Joei

I am a recreational golfer and hobbiest club maker. I have built several sets of irons and woods. I recently decided to give my Wilson DI9 irons a rest, and go back to my Golfsmith snake eyes irons. The Di9's are nice, but I have not been able to adjust to the loft gaps on the higher lofted irons. Distance is better with the Di9's but my consistency is better with the snake eyes. I built the SE set 5 thru gap wedge with precision rifle 5.5 and D1 swingweight and so far have not found a decent replacement. I think that the quality is just as good with some of the component manufactures as with the big names. Cost though is almost a wash anymore with the price of OEM clubs that you can get on the sale. On the driver and wood side of the house, while I have built and used components I am currently playing Nike VR pro woods and driver and am very satisfied with them. I am however very interested in the new Maltby KE-4 adjustable driver and may decide to build one and give it a shot.

I understand that reducing face thickness in irons will allow more perimeter weight distribution, but as far as distance goes, if a well struck iron hits the ball first and compresses the ball against the (big ball) earth what advantage will there be in have more face flex? I think all most all the iron distance gains are attributed to loft decreases. Any opinions on the subject?

Greetings everybody, just joined, have followed as an observer for awhile,