Game Improvement clubs = Easier to shank?

[JaY_B]

During my round of golf today I had a thought, there is a wedge company (the name escapes me) that designs 'shank proof' wedges where the hosel of the golf club is set well back from the leading edge of the golf club. Better players irons are known to have minimal offset but still more offset than the wedge, so should in theory be slightly easier to shank than the 'unshankable' wedge. Game improvement irons however have a lot of offset (meaning the hosel of the club is in front of the leading edge of the club) so does this in theory make game improvement irons easier to shank?

Anyone else agree/disagree?

Discuss.

[CG031]

No. My dad's forged Taylor Made blades are much easier to shank that my Taylor Made RAC OS.

[tmoult]

Are you reffering to the f2 wedge?

[JaY_B]

Are you reffering to the f2 wedge?

Thats the one

[tmoult]

yeah i dont think i believe that, by move it forward it doesnt really make sense. But, i could be wrong seeing as ive never tried one

[lamebums]

I'm not entirely sure. Pretty much regardless where the hosel is in relation to the rest of the clubface, if you push the club too far to the outside, it's going to hit the hosel anyway.

However most offset clubs, when I do try them, are hook machines.

[Cizzle]

Not sure if this still applies to days, most blades/clubs back in the day had the sweet spot really close to the heel of the club. Most GI have them right in the middle and bigger for the player to hit. If the blades now a days still have that same sweetspot set up as they did in the past, I would think it would be easier to shank a blade than a GI.

[JaY_B]

Not sure if this still applies to days, most blades/clubs back in the day had the sweet spot really close to the heel of the club. Most GI have them right in the middle and bigger for the player to hit. If the blades now a days still have that same sweetspot set up as they did in the past, I would think it would be easier to shank a blade than a GI.

When talking about the possibility of shanking I am talking about the pronounced position of the hosel on a game improvement club. Although your right sort of, it is favourable to strike the ball slightly favouring the heel rather than the toe.

[iacas]

I think it's like this: if you shank it, you shank it.

Musclebacks tend to be a little smaller, and the sweet spot closer to the heel, so I think they're a bit easier to shank.