1 iron golfclubs

[Grass Hopper]

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This one?
http://www.mytpi.com/mytpi05/exercis...=257&artID=306

[ernie58]

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Hmmmm, interesting, never heard of this one before, I'll put it on my list. Thanks

[LowPost42]

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Wow - I put that motorcycle drill to use on the course today. Absolutely striping irons when I remembered to do it. I realise that before a tournament is not the time to start messing with your swing, but the results speak for themselves. It probably helped that I felt very comfortable and balanced over the ball.

[LouisH]

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To Low Post 42: You state that the reason a driver hits further than a wedge is a result of the loft, not the club length. It is actually a result of both. Basic high school physics demonstrates the reason club length is a significant factor in hitting distance. If you swing both a short and long shafted club at the same speed, the club head on the longer shaft will travel a greater distance in the same amount of time from backswing to ball than the club head on the shorter shafted club. Consequently, at identical swing speeds, the club head on the driver is moving with more velocity and therefore more force than the club head on the wedge. Just look at a bicycle wheel rotating at a constant rate--put two marks on one spoke, one near the axle (your wedge) and one near the rim (your driver) The mark near the rim is traveling on a much longer arc in the same amount of time as the mark near the axle. More distanced traveled in the same time means faster club head speed.

[LowPost42]

Re: 1 iron golfclubs

To Low Post 42: You state that the reason a driver hits further than a wedge is a result of the loft, not the club length. It is actually a result of both. Basic high school physics demonstrates the reason club length is a significant factor in hitting distance. If you swing both a short and long shafted club at the same speed, the club head on the longer shaft will travel a greater distance in the same amount of time from backswing to ball than the club head on the shorter shafted club. Consequently, at identical swing speeds, the club head on the driver is moving with more velocity and therefore more force than the club head on the wedge. Just look at a bicycle wheel rotating at a constant rate--put two marks on one spoke, one near the axle (your wedge) and one near the rim (your driver) The mark near the rim is traveling on a much longer arc in the same amount of time as the mark near the axle. More distanced traveled in the same time means faster club head speed.

Hi Louis,

Length does make some change, yes, but the caveat is "for the same loft". So your analogy isn't wrong. However, there's also the issue with the law of diminishing returns. The longer you make any given club, the harder it becomes to hit the sweet spot with it. Missing the sweet spot will rob you of the yards you lengthened the clubs to get.

When you say clubs are swung at identical speeds, I assume you mean at the handle end, so that the longer shafted club can create more head-end speed.

However, David Lake (of 1 iron golf) makes a very good point - the lever that's being acted upon runs from the clubhead to the shoulder at impact, not clubhead to hands. This means that the length change becomes negligible.

But the half inch between your 6 iron and 7 iron doesn't amount to a hill of beans. Don't believe me? Build a pair of 7 irons with the same head specs, one a half inch longer than the other. And then enjoy the extra 4 or 5 feet out of your half inch longer 7 iron (assuming you have the clubhead speed to hit a 7 iron about 170. If the 7 iron is your 150 club, you can have 3 feet or so).

I don't mean to rain on your parade, and I've never been exclusionary of length as a contributing factor. But I would never, ever lengthen a set of irons so that a player could get more distance. It's infinitely faster (and easier) to tweak the lofts. Besides, the length of your clubs should be fit to your stance, not built to some arbitrary number in search of more distance (which will not come if contact is not equal or better than before). However, you're correct on your basic point which is every other variable being equal more length will produce more distance via more speed.

[Matthew F.]

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I've been playing the 1 Irons from 1 Iron Golf for over five years and my handicap has dropped by 10 strokes in that time. After playing other big name brands over the years, Callaway, Ping, and TaylorMade, I would never switch from my 1 Irons for any amount of money.

Within the first week of trying them my distances increased about 5 yards per club over my previous set and my accuracy jumped off the charts. You need to read what's on their website about club length versus distance to get a real understanding that basic physics doesn't apply once a human being enters the equation.

Lowpro is 100% right about pro golfers. They make all of their money through endorsement deals and their modified equipment is nothing like what you would buy in a golf store. They'd play croquet mallets if the money was right. Anybody who would buy their equipment based on what a pro uses is on a fool's errand.