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One Length Fitting Tips from Jose Miraflor with Cobra Golf

This is great info. I am planning on trying the FTs at my iron fitting next week, and OL has intrigued me. I am going to give them a shot. I would go 4-PW in OL, and then run my CBX2 wedges in 50 and 56 and then my RTX 60 in VL. I'm kind of pumped at this idea after reading this thread.
 
ohthehumanity said:
This is great info. I am planning on trying the FTs at my iron fitting next week, and OL has intrigued me. I am going to give them a shot. I would go 4-PW in OL, and then run my CBX2 wedges in 50 and 56 and then my RTX 60 in VL. I'm kind of pumped at this idea after reading this thread.
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Here's Bryson's OL rig:

SZ OL: 4-5i
FT OL: 6-9i
Then his wedges are custom OL.

You can buy single clubs and there is no discount for buying a "set".

Having played OL for two years, and if you're a good iron player, I'd go with his set up except add the FT PW. The added forgiveness and pop of the SZs on the long irons will be desirable.
 
I tried using a scientific approach when I ordered my FT OL set last year. I don't know if it's the right thing to do, but after testing the 5 iron I didn't quite see the distance that I would hope for compared to the 7, but loved the concept. I ordered my set individually through Cobra, but I made some adjustments of my own. To help with gapping, I ordered the 7-pw at 1* weak, standard 6, and 5 degree at 1* strong. It helped me get a little more distance from the long irons. The short irons are already relatively strong and hot, so I didn't see any fall off in those with the added loft.
 
This concept continues to intrigue me. My only hesitation is I want the 7 iron length for my 4/5-8 and then start going variable length after that. Also only Cobra is doing it and their clubs don't suit me as much as some other clubs.
 
InTheRough said:
Here's Bryson's OL rig:

SZ OL: 4-5i
FT OL: 6-9i
Then his wedges are custom OL.

You can buy single clubs and there is no discount for buying a "set".

Having played OL for two years, and if you're a good iron player, I'd go with his set up except add the FT PW. The added forgiveness and pop of the SZs on the long irons will be desirable.
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Hypothetically, since my wife disagrees:
2021 has me in 4-6i in OL something more forgiving and 7-PW in something AWESOME. Realistically, 2021 will be what I have in the bag and 2022 has me in a OL combo set. My wife agrees with this idea
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Joshnoble01 said:
This concept continues to intrigue me. My only hesitation is I want the 7 iron length for my 4/5-8 and then start going variable length after that. Also only Cobra is doing it and their clubs don't suit me as much as some other clubs.
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While I get it, that isn’t really the idea of one swing. It sounds more like you just want easier to hit long irons? I don’t mean that negatively. Have you tried the SPEEDZONE irons?
 
enjoyed all the posts. these interest me and the testing suggested is a good idea. For me, even if I saw something that looked promising on a monitor I think I'd have to bag them for a while to see the benefit or dis-benefit. I am reasonably certain that I hit my 6 to 8 irons the best in my bag. I'd think the 8 my optimal sweet spot but never really tested in a way that would confirm. Clearly I start to drop off with a 5i or 9i-GW
 
If I was going to redo my bag I would go OL- 3h,4h,5-9 and go standard length wedges.. All Speedzone irons.


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JB said:
While I get it, that isn’t really the idea of one swing. It sounds more like you just want easier to hit long irons? I don’t mean that negatively. Have you tried the SPEEDZONE irons?
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No, I don’t take this negatively. It’s accurate. I love the concept and am very intrigued by it but am not able to fully commit to it because of exactly this.

It just seems like a concept that a lot of people would benefit from.
 
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I have the F7 OL, and have really enjoyed playing them for a few years now. I don't think I could ever go back to full bag VL without a massive period of readjustment. I have 5-PW OL and vokey sm6 52-54-60 for my wedges.

I fully beleive in Bryson's approach of removal of variability.... Just less things to think about in setup and over the ball. (positioning etc)

Early on I struggled to get the 5ir to be consistent for me and actually have a decent gap to my 6ir.

I've f8 4hy which I'm really tempted to try out the OL f9/SZ, but I'm not sold on that idea yet, need to test out at a fitter.

This is the last 6 months averages for me (w/roll not carry - as per golfpadgps) pretty happy with my gaps
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iwanejko said:
I have the F7 OL, and have really enjoyed playing them for a few years now. I don't think I could ever go back to full bag VL without a massive period of readjustment. I have 5-PW OL and vokey sm6 52-54-60 for my wedges.

I fully beleive in Bryson's approach of removal of variability.... Just less things to think about in setup and over the ball. (positioning etc)

Early on I struggled to get the 5ir to be consistent for me and actually have a decent gap to my 6ir.

I've f8 4hy which I'm really tempted to try out the OL f9/SZ, but I'm not sold on that idea yet, need to test out at a fitter.

This is the last 6 months averages for me (w/roll not carry - as per golfpadgps) pretty happy with my gaps
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Solid gapping right there
 
Going by carry distances with the F9s. My irons are +1". This was from a gapping session in February prior to lockdown on GC Quad with normal controllable swings.

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There really isn't much difference between the length of the SL 5H and the +1" OL iron, but there was a difference in the feel. I could not hit the 5i in the set consistently so I went with a hybrid. I can imagine that the 37.5" OL 5H would feel like a Jr. club to some people. The 5i loft is 22.5 degrees. Experience has shown me that 24 degrees is my limit on irons. Below that loft I need hybrids or FW. I didn't have a 5W at the time of this gapping session, but picked up one a month ago and have a carry of about 208 with it.
 
Joshnoble01 said:
No, I don’t take this negatively. It’s accurate. I love the concept and am very intrigued by it but am not able to fully commit to it because of exactly this.

It just seems like a concept that a lot of people would benefit from.
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I think there is a lot to this. I don't take a ton of "full" swings with clubs below PW. So I went OL 4i-PW but everything else traditional. Because I didn't want to mess with my short game much.

I do think things is a good way for people to jump right in to OL. I mean no adjustment required with this set up. And most people struggle with 4/5/6 irons and this really solves that challenge.

While it's not one swing. Its still dramatically fewer swim has that VL irons. ~50% fewer
 
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