a couple minutes now - like I said I've played around with this type of setup. I do feel I hit OL 4-6 irons a little more consistently, but after about 6i I see some height and gapping issues, so I end up having to manufacture things a bit which kind of cancels out some of the consistency. I think if your expectation is to hit shots with the OL 4i- 6i clubs that have 10-12 yards of carry cap and land relatively soft, you need above average speed and/or natural height. There might be some players that aren't necessarily hitting or holding greens with long irons and hybrids where going OL there would be a lesser of two evils. For that kind of player it would probably make more sense to go 6i, 4i or 6i, OL 4h rather than go 6i, 5i, 4i. If you're someone who is just desperate to keep things in play in that sort of long iron distance, then I think there would be merit for folks to have a 13 club bag with more standard setup and gapping, then have an OL 4ish club to just slap it around and keep it in play from certain spots. But for that specific purpose, a OL utility iron or hybrid might suit better that purpose than the KTx head specifically.
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This is great information. In the end, it’s not a scenario I see myself in, but that doesn’t keep me from being curious about it.
I do wonder if the move the X platform will change the launch characteristics. .
Standard tec left, x right.