Screw club manufacturers!

[Region3]

One of the first pieces of advice I was given as a teenager when I started playing was basically a 7i goes 150 yards, 6i 160 yards ,8i 140, still to this day I follow this general distance guide so not matter what make,what loft, what angle what new fancy bats you have ,10 yards out is not the end of the world.Remember tour pros are hitting wedges 150ish because of the pure customisation of their gear.

I hit my 7 iron about 160. Does that mean my clubs have been customised a little bit?

 

[palindromicbob]

One of the first pieces of advice I was given as a teenager when I started playing was basically a 7i goes 150 yards, 6i 160 yards ,8i 140, still to this day I follow this general distance guide so not matter what make,what loft, what angle what new fancy bats you have ,10 yards out is not the end of the world.Remember tour pros are hitting wedges 150ish because of the pure customisation of their gear.

So nothing to do with the fact they generate significantly more club head speed then?

 

[delc]

So nothing to do with the fact they generate significantly more club head speed then?

I believe that most successful modern tour pros spend quite a few hours a week working out in the gym, to be able to hit the ball the distances that they do. If you watch old videos of Shell's Wonderful Workd of Golf, it is quite noticeable how weedy and unfit some of our heroes of yesteryear looked in comparison, Gary Player excepted.

 

[Smiffy]

 

[Smiffy]

Hmm, this is the second time someone has said this about Delc. Who is this Delc?

Regretting it yet???????

 

[Maninblack4612]

One of the first pieces of advice I was given as a teenager when I started playing was basically a 7i goes 150 yards, 6i 160 yards ,8i 140, still to this day I follow this general distance guide so not matter what make,what loft, what angle what new fancy bats you have ,10 yards out is not the end of the world.Remember tour pros are hitting wedges 150ish because of the pure customisation of their gear.

You chose your forum name well!

 

[delc]

One of the first pieces of advice I was given as a teenager when I started playing was basically a 7i goes 150 yards, 6i 160 yards ,8i 140, still to this day I follow this general distance guide so not matter what make,what loft, what angle what new fancy bats you have ,10 yards out is not the end of the world.Remember tour pros are hitting wedges 150ish because of the pure customisation of their gear.

When I was a lot younger, 150 yards was my 7 iron distance, even with traditional spec clubs. I am now down to about 130 yards, even with the latest jacked loft 7-irons! 150 yards is a reasonable distance for a 7 iron IMHO, but when people can hit the new PW's that distance, it's getting a bit ridiculous in my opinion! How are you supposed to play shorter shots around the green, which was the traditional use of a PW. You now have to buy one or more gap wedges!

 

[garyinderry]

Sounds like jacked lofts are helping you no end.

 

[delc]

Sounds like jacked lofts are helping you no end.

Even I have a 50 degree Gap Wedge!

 

[Maninblack4612]

This thread is turning into a Mousetrap of the Forum, it's going to run & run.

 

[Hacker Khan]

You chose your forum name well!

Can I just say that is a quality response.

 

[USER1999]

It's nice to know that from 150, it's a seven iron.

It's going to transform my golf from tomorrow .

Scratch, here we come.

 

[Noidea]

You chose your forum name well!

Sarcasm, a game enjoyed by golfers who think they have an idea !!!!