Yep, but launch is also higher and ball speed is higher

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Nov 12, 2015
11:21:39am

FiveTen-BuckEighty All-American

Yep, but launch is also higher and ball speed is higher

Yes, lofts are decreased in many cases 2-4 degrees (1/2 to a full club), but in truth the launch angle is also higher and ball speed is higher, so your 7 iron does go the distance of your old 6 iron but it probably has a trajectory more like your old 8 iron.

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FiveTen-BuckEighty

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Bought new irons this year, of course they hit further!

LasVegasBlue

11/12/15 11:12am

wow, so a two iron would be like a one iron?

TheDeek

11/12/15 11:15am

When it comes to driving irons, 2 and 1...not sure if they've been jacked up

LasVegasBlue

11/12/15 11:17am

All the pros use custom clubs anyway. The bend them to whatever degree they

BYUheaven

11/12/15 11:16am

I bought new clubs last fall, first new clubs in 23 years

Cyclogist

11/12/15 11:23am

The irons the pros play are at whatever loft they want them at.

RdF3

11/12/15 11:17am

Yep, but launch is also higher and ball speed is higher

FiveTen-BuckEighty

11/12/15 11:21am

Yep, better to get them bent to your specific needs anyways.

Dillinger

11/12/15 11:24am

They have to be forged irons to have them adjusted right?

LasVegasBlue

11/12/15 11:28am

not necessarily......

oryguncoug

11/12/15 11:33am

if you had your old 7 iron adjusted so loft matched your new 7 iron you would

oryguncoug

11/12/15 11:26am

RE: if you had your old 7 iron adjusted so loft matched your new 7 iron you

LasVegasBlue

11/12/15 11:45am

Clubs from 20 years ago were a lot different

FiveTen-BuckEighty

11/12/15 11:49am

i realize this but I stand by what I said above. I had some old dci blades and

oryguncoug

11/12/15 11:56am

After all said and done, my handicap only moves with short game improvements

LasVegasBlue

11/12/15 12:17pm

Tommy Armour 845s started it all.

11/12/15 11:35am

Off the shelf comparisons DCI's, Cleveland, Callaway

LasVegasBlue

11/12/15 11:50am

It's been that way for a long time. Stronger lofts. King Cobra irons back in the

pink22

11/12/15 11:55am

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