How far do you fly a six iron? Shaft?

[Jay-Bird]

Say you're in the fairway with a good lie, the greens are fairways are soft so you have to fly it to the green - what is your optimum distance to hit a 6 iron. Assuming calm conditions, 85˚ weather, low humidity, even elevation from ball to green...

This is a two parter.

How far do you fly a six iron? & What is your what shaft (brand and flex) is in your six iron?

I'll start.

I fly a 6 iron 185. My 6 iron swing speed is in the mid/high 80s. I have PX 6.0 shafts.

[Dvalley23]

185

s57's with Z-Z65 shafts

[kafka01]

Somewhere between 180-185y - MP52 with PX 5.5

[Scots Golf]

If i need to kill it about 210 if not about 201.
I've got S59s with the standard stiff shaft, can't make out what type it is as all the stickers have worn off!

[Cussin hacker]

6i..170 -175......I normally hit my hybrid for that distance though.

[elchene]

155. Dynamic Golf R300. I don't care about distance, I care if I stick it next to the hole.

[tonyy]

180-185 for me. S300

[kennay92]

170-175, true temper feather flight shafts

[max power]

178-188
Titleist 775.CB NS Pro 950 stiff
Ping Zing 2 ZZ (can't remember exactly) stiff

[Mongoose]

185-190
TaylorMade Burner stiff

[2bGood]

160-165 PX 5.5 I can hit it 175 if I want to. The other huge variable is I golf in at Sea Level in the Pacific Northwest - The air is thicker and moister here and balls don't fly nearly as long. When I am in Pheonix my regular swing with a 6 iron is more like 175-180

[R7Player]

177-187 6 iron Taylormade R7. Steel shaft and regular flex. Ball very high hard to see, comes straight down soft landing on green. Titleist ball most preferred. Will play a soft Pinnacle gold but it rolls more.

[ddalet]

  Jay-Bird said:

Say you're in the fairway with a good lie, the greens are fairways are soft so you have to fly it to the green - what is your optimum distance to hit a 6 iron. Assuming calm conditions, 85˚ weather, low humidity, even elevation from ball to green...

Solid Stable Swing 180-185.

If I kill it, 190. Mizuno MP 67 S300

[enduro]

I'll carry 205 with a good swing on it.

Taylor Made Burner, Regular flex.

[goblue107501]

170ish easy - 180ish hard. DG X-100 shaft.

It all depends on the conditions and the shot I want to hit. I can go a little more or a little less if needed, but that is the ball park.

[Dub]

My 6 iron is my 160-170 yard stick.

I don't have a clue what the 6i ss is....my driver ss is ~105mph.



All my irons and wedges have the AWT Stiff shaft.

[Big_M]

175 maybe 180 with a little juice... TT Black Gold Stiff

[Shindig]

Mizuno MP-57, DG R300. Carry 145. Rolls barely, unless it hits a sharp slope.

For some reason, it's the club I'm most likely to hook.