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Help I cant hit my irons. I hit my driver 240 yds 3W 220yds 5W 200 yds but I can only hit my 5I 150 yds 7I 125 yds 9I 100 yds. These are average distances for my rounds. I feel that my swing plane is too steep coming into the ball and I hit alot of fat shots with my irons. My typical ball flight is very high.
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pavespawn Established Member

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Get your weight more forward with your iron shots. You could do this by moving the ball back in your stance or a greater shift in weight. This way you can trap the ball and compress it against the ground while hitting down on it.

In my Sasquatch stand bag
Driver: G5 10.5*
Fairway wood: R9 4 wood
Irons: R7 3-PW OR Firesole 3-PW
Wedges: VR 52-10 56-14 & 260-4Putter: TraceyShoe: Powerband 3.0

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mcgriff Well Established Member

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Long as you are steady with the distances and are getting good loft I wouldn't be too ashamed if I was a club or 2 behind everyone.

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stricklerlee Established Member

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That's very strange. Usually, I hit the irons farther like 5i: 180 yards, 6i: 170yards, 7i: 165 and so on. My driver distance is around 240 yards. Are you sure you're not overestimating your woods and driver distance?
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kennay92 Great Member

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you might be flipping with your irons, or what pavespawn said.

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Lol, I feel as if it is really hard to apply advice given not only on this site but others as well. Im not bashing this site or any other, i just feel it is better to get a pro in your area to give you some lessons. Not because you cant play but he can spot something in your swing that we cant cause we are just hearing your problem. know what I mean? you will gwt numerous different answers from here and it can be confusing. Especially when you are trying everything ya know? So i would get somepne to look at your swing in person. Just my opinion

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Irons:G5 4-pw awt stiff
3 Wood:X tour stiff fujikura tour platform 26.3
Hybrid:18* Flihi stiff, Burner rescue 19*Putter::Bettinardi C-01Wedges:CG12 52* Black Nickel 56* 60*Ball:Pro V1

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Tugglife2 Well Established Member

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Lol, I feel as if it is really hard to apply advice given not only on this site but others as well. Im not bashing this site or any other, i just feel it is better to get a pro in your area to give you some lessons. Not because you cant play but he can spot something in your swing that we cant cause we are just hearing your problem. know what I mean? you will gwt numerous different answers from here and it can be confusing. Especially when you are trying everything ya know? So i would get somepne to look at your swing in person. Just my opinion

You can get some really great advice by knowledgeable people on this site if you post videos of your swing.

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if you mean that you are hitting down on the ball too much, causing you to chunk it a lot and all..and you may not be hitting the ball as high as you used to, move the ball farther up in your stance and try to sweep it a little bit more...ive been doing the same thing recently after i somehow started moving the ball to far back in my stance.
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Thanks for your replies, my irons are 1 inch longer than normal per my club fitter. I do think that my swing plane is too steep causing me to be high and short with my irons, but I am having trouble flattening it out. I do really hit my woods that far which really isn't exactally crushing the ball. I carry 5 woods in my bag 1-3-5-7-9 because of not being to hit my irons worth a crap. Also I normally leave my irons out to the right.
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mship Member

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Also when Ihit a really long ball with any of my clubs its usally a dead pull.

Sounds familiar. I know when I start doing this it's because I'm not getting my weight over to my left side and I'm coming over the top.

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James_Black Great Member

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Can you post a video of your swing?

What I don't understand is how your able to hit your woods so far if you have a steep swing plane.
Most people sweep with the longer clubs.

If you could post a video it'd be easier to highlight your problem instead of people posting loads of conflicting advice.

My Clubs
Driver - LV4 10* R flex
Wood - sam snead persimmon 2 wood (for windy days)
Hybrid burner tour launch 20* stiff flex.
Irons - Tour Mode 3i,4i stiffIrons - FP's 5-PW R-flexWedge - spin milled 54.14Wedge - spin milled 60.07Putter - Victoria Lowest round 2010: 79 (par 70)Latest rounds at...

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Feel is not real, do yourself a favor and get the swing on tape, then post it here.

My typical ball flight is very high.

Sounds like a case of flipping, fat shots etc. A video would help.

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newtogolf Incredible Member

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If it's a swing issue I'm not the guy to help, but it could be the clubs. I hit my 7i 150 yds off the mats at a driving range with my x-12's, but hit 165+ with my business partners McGregor clubs. Club lengths were the same, but his were game improvement clubs, so I guess that's the difference, or just mine are old.

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