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Hey everyone ,
I am in the market for a new set of irons.  I know getting fitted is the best thing to do, but am on a little bit of a budget. I am 6'-2 3/4 tall, and my wrist to floor measurement is about 37 3/4. Researching online, it appears as though I would need maybe a +.5 in club length and a 1-2 degree up in lie angle. Again, I know this is not the best approach but hoping to get in the ball park. The factory shaft lengths for both the Callaway X2 Hot and TM Speedblades appear to be about +1/2" longer than standard which I find to be an average of about 38"-38.5" for a 4 iron.  I found a set of the X2 Hot's advertised with a 2* up for a good price and was wondering if this set would be in the ballpark of what I might need.  Anyone with similar measurements that could shed a little light would be greatly appreciated

Thanks, Bill

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Hey everyone,

I am in the market for a new set of irons.  I know getting fitted is the best thing to do, but am on a little bit of a budget. I am 6'-2 3/4 tall, and my wrist to floor measurement is about 37 3/4.

Writs-to-floor is only a starting point for clubfitters to use for initial club specs. Go ahead and get fitted. The cost of a fitting will be less than you buying and selling irons hit-and-miss until you find the right model and specs.

Try the clubs out if possible - hit golf balls with them - and see if the lie angle and shaft length work for you.

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Writs-to-floor is only a starting point for clubfitters to use for initial club specs. Go ahead and get fitted. The cost of a fitting will be less than you buying and selling irons hit-and-miss until you find the right model and specs.

Try the clubs out if possible - hit golf balls with them - and see if the lie angle and shaft length work for you.

All good info by WUTiger, but if you are serious about your game and want a serious club fitting, it's a complete process with every club in the bag. Your 3 iron my be 5 degrees up, but your 5 may be only 2 degrees and so on and so forth. As for extending the length of the shafts, that to becomes a point of no return. You can extend to the point where you have to swing a telephone pole stiffness and in doing so, can lose direction and distance. There's always some sort of trade off in these actions. If anyone remembers George Archer PGA Tour back when, he had to really have a deep knee bend at address because his clubs could only be so long. He was if not mistaken around 6'5" - 6'6". But as WUTiger said, go hit the clubs, you may just luck out............

For what it's worth, My son is 6'3" and went to a XX shaft with 2" over. He was all over the place. Re-evaluated and went to just an X shaft at 1" over and 3 degrees upright with the 6 and 8 iron being set 1 degree (No idea why).........

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Hey everyone,

I am in the market for a new set of irons.  I know getting fitted is the best thing to do, but am on a little bit of a budget. I am 6'-2 3/4 tall, and my wrist to floor measurement is about 37 3/4. Researching online, it appears as though I would need maybe a +.5 in club length and a 1-2 degree up in lie angle. Again, I know this is not the best approach but hoping to get in the ball park. The factory shaft lengths for both the Callaway X2 Hot and TM Speedblades appear to be about +1/2" longer than standard which I find to be an average of about 38"-38.5" for a 4 iron.  I found a set of the X2 Hot's advertised with a 2* up for a good price and was wondering if this set would be in the ballpark of what I might need.  Anyone with similar measurements that could shed a little light would be greatly appreciated

Thanks, Bill

In the ballpark is better than 99% of the people out there who just buy off the rack, so I'd say sure, why not.

I am roughly the same height as you and play irons that were fitted to me and are extra long and upright.  My 6-iron is 38.5" long and has a lie angle of 64 degrees.  My old 6-iron (which I played for 15 years) is 37.25" long and had a lie angle of 62.5 degrees.

Point is, I can still hit those old irons just fine and they aren't going to affect my score all that much.

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We are similar in measurements I am 6'3 205 big hands and I can say get professionally fitted D2P. changed my game and my back. I have to play 1" over standard with 1* up. bigger grips etc. shafts played a huge difference too. If you can try these locally I would suggest that before just buying.

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vokey.gif SM5 54-10 SG

vokey.gif SM5 59-07 SG

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