SocketRocket
Ryder Cup Winner
Here's a link showing Tiger's 8-iron striking.
http://thesandtrap.com/t/45647/sweetspot-on-irons-where-the-good-players-hit-it
It would indeed be possible, specially in longish fairways, to sweep and strike at bottom of tho swing and still hit the sweet-spot. The ball is 1.68", so if the sweet spot is 0.84" from bottom of iron (or less), then perfectly feasible, even on tight links courses.
0.84" would be the balls equator. To hit the balls equator without thinning the shaft would need a forward lean of something like 45 deg.
If you take a ball in the flat palm of your hand and place a sand wedge behind it, you will notice if the shaft is set vertical contact is made towards the bottom of the ball just above the leading edge of the clubface. As you lean the shaft forward the impact position moves up the ball and clubface. To hit the sweetspot (around the position shown on Tigers club) you will need something in the region of 10 /15 degrees of forward shaft lean.
OK, if the ball is sat up on long grass then I can see how but on a normal mowed fairway I find it hard to see how you could make contact in the sweetspot without the hands leading and the club still descending at impact.
What do you think?
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