Struggling to come to terms with longer clubs

[RamstamG]

Took delivery of new custom fit irons 3 weeks ago. They are an inch and a half longer so very different to what I've grown used to. They are causing me some problems. I regularly catch it 'fat' and any clean connections seem to be blocked left or hook. Any tips would be greatly appreciated.

[Mr3Wiggle]

Can you post a pic of you at address with the club?  Preferably one from down the line.

[saevel25]

Longer clubs will cause a flatter swing, why not just go get them cut down, apparently you didn't get fitted well if this is the result.

[Apotheosis]

Maybe they are fitted properly but he was using clubs the didn't fit him before. Edit: To the OP try standing a little straighter at address. Might help.

[dak4n6]

How tall are you? I suspect you got used to bending over to get the club on the ground with a vertical lie angle, and now you're standing taller with a shallower lie angle and the ball more out in front of you instead of under you, giving you a flatter swing plane. Probably just gonna take a certain amount of adjustment.

Go to the range and hit a ton of 'L to L' punch shots until you can do them in your sleep. Then start lengthening out the swing progressively..

[RamstamG]

Ok I'll give that a bash. I'm 6ft 6 and use to be quite hunched but had obviously got used to it.

[Mr3Wiggle]

Originally Posted by RamstamG

Ok I'll give that a bash. I'm 6ft 6 and use to be quite hunched but had obviously got used to it.

Yeah, that's why I'm curious to see your address position.  I imagine you were compensating with your old clubs.  Now that you have properly fitted clubs they don't work as well with the compensations you made for the shorter irons.

[Jonnydanger81]

I'm 6'6" and I played with a set of cut down clubs until my sophomore year in high school when I finally got fitted for 1 1/4" longer.  It took a while to get used to because I was compensating by bending over so much but I wasn't going to spend the cash on a set of clubs until I was serious enough with golf and kind of stopping growing.  Now I have a hard time swinging clubs that aren't extended.  If I'm setting up with a friends 7 iron it just looks wrong because the loft doesn't match the length in my mind.

I know with my shorter clubs I was kind of lunging at the ball, then when I got longer ones I would hit everything fat at first.  Shouldn't take more than 2 or 3 range sessions to get your posture correct.