How far do you hit your 7 iron?

[wull]

Don't bother, it's swinger. Every time. And he lives down that way too. Flip, he can probably drive from his garden, and not even bother turning up at the course.

not if i've got anything to do with it

 

[One Planer]

As I'm fairly new to the game, I'm curious as to what distance is good when hitting your irons. And to save going through all of the iron distances, can you tell me how far you can hit your 7 iron?

Mine is fairly consistent at 145 - 150 down the range (of carry).

Thanks

Far enough to get me into trouble!

 

[fat-tiger]

Far enough to get me into trouble!

gareth for an 18 handicapper thats a great position your in at top of back swing

 

[Piece]

I know how far I hit my 7 iron in winter and summer. And down wind and up wind and from the fringe

 

[One Planer]

gareth for an 18 handicapper thats a great position your in at top of back swing

Bloody shame about the rest of it then


Thanks fella.

 

[fat-tiger]

Bloody shame about the rest of it then


Thanks fella.

guess your short game or putting is a bit naff then?

 

[One Planer]

guess your short game or putting is a bit naff then?

Far from it. My short game and putting are probably keeping my handicap where it is.

My long game that's suffering, but since going back to Stack and Tilt it's improving but still very much a work in progress.

 

[fat-tiger]

i see your pretty newish to game ,with a swing like that if you can repeate it over and over your handicap will fly down, stack and tilt wow thats got me?? hope the golfing demons aint getting to you already lol, i just get up there and hit and hope it goes straight,most of time it does bit of a gay fade,but you wouldnt want to play me at match play as my handicap can go in 3 holes then normally ok for the other 15

 

[One Planer]

i see your pretty newish to game ,with a swing like that if you can repeate it over and over your handicap will fly down, stack and tilt wow thats got me?? hope the golfing demons aint getting to you already lol, i just get up there and hit and hope it goes straight,most of time it does bit of a gay fade,but you wouldnt want to play me at match play as my handicap can go in 3 holes then normally ok for the other 15

Stack and tilt.

http://stackandtiltgolfswing.com

When I first took up the game, this is the swing method I used. Decided to move away, found out I have no consistancy , so going back. If you're looking to try it I'd suggest getting the book and listening to James' (Just One) advise on the subject on here.



(Edit) The pic in my avatar is my position at the top in my S&T swing.

 

[fat-tiger]

Stack and tilt.

http://stackandtiltgolfswing.com

When I first took up the game, this is the swing method I used. Decided to move away, found out I have no consistancy , so going back. If you're looking to try it I'd suggest getting the book and listening to James' (Just One) advise on the subject on here.



(Edit) The pic in my avatar is my position at the top in my S&T swing.

i bet it goes a fair way when you connect with that swing

 

[Region3]

Over the years its proved to me that some big hitters think they have the devine right to score better than the short hitters.

Not wanting to take this too far off-topic, or start an argument, but this got me thinking (and I'm not taking either side because I'm somewhere in the middle).

Whenever this 'debate' crops up on here, there is always the obvious 'I don't believe you' posts, but what I've noticed is that the biggest disbelief is targeted towards those with a higher handicap.

We all know that distance is not top of the list when it comes to scoring well, so why can't someone who can't break 90 hit the ball a long way?

It's almost as if the disbelievers are saying "if you can't score lower than me you can't hit it further than me". That's not aimed at you Tommo, but that's the impression I get from some responses.

 

[JustOne]

Not wanting to take this too far off-topic, or start an argument, but this got me thinking (and I'm not taking either side because I'm somewhere in the middle).

Whenever this 'debate' crops up on here, there is always the obvious 'I don't believe you' posts, but what I've noticed is that the biggest disbelief is targeted towards those with a higher handicap.

We all know that distance is not top of the list when it comes to scoring well, so why can't someone who can't break 90 hit the ball a long way?

It's almost as if the disbelievers are saying "if you can't score lower than me you can't hit it further than me". That's not aimed at you Tommo, but that's the impression I get from some responses.

On a similar vein it's interesting to read some people saying they sacrifice length for accuracy, or they are happy not to hit a full shot into a green (take an extra club yada yada...) yet still play off high h/caps.

Personally I don't care how long/short I hit it off the tee or what iron I hit into a green it's ALWAYS my short game that is a measure of the days round.

 

[HawkeyeMS]

I can't believe we're doing this again and I can't believe people get so emotional about it. There will be long hitters and there will be short hitters but at the end of the day who cares? I play with guys who hit it further than me and regularly beat them, I also play with guys who hit it shorter than me who regularly beat me.

I hit my 7i 140 this time of of which apparently makes me one of the shortest hitters on the forum but the only numbers that matter to me are the number of shots I take to get round and my handicap. It's not what you do, it's the way that you do it.

 

[wull]

I can't believe we're doing this again and I can't believe people get so emotional about it. There will be long hitters and there will be short hitters but at the end of the day who cares? I play with guys who hit it further than me and regularly beat them, I also play with guys who hit it shorter than me who regularly beat me.

I hit my 7i 140 this time of of which apparently makes me one of the shortest hitters on the forum but the only numbers that matter to me are the number of shots I take to get round and my handicap. It's not what you do, it's the way that you do it.

well said that man,that about sums it up for me.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

I can't believe we're doing this again and I can't believe people get so emotional about it. There will be long hitters and there will be short hitters but at the end of the day who cares? I play with guys who hit it further than me and regularly beat them, I also play with guys who hit it shorter than me who regularly beat me.

I hit my 7i 140 this time of of which apparently makes me one of the shortest hitters on the forum but the only numbers that matter to me are the number of shots I take to get round and my handicap. It's not what you do, it's the way that you do it.

At least you can get some crumb of comfort knowing you're still longer than me - well until I bed this new swing in properly