Rough

Yep. It’s a bit like a flop shot at impact. Launch angle too high on 6i. Arm coming up to high and face opening. Body a bit slow at turning. Just need to iron out after 7 years out the game. Forgetting the basics! I bought full set of M1 2017 models. Great saving but not so much choice. 460 was preferred but they had what they had...still feel good and hitting pretty consistently.

Billchao for sure. That’s one thing the instructor said. He said the swing has some kinks on the follow through; getting too much loft for a 6i. We started to work on that. Was coming good towards end of session. Went back to range tonight and the M1 distance is increasing with more thought on the swing. Up to 302 yards tonight so you are spot on. Also it’s a 440 head so a bit smaller. Harder to hit sweet spot but when you do it goes.

Cheers BEB The head speed was in the lesson but the range has ‘TopTracer Range’. Launch angle on M1 was a bit inconsistent but I imagine that would be the case on the old club too but I only started to note launch angle when my disappointment set in. I’ll go back out and check.

I was hitting a Seve driver Ballesteros 10.5 loft driver and irons with regular flex. Never gave flex much thought until now. Was looking to buy a set of TaylorMade (TM) M1 Irons and 'woods'. To better understand what flex I needed, I went for a 30 min lesson with radar for club head speed and tracker for distance etc. TM recommend assessment using 6 iron and driver. 6 iron head speed was 92 mph and distance 168 yards. TM would rate this as Stiff for distance and Tour Stiff for head speed. The driver head speed wasn't measured but average distance over 100 balls was 258 yards and max was 286 yards. TM would recommend Tour Still for max distance but Stiff for average distance. As I am coming back from a 5-7 year hiatus, the instructor said the head speed and distance would only get better. I took ownership of the M1 .9.5 loft yesterday afternoon. I ordered Stiff in both irons and 'woods' based on instructor recommendation and TM fitting table albeit I was concerned that, should my game improve, I would need Stiffer So here's the question: I was hitting yesterday 258 yards average, and 286 yards max over 100 balls with the old Seve 10.5 loft and reg flex. I expected to blitz that with the new M1 9.5 loft with Stiff flex. I was wrong. I am obtaining only 244 yards average distance over 100 balls and 276 yard. Well short of my Seve. Worth noting that both has similar consistency. Any advice? Is the guide flex chart wrong? Is it the loft insufficient?