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Re: Another set of one length clubs on the market -- David Lake, 14:55:03 05/11/16 Wed
Greg,
What you have to bear in mind is that there is a distinct difference in design function between irons, fairway woods, and drivers. An iron is designed to pinch the ball against the turf using a down and through type of swing which requires an upright swing plane and a descending swing arc into the ball. On the other hand, fairway woods are designed to sweep the ball from the turf which requires a flatter swing plane and, hence, a longer club length than an iron. A driver is designed to sweep a ball that is teed up 1" to 2" off the ground which requires an even flatter swing plane than a fairway wood and, hence, a longer club length than the other woods within a set.
Consequently, any driver that you prefer can be used with a set of single-length irons.
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Re: Another set of one length clubs on the market -- Greg Williford, 21:58:00 05/11/16 Wed
Thank you very much for the explanation, and apologies to the gentleman for posting in the wrong place (smartphone).
Last week I googled "can a set of golf irons be made the same length?", and found 1-Iron. The gentleman (you?) took the time to clarify the physics/science behind this system in a clear understandable way (to us armchair engineers). The call was quite long and I never felt like I being fed a sales pitch and he knew what he was talking about...I like that.
Hope to be able($) to try them pretty soon.
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Re: Another set of one length clubs on the market -- nathan, 11:20:05 04/04/16 Mon
(mainly) the lofting of the clubs.
(secondly) the offset and bounce between clubs seems to vary...not sure why this would be...the clubs are meant to be swung the same way.
Tom says that high lifted irons fly too far and low lofted irons don't go far enough (distance compression)
Tom's set is 5 iron to sand wedge, so let compare just those clubs between his set and the 1iron set.
Also, Tom's set is meant to be built to an 8 iron length, so let's compare 8 iron length sets.
Sterling sand wedge, 55*
1 iron sand wedge, 55*
If Tom thought the high lofted clubs went too far, why would he not weaken the loft of the sand wedge.
Sterling 8 iron, 35*
1 iron 8 iron, 39*
If all the clubs are built to 8 iron length, why would the Sterling 8 iron be built 4* strong? (it's a 7 iron with an 8 stamped on the bottom).
Sterling 5 iron, 23*
1 iron 4 iron, 23*
The Sterling again is one club 'strong', but the 8 iron is also one club strong, so how does this fix the compression issue of the low lofted clubs?
The way I think about it. Either take the 1 iron stance and loft should, from club to club be 4* or...take Tom's stance and vary lofts, but the 8 iron should be an 8 iron loft and the high lofted clubs should be progressively weaker and low lofted clubs should be progressively stronger.
My 2 cents.
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