Iron lofts

[User62651]

where's this going?

Players and forged clubs have more traditional higher lofts, game improvers /cast clunky bats have lower lofts. Guessing Bob's irons are a fair age?

Is it commerical - i.e. to make people buy more specialist wedges as there's less lofted clubs in a standard iron set? or
Is there a machismo element? - i.e. where people say they can hit their 8 iron 150 yards - yes, because it's really a 6 iron!

What are the reasons, if not the above, for the move to lower iron lofts over last couple of decades?

 

[bobmac]

28 for me, 33 sounds very old school

How old are the irons Bob, and how often do you loft/lie check them?

1988
Checked them about 5 years ago but have only played about 15-20 rounds in that time. Plus they are cast so probably wont move much.

 

[fundy]

32 degrees for me

 

[turkish]

29 degrees

 

[Lord Tyrion]

I don't have the 6, 7 is my longest iron, but having googled it the loft is 27. Seems a bit mad to me. Why not have a universal setting? How can you compare different makes when there is such a huge difference between lofts in a single club?

 

[delc]

Where's Delc?

I'm here! The loft on my TM Speedblade 6 iron is 26.5 degrees, and it is the longest iron club in the set I can hit with any consistency. I never now carry the 4 or 5 irons, so they were a total waste of money. On the other hand I now carry 4 wedges! 🙄

 

[delc]

where's this going?

Players and forged clubs have more traditional higher lofts, game improvers /cast clunky bats have lower lofts. Guessing Bob's irons are a fair age?

Is it commerical - i.e. to make people buy more specialist wedges as there's less lofted clubs in a standard iron set? or
Is there a machismo element? - i.e. where people say they can hit their 8 iron 150 yards - yes, because it's really a 6 iron!

What are the reasons, if not the above, for the move to lower iron lofts over last couple of decades?

To give the impression that the latest model club hits the ball further than the previous model! True if you can still get the ball airborne with the less lofted club, but false if you can't. Really it's a con to persuade you to spend good money updating your clubs, but makes your iron set less usuable for actually playing golf, unless you spend even more money buying some additional wedges. ☹️

 

[JohnnyDee]

Callaway X 2 Hot. According to their site my mine is 26.

 

[tugglesf239]

Average 30 for mine

Cobra king MB

Looks about 20 looking down on it though with the black head.

 

[Robobum]

48 degrees.

Must get the loft and lies checked soon.

 

[Dasit]

28

yonex vxf

 

[Sidsidgwick]

Ping G15 silver dot 6 Iron-25.25 degrees

 

[Hobbit]

48 degrees.

Must get the loft and lies checked soon.

6 iron, not 9 you plonker Rodders!

 

[Imurg]

27° for the XR Pro
30° for the Legacy's

 

[hairball_89]

32 for me. Which seems to go against the 'players clubs being more lofted' theory - Benross Max Speed 2 5-PW. 28deg 5 through to 48deg PW in 4deg steps. Sometimes they even do what I tell them!

 

[One Planer]

31° (Cleveland 588CB)

 

[BristolMike]

I think a lot of people get hung up on loft on irons. The number on the club is generally based on launch, rather than solely the loft. Modern irons actually need lower lofts, or the ball would launch too high due to perimeter weighting etc. Irons now are designed to get up in the air to make things easier for the average golfer, so if you had that technology and old school lofts the clubs would go too high and not go anywhere.

 

[One Planer]

I think a lot of people get hung up on loft on irons. The number on the club is generally based on launch, rather than solely the loft. Modern irons actually need lower lofts, or the ball would launch too high due to perimeter weighting etc. Irons now are designed to get up in the air to make things easier for the average golfer, so if you had that technology and old school lofts the clubs would go too high and not go anywhere.

Are you reading this Del?

 

[delc]

Are you reading this Del?

Yes, and I don't believe a word of it. If perimeter and sole weighting are that effective I should easily be able to get my 20 degree 4-iron shots airborne, but I can't. I had no problem with my previous somewhat more lofted 4-iron! As I said before, stronger lofts and longer shafts in a given numbered iron are just a marketing ploy to give the impression that you are hitting the ball further with the latest model clubs! ☹️

 

[Deleted member 15344]

Just when it was great that he was restricted to the Art 50 and his posting nonsense someone gives him the fuel to go on again about lofts

Who cares what the number is in relation to the loft - just hit whatever club you need to get to the distance you want. So what if one set you need a 6 iron and the other a 7 iron - does it really matter ? Non