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I was recently fit for new irons.  During the fitting I was hitting these irons straight according to the launch monitor but my first trip out with them everything was a fade.  The new irons have less offset than my old set and oversized grips with an extra wrap at the bottom because of my arthritis.  The fade is not bad but I was really comfortable with my straight shot shape as I only needed to worry about distance, not distance and how much fade I was going to get.   What do I need to do to get that straight shot back?


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The offset likely has nothing to do with it

I’d remove  the extra wrap under your grip.  I bet that little bit of reduced grip diameter is enough to just close your club face enough...

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38 minutes ago, Mpreston said:

What do I need to do to get that straight shot back?

Put your old irons back in the bag :-P

But in all seriousness, you shouldn't be hitting the ball differently on the course than you were at your fitting unless you did something differently during the fitting than you normally do, you made changes to your swing after the fitting, or the fitting wasn't very good.

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Thanks Bill.  The only difference between the fitting and my new irons is the grip.  The fitting was with standard grips but they recommended oversized with an extra wrap because of my arthritis. Maybe I need to make a slight modification to my grip to compensate?  I have a pretty neutral right hand. I’ll try rolling it under just a bit more so I can close the club face faster next round.  


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9 hours ago, David in FL said:

The offset likely has nothing to do with it

I’d remove  the extra wrap under your grip.  I bet that little bit of reduced grip diameter is enough to just close your club face enough...

That will likely do nothing at all. Grip thickness has nothing really to do with “releasing” the club or anything like that.

OP, please define “fade.”

Also, inside it’s probably easier to align. Were you fit indoors on a mat with a launch monitor?

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1 hour ago, iacas said:

That will likely do nothing at all. Grip thickness has nothing really to do with “releasing” the club or anything like that.

OP, please define “fade.”

Also, inside it’s probably easier to align. Were you fit indoors on a mat with a launch monitor?

I am getting good trajectory right on line but when the ball reaches it’s apex it just drops off to the right about 10-15 yards.  I was fit indoors on a mat with a launch monitor.  Another factor may be I went from a steel regular shaft to a graphite r2 flex.  


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Don't make any snap judgements until you have more than one round under your belt. Sounds like you now have a considerably different set up than previously so it will take some time to get used to. At least 4 more rounds or some time at the range before I would start guessing and changing things willy nilly.


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