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Don--
What is the e-address for the "FGI" Tedd speaks
about?
I've made serveral same length iron sets.
Will give some comment if I see an opening.
CMR
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2005 6:27
PM
Subject: Re: ShopTalk: Single length
irons
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
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