Iron Lofts and Gapping

[onthehunt526]

You can always get anything you get bent the way you would need it @Ty_Webb. I had Srixon bend my 3-iron 1° weak, my 4-iron through 8-iron 2° weak, my 9-iron, PW, AW 1° weak. So my lofts are, 21, 24, 27, 30, 34, 38, 42, 47, 52. The ZX7 would be a good fit for you.

[GolfLug]

I don't have any specific advice, but I do know that higher swing speeds shaft profile (bend/kick) matters more for dispersion than any other aspects since even slight differences can amplify variation depending on how you 'load/unload' shaft. Higher the speed more it matters.

A good fitter would do well to match your current profile to not mess you up.

[trombettista_vecchio]

On 1/16/2022 at 12:16 PM, ChetlovesMer said:

Greetings, 

I'm going to suggest that what you've posted isn't your gapping. 

The lofts don't really tell you that much about your gapping. How far you hit them is more important. An example I have a 30 degree seven Iron. I will normally carry a 26 degree 6 iron. But I also have a 6-iron which is a hybrid style that is also 30 degrees. I hit the 7-iron from 155 to 170 and both six irons about 165-185 and Even though the loft on my 6 iron built like a hybrid is the same as my 7 iron, I can carry it quite a bit farther. The distance you hit the club are what is important to gapping, not the specs of the club. 

Many many golfers carry a 6, a 5, a 4 and sometimes even a 3 iron and hit them all about the same length. Even though the specs on them are quite different. If they looked closely at their gapping they may drop one or two of those clubs in favor of a hybrid or a 7 wood or what ever. 

My suggestion is that you stop worrying about the specs your clubs are built to and start worrying about how far you hit each one. Plus what's the range you can hit each one, meaning if this is your 150 club, can you push it to 160, can you knock it down to 140? etc. 

The post illustrates my incremental loft gaps, not my distance gaps.  

I'm aware of my specs, not worrying about them.

If the loft gaps didn't work from a length perspective, I would of course change them.

Since the post, in fact, they are a bit different.