Doug, A few years back, I was playing some GS irons with a flat and rather sharp leading edge. When I played them in Lancaster, PA on good dirt (second best top soil in the US), they were great...nice clean divots and solid shots. When I played them on Tennessee Bermuda over red clay, I seemed to hang up on the Bermuda on every shot...even if I was only a quarter inch behind the ball, the shot was a chunk. Made a set of Chicago 944s with a Bermuda grind leading edge and immediately began to hit solid shots again. The shape of the leading edge seems to make a big difference in your iron performance, depending on your grass and dirt type. The "rounded" front edge of a Bermuda grind won't dig as much and seems to ride over the tough, wiry grasses and get right into the ball. Irons with a sharper leading edge seem to feel and play better on Bent or Poa Annua grass and good dirt.
Whether an iron sole is relatively flat or rockered, doesn't seem to make much difference to me. Bernie Writeto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug Clark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, October 04, 2003 8:42 PM Subject: ShopTalk: Fall and Spring clubs > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Carl McKinley > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, October 04, 2003 6:46 PM > Subject: Re: ShopTalk: Expensive vs inexpensive components > > > [These are my fall and spring clubs(time to get them out here in the > midwest). Go for it and don't worry about the name.] > > Carl, > > Why are they your fall & spring clubs? Does it have something to do with > the sole design & harder turf? > > I have been fighting my irons this year since joining a well-watered country > club. The soles are fairly flat from heel to toe, and any kind of a fat hit > results in disaster on the soft moist turf. A big early divot and a lot of > distance lost. > > If I play another set of mine, that I otherwise don't like as much, but has > more rocker, I don't suffer anywhere near as much from slightly fat hits. > Then again, maybe the different bounce grind is making a difference instead. > Guesses, anyone? > > Since I figured it out, I have noticed that "players" clubs are flattish, > but "hackers" clubs have more rocker. OK, I can see that more rocker helps > out hackers like me who might hit fat. But what does a flatter rocker do > for better players? Or maybe I'm just all wet. > > Doug Clark > > > > > > >
