What speed do you swing a 6 iron?

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If anyone has had a fitting at Mizuno or AG they do the swing thing with a 6 iron head which tells them speed, tempo etc
anyone done it? just curious to see swing speed variations as I have a very slow tempo.....apparently

 

[Mattyboy]

I went to Ping recently and was measured at 115mph for a 7 iron. Seemed very high to me. The spin rate was over 7000 rpm which was (apparantly) too high.

Not sure I completely understand the corelation between the two but the theory is a too high spin rate will result in the ball 'dropping out of the sky'.

Matt

 

[Imurg]

My numbers were

Headspeed - 84mph
Tempo - 4
Toe Down - 2
Kick Angle - 4
Release Factor - 4

Head Speed - rather obvious, maximum head speed value during the swing.

Tempo - This measures what kind of transition you have on a scale of 1 to 9 (one being the smoothest and nine being the quickest).

Toe Down - As it sounds, this is how much the shaft bends down towards the ground during the swing

Kick Angle - The amount the shaft bends forward (towards the target).

Release Factor - When in the swing the shaft itself actually released the head. For a couple of extreme examples, think of Sergio Garcia and David Toms. Sergio releases VERY late, and thus needs a firmer tipped shaft. Toms releases earlier, and so he can use a softer tip to deliver more power to the ball.

 

[beggsy]

I went to Ping recently and was measured at 115mph for a 7 iron. Seemed very high to me. The spin rate was over 7000 rpm which was (apparantly) too high.

Not sure I completely understand the corelation between the two but the theory is a too high spin rate will result in the ball 'dropping out of the sky'.

Matt

your driver speed would be around 135mph in that case

 

[bignev]

Had mine done at the Open with a 5 iron avg 83 mph.
so should be similar with 6

 

[Piece]

Had the Mizuno DNA fitting a few months ago. Data:

Club Head Speed: 97mph
Tempo: 5
Toe Down: 3
Kick Angle: 5
Release Factor: 4

 

[Piece]

I went to Ping recently and was measured at 115mph for a 7 iron. Seemed very high to me. The spin rate was over 7000 rpm which was (apparantly) too high.

Not sure I completely understand the corelation between the two but the theory is a too high spin rate will result in the ball 'dropping out of the sky'.

Matt

115mph club speed for a 7i is stratospherically high!! This club speed is tasty for a driver...!

Spin rate of 7000 for a 7i is ok.

 

[Simbo]

I went to Ping recently and was measured at 115mph for a 7 iron. Seemed very high to me. The spin rate was over 7000 rpm which was (apparantly) too high.

Not sure I completely understand the corelation between the two but the theory is a too high spin rate will result in the ball 'dropping out of the sky'.

Matt

gotta say aswell that sounds extremely high.

mines was 88mph at mizuno a couple years ago, no idea what it is just now

 

[RGDave]

Did I read 115 mph? That's about the same as Tiger.

I'm going to guestimate mine at 11.5 mph.

 

[upsidedown]

Dunno but it carries 160 yards Winter and 170 yards Summer

 

[Region3]

90 give or take 1-2mph

 

[Smiffy]

Had mine measured at Mizuno.
I think it was roughly 62.85386 mph.
Old fart.

 

[Ethan]

86 mph, and about 102 with a driver.

 

[mjmgolfer]

My numbers were

Headspeed - 79mph
Tempo - 4
Toe Down - 5
Kick Angle - 2
Release Factor - 9

 

[Mark_Aged_42]

86 mph, and about 102 with a driver.

I'm on those numbers too. Do you pay with regular shafts or stiff?

 

[Ethan]

86 mph, and about 102 with a driver.

I'm on those numbers too. Do you pay with regular shafts or stiff?

Stiff. Unless your tempo is very smooth, most similar players would be suggested stiff by the Mizuno swing optimiser.

On the woods, what constitutes 'stiff' is very variable between different shaft brands, so I could be X stiff in some, and just creep into stiff in others, but there would be very few brands which recommend regular.

 

[musselburghgolfclub]

75-80 mph winter 85 summer

 

[Bratty]

I average around 84mph.

 

[mickh68]

So do we think that having swing speed etc will help us understand our swings more& help to improve.