What would you rather have distance/accuracy

[longbow]

Ok here's the deal.  I've found that a set of very old clubs I made back about 96 when I started to play the irons seem to very are long.  Clones of Ping Eye 2's.  So close in fact Karsten sued the company and won.  I find that these are a half a club to a full club longer than say my Hogan Edge GCD's.  And for that fact longer than all of my iron sets save for Callway X16's I have.  So the scenario is this, 155 out, 7 iron in the Pro Tours but they may be a bit right or left depending on how my swing is.  Mostly left a wee bit with a draw.  The GCD's will be more accurate as on line but about 145 in distance.  So obviously I use a 6 lets say instead of a 7.  Now the problem is exacerbated with the stronger iron but not much.  The PT's have more roll to and the GCD's have more check in them.  Just wondering thoughts.  thanks

[Golfingdad]

Originally Posted by longbow

Ok here's the deal.  I've found that a set of very old clubs I made back about 96 when I started to play the irons seem to very are long.  Clones of Ping Eye 2's.  So close in fact Karsten sued the company and won.  I find that these are a half a club to a full club longer than say my Hogan Edge GCD's.  And for that fact longer than all of my iron sets save for Callway X16's I have.  So the scenario is this, 155 out, 7 iron in the Pro Tours but they may be a bit right or left depending on how my swing is.  Mostly left a wee bit with a draw.  The GCD's will be more accurate as on line but about 145 in distance.  So obviously I use a 6 lets say instead of a 7.  Now the problem is exacerbated with the stronger iron but not much.  The PT's have more roll to and the GCD's have more check in them.  Just wondering thoughts.  thanks

You should compare the lofts of the sets.  I would guess that the "6 iron" of your GCDs is similar in loft to the "7 iron" of your Ping knock offs.  So you think the GCDs are more accurate than the Pings because the "7 iron" goes straighter, when it's likely that it only goes straighter because it's actually an 8 iron or 7.5 iron.

To answer the title question ... I already have distance, so I'd like to add accuracy to the equation.  Hitting from the fairway is fun.

[NuclearMike]

Like you I have stronger lofts in my irons (Wilson Staff Di9) than in most irons so I hit them "Farther" than I did with my old set.  I'm trying to improve my accuracy now.  I think that that will lower my handicap quicker than increased distance will.

[LovinItAll]

Well, the question was, "Distance or accuracy?", right? Once you can hit the ball a reasonable distance from the tees you're playing, I think accuracy trumps distance, and I don't think it's even close. I don't really care what number I have to pull from a particular yardage, but I care a lot about how accurate I am. I'm happy to match up with Mr. Macho who slams 8i 170 but wears out his wedge in bunkers every round, while I pull 5 or 6 and walk up and fix a ball mark while he's raking. But that's just me.....;-)

[Mattplusness]

When I first started playing, I saw all of these old geezers hitting little loopers up the fairway every shot. Not more than 150 yards, but always straight down the middle. I started using only my irons (since I had horrible woods control back then) and playing from the fairway. Over time, I added fairway woods and eventually a driver to the equation..

In short accuracy > distance.