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Date Posted: 11:02:41 02/04/08 Mon
Author: David Lake
Subject: Re: My 1 Iron journey
In reply to:
Steve P.
's message, "My 1 Iron journey" on 09:55:38 01/10/08 Thu
Steve,
You brought up an important point concerning the wedges. When making a swing change or when breaking in new equipment it is vitally important to ingrain these changes and develop your timing at the range and not on the golf course. The reason is that there is no pressure to perform well at the range whereas every shot on the course is deemed crucial. Consequently, it is virtually impossible to successfully initiate any change whatsoever on the course.
You stated that your 1 Iron wedges performed fine at the range but that you had the tendency to hit them fat under scoring conditions on the course. The reason is quite simply that you are used to years of playing wedges that are shorter than your 1 Iron wedges and under stressful scoring conditions are reverting to your old stance and swing with these particular irons. Obviously if you use the old stance and swing that you had developed with shorter wedges you will hit longer wedges fat every time. In other words, you have not learned to trust your new swing, stance, and swing posture through time spent at the range and are reverting to your old comfort zone when placed under stressful conditions.
The remedy for this is to not take your next few rounds of golf seriously. Mention to the members of your group that you are trying out a few new things and that your's is a practice round only. Forget your score (or do not keep it at all) to eliminate the self imposed pressure and you will find a big difference in your ability to hit crisp wedge shots (or any shots for that matter). You will find that this small exercise will eliminate the tendency to "freeze-up" or choke on important shots which we all tend to do when playing a serious round of golf.
David Lake
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Re: My 1 Iron journey -- Steve P. (Great input David.), 13:26:09 02/07/08 Thu
Thanks for your input David. No doubt you are correct in all cases.
As you can see, I have put quite a bit of time in on the range, although per your correct suggestions, I have been concentrating on the 3 Iron. My ball striking is improving quite rapidy as a result. I have hit another 500 balls in the past few days and I am really starting to stripe the long irons and the mid irons are a no brainer.
As for the course, I always play for money and I have very high expectations of myself, especially within 100 yards of the green. It's not that it's a lot of money, but it's for the challenge, to get juiced up and see how I can handle it.
I generally save my "practice rounds" for when I play with my wonderful wife. Come to think of it, I usually score very well when I play with her. Interesting...I never put the two together before. Good golf is so mental!!!
As for the fat wedges, The combination of the longer shaft and sharper leading edge definately compounds my issue. I am a very aggressive wedge player, I prefer to keep the ball down with a lot of spin. I really go after the ball with a steep impact angle and my hands quite forward. Hence, a small margin for error if I don't catch the back of ball first.
No doubt I will figure it out. I have had the 1 Irons for less than a month now and to be honest, your not getting them back!
By the way, I did change the grips to my standard 2 wrap tour wraps. Been using them for 20 years and I do not use a glove. Just could not get used to the feel of your supplied grips.
Tomarrow, I get to play a new course (to me) up in Hungington Beach, Meadowlark GC. I hear it is a old style course and I am excited to play somewhere new. This should be a great indication of where I am at with these irons. I still am not sure how far I am hitting them, They keep going further and further the more I hit them, should be quite nice when it stabalizes.
Oh, I have been using my swing speed radar on the range with the irons, when I have more time, I will share some of the data, it is quite interesting.
Thanks again David,
Steve P.
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Re: My 1 Iron journey -- Steve P. (Short update), 07:20:18 02/20/08 Wed
A quick update;
I have had my 1 Irons for about a month now, maybe longer.
I think the best illustration or the most impressive comment on how great these 1 Irons are is as follows;
If you currently use the 1 Irons, grab one of your conventional 3 irons and grab your 1 Iron 3 iron. look at faces of each and compare the impact pattern between the two. If you are like me, the difference is amazing. My misses tended to be on the toe with the conventional 3 iron with the concentration of impact points about the size of a golf ball slightly torwards the toe. Ego aside, very poor consistancy for someone who thinks he can play this game. On the 1 Iron 3 iron, the impact pattern is very tight, slightly torwards the heel, about the size of a nickel.
Incredible!
David, why on earth does the major golf manufacturