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Date Posted: 12:42:38 03/09/07 Fri
Author: Matt
Subject: Re: making your own 1 iron set
In reply to: mark humphrey 's message, "making your own 1 iron set" on 12:25:54 03/09/07 Fri

I tried to make a set a few years ago and ran into all kinds of problems. I had to have all the clubhead lie angles adjusted to 63º and there's really nothing you can do about the weight problem unless you make them all the same weight as the pitching wedge - way too heavy. Even then all the bounce angles and offsets are different and the loft angles don't have a constant progression. Then you have the problem of shafting - what tip trim to use because the clubheads are different weights. My experiment didn't turn out that good although the clubs did play as well or slightly better than my regular set. All in all I spent around $250 in clubheads, shafts, grips, lie angle adjustments, etc.

Later I bought a set of 1 Irons and the difference was night and day. My advice is to not mess around trying to make a silk purse out of a sow's ear but get the real thing. You'll be glad you did.

Matt

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[> [> Re: making your own 1 iron set -- Gary Welch (Pretty Cool !), 09:03:54 03/12/07 Mon

I am new to golf. My brother got me started at 64 years old. I tried to learn with an old set of Wilson Staff clubs and I was lucky to hit the ball at all with long irons and drivers. After finding and studying this site, I cut the Wilsons's down and low and behold, I can hit with every club in the bag. I bought a new 460cc driver and cut it down and I am more accurate with it than I am with any of my clubs. The only thing I did different was cut my drivers the same length as the Irons. I tried the longer #7 length but wasn't working for me. I couldnt even hit my Wilson Heaven Wood but now, I can hit with them all. Now I can work on accuracy and not just hitting the ball. Someday, someway, I will get me a set of 1 Iron clubs. If the Lord and my retirement funds allow it.

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