Ping I25 irons launch really high

[Ohthehumanity]

Hi everyone,

 

First time poster, long time lurker here.

I am currently gaming Ping I25 in CFS stiff shafts, and I seem to be hitting a high ball. I am a little flippy, but I have been taking lessons to take my game to hopefully single digit from the 14-15 I play at right now.

I am thinking these irons are too high of launch for me and i am losing distance from them.

I hit my 7 iron around 150 but it is a high ball flight and I would like to be able to get some more distance out of my irons.

I did hit some Srixon Z565 and I liked how they felt when I hit them in the bay at Golftown, but they seemed to launch high as well.

Is there a shaft that can help with this high flight that anyone could recommend? I know I have a bit of a swing flaw, but I have tamed it somewhat, and the flight is still high.

Any advise would be appreciated.

 

Thanks, and I look forward to adding my minisscle golf knowledge to this illustrious forum.

Edited June 27, 2018 by Ohthehumanity

[boogielicious]

12 hours ago, Ohthehumanity said:

Hi everyone,

 

First time poster, long time lurker here.

I am currently gaming Ping I25 in CFS stiff shafts, and I seem to be hitting a high ball. I am a little flippy, but I have been taking lessons to take my game to hopefully single digit from the 14-15 I play at right now.

I am thinking these irons are too high of launch for me and i am losing distance from them.

I hit my 7 iron around 150 but it is a high ball flight and I would like to be able to get some more distance out of my irons.

I did hit some Srixon Z565 and I liked how they felt when I hit them in the bay at Golftown, but they seemed to launch high as well.

Is there a shaft that can help with this high flight that anyone could recommend? I know I have a bit of a swing flaw, but I have tamed it somewhat, and the flight is still high.

Any advise would be appreciated.

 

Thanks, and I look forward to adding my minisscle golf knowledge to this illustrious forum.

The i25 are mid launch irons. It may be your swing and not the clubs. That being said, hitting a nice high 7 iron 150 would be an advantage to hold greens. Have you got any Trackman numbers? That would help. It will tell you launch angle and spin. 

Also, if you are working to reduce flipping, the ball launch angle will reduce and your may get more distance that way. Keeping the i25 will also help you to see if you are improving. They are good irons.

[Typhoon92]

Like Boogielicious said, great irons...and just about everything else he said is spot on.  I flip a little and as a result my ballflight and launch angle are higher but it's pretty much " drop and stop"...so that's nice.

Since u are taking lessons, talk to your pro about it.  He will probably agree about flipping and work on that.

I have a set of i25 irons and a set of ie-1 irons and my launch, spin and distance are the same so I know it's not the clubs.  Don't change irons...you'd be wasting you money.  Put the cash toward the lessons.

[Ohthehumanity]

Thanks for the info guys.

I haven't been on Trackman yet but I am going to go for a complete bag fitting at Modern Golf here in Vancouver in the fall(I'm a an equipment ho) because my irons are off the rack and have not been fitted, and I am interested in seeing what is out there that can help improve my game equipment wise along with my practice, plus I will get the Trackman #s for my current set.

I do agree that the irons are not the problem, but I would like to see what is out there to be able to squeeze as much distance and accuracy as I can out of my equipment, and then let the rest be up to me.

 

Question....Are you guys using the Ping I25 irons with the CFS shafts, or do you play something else? I play the CFS stiff shafts in mine.

 

 

Edited June 28, 2018 by Ohthehumanity

[billchao]

I agree with the others, but I'll just add this: how do you know you're hitting the ball too high? When I started really improving my ballstriking, I started hitting my irons what I thought was really high, but I've since learned they're right where they should be based on launch monitor data.

If you're losing distance it might be from too much spin (ballooning) rather than hitting the ball too high. That's likely a technique issue.

[Typhoon92]

I have the cfs stiff in mine and the Nippon modus 3 105 stiff in my Ie-1 irons.  Both about the same performance.

As for height...all you clubs, no matter if it's a PW or a driver, peak height should be 29-31 yards.

[Valleygolfer]

I hit a high ball and have tried various "low launching " shafts and it doesn't change my ball flight. My ball flight is mostly due to the steep swing I have. Just learn to hit lower shots with ball placement and swing.