Strong V.s Weak lofts

[JustOne]

The 2 people I've played most with recently, both ask me what I'm hitting on par 3's.

...it comes in handy when Smiffy tells me he's hit a 4-iron because then I know it's a knocked down 9-iron for me!


Actually that can't be true as Smiffy never has the honour


I did play a par 3 once and a guy asked me what club I hit, I told him and he replied "That's ridiculous, they don't even hit it that far on TV", I looked at him a bit quizzically and replied..."Does it matter what I hit, it's 6 feet from the pin!".

 

[JohnW]

Interesting thread.

I have a set of Ping i3's that I bought in 2002 so I am thinking upgrading would give me some advantage by adding extra yards to each club. This might not make much difference at the short end of the range, hitting PW instead of 9 is probably not going to change my scoring, but at the other end, surely it would be better to be hitting 6 to a green instead of 5 or 5 instead of 4? This is all assuming that the ball flight is not significantly affected, so hitting a 6 with lower loft still gets a similar flight to my current 6 due to the technological improvements, but goes a club further.

Food for thought.

 

[THJahar]

I don't even care about my lofts.
I think of my clubs like this....
This one is my 130 yard club, this one is my 140 yard club...etc.
When I hear people moaning about the lofts on the Wilson Di9 clubs I point out to them that there's also Ci9's as well with weaker lofts.
you buy the set that fits your swing better. then take a note of how far each club is hit.

 

[Deleted member 1147]

It doesn't matter to me what loft I or my playing partners have on a 6 iron. But I suppose different lofts will make a difference to the club.

If you have less loft on the same length shaft you'll surely get a different ball flight?