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I'm in an interesting situation when it comes to the distances on my irons. I'm only 5'6, but I hit my short irons quite far (PW - 140 ; 9I - 152 ; 8I - 165), but as I get into my longer irons, I get progressively shorter, even with well-struck shots. I hit my 6 and 7 Irons just about the exact same distance (175), and my longer irons don't supply the needed distance (5I - 183 ; 4I - 188 ; 3I - 195). I was just wondering if anyone else has dealt with this issue before, and if there is a way to give some stability to my distance gaps.

Thanks.

Diablo. 10 degree, neutral. (R-Flex)
F-Speed 15.5 degree 3 Wood (R)
A70s 19 degree hybrid (R)
2009 CG-7 Tour Irons (3-PW) (R)
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How is your ball flight on all your clubs?

I'd imagine you're delofting your shorter irons pretty substantially, so instead of a high, soft landing, you're coming in a bit hotter and rolling?
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Interesting you should say this, because I hit my short irons with Stratospheric height. I play all of my irons forward in my stance, and still hit high with my longer clubs, but evert time I tee it up, I get comments on how ungodly high my 120-160 yard shots go. As you can imagine, they're quite effected by the wind, but every time I try to move the ball back in my stance, I hit horrible hooks on a consistent basis.

Diablo. 10 degree, neutral. (R-Flex)
F-Speed 15.5 degree 3 Wood (R)
A70s 19 degree hybrid (R)
2009 CG-7 Tour Irons (3-PW) (R)
CG-14 52, 56, 60 degree wedges. (R)SeeMore FGP Putter (The charm of my bag) Gamer V2

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have you gotten your clubs fitted?
could be something to do with the clubs.

maybe you just strike the shorter irons better.

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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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Were the clubs fitted for you? You might want to try stiffer shafted irons so your shorter irons don't balloon as much and the distance disparity might be more even with them. Take a video of your shorter irons versus your longer irons and post em up for everyone to see. I'm sure that will help in finding the problem.

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First off, get your loft/lies checked out to make sure they are accurate. I have rarely seen clubs off the rack that were perfect. Then make sure you are playing the correct shaft. Once you have that done and if you are still having a problem you may want to adjust a couple of your lofts to get you some more spacing in your long irons. The modern lofts tend to start the wedge out stronger and then put the lofts closer together in the mid and long irons. I make sure that all my lofts are 4 degrees apart 4-P and then 3 degrees between the 3 and 4. This spacing has worked for me for over 20 years. Sometimes, for a variety of reasons, unless you are making great contact with sufficient clubhead speed you are better off with 4 or 5 degrees to minimize gaps in the longer irons and even ditching one in the process.

I found the CG7 Tour Specs on the Cleveland site.

IRONLOFTLIESTEEL LENGTHSTEEL SWING WEIGHTOFFSET VALUE
218.00°59.50°39.25"D2.180"
321.00°60.00°38.75"D2.165"
424.00°60.50°38.25"D2.150"
527.00°61.00°37.75"D2.135"
630.50°61.50°37.25"D2.125"
734.00°62.50°36.75"D2.115"
838.00°63.00°36.25"D2.105"
942.00°64.00°35.75"D2.095"
PW46.00°64.50°35.50"D3.085"

As far as hitting it high it could be for many reasons such as shaft, technique, ball position, etc. Hard to say without seeing you play.

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