Combo Iron Sets...

[nuck81]

So i've been seeing the Advertisements for the Nike Pro Combos.  They have Cavity Backs for low Irons, Muscles for the mid, and blades for the high.

Does anyone do this on their own?

For the last year I've done my own sort of done my own combo set.  I use GigaGolf Cavity Backs for my 6-4 Irons, and Titleist DCI 990 for my 7-pw.  Just curious if anyone else did this, since it makes perfect sense to me....

[Shindig]

Originally Posted by nuck81

Does anyone do this on their own?

Sort-of.  I have a Nike VR (last year's blades) PW, and I keep meaning to get the 9 and 8 to match it.  For now, I have muscle 4-9, and a blade PW.

I've also contemplated replacing my 4 and 5 irons with Nike SQ MachSpeed irons, although this raises the difficulty that some of us face for assembling combo sets -- putting cavities for longer irons sometimes entails offset, which I don't like.

[golfismyworld]

I've heard there a great combo set. With all the mid mid, long, and short irons you can't really go wrong. Nike generally makes a good iron. This set I have heard good things about though.

[SwingHardGoFar]

I'm on my third set of the original Nike Pro Combo's and for years have been wondering why other companies don't offer these sets.  I will never go back to a standard set, someday I will have to upgrade to the "new" (they're the same as mine just a new paint scheme) Pro Combo's simply because brand new sets of the older ones are becoming harder and harder to find

[jamo]

Originally Posted by SwingHardGoFar

I'm on my third set of the original Nike Pro Combo's and for years have been wondering why other companies don't offer these sets.  I will never go back to a standard set, someday I will have to upgrade to the "new" (they're the same as mine just a new paint scheme) Pro Combo's simply because brand new sets of the older ones are becoming harder and harder to find

The new ones aren't the same as the old ones. The new ones have pocket cavities in the long irons, not normal cavities.

[TourSpoon]

I have the Titleist 735 cms which are a mixed set.  Love them!

[SwingHardGoFar]

ya that pocket is really hidden?  haven't actually had the clubs in my hand, only checked them out on Nike's site.  I just read your review on them and that was the first time I even noticed the pocket!  Guess I need to get out more, I work in golf so don't go to national chain stores to over pay for merchandise...downfall is that I can't actually see, feel, touch as much product as I would like

[jamo]

Originally Posted by SwingHardGoFar

ya that pocket is really hidden?  haven't actually had the clubs in my hand, only checked them out on Nike's site.  I just read your review on them and that was the first time I even noticed the pocket!  Guess I need to get out more, I work in golf so don't go to national chain stores to over pay for merchandise...downfall is that I can't actually see, feel, touch as much product as I would like

The cavity is very well hidden. You can't see it from address and the only time can even see it at all is if you are specifically looking for it.

[ControlJunkie]

Yep, I mixed the previous VRs kinda similar to Shindig, but different :-)  To answer the OP though, I do think that a good mxed set is a killer option for a pretty wide variety of players, and I really don't see why it isn't something more manufacturers make. Build in a little extra perimeter weigthing, a small bit of progressive offset, make sure the topline thickness "flows" through the set, and voila! You get forgiveness where you need it and control/workability in all the right places. A mixed set is also something that a mid- to high-handicapper that's dedicated to getting better can buy knowing that they can grow into them comfortably.

BTW, I went 3-5 full cavity, 6-7 split cavity, 8-PW blade. I always end up going back to them regardless of what I'm reviewing.

Oh yeah, and one last thing - what our friend jamo failed to mention in his above post was that he wrote a great review of the current VR Pro Combos . :-) I'd recommend checking it out.

[xxsoultonesxx]

I've got a set of Bridgestone J36 Combo irons. 4 and 5 are pocket cavities, 6-8 are shallow cavities, and 9/PW are a blade. Love em.

[jamo]

Originally Posted by ControlJunkie

Yep, I mixed the previous VRs kinda similar to Shindig, but different :-)  To answer the OP though, I do think that a good mxed set is a killer option for a pretty wide variety of players, and I really don't see why it isn't something more manufacturers make. Build in a little extra perimeter weigthing, a small bit of progressive offset, make sure the topline thickness "flows" through the set, and voila! You get forgiveness where you need it and control/workability in all the right places. A mixed set is also something that a mid- to high-handicapper that's dedicated to getting better can buy knowing that they can grow into them comfortably.

BTW, I went 3-5 full cavity, 6-7 split cavity, 8-PW blade. I always end up going back to them regardless of what I'm reviewing.

Oh yeah, and one last thing - what our friend jamo failed to mention in his above post was that he wrote a great review of the current VR Pro Combos. :-) I'd recommend checking it out.

Au contraire, señor, I did that right here: http://thesandtrap.com/forum/thread/45729/vr-pro-combo-s#post_595319

I'm actually half-considering buying the 2 iron as well.

Originally Posted by xxsoultonesxx

I've got a set of Bridgestone J36 Combo irons. 4 and 5 are pocket cavities, 6-8 are shallow cavities, and 9/PW are a blade. Love em.

Those are some of my favorites. For some reason my dad was absolutely enthralled with those for years, but never decided to buy them. He claimed my MP 57s instead.

[ControlJunkie]

Originally Posted by jamo

Au contraire, señor, I did that right here: http://thesandtrap.com/forum/thread/45729/vr-pro-combo-s#post_595319

I'm actually half-considering buying the 2 iron as well.

Ahhh, that's a whole other thread, doesn't count

Just trying to shamelessy plug the blog site/articles/reviews where ever I can

[nuck81]

A combo set, however you make it happen, is a no brainer IMO

[sean_miller]

Originally Posted by nuck81

A combo set, however you make it happen, is a no brainer IMO

Every set is a combo set. The irons with less loft have longer shafts and flatter lie angles. That's all I need. Mixing two sets of irons with different biases seems counterintuitive to me. A combo set designed to work together is another story. This can include two essentially the same irons, with different perimeter weighting (e.g. Titleist MB/CB and I could put my Cleveland TA1s and TA3s, but the loft gaps are a bit off. I hit the long irons great in the TA1s anyway, so kind of pointless.)