Adjusting irons,

[BTatHome]

Has anybody had their iron lofts adjusted, and why?

I've seen, and have been custom fitted for lie and length and all that makes a lot of sense to me, but adjusting lofts (by a couple of degrees across the board) on irons seems a strange thing to do .... unless your a pro/elite looking to hit perfect numbers. I hear some forged clubs do require bending back to original lofts every so often, but has anybody actually tweaked their lofts stronger for some reason?

Have been people adjust specific wedges to achieve gapping to their irons but that would just be a single club, or even maybe a couple not the whole iron set. I had a zero degree bounce wedge once so I know the possibilities for loft adjustment and grinds.

The reason my head is not getting around it is bounce on irons etc being affected by adjustments made. Surely irons are pretty much set as specific bounce across most manufacturers, adjusting lofts will change that bounce and so affect the club (by much ?) changing lots seems extreme to me.

 

[SGC001]

Has anybody had their iron lofts adjusted, and why?

I've seen, and have been custom fitted for lie and length and all that makes a lot of sense to me, but adjusting lofts (by a couple of degrees across the board) on irons seems a strange thing to do .... unless your a pro/elite looking to hit perfect numbers. I hear some forged clubs do require bending back to original lofts every so often, but has anybody actually tweaked their lofts stronger for some reason?

Have been people adjust specific wedges to achieve gapping to their irons but that would just be a single club, or even maybe a couple not the whole iron set. I had a zero degree bounce wedge once so I know the possibilities for loft adjustment and grinds.

The reason my head is not getting around it is bounce on irons etc being affected by adjustments made. Surely irons are pretty much set as specific bounce across most manufacturers, adjusting lofts will change that bounce and so affect the club (by much ?) changing lots seems extreme to me.

When I first got custom fitted Ping set me up with clubs 3 degrees upright and a couple of degrees stronger through the set.

I tend to leave a gap at the longer end of my irons now, so would consider altering the loft of an iron a couple of degrees or so. Anymore than that and you might as well use the next club (it doesn't really matter what it says on the bottom).

It wouldn't bother me the bounce tends to be affected about 1 degrees per 1 degree of loft, I doubt I'd bother regrinding the sole for myself.

 

[stevelev]

My clubs when I had the lofts checked after haven't ing them a year and hitting my pw and 9i the same distance where checked. It turned out that only the 6i was spot on all the rest were tweaked to what they should have been, always worth checking them when you collect them to make sure every loft is spot on. I didnt have it done for sny other reason than give me confidence in the clubs being right

 

[BTatHome]

When I first got custom fitted Ping set me up with clubs 3 degrees upright and a couple of degrees stronger through the set.

how did they justify the stronger lofts?

 

[HomerJSimpson]

I had my Ping's made 2 degrees upright at the fitting but there was no mention of strengthening the lofts and I can't see why you'd want to. I've got a 12 monthly loft and lie check as part of the fit and the plan is to compare to standard Ping lofts

 

[sawtooth]

Apparently lofts can drift on clubs with age so perhaps worth getting them checked every year or so.

If someone hits a really high ball then I can see why you would want to change for that reason also.

 

[fundy]

how did they justify the stronger lofts?

I was recommended strengthening lofts as a way of lowering ball flight quite a few years ago when I was being fitted for clubs. Didnt sit right with me and ended up getting a different fit and bringing ball flight down more by shaft choice (in that case was shaft weight). For me it was a bit of a cop out way of getting the fit right and just seemed to cause problems at the wedge end of my bag (I already think the gaps should be smaller than they are at the "scoring" end of the bag)

 

[Deleted Member 1156]

The loft and lie angles will move a bit over time on forged clubs but to be honest, anything cast is pretty unlikely to move unless you are really thumping them into range mats.

No harm in getting them checked though for peace of mind. The guy who built my clubs works with a senior tour player who uses Ping clubs, he said there quality control is shocking. Every time the player gets a new set he has to get them correctly set up!

 

[duncan mackie]

Has anybody had their iron lofts adjusted, and why?

I've seen, and have been custom fitted for lie and length and all that makes a lot of sense to me, but adjusting lofts (by a couple of degrees across the board) on irons seems a strange thing to do ....

yep

only logical reason I can see would be if the fit required a significant change in the shaft length (changing angle of attack/spin/launch and flight as incidentals) that made a compensating loft adjustment across the board look attractive.

in isolation it's not the most effective tuning element and, as you highlight, brings along other issues that don't have simple solutions!

 

[SGC001]

how did they justify the stronger lofts?

It's along time ago, I believe it was for ball flight, to keep it down basically (spin and launch).

Edit: Id've said it was correct for me. They fitted for length first I believe which wouldn't have been unusual (1/2 longer at most), shafts wouldn't have been able to make the changes to flight necessary to lower spin and launch.

I think I've seen a few sets you can combo where the cavities have lower lofts than the blade options.

 

[Andy808]

I've only had one club adjusted for loft but it was to close a gap in my set.
I play with 4 wedges and Phil adjusted my 4 iron to be halfway between a 3 and 4 iron to give me a good gap to my 5 wood. It's a club that works great for me off the tee and off the deck. Having forged irons made it really easy for it to be adjusted.