Which way do you find yourself going?

[MadAdey]

Well I have decided to move to blades now as I want more control over my shot shape and flight. The clubs I have currently are probably the biggest headed irons I have owned since I started playing and had a set of Howson Derby.

Since that first set of toe and heel weighted irons I have had tour style cavities, but they were more or less blades as the cavity was not that big.

Wilson Staff RM Tour cavity
Mizuno T-zoid ProII
Taylormade Burner Tour
Taylormade 300 Tour forged
Taylormade RAC TP combo

Then after I bust my knee up I decided to get something easier to play with as I could not play that regularly and had to rebuild my swing so that is how I ended up with my Taylormade LTII.

Where do you find yourself going? Is having more control over the shape and height of your shot a higher priority, or are you finding yourself putting forgiveness a higher priority?

 

[JustOne]

Just wondering, which of the top 10 golfers in the world use blades? Not a trick question, I honestly don't know the answer....

 

[AmandaJR]

Still fairly new to the game so for me it's forgiveness every time. Shot-shaping to order still a thing of my dreams - or at least consistently achieving the shape I plan.

Still remains that I just LOVE the look of blades though - they look perfectly designed to hit a golf ball!

 

[MadAdey]

Just wondering, which of the top 10 golfers in the world use blades? Not a trick question, I honestly don't know the answer....

I really do not know James. I know the likes of Rory, Tiger, Sergio use them though.

 

[slicer79]

Just wondering, which of the top 10 golfers in the world use blades? Not a trick question, I honestly don't know the answer....

I'd say maybe 5?

Mcilroy, woods, Rose, W.Simpson, Sneadaker

 

[moogie]

1) Rory
2) Tiger
3) Luke
5) Rose
6) Adam Scott
8) Webb simpson

All use MB / Blade type irons

The others in top 10, more cavity types

 

[timchump]

Just wondering, which of the top 10 golfers in the world use blades? Not a trick question, I honestly don't know the answer....

Interesting thought, i've filled in the ones i know

Rory: Titleist MB712 - Blades
Woods: ?
Donald: Mizuno MP64 - Blades?
Westwood: Ping i20 - cavities
Rose: Taylormade ??
Scott Titleist MB710 - Blades
Dufner: Titlesit AP2 712 - cavities
Simpson: Titleist MB680 - Blades
Snedeker: Bridgestone?
Oosthuizen: Ping?

 

[moogie]

Interesting thought, i've filled in the ones i know

Rory: Titleist MB712 - Blades
Woods: ?
Donald: Mizuno MP64 - Blades?
Westwood: Ping i20 - cavities
Rose: Taylormade ??
Scott Titleist MB710 - Blades
Dufner: Titlesit AP2 712 - cavities
Simpson: Titleist MB680 - Blades
Snedeker: Bidgestone?
Oosthuizen: Ping?

Rose -- TM TP MB
Snedeker -- Bridgestone J40 cavity backs
Louis -- Ping S56

 

[Lump]

Just wondering, which of the top 10 golfers in the world use blades? Not a trick question, I honestly don't know the answer....

Rory- Blades-712 MB
Tiger- Blades- VR Blades
Luke- Blades- MP-59??
Lee- Cavity- i20
Justin- Blades- TP MB
Adam- Players irons- AP2
Jason- Players irons- AP2
Webb- Blades- 680 MB
Brandt- Cavity- J40
Loius- Players- S56

So a fair share of players irons and blades....

I'm personally looking to move to blades next year. I play to enjoy, if I enjoy it more swinging blades badly then thats what I'm going to do.

 

[garyinderry]

go for the nike pro combos. you wont be dissappointed!

 

[CMAC]

Blades from 2 iron to SW all my golf life...................

now I'm going to get some help on the slightly mis-hit irons.............if its not a radical improvement then its back to beloved blades

 

[One Planer]

Just wondering, which of the top 10 golfers in the world use blades? Not a trick question, I honestly don't know the answer....

Rory and Tiger use blades so 1 and 2. Not sure about the rest.

 

[garyinderry]

if you cant hit a 8iron blade then there is something wrong in your swing!

 

[One Planer]

if you cant hit a 8iron blade then there is something wrong in your swing!

How so?

 

[pendodave]

without wishing to dig up the old 'ball flight laws' threads, isn't the OP a slightly false premise ?

Putting movement on a shot is about the angle at which the club face strikes the club and the direction the face is moving at impact. I can't see that a cb club is going to do this much differently to a blade.

So I can't imagine a golfer who is good enough to be able to control the clubhead/swing plane well enough to influence the curve of a ball will have that much of an issue with either.

Ball flight is perhaps a bit different, but using an appropriate shaft could perhaps deliver a lower flight in a predictable fashion ?

So combining the necessary skill with some shaft selection might deliver a blade-like flight but with cb forgiveness on off-centre strikes ?

 

[garyinderry]

How so?

i dont see what is so hard about hitting a high lofted club like an 8 iron, be it a blade or cavity back!

 

[Airlie_Andy]

Didn't Crossfield do a video recently comparing the workability and the difference was marginal at best?

 

[ScienceBoy]

Am I wrong here? My understanding is that the ability for a MB or blade club to impart rotational spin in the middle is greater than that of a GUI club.

Be it stopping power of backspin of lower clubs or a tilted axis of a fade/draw with longer shots.

I understand it is to do with mass directly behind the face impacting onto the ball. GUI perimiter weighted clubs gain their forgiveness bya more evened out mass over the clubhead, reducing it near the middle but increasing it around the outside relative to a blade.

The movement of mass also stabilises the clubhead, think of a motocycle vs a car for stability.

 

[Alex1975]

I started with Cavities moved to a Mizuno MP club and am now in the middle but towards the forgiving end of the middle. I shall stay where I am for a few years now, I learned that some forgiveness is important to me.

I have a fitting with the Mizuno fitter on Saturday to have a look at the JPX 825 Pro...

 

[USER1999]

Last time I saw a what's in tigers bag, he had vr blades for most of his irons, but clumpy vrs cavity backs for his long irons.