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Date Posted: 12:24:31 03/08/08 Sat
Author: Harry
Subject: Re: Loss of Distance - Why?
In reply to: Kelly 's message, "Loss of Distance - Why?" on 18:02:19 03/07/08 Fri

I initially lost distance when I first tried the irons and also had the tendency to slice with the #3,#4, and #5 irons just like you. I emailed Mr. Lake about what he thought and his reply was that since I had'nt lost distance or sliced the ball with the #6 iron through the wedges and since all of the irons are identical except for the loft angle that my swing was obviously different with the lower lofted irons. He said that I was unconsciously trying to swing harder with each lower lofted iron and that I had not fully developed the feel for single-length clubs yet. He was right about everything because as soon as I read his reply it all made sense and I knew that's what I'd been doing. Within the next week I was hitting the ball farther, straighter, and with a higher trajectory than I had ever done before. My suggestion is to slow your swing down and let the club do the work and don't try to overpower the low lofted irons.

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[> Re: Loss of Distance - Why? -- Chance, 12:37:32 03/08/08 Sat

If you follow the playability instructions that come with the irons you won't have any problems. I've easily gained 10 yards per iron over my old Pings and I never seem to miss hit shots anymore. It's not going to happen overnight and it takes a few trips to the range but when it starts to click it's fantastic. David Lake suggested to me to only take my 3-iron to the range because the reasoning is that once you master the iron with the least amount of loft your skill with the higher lofted irons grows exponentially. It was the best advice I've ever gotten and since then the 3-iron is the only club in the car when I head for the range. It might take half a bucket or even a full bucket of balls the first time out before you start to develop your feel and timing for these irons and the single swing. But once you do the ball shoots off the clubface with a high trajectory - long and straight.

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