Voyager EMH
Slipper Wearing Plucker of Pheasants
That's been done before.
The split was those who played golf and those who didn't.
Utility 4 iron
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The split was those who played golf and those who didn't.
spongebob59
Journeyman Pro
As it happens there's a code for 20% off golfbidder items through eBay so I've taken a punt on the u510 and if it doesn't work out I can return it .
Voyager EMH
Slipper Wearing Plucker of Pheasants
But really trying to become competent at unicycle riding would improve one's balance, strength and coordination which might pay off in other physical activities.Unicycles are even harder but I bet even with practice, most of us wouldn’t use them
"Trying" to do the difficult thing can often make the easier thing even easier.
Like an athlete running with weights or training at altitude.
Singlefiguregokfer
Active member
Good man
Ignore the haters, try something to make you enjoy your hobby
Golf’s not a pissing contest, it’s meant to be fun.
Voyager EMH
Slipper Wearing Plucker of Pheasants
As you can see below, I have a 20° hybrid. My longest iron is a 21° which gives me about a 10 yard gap between the two and that works for me.
I think a utility 4 iron is usually around 21-22° so that would probably work for me too, if I went for it. As long as the shaft is a bit shorter than my 20° hybrid, otherwise there might not be suitable gapping.
Singlefiguregokfer
Active member
So the 99% on here who don’t use rusty old blades aren’t golfers?
Voyager EMH
Slipper Wearing Plucker of Pheasants
Ridiculous comment.
There used to be shiny new blades or nothing else. That was my point.
Nothing to do with today's choices or today's golfers.
Singlefiguregokfer
Active member
Perhaps, rather than trying to be clever, you should be more explicit!
Voyager EMH
Slipper Wearing Plucker of Pheasants
I apologise for my shortcomings.
I will take some time to give what you say my utmost consideration.
Singlefiguregokfer
Active member
Good idea, otherwise people will think all you do is go on about old clubs ad nauseam
Orikoru
Tour Winner
What a load of nonsense. Most of us don't have hours upon hours of free time to practice and get to a level of fantastic ball-striking - we just want to enjoy our rounds of golf. The object is get the ball in the hole, it doesn't matter what bats you use. Use the ones that work. What possible benefit is there in 'learning' to hit a 4 iron when a hybrid already does the job?
spongebob59
Journeyman Pro
When you get to my age it often is a pissing contest as well
Redtraveller
Club Champion
Same here
Voyager EMH
Slipper Wearing Plucker of Pheasants
And there is the continuation of the myth that a fantastic level of ball striking is required to play an ordinary shot with an ordinary club and that it either takes a very long time to learn to do or some extraordinary level of ability to do what thousands of people used to just get on and do, because there was no alternative.
And to join in with this type of reasoning I shall say that there is no point trying to get better at golf because your handicap just goes down and that makes golf harder and having a higher handicap makes golf more fun, because you can be competitive without having to try very hard.
I stopped using bladed long irons for competitive golf in 1992.
But I've experienced the improvement to my game by practicing with them in recent years.
Really improved the accuracy of my swinging by practicing with less forgiving clubs.
But ignore my nonsense, I've clearly lost my way and know nothing about what it takes to become a better golfer, or what made me the golfer that I am.
I've just been a blundering oaf who got lucky somehow playing with ridiculous clubs.
Orikoru
Tour Winner
I wouldn't normally accuse you of this, but just generally speaking - a 4 handicap telling high handicappers to 'just learn' how to hit 3 & 4 irons comes across as condescending. Personally I don't even own a 4 or 5 iron as I knew I have no use for them - I'm happy with the 7 wood and hybrids that I have. Obviously we want to improve at golf across the board, but I can't see the point in trying to use a 4 iron that you struggle with, while you already have a different tool that does that job adequately. You'd just be hampering yourself. You seem to have this attitude that it's somehow better or more worthy to use long irons than hybrids/woods, that's the part that's total nonsense. It would be like saying to someone with a mallet putter than they need to practise using a blade putter in order to get better. You use what works the best, it's that simple.
Smokey Lomcevak
New member
The U510 is about as chunky as they come. I have the 2 for the tee which is great but I struggle with it off the deck. The sole is really wide which I don’t like. I still haven’t hit the Srixon but would love to give the 3 iron a go. If the old versions are good enough for Mr Scheffler…
Jigger
Club Champion
I have the U505 and it’s more forgiving than my JPX 4 iron but I don’t get more distance than I expect of my JPX.
In the winter it gets swapped out with a hybrid but might keep the hybrid in this year.
In the winter it gets swapped out with a hybrid but might keep the hybrid in this year.
nickjdavis
Head Pro
I've cleared my locker out at the club and found all manner of old assorted bits i'd forgotten I had....
TM V-Steel 13* Tour Spoon with a steel shaft
A special edition Titleist 55* copper wedge
and perhaps more relevant to the thread as a whole...
..a Cleveland LDI 21* (more of a driving iron) and a Fourteen Hi-660 3 iron (thikn the loft is 20* but its more of a utility iron than a driving iron).
Might see if I've got a couple of suitable shafts lying around in the shed and build the latter two up into full clubs and see what they are like.
TM V-Steel 13* Tour Spoon with a steel shaft
A special edition Titleist 55* copper wedge
and perhaps more relevant to the thread as a whole...
..a Cleveland LDI 21* (more of a driving iron) and a Fourteen Hi-660 3 iron (thikn the loft is 20* but its more of a utility iron than a driving iron).
Might see if I've got a couple of suitable shafts lying around in the shed and build the latter two up into full clubs and see what they are like.
You’ll enjoy it! Swing smooth and you’ll be surprised how easy it is to hit and how far it goes.
Enjoy!
Voyager EMH
Slipper Wearing Plucker of Pheasants
Your view is the majority one, I believe.
But to me it is the tricycle view.
You are far less likely to fall off a three-wheeler, so why bother to learn to ride a two-wheeler that is far trickier to balance. Just a waste of time and effort.
Riding a two-wheeler does not make you a more worthy cyclist.
This only a silly analogy - I'm certainly not advocating for everyone to be riding trikes rather than bikes.
I had to learn to use hybrids. I could have chosen not to. But 15 years ago I decided to try.
Glad I made that effort. Given me more options - more strings to my bow, if you like.
I'll have my two hybrids in the bag tomorrow, but I'll also have a Ping G10 3iron of 21° (not a blade)
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