Combo Iron Sets

[MikeLowry5]

I have the 08 Tour Burners and have thought about making a combo set using the Burner Plus and the 09 Tour Preferred Irons.  As of right now I have a larger gap between my 8i-7i and between my PW-GW and I don't hit my 5i and 4i as well as I would like.  So my thoughts were to use the Tour Preferred's for PW-8, Tour Burners for 7-6i, and the Burner Plus irons for my 5-4i's.  Any thoughts?  Obviously everything would have to be reshafted.

In a "traditional" combination is it just the PW-9i with the MB design or do they go with the 8i as well?

Any help is much appreciated.

Thanks,

Mike

[uttexas]

Many of the combo sets go to 8i for the muscle backs, and some go as far as the 7i

For example:  Nike VR Pro Combo goes to 8i for mb

Macgregor Pro C 7-PW are muscle backs

I sort of did the same thing with my set with MB to 9i.  Now that I am more comfortable with my swing changes, will likely go to 8i (currently looking on ebay for a Macgregor  8i MB +1")

[tristanhilton85]

It really depends on the manufacturer.  I think that 7-PW or 8-PW is the most common to be mb in a combo set.

[max power]

My Nike Forged Pro Combos have MBs 8-PW, and as pointed out above, my MacGregor MT Pro-CMs are MB 7-PW.  All things being equal, I like having the blade 7 iron.

[tristanhilton85]

I guess I should point out too that I've seen some of the custom pro combo sets (like those made of Titleist MB and CB irons) have cavities for the 3-5 irons and the 6-PW were muscle backs.

[MikeLowry5]

I think an 8-PW will be good for me.  There is a good amount of difference between the Tour Burners and the 09 TP's so I am curious to see if there will be any major discrepencies in distance once the shafts are matched up.

[xxsoultonesxx]

Are all the lofts staged equally? That would be my main concern.

My combo set are 4, 5 iron: pocket cavity; 6-8 iron CB, and 9, PW, MB/blade.

[delav]

  xxsoultonesxx said:

Originally Posted by xxsoultonesxx

Are all the lofts staged equally? That would be my main concern.

My combo set are 4, 5 iron: pocket cavity; 6-8 iron CB, and 9, PW, MB/blade.

To reiterate cigar man, make sure that however you split your set the lofts and lengths are staged equally.  TM (and other) manufacturers are notorious for cooking the loft/length of GI irons to add distance, and I'll bet that the Tour Preferred and Burner Plus/Tour models won't provide consistent distance gaps as planned in your combo set.

[WUTiger]

Nike now offers the VR Pro Combo irons that mix pocket cavity (3-4), split cavity (5-7) and blade (8 on up).

The set up is similar to the Titleist 735.CB irons from 2005. Here's Titleist archive link, if you're interested:

http://www.titleist.com/news/newsdetail.asp?id=205&category;=media_center

[enis750]

  delav said:

Originally Posted by delav

Quote:

Originally Posted by xxsoultonesxx

Are all the lofts staged equally? That would be my main concern.

My combo set are 4, 5 iron: pocket cavity; 6-8 iron CB, and 9, PW, MB/blade.

To reiterate cigar man, make sure that however you split your set the lofts and lengths are staged equally.  TM (and other) manufacturers are notorious for cooking the loft/length of GI irons to add distance, and I'll bet that the Tour Preferred and Burner Plus/Tour models won't provide consistent distance gaps as planned in your combo set.

great point D

to the OP, listen to this man, he is bang on

although the "idead" of a combo set works, ensure that the lengths, lofts and lie's work or can be adjusted slightly to make work

the irons should flow nicely between the sets

[enis750]

  WUTiger said:

Originally Posted by WUTiger

Nike now offers the VR Pro Combo irons that mix pocket cavity (3-4), split cavity (5-7) and blade (8 on up).

The set up is similar to the Titleist 735.CB irons from 2005. Here's Titleist archive link, if you're interested:

http://www.titleist.com/news/newsdetail.asp?id=205&category;=media_center

probably mis typed, so ill correct you ;)

it was actually the 735.cm...not CB

and these irons r the real deal - VERY VERY good irons for the better player

[daniel0135]

Anyone tested or gamed the vr nike pro combo ??? i hit them in a simulator and that muscle back 8 iron felt NICE!

[Blades4me]

Most combo set spit at the 8i, some at the 7i. The reason for this b/c the more lofted a club the more forgiving it is. So, by the time you are up to the 8i and up you should be able to hit them in a mb w/o a whole lot of difficulty.

When you are putting a combo set together the most important thing is that the lofts are sequencial or you will be left with distance gaps between irons.

[casperino101]

ive just ordered a 4,5,6 in an ap1! have a full set of ap2s but really struggled with the long sticks due to off centre hits so to sort this i ordered the ap1! hoping this will sort it, seemed like the perfect solution! also matched the shafts so there should be no problem