New Irons - Nike VR_S coverts or PING G20

[Deece]

Hi All,

I need help on deciding between these 2 sets of irons i can get he Nike VR_S (4i-SW) coverts new for the same price as second hand Ping G20's (5i-SW). I'm currently playing with 10 year old dunlop solutions and fade may ball occasionally and am hoping a new set of irons may get me hitting straighter shots.

Any thoughts advice appreciated.

Thanks

D

[mailman]

Try them both and decide for yourself. That's the only way to do it as you need clubs you feel comfortable hitting. Regards Mailman

[Deece]

Thanks Mailman, I will try do this. However where I live its hard to find these clubs let alone practice with them. I will look around though maybe some of the pro shops have them and will let me trial them out. I will probably buy them online in the end though but you are right its better to try them first.

Cheers

D

[mailman]

Well, for what its worth mate, I had a fitting for the Nike covert irons and the first time I hit them I was wondering what all the fuss was about. I was catching them thin then fat then shank it all about! However, the fitter put some strike tape on, then changed the head to a 2 degree upright one and it was like night and day! It was like hitting something completely different because suddenly I was getting both distance and height on my shots!

The coverts were definitely one of my two favourite clubs (I ended up going with the Titleist AP1 712 bats). I tried the Ping G25 and 825's and they were ok but weren't in the same easy to hit league as the Nike bats.

I guess you could buy them then take them to a local club pro to get them fitted to you?

Regards

Mailman

[Shindig]

I don't know where you are, but try to find the time to get fit for them. Nike and Ping have extensive FREE fitting days, and if all you need is a different shaft or lie angle, the custom order is no more expensive than buying off the rack. It may involve a day trip, but not much more than if you played a busy course in the next county. Reasonable people can disagree about when to get fit for clubs, but I don't think anyone will argue that it's a disadvantage to have fitted clubs. If you've played enough golf to know what your general shot shape is (which you sound like you do), you probably have a sufficiently repeating swing to benefit.