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#6216 - 11/21/05 06:50 PM
Re: Spec's for old clubs?
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Hogan
   
Registered: 12/01/04
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Loc: St. Paul, MN
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I know what you mean. Even new on Ebay, clubs are often going for $200-300 less. I am scoping out new sets as we speak. Not for distance gains, but fitting and forgiveness reasons. Irons have not changed a whole lot in the last few years. If anything, OEM's have started making clubs LESS forgiving to stroke some golfer's egos. The gains in drivers are hard to duplicate with irons, believe me. Most often, all the OEM's do is strengthen the lofts of their clubs so that people think they go "further." I went to Titleist's web site today. I was funny to look at the lofts of their clubs from the 80's in their "vintage clubs" section. The lofts were 2 to 3º, sometimes even 4º weaker than today's clubs. A whole club's difference! Irons are all about knowing the distance you hit them and being able to duplicate it again and again. While I have gained probably 50 yards over the last 5 years with driver technology, my iron distances have not changed a lot. Get fit, but do so in an attempt to find greater accuracy, not distance.
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