Oops just bought some blades

I have a set of Macgregor blades. Played great golf with them for 3 years. Off 12. At the end of the three years, yep, still off 12. Still hadn't worked out how to middle the 3i.
7 iron and down, awesome.

The rest? Adequate. At best.

Great idea, have fun, move on.

Unless you hit the ball like a pro. And a good one.
 
Very nice looking, good luck with them.

I think a better way of putting the plan in writing, is that unforgiving clubs force you to hit them better or you'll get bad results. You either learn to hit the middle or post big scores.

An SGI iron helps you out and lets you carry on hitting anywhere on the face for half decent results.

As long as I'm not playing to put food on the table I prefer the former and will put up with the bad scores on my bad days.
 
You know guys I enjoy the club building aspect of golf as a little hobby, so I'll pair these up with suitable shafts to get a lower launch, I'll may or may not be able to hit them well but you know I'll have fun trying,in all probability they will be in my spare set bag which I'm building up (I use this when playing with visiting relatives).
If I fail spectacularly then I'll know that shovels suit my game better but what do I have to lose, I think some of you forget golf is supposed to be fun sometimes.
 
Odvan said:
Cut the OP some slack guys. How often do we hear (read) people sayings that this club/these irons got me from 13 to 8 in 3 years etc. It never ends up with the response of "wasn't the clubs, you just got better".

I guess Shewy is keen to know whether he can actually play with them at first, rather than improve his ball striking. If he can then maybe his ball striking will improve, once he's continued to practise with them, as he states.

Either way, it's the OP's money and the OP's choice and I for one hope that he enjoys the experiment.

If ever you want a downer put on sommat, visit the GM Forum. The man has new shineys, be happy for him instead of judge and bloody jury.
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+1 on this post.
 
Whats wrong with someone wanting to try somethiung different? I would have thought a blade will help him improve quicker as he will know straight away about any poor strikes. I play R11s which are pretty forgiving, so much so that until I tried some strike tape the other week I had no idea most of my shots were coming off the heel, with a blade I would have no doubt and would be forced to sort it out!
Good luck with it mate, lets us know how you get on with them.
 
Liverpoolphil said:
Good luck with them and hope they go well :thup:

I'm toying with the idea of trying blades

Been using a Wilson Staff FG Tour during bounce games to see how they gon
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Which ones? Beautiful irons, those. The 62s are possibly my favourite iron but the new 100s are pretty sweet too.

If you decide you don't want them, I'm pretty sure I can find them a good home ;)

Edit: to the OP, I agree with Spear-Chucker above. Good practise with blades should help improve your ball striking - if you don't find the middle of the face, you're stuffed. Blades should help you focus on hitting the sweet spot.
 
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Spear-Chucker said:
Practicing well with blades WILL make you a better golfer. Anyone who says otherwise is plain wrong.
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I'd temper that and say 'highly likely', but otherwise agree. I think there needs to be a bit of practice with the 'competition' ones too, otherwise it's simply playing comps with a different set to what you practice with - which is a bit daft!

The feedback from slightly off-centre strike WILL encourage you to become better ball-striker.

I used the same logic btw - bought a cheap set of blades (TP9s) to practice with, but fell in love with the feel of blades! Also practicing with a 'less forgiving' long iron made my ball-striking on shorter ones much better!

Seems to me some posters think the OP is hoping to improve by changing completely to blades! That's not the case!
 
I think it's a great idea and any naysayer that says it won't improve ball striking is plain wrong.

Don't get me wrong you need to really practice so that you get the most out of them, but it is a great way of learning.

I've embarked on a similar plan with cobra blades and more recently a set of MP 59s. Only difference is that I am playing with mine in the comps.

Don't get me wrong, it's hard at times.

But chasing that sweet flush feeling keeps me going.

I hit buffer yesterday in the comp with some terrible driving. My iron play rescued me on a number of occasions.

I put it all down to hard work with some hard clubs.

Best of luck mate.
 
Foxholer said:
I'd temper that and say 'highly likely', but otherwise agree. I think there needs to be a bit of practice with the 'competition' ones too, otherwise it's simply playing comps with a different set to what you practice with - which is a bit daft!

The feedback from slightly off-centre strike WILL encourage you to become better ball-striker.

