Do I not like that....

[Lord Tyrion]

But that kind of shape makes good sense for a mid iron which is what the length is what it is, I don't know what all the copies are but I bet there aren't many where the back tees are less than 170 yds.

189yds is not a mid iron for the majority of golfers. Check out the charts for distances according to h/c and for most golfers it is nowhere near that.

That design is about hitting one side of a green, the ball funnelling down (I watched the 'Watch with Ken' video ). Not middle or either side, one side only. Length isn't the big factor in that. It's about a precision shot.

 

[rudebhoy]

I almost had a hole in one with my driver yesterday.

Our par 3 4th, normally 200 yards off the yellows, but a bit shorter yesterday as the tees are further forward than usual. Haven't been able to reach with my hybrid over the winter so have taken to hitting driver. Yesterday's effort left a big pitch mark a yard past the pin, and stopped about 8 foot from the hole.

Distance and precision are not always mutually exclusive

 

[Backache]

189yds is not a mid iron for the majority of golfers. Check out the charts for distances according to h/c and for most golfers it is nowhere near that.

That design is about hitting one side of a green, the ball funnelling down (I watched the 'Watch with Ken' video ). Not middle or either side, one side only. Length isn't the big factor in that. It's about a precision shot.

Mid to hybrid then, which it is for most.

 

[Bobthesock]

Mid to hybrid then, which it is for most.

Depends on ground conditions. 190 carry would more likely be a hybrid / wood for most club golfers.
If it's running then a mid iron is fair.

 

[Orikoru]

Mid to hybrid then, which it is for most.

190 is a 5 wood for me and I believe my yardages are pretty much average.

 

[D-S]

190 is a 5 wood for me and I believe my yardages are pretty much average.

Average male handicap is 17, not many of them are hitting mid irons (4 or 5?) 190.

 

[Bobthesock]

Average male handicap is 17, not many of them are hitting mid irons (4 or 5?) 190.

Not wanting to be pedantic but surely mid irons are more like 6 and 7?

 

[Orikoru]

Not wanting to be pedantic but surely mid irons are more like 6 and 7?

They are nowadays. 4 & 5 are long irons, 6 & 7 mid, 8 & 9 (and PW) short irons.

 

[D-S]

Not wanting to be pedantic but surely mid irons are more like 6 and 7?

I was trying to be generous to the poster who originally claimed 189 yards was a mid iron - but you’re right mid irons are probably 7,6 and 5 - very few average golfers are hitting them 190 in fact most better than average can’t either.

 

[Mandofred]

I'm at 6.1.......190 during the winter I'd be lucky to hit my 5 wood that far, I'd need at least a little bit of roll. During the summer, probably still a 5 wood or good rolling 9 wood.

 

[Voyager EMH]

18° iron is 190 yards

20° wood is 200 yards
24° wood is 180 yards

The Golf Handbook, Bradbeer and Morrison, Abbeydale Press 1998, ISBN 1-86147-006-1

And those figures work for me today with any modern clubs.

 

[Slab]

I do not like... players blaming the flag being in as the sole reason their putt didn't drop... Even when the ball caught the hole edge but actually missed the pin! Although its usually trotted out when the ball's motoring like an Exocet

 

[clubchamp98]

I do not like... players blaming the flag being in as the sole reason their putt didn't drop... Even when the ball caught the hole edge but actually missed the pin! Although its usually trotted out when the ball's motoring like an Exocet

Yes that’s their own fault for leaving it in!

I just blame the bobble

 

[Burnsey]

Checking the course I'm playing tomorrow and finding out I will be playing off a mat, or placing in the rough.