You are correct Bernie, thanks to both you and Tflan for the valuable insight. My only question now is why the "standard" 5 wood head is not 235g, that would ensure linearity in dimensions and swing weight.
cheers, Shay. --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], "Bernie Baymiller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Shay, > > TFlan answered you with the correct answer, IMO. WEIGHT difference. The > wood heads are much lighter and require more head speed...thus more club > length...to get equivalent distance. A 2-iron is about 235 grams at 17° and > a 5W, which hits about the same distance, is only about 215 grams with a > degree or two more loft at 19°-20°. The 2-1/2" club length difference > between a 2-iron on graphite shaft and a 5W on graphite shaft probably > reflects the effect of mass difference...and need to get the same > swingweight (or nearly the same) also requires the additional length because > of the lighter weight. > > Bernie > Writeto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2003 1:03 PM > Subject: Re: ShopTalk: 3 iron to 5 Wood Length/loft/lie transition > > > > > > thanks for the reply Frank. My personal set is actually identical to > > your set and I agree with your comments on use of woods totally. > > > > However, you did not answer my question in regard to any logical > > explaination of why the golfsmith recommended dimensions leave a > > discontinuous 3 inch difference between the 3 iron and 5 wood > > lengths ?. I'm just looking for some reasonable explaination that I > > for one have failed to grasp. > > > > cheers, > > > > Shay. > > > > > > --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > In a message dated 1/21/2003 7:34:30 PM Eastern Standard Time, > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > > > > > >What gives ?. > > > > > > > > > >Cheers, > > > > >Shay. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Forget about lofts, lies etceteras. How far do you hit each club? > > This will > > > be different for each golfer. I know very few that can even hit a 3 > > iron. I > > > hit a 5 iron 165, 7w 175 and 5w 200. When I am playing a lot and > > have that > > > swing tuned up, I may put the 4 iron in there at 175 and add 10 > > more yards to > > > the other two. You see, unless you are a damn better golfer than I > > am your > > > distance tails off with the irons and you need that extra length of > > a wood to > > > gain the distance that you can't get with an iron. If loft mattered > > so much, > > > we could all hit 2 irons like Tiger Woods! > > > > > > > > Frank > > > > > >
