Video Splitting Fairways Episode 9: The Definitive Loft Jacking Debate

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Few topics get golfers fired up quite like loft jacking. Iron lofts have become stronger over the years, leading to plenty of comments about a modern 7-iron really being a 6-iron. But is looking at the number on the bottom of the club really that simple?



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People believing everyone delivers with the same AoA and dynamic loft are the same ones fighting the different lofts. They just don’t understand that weight can be moved to give the same ball flight with different swings
 
I'm glad we finally settled this once and for all.
 
I also feel like this episode was essentially a confessional for me 💀
 
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The look on @Hawk face when I said I want my ball to stop within 3 feet :ROFLMAO:
 
I will listen, then post my thoughts on it this morning. By the end of the day.....this will be Mtljeff

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Largely, if the clubs work for you, who cares? I mean why get bothered by what others play…
 
Yes I know how I am filling this 45 min flight now!!! Let’s go!!!
 
By the way I do like the longer pods now. At first they were like 15-20 mins

A year from now @Lord Tox and @Hawk are gonna be doing Rogan style 4 hour pods at this rate
 
Uh oh… 😆
 
Great video guys. Good topic.

I gotta say I'm in agreement with @Lord Tox all day. I need some forgiveness and consistency, I don't need pure distance. I don't want the irons to be short, but want consistency.
 
It's an interesting question @Lord Tox posed, but instead of your 7 iron going 185 and runining out some, or 175 and stopping. Would you give up 10 yards on your current 7 iron to have it stop within 3 feet of where it hit?

I would not just because I'm already too short of a hitter.
 
TWright said:
It's an interesting question @Lord Tox posed, but instead of your 7 iron going 185 and runining out some, or 175 and stopping. Would you give up 10 yards on your current 7 iron to have it stop within 3 feet of where it hit?

I would not just because I'm already too short of a hitter.
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I definitely feel like some people believe consistency magically vanishes with a few degrees of loft change.
 
TWright said:
It's an interesting question @Lord Tox posed, but instead of your 7 iron going 185 and runining out some, or 175 and stopping. Would you give up 10 yards on your current 7 iron to have it stop within 3 feet of where it hit?

I would not just because I'm already too short of a hitter.
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I thought the 175/185 numbers he threw out there were quite callous and cruel 😂
 
Where to begin….

How far does a 7 iron go?

As far as “I” want it to. lol

I want a 7 iron (really any club) to stop at its pitch mark.

Loft jacking was 100% to win the hitting bay 7 iron battle. We can say that because many companies are starting to back off the stronger numbers. That doesn’t mean it was a bad thing for everyone or that companies were being misleading.

The loft number only matters so much. And it shouldn’t matter to you how far I hit any club.
 
Hawk said:
I thought the 175/185 numbers he threw out there were quite callous and cruel 😂
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I was laughing at that part cause I'm right there with you that i'll easily take 175 in whatever roll out conditions. :ROFLMAO:
 
@Lord Tox Why is it a bad thing to hit a 7 iron 200 yards? Can’t you just adjust?
 
Templet0n said:
Where to begin….

How far does a 7 iron go?

As far as “I” want it to. lol

I want a 7 iron (really any club) to stop at its pitch mark.

Loft jacking was 100% to win the hitting bay 7 iron battle. We can say that because many companies are starting to back off the stronger numbers. That doesn’t mean it was a bad thing for everyone or that companies were being misleading.

The loft number only matters so much. And it shouldn’t matter to you how far I hit any club.
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While companies are offering HL options, they definitely aren't backing off the baseline completely.
 
Hawk said:
While companies are offering HL options, they definitely aren't backing off the baseline completely.
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Oh for sure.
 
@Hawk distance irons may not be about ego. But players distance irons are 100% about ego. lol!!!
 
Great episode! Give me the distance!!!
 
Hawk said:
I love a bold statement like this lol
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Because think about it. A players distance irons “should” mean you can play right? So why do you need distance? Other than you don’t like hitting an 7 iron when everyone else is hitting a 8.

Or you want to tell your buddies you hit an 8 when they are hitting 7s
 
Templet0n said:
@Lord Tox Why is it a bad thing to hit a 7 iron 200 yards? Can’t you just adjust?
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It left me with major gaps at the bottom of the bag because the other clubs didn't translate to that same distance
 
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