Titleist irons

For some years I had a Ping G10 3-iron 21° and a Ping G10 21° hybrid in the bag.
I hit the hybrid over 10 yards further.
I've never thought of hybrids as long-iron replacements. More like loftier woods replacements to me.
 
If only carrying a single hybrid at 19deg or so, then yes, its a cross over of 5 or 7 wood towards 3 or 4 iron.
But hybrids popularity is in extending them upwards to the 22, 26, 29 range, so replacing 3, 4, 5 iron of old.
19/20 hybrid is even under threat from the 7 and 9 wood resurgence. Leaving hybrids even more as long iron replacement. Hybrids for 26 and below is probably the way to go for most, and even hybrid instead of the 29/30deg iron for those with slower swing speeds (ie about 20hi and above).
 
Voyager EMH said:
For some years I had a Ping G10 3-iron 21° and a Ping G10 21° hybrid in the bag.
I hit the hybrid over 10 yards further.
I've never thought of hybrids as long-iron replacements. More like loftier woods replacements to me.
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You aren’t replacing loft for loft, but distance for distance. The hybrid has a longer shaft and heavier head, so will go further if both have the same loft. You should have replaced with a more lofted hybrid.
 
JamesR said:
You aren’t replacing loft for loft, but distance for distance. The hybrid has a longer shaft and heavier head, so will go further if both have the same loft. You should have replaced with a more lofted hybrid.
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No.
We are talking about 2008 Ping G10.
I hit several shots trying them out.
I was happy with the gap in distance between the 21° 3-iron and the 21° hybrid.
To me, the hybrid was a 5-wood replacement. I had driver, 3-wood, hybrid, ten irons and a putter.
I played with that combination for several years and never felt there was a problem or that "I should have" had some other choice.
Other players trying out the same clubs at the same time might have had a different experience.

I'm playing with different clubs now. I have driver, 3-wood, 20° hybrid, 2-iron to SW and putter.
 
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I've got the blended set of T200 4-5i & T150 6i-PW with Project X 6.0 shafts. Had the fitting August 4th and got them September 8th, played Aberdovey with them on the 9th and had my best round in 5 years.
I'd had my Taylormade RAC CB's for 17 years and was struggling with a high flight, high spinning ball, with no control in the wind.
I had the fitting and my old 7 iron was basically giving the same readings that I'm getting now with the T150 PW.
I found it hard to trust the new yardages for the first 5 or 6 holes, thinned a couple but after that I adjusted and played the best I have in years.
I've been the range with them a couple of times since and I've gained 20 yards with each club. So far so good!
 
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Has anyone been fitted at St Ives. If so what are the facilities and the set up like? Thinking of replacing my 2016 model AP2s.
 
srixon 1 said:
Has anyone been fitted at St Ives. If so what are the facilities and the set up like? Thinking of replacing my 2016 model AP2s.
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Yes , excellent. Proper titlest balls of your choice. Trackman, loads of shaft choice etc and very knowledgeable fitter.
 
RedEyes said:
I've got the blended set of T200 4-5i & T150 6i-PW with Project X 6.0 shafts. Had the fitting August 4th and got them September 8th, played Aberdovey with them on the 9th and had my best round in 5 years.
I'd had my Taylormade RAC CB's for 17 years and was struggling with a high flight, high spinning ball, with no control in the wind.
I had the fitting and my old 7 iron was basically giving the same readings that I'm getting now with the T150 PW.
I found it hard to trust the new yardages for the first 5 or 6 holes, thinned a couple but after that I adjusted and played the best I have in years.
I've been the range with them a couple of times since and I've gained 20 yards with each club. So far so good!
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How do you mean you were getting basically the same yardage with your 7i but you have gained 20 yards ?
 
Backsticks said:
How do you mean you were getting basically the same yardage with your 7i but you have gained 20 yards ?
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I’m getting the same with my new PW that I was with my old 7 iron. All my yardages with each club have jumped 20 yards. The spin rate and ball speed with my old 7 are the same as my new PW. The 7 iron below was my last range visit before the new irons Aug 30th and the new PW & 7i was the 15th September.IMG_7474.pngIMG_7476.png
 

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paddyjk said:
Yes , excellent. Proper titlest balls of your choice. Trackman, loads of shaft choice etc and very knowledgeable fitter.
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Any idea what the procedure is for booking a fitting. Can you phone direct or do you have to book via a club pro? When I was fitted at Celtic Manor years ago I had to go via our club professional.
 
srixon 1 said:
Thanks again BiM. Just booked myself an iron fitting for next month. And as my 910 is now 11 years old I thought I would get fitted for a new driver too.
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It’s a shame our front 9 is closed and we aren’t allowed visitors on, otherwise we could have had a game whilst you were there.

I’m desperately trying not to book myself in for an iron fitting, but I’m rapidly going off my Pings and I do like the look of the T150s
 
I appear to have booked myself in for an iron fitting!
 
BiMGuy said:
It’s a shame our front 9 is closed and we aren’t allowed visitors on, otherwise we could have had a game whilst you were there.

I’m desperately trying not to book myself in for an iron fitting, but I’m rapidly going off my Pings and I do like the look of the T150s
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I do like my T150,s. I went for a lighter shaft (AMT red) which helps launch the longer irons.
 
When the last model of the T series was released, I rushed to SGGT to get fitted for them. T100S was the pick. This time around, I haven't even demo'd them because I think they look ugly. Shows that beauty is in the eye of the beer holder :)
 
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