Need Some Iron Advice

[Big_M]

I play cavity blades. titlest 695cb's. I think when you're learning golf you shouldnt have that much help from your equipment. Once you're comfortable with the swing and have an understanding of what a proper strike is, then maybe you can go to a more forgiving iron to get the extra benefits.

I guess it depends on who the beginner is... I can't picture my wife trying to hit blades... ever. But, I can see a junior golfer who has great potential and plays to say 10-18 going with your strategy to become a good ball striker. I guess the point is, you better be improving quickly and really working at the game for this approach to make sense. It wouldn't make much sense for the guy who is a 15, was a 16 last year, 17 before that, 18, etc. and thinks they'll shave one more off the cap by next year. They would be improving so slow, that playing with a blade would just rob them of enjoyment.

And I still hold to the opinion that you can improve ballstriking with any club, you just might have to pay more attention to how you are hitting the ball. I know with my clubs I can still tell when I catch one a little towards the toe or a few groove thin or fat. But I can see where you are comming from and think it might work, but only in certain situations... mostly when someone with high potential is improving quickly and working on their game rather often.

[VTGolf]

i go Driver wich is 10.5 to a 16* hybrid. What ya think?

[DavidFehertysBike]

I guess it depends on who the beginner is... I can't picture my wife trying to hit blades... ever. But, I can see a junior golfer who has great potential and plays to say 10-18 going with your strategy to become a good ball striker. I guess the point is, you better be improving quickly and really working at the game for this approach to make sense. It wouldn't make much sense for the guy who is a 15, was a 16 last year, 17 before that, 18, etc. and thinks they'll shave one more off the cap by next year. They would be improving so slow, that playing with a blade would just rob them of enjoyment.

Yeah, thats generally what I meant. the junior golfers that play competitively. Perhaps Im looking at it through my own prism..those were the results Ive had with going to a bladed iron immediately.I didn't know any better, anyway. Ive only been playing 2 years and I break 80 7 out of 10 times I play. Im no phenom - I put in the work - but I think learning with those clubs have had alot to do with that.

[DavidFehertysBike]

i go Driver wich is 10.5 to a 16* hybrid. What ya think?

you mean using a 16 degree hybrid as your driver?

[VTGolf]

you mean using a 16 degree hybrid as your driver?

no. my driver is 10.5 then i go to my 16* hybrid

[DavidFehertysBike]

no. my driver is 10.5 then i go to my 16* hybrid

I dunno...i suppose. Whats wrong with a 15 degree 3 wood and then go to a 5 wood or a 18 degree hybrid? Or you if prefer to use the 16 in place of the 3 wood, but that would seem a little odd to me.

[VTGolf]

thats what im doing right now. It seems to be working preety good. I hit the 16* about 215

[Big_M]

well, would you hit a 3-wood further than the 16* hybrid? How much? what are the distance gaps?

since you are fairly new, just a note... the key to a good set is to have good evenly spaced distance gaps. You don't want a driver going 260, a wood going 230, a hybrid going 225, and the longest iron going 200. Instead a better spacing might be a driver at 260, wood at 240, hybrid at 220, and iron at 205.

[VTGolf]

thats a good point maybe i will think about getting a 3 wood instead of mt cobra baffler

[VTGolf]

anyone looking to trade a preety much brand new Cobra Baffler 2007 16* hybrid for a good 3 wood? haha.

[VTGolf]

unless i have a ridiculously long par 5 do i really need a 3 wood?

[Big_M]

I use my 3-wood for tight driving holes, and Par 5's (sometimes). I may also use it on a crazy long par 3. I hit my 18* hybrid about 215-220 and 3-wood 230-240. It's just matter of where I am on the course, but I do use it. I couldn't have gotten an eagle on a hole last year without it. Like I said before it's all about yardage gaps. I probably wouldn't hit a 16* hybrid much further than my 18*, and I can actually hit a 3-wood better than a 1 (16*) hybrid, but I hit a 2 hybrid (18*) better than a 5-wood... so I choose the hybrid over the 5-wood, but the 3-wood over a hybrid. Most golfers carry at least one wood (besides the driver), but do whatever works best for you.

[VTGolf]

very true. im gonna wait till i actually get outside and hit to see. Im sick of this simulator stuff, even thought me and my dad are winning our league ha

[907golfer12]

i really have no need for another hybrid, but thanks. Does anyone know the exact degrees for the CG Gold gap wedge? it would a lot

All Cleveland gap wedges are 50*

[VTGolf]

yeah i realized that now ha

[jdumoit]

My 2cents: I remember switching to blades as a 14 or 15 yr old because that's what the pros used. It was before I struck the ball consistantly enough to be ready for blades.

It's hard to express how frustrating that was... to go from hitting the ball well to feeling like you're hitting a brick every time. I quickly switched back to my parallax irons.

I love my forged blades now later in life... when you strike a shot well, it feels so good. (I think of the famous Arnold quote in Pumping Iron)... but if you skull one, it feels like hitting a brick wall.

Personally, I'd wait until you strike the ball very consistantly before considering blades... maybe try some blades before you buy a set?

[VTGolf]

My 2cents: I remember switching to blades as a 14 or 15 yr old because that's what the pros used. It was before I struck the ball consistantly enough to be ready for blades.

yeah thats what i was thinking about doing. Just get a demo set of blades

and go try them out.

[VTGolf]

i would feel dumb startign a new thread so ill just ask a new question here. some people have already stated there opinon but here it goes, right now i have no 3 wood just a 16 hybrid and a 19* hybrid. Im guess the difference wont be huge. So should i go 3 wood then 19 degree hybrid?