Game Improvement Clubs?

[Beezerk]

I know, you died a little when you saw the title

What I want to know is, do they really make a difference?

Talk to one guy and he says "yeah they definitely help", talk to another and it's "no mate, it's all bluster from the manufacturers".

I haven't been playing long and I'm currently using Adams GT2 irons which I managed to pick up cheaply a while ago.
Been offered a set of Ping G10 irons 3-pw in good condition for what I deem to be a decent price.
I'm aware G10 clubs are highly rated but I don't exactly need them but would it be a bit of an investment for the future?

 

[virtuocity]

I hope it's a load of nonsense. Would love to own Mizzy blades.

 

[In_The_Rough]

I own Mizzie blades and can certainly say they are much harder to hit than GI clubs. If you middle one then no difference apart from height as GI clubs launch much higher. If your prepared to work on your swing then blades are great but if you have an iffy swing then they will punish you so yes I would say GI make a difference

 

[palindromicbob]

The sting I had in my hands from trying my brothers Mizzies compared to my Razr X irons then yup they make a difference. GI clubs are more forgiving although I do sometimes wonder if my strike would improve faster with a better player club purely due to pavlovian conditioning!

 

[bangaio]

To be honest I flirt between x20 tours and ping g10s. Now the x20s aren't blades but much more of a players iron than the pings and what I find is a rubbish shot is rubbish whichever club I use. Switching doesn't help matters and doesn't help consistency. I prefer the x20 tours in looks and feel. A good shot goes well with both irons. Like I said not blades but I am not sure how much help the g10s really give me.

 

[Imurg]

Plenty of help on offer from the X20 T's.
Fairly GI clubs with a nod to the better player.
If you get on ok with the X's I'd stivk with them

 

[Scrindle]

For what it's worth I use a set of G10s 4-9 (used to be 4-SW but I swapped my PW and SW for a 47 and 56 Tour wedge) and love them. They have really helped my game so I say definitely go for some.

 

[patricks148]

I just started using GI irons after the last 4 years with Blades and Muscle backs.

For me now GI all the way, so much easier to hit, go further, ect.

Only down side is they are harder to work than blades. All my the guys i play with take the P, but who cares

 

[duncan mackie]

What I want to know is, do they really make a difference?

to answer this question you have to understand what GI irons are setting out to do! you also need to accept that some of these traits are also the objective of some manufacturers mainstream clubs too.

simply put these are -
1. as large a strike area as possible on the club face
2. accepting that even that will be missed from time to time the weighting looks to compensate for heel and toe hits as well
3. designed to get the ball up quickly and easily with the mid irons
4. sole designed to provide consistent strikes even when the ball is hit slightly fat as well as sitting square at address.
5. designed to maximise spin rates to keep the ball in the air without the need for high clubhead speeds.

most clubs in every manufacturers range which will incorporate some of the above elements in them nowadays; in fact it's harder to find any that don't (MP-69 is probably the best example). Every Ping iron every made has incorporated many of the elements fundamental to the GI tag!

So, do clubs (in general) designed to deliver more spin and higher launch angles actually do so.......yep.
Will a golf club labelled Game Improvement always omprove the game of the player using it.....er, nope.

 

[garyinderry]

go for a combo set. bladed short irons are the way to go.

 

[Beezerk]

go for a combo set. bladed short irons are the way to go.

Current set only has SW as a blade all others are cavity back.
Have to say, the SW does feel really nice and, for want of a better word "chunky" in my hands.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

I have gone from a so called better player set (TM Tour Preferred - albeit with small cavity backs) to G25 and I am so happy I made the change. More forgiveness = more confidence. Nothing wrong with GI clubs and I'd go for the Pings. You won't be disappointed