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just how small is the sweet spot on modern blades

Some day's its about the size of the upper quadrant of the left cheek of a gnat's bottom.

No, my experience (Titleist 735CM's, AP2's) about the size of a quarter.

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Some day's its about the size of the upper quadrant of the left cheek of a gnat's bottom.

Neither of these clubs are even close to blades, modern or otherwise.

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Some day's its about the size of the upper quadrant of the left cheek of a gnat's bottom.

Wow, I want to play the kind of blades you do. That's a ridiculously big sweet spot. It's worth noting that neither of those irons you mentioned are "blades."

If I had to guess, I'd say it's more like the size of a green pea. A really forgiving blade might be a little bigger. Even that might be generous. I'd be surprised to hear of a game-improvement iron that has a sweet spot any larger than a penny, or maybe a nickel.
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Not very big. Probably the size of the button on your shirt. The sweetspot tends to be more towards the heel on blades, as well.
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Wow, I want to play the kind of blades you do. That's a ridiculously big sweet spot. It's worth noting that neither of those irons you mentioned are "blades."

Think it's that small?? When I played the 735's it

seemed like anything hit in the middle of the face the size of a quarter was solid. I could be wrong, I went and traded the 735's for the AP1's because I am only playing 3 times a month this year and my ball striking has gone to hell without the regular practice and playing.

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just how small is the sweet spot on modern blades

Infinitely small or the size of a pinhead, take your pick.

Same size as the most game-improving iron out there.

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Infinitely small or the size of a pinhead, take your pick.

exactly what i was going to say.

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Infinitely small or the size of a pinhead, take your pick.

yea the sweet spots are the same the forgiveness is not.

the sweet spot is about this size= []

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Infinitely small or the size of a pinhead, take your pick.

Thats technically correct, since there is only one point on the head directly in front of the c.g.

Game improvement irons just distribute the weight over a wider area, but there is still only one c.g., they just make the area where you get say 90% of the effect of hitting at the c.g. wider.

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The sweetspot tends to be more towards the heel on blades, as well.

I think that's true of a lot of GI clubs as well (mine included, I've noticed) because of the mass of the hosel and a small portion of the shaft that is effectively "in" the clubhead. The sweet spot on my irons is definitely towards the hosel but if you hit it out on the toe you usually get pretty decent distance. Mine are just "game improvement" not "super game improvement" however.

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Thats technically correct, since there is only one point on the head directly in front of the c.g.

Yeah, I was just pointing out that sweet spot is different for everyone. The only thing that isn't different is the CG.

For the sweet spot, for example, is it 95% effectiveness? 90%? 98%? And how do you measure effectiveness? Spin? Ball speed? Launch angle? Total distance? Different for everyone what they'd consider the "sweet spot."

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Not very big. Probably the size of the button on your shirt. The sweetspot tends to be more towards the heel on blades, as well.

arent the sweetspots on modern blades more in the center of the club face now? or am i mistaken? i know that with the older blades they tended to be more towards the heel, but i was under the impression that modern blade sweetspots are better centered. or am i wrong?


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