I used the same logic btw - bought a cheap set of blades (TP9s) to practice with, but fell in love with the feel of blades! Also practicing with a 'less forgiving' long iron made my ball-striking on shorter ones much better!

Seems to me some posters think the OP is hoping to improve by changing completely to blades! That's not the case!
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Fair enough to make the distinction...!

I just urge anyone to get hold of a bladed club, or better still a few, and just hit shots. A few months doing that in different conditions will first expose errors and then lead you down a path to understanding what's needed to hit shots. It wouldn't take long to get nearly anyone thinking about spin, trajectory and all those lovely things which appear elusive but really aren't. After that, it's just a matter of how much time we put in to get greater rewards. Dull lecture over...
 
Had a go of the MP32's on the practice ground this morning as one of our members had some in the bag. Beautiful to look at but rubbish in my hands and anything not off the centre clearly punished. And don't thin one. It'll tingle the fingers
 
mcbroon said:
Which ones? Beautiful irons, those. The 62s are possibly my favourite iron but the new 100s are pretty sweet too.

If you decide you don't want them, I'm pretty sure I can find them a good home ;)

Edit: to the OP, I agree with Spear-Chucker above. Good practise with blades should help improve your ball striking - if you don't find the middle of the face, you're stuffed. Blades should help you focus on hitting the sweet spot.
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These ones mate - lovely to look at but not really giving me any more feel or better ba striking than my current set

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Funnily enough Phil, and I didn't say earlier in this thread, but I recently bought a 5i to PW, Wilson Staff FG Tour V2 having never hit a blade before. Only paid £57 on evil bay for em so well worth it.

Took the 7i out with me earlier and hit a few in the nets and could tell when I'd middled em. Had to wait a few holes before I could hit one 'for real' but when I did I could tell straight away with both the sound (or lack of) off the face and the sound of the ball fizzing away that it was a belter. On approach to the green I'd span it back at least 4 feet. Question is, can I hit em like that all the time... I'm gonna take the full set out with me tomorrow but may regret that as I'm playing with a couple of forumers!
 
Odvan said:
Funnily enough Phil, and I didn't say earlier in this thread, but I recently bought a 5i to PW, Wilson Staff FG Tour V2 having never hit a blade before. Only paid £57 on evil bay for em so well worth it.

Took the 7i out with me earlier and hit a few in the nets and could tell when I'd middled em. Had to wait a few holes before I could hit one 'for real' but when I did I could tell straight away with both the sound (or lack of) off the face and the sound of the ball fizzing away that it was a belter. On approach to the green I'd span it back at least 4 feet. Question is, can I hit em like that all the time... I'm gonna take the full set out with me tomorrow but may regret that as I'm playing with a couple of forumers!
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Good luck. We're off the same handicap so interested to hear how you get on. Personally I think I need the forgiveness in my I25's, especially after today
 
Odvan said:
Funnily enough Phil, and I didn't say earlier in this thread, but I recently bought a 5i to PW, Wilson Staff FG Tour V2 having never hit a blade before. Only paid £57 on evil bay for em so well worth it.

Took the 7i out with me earlier and hit a few in the nets and could tell when I'd middled em. Had to wait a few holes before I could hit one 'for real' but when I did I could tell straight away with both the sound (or lack of) off the face and the sound of the ball fizzing away that it was a belter. On approach to the green I'd span it back at least 4 feet. Question is, can I hit em like that all the time... I'm gonna take the full set out with me tomorrow but may regret that as I'm playing with a couple of forumers!
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At that price mate that's a cracking deal and well worth it to give them a bash - hope you get on with them - lovely looking clubs without all the fuss over them

Good luck :thup:
 
And just as an reference to you having a hit with Wilsons, their stock shaft length is 1/2 longer than Mizzy's. Perfect for me as I was fitted to that with mine but cant remember what your playing - just might have an affect on your wee test.
 
Odvan said:
And just as an reference to you having a hit with Wilsons, their stock shaft length is 1/2 longer than Mizzy's. Perfect for me as I was fitted to that with mine but cant remember what your playing - just might have an affect on your wee test.
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The club pro is hoping to have a demo day at some point soon and hopefully going to get hold of a few different shafts that I will be able to try - they just look very nice so if i find something that suits then could find their way into the bag
 
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