GutterSnipe
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I went in yesterday for an iron fitting. I've been thinking about doing a hacked version of the single length irons from Edel. I already have the wedges in a driver grind, and didn't want the expense or six iron length in the wedges, so I decided to go with two lengths.
This puts me into unusual territory. 6,7,8 in the six iron shaft with PW, GW, and LW in a 9 iron shaft. The fitter had never done a set like this, so it was new ground for him as well. My fitter was named Miles and he had years of experience in teaching lessons at Golftec.
I've never been on a Trackman and it was a fun experience. Depending on the shaft and weight we saw quite a bit of difference in the carry and spin, ranging from 160 to 174 carry with 87-88 mph of clubhead speed. The primary difference was in the dynamic loft as some combinations seemed to flip and raise the loft delivered to the ball, drastically increasing spin. This is something I'll watch for at the range now that I'm aware of it. Usually I'd associate higher ball flight with crushing it, but I can see that i may have been misinterpreting what I was seeing on some shots.
Edel has three shaft options in the Paderson shafts per stiffness, basically low medium or high launch. I ended up with the low (or short iron) shaft for the 6-8 and mid for 9-SW. Once the shaft was selected we played with the insert weights from 2 to 16 grams, but I ended up with the 8 team weights. This was dialed in by looking at ball height and smash factor which we got to about 1.40 for the six iron. Apparently higher than that means you are really trapping the balls, which isn't ideal for most people but explains how some pros hit their irons so far.
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This puts me into unusual territory. 6,7,8 in the six iron shaft with PW, GW, and LW in a 9 iron shaft. The fitter had never done a set like this, so it was new ground for him as well. My fitter was named Miles and he had years of experience in teaching lessons at Golftec.
I've never been on a Trackman and it was a fun experience. Depending on the shaft and weight we saw quite a bit of difference in the carry and spin, ranging from 160 to 174 carry with 87-88 mph of clubhead speed. The primary difference was in the dynamic loft as some combinations seemed to flip and raise the loft delivered to the ball, drastically increasing spin. This is something I'll watch for at the range now that I'm aware of it. Usually I'd associate higher ball flight with crushing it, but I can see that i may have been misinterpreting what I was seeing on some shots.
Edel has three shaft options in the Paderson shafts per stiffness, basically low medium or high launch. I ended up with the low (or short iron) shaft for the 6-8 and mid for 9-SW. Once the shaft was selected we played with the insert weights from 2 to 16 grams, but I ended up with the 8 team weights. This was dialed in by looking at ball height and smash factor which we got to about 1.40 for the six iron. Apparently higher than that means you are really trapping the balls, which isn't ideal for most people but explains how some pros hit their irons so far.
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