I recently got into golf this year. I had an old set of Walter Hagen "international" irons that I got from a buddy when he got his new clubs. Needless to say they are either blades or musclebacks and quite old. After I played I went and got some Ping G10's. The other day I went to the driving range and took the 3,4,5 iron from the hagens just to see how I could hit with them, since they are technically for a better player to hit well.
I started with the G10's and couldn't hit them for anything. hitting the heel and sending the ball out to my right or topping it. I decided I'd try the Hagen's and was connecting very well with them.
Not sure if it was just a fluke or what. I think one problem may be that I've been hitting the yellow foam balls in my back yard with the hagen's for practice. The problem there is that the foam ball sits high up in the grass like its on a tee. I wonder if I got used to not bending down as much to hit with my iron, so when I went to the range to hit normal balls, I was topping them due to not staying down.
Anyone else have this happen before?
Another thing, I now know what people mean when they say the small topline is nice. The Hagen's were more confident to look at. The G10's just seem so chunky in comparison.