Pick one iron to test a set ?

[iwannabesedated]

I am going to have a couple of clubs built to my standard (2" over and 2 deg up lie, stiff steel shafts, jumbo grips) from different sets so that I can play them for a while and see which I like best.

This is because it is impossible to get "2 over 2 up" demo clubs in Singapore. It's difficult even in the USA. So I usually get one club made and play with it for a month before I get a whole set made up.

In the past I used a 6 iron, but maybe this is the wrong approach. The 6 iron is not a "scoring iron" and since the 3 or 4 irons are harder to hit cleanly (for me and many others), maybe I should be looking at using 8 irons or 4 irons as my demo club.

Any opinions? Remember: just one club in a set is the parameter here.

Thanks.

[clemsontiger]

I choose the 6 iron because everyone hits the 7 and lower fairly well.

The 6 iron give plenty of distance and it can also loose a lot of control if it is being hit really badly. If you can hit the 6 pretty god with a new set of clubs, then you should take a clase look at buying them.

[cwcaesar]

I like the 8 iron. Albeit it is easier and more forgiving to hit than a six iron, but I like to play to a distance where I am hitting about an 8 iron (or less) to the green. It lets me know what type of trajectory and spin I will be able to get out of a set. It may be just me, but I think the short irons are the meat and potatoes of a set of irons, and I would like to know how they perform.

[fusioncal]

7-iron has always been that one specific club to tell the story of the whole set for me. But 6-iron should do too.

345-67-89P ---> 6 and 7 irons are the median. So you can't go wrong with one or the other.

[bgsworld]

i got to test out a g10 7-demo with reg steel... great club wish i could afford a set