Changing my PW to a 9 iron

[PentaV1x]

I lost my 9 iron a couple days ago, I currently game titleist 695mbs and I searched ebay and couldn't find a replacement 695mb 9 iron. Thinking about taking my PW and getting it bent from 48 degrees to 45 degrees. 695mb 9 iron has a loft of 44 degrees, bounce is 7, offset is .090", swingweight is D2. 695mb PW has a loft of 48 degrees, bounce is 8, offset is .085", swingweight is D2. I was planning on reshafting my iron set soon, so I figure when I take my irons to get reshafted at my local golfsmith. I'll get my PW bent 3 degrees and put a 9 iron length shaft into the bent PW. Do you guys think there will be a problem in performance or in looks if I do this since between the 9 iron and PW there is barely any difference in offset, bounce and swingweight?
To replace my PW I plan on getting a vokey 48 degree wedge to replace it. Any advice or input would helpful, thanks

[delav]

I lost my 9 iron a couple days ago, I currently game titleist 695mbs and I searched ebay and couldn't find a replacement 695mb 9 iron. Thinking about taking my PW and getting it bent from 48 degrees to 45 degrees. 695mb 9 iron has a loft of 44 degrees, bounce is 7, offset is .090", swingweight is D2. 695mb PW has a loft of 48 degrees, bounce is 8, offset is .085", swingweight is D2. I was planning on reshafting my iron set soon, so I figure when I take my irons to get reshafted at my local golfsmith. I'll get my PW bent 3 degrees and put a 9 iron length shaft into the bent PW. Do you guys think there will be a problem in performance or in looks if I do this since between the 9 iron and PW there is barely any difference in offset, bounce and swingweight?

The only real issue i'd see with this is having a 9 iron with 5 degrees of bounce instead of 7. To be honest, I can't say one way or another how this would feel, although you may find the playability from the rough or thick lies a bit more difficult. My 9 iron is a scoring club for me, and I need it to be reliable and accurate in distance gaps between the wedge and 8. I'd talk to your club fitter.

[PentaV1x]

The only real issue i'd see with this is having a 9 iron with 5 degrees of bounce instead of 7. To be honest, I can't say one way or another how this would feel, although you may find the playability from the rough or thick lies a bit more difficult. My 9 iron is a scoring club for me, and I need it to be reliable and accurate in distance gaps between the wedge and 8. I'd talk to your club fitter.

The PW has 8 degrees of bounce, not 5.

[delav]

The PW has 8 degrees of bounce, not 5.

If you bent a 48/8 PW to 45 degrees, it would have 5 degrees of bounce.

[andef]

The PW has 8 degrees of bounce, not 5.

He was suggesting that bending it three degrees would decrease the bounce by three degrees as well, making it play with 5 degrees of bounce.

[PentaV1x]

My mistake, forgot to take that into account. I already emailed titleist rep with the same question so i'll update when i hear back from him. Also was thinking about getting a 710mb 9 iron to replace it, if the titleist rep advises me not to do it. good idea or bad? I've hit the 710mb's and they are really forgiving, alot more forgiving than my 695mbs. Talked to a friend and he suggested weakening my 8 iron 2 lofts and strengthening my pw 2 lofts to close the distance gap but I thought that was not a great idea, what do you guys think?

[WUTiger]

See if you can find a Titleist 735.CM 9-iron as a replacement. The short irons for the set were musclebacks. Here's the specs:
Offset = 0.09" | Bounce = 7º | Loft = 43º | Swingweight = D2.

If you increased the loft to 44º, this would raise bounce to 8º.

[delav]

[andef]

Talked to a friend and he suggested weakening my 8 iron 2 lofts and strengthening my pw 2 lofts to close the distance gap but I thought that was not a great idea, what do you guys think?

That will still affect the bounce of both clubs so you might end up with an 8 iron that has more bounce than your PW

I already emailed titleist rep with the same question so i'll update when i hear back from him. Also was thinking about getting a 710mb 9 iron to replace it, if the titleist rep advises me not to do it. good idea or bad? I've hit the 710mb's and they are really forgiving, alot more forgiving than my 695mbs.

If you like the club, why not? Just a question, even though you can't find a replacement one of ebay, can't you contact Titleist or some golf stores to see if they can replace it? Or did you already contact Titleist to ask whether they can replace it? That's what I would assume you did but your post doesn't make it clear.

[delav]

The 710 mbs are beautiful clubs. That would be my solution rather than monkeying around with the loft and lie (& length.. eek) of other clubs. As andef said, double check that you can't get a 695 head or full club from titleist.

[PentaV1x]

Titleist said they don't manufacture the clubs anymore for retail, so I'm guessing some tour players still use it. None of the local golf shops carry them either. Yeah it looks as if I'll either have to get a 710mb 9 iron or try to find a 735cm 9 iron. I looked up the lofts, bounce, and swing weight for the 710mb or 735cm and the 735cm is the most similar to the 695mb 9 iron. Thanks for the inputs I'm sure if I took it to golfsmith they wouldn't have told me as much information as you all have. Thanks

[MikeBuch]

If you lengthen the club, all else remaining the same, you will increase the swingweight.

[Greg]

I dont know much about those particular irons, but id just try to find a replacement for your 9 iron. try here www.ironfinder.com you might find one of the other titleist irons mentioned in earlier posts.