Re: ShopTalk: Single length irons

[Don M]

This summer I tried a set with 1/4" increments instead of 1/2".  I MOI-weighted them using GS heads that allowed a lot of weight adjustment.   They were easier to strike consistently IMO, but I was way too soft on the shafts (DGL R300), so the short irons went ridiculously high and short.  I have not given up on the concept, I think it has merit.  But I need to reshaft to try it again.  And I don't plan to, because I hated the feel of the heads.  They were huge, about the biggest heads I ever saw, and had no feel at all.

-Don

Childers, Tedd A wrote:

All,
 
There has been a pretty good discussion going on at FGI about single length irons, and I am starting to think this might be a really good idea for mid-high handicap golfers.  The positives are many for a single length set of clubs: same swing plane for all irons, single frequency for all clubs (no slope considerations), exact MOI and swingweight match for all clubs, same total weight for all clubs, one ball position for all irons, larger head on the lower lofted irons (i.e. 3-5 irons), etc...  Dave T. has done the math comparing single length iron distances vs. traditional irons, and there really is a minimal affect on distance by going to single length (at say 37").  Tim Hewitt at Myostrichgolf is planing to offer component iron heads that will all have the same size, weight,and lie for all the irons, allowing clubmakers to easily build single length iron sets.  Can anyone think of why this concept should not work, other than the fact that no OEM will do it, and thus no pros will play clubs at single length?
 
Tedd