Are my pings to short?

[Kyle0614]

5   28.5°   61.0° 37.75" (1/4" to short)?

Iron, Loft, Lie, Length

my wrist to floor measurement is 35"

Found this info below from a website but it want let me copy the site for some reason.

The way this is measured is to measure between your wrist and the floor when standing to attention. The picture to the right shows where you should take the measurements from. Once you have this the average club length is taken from your 5 iron which is the exact mid iron in your bag. So with this in mind your 5 iron should have a shaft length of:

• 37 inches for a measurement of 29 to 32 inches
• 37 1/2 inches for a measurement of 33-34 inches
• 38 inches for a measurement of 35-36 inches
• 38 1/2 inches for a measurement of 37-38 inches
• 39 inches for a measurement of 39-40 inches
• 39 1/2 inches for a measurement of 41 inches

so.....................according to this chart it might be beneficial to extend all my irons a 1/4" ? it does feel like i'm slouching 8-pw

I'm thinking of getting those shaft extenders..

Thanks for any help

[Kyle0614]

Ok, just compared the 9 iron with my spalding 9 iron and the spalding looks to be either a 1/4 inch or a 1/2 inch longer. Not sure how to measure an iron but the longer spalding 9 iron feels more comfortable than the ping 9 iron. Note that the spaldings are just a tiny bit longer than the pings. The spaldings do feel like I have better posture throughout the set than the pings. I'm seriously thinking that I want to extend the pings the exact length of the spaldings.

[mlf16507]

Do either the Pings or Spaldings have graphite shafts?

[shades9323]

Have you consulted Pings color chart here:

http://www.ping.com/uploadedFiles/Custom_Fitting/PING_Color_Code_Chart.pdf

Or gone through their quick online fitting here:

http://www.ping.com/fitting/webfit.aspx

Originally Posted by Kyle0614

5   28.5°   61.0°   37.75" (1/4" to short)?

Iron, Loft, Lie, Length

my wrist to floor measurement is 35"

Found this info below from a website but it want let me copy the site for some reason.

The way this is measured is to measure between your wrist and the floor when standing to attention. The picture to the right shows where you should take the measurements from. Once you have this the average club length is taken from your 5 iron which is the exact mid iron in your bag. So with this in mind your 5 iron should have a shaft length of:

37 inches for a measurement of 29 to 32 inches

37 1/2 inches for a measurement of 33-34 inches

38 inches for a measurement of 35-36 inches

38 1/2 inches for a measurement of 37-38 inches

39 inches for a measurement of 39-40 inches

39 1/2 inches for a measurement of 41 inches

so.....................according to this chart it might be beneficial to extend all my irons a 1/4" ? it does feel like i'm slouching 8-pw

I'm thinking of getting those shaft extenders..

Thanks for any help

[Kyle0614]

Neither, both are steel.

[Kyle0614]

I'm a bit confused, just looked at the chart on ping and according to my wrist to floor of 35" the black dots (which is the color I currently have) seems to be correct length and the lie should be 1.5* Upright. The spaldings I have are just a little longer through the entire set and they just feel more comfortable as far as length goes, I'm probably taking the pings in for 1/4" added length and correct lie adjustment.

What would be the price for that amount of length for 8 clubs and lie adjustment? 3-PW

[tweaky]

wtf is just a starting point, a guideline, and NOT intended to be THE perfect length.  it could very well be that YOUR perfect length for each club is 1" over what the wtf calls for.  it could very well be that YOUR perfect length for several clubs is the SAME length.  try an experiment with one club.  find out what works for you with the longest iron you can consistently hit well and go from there.  golf club fitting is still in it's infancy and the more golfers who experiment in it the more we all will learn that there are no "standards" in golf and we'll all insist on being fitted for our clubs rather than buying "off the shelf" "sets" of clubs.

think outside the club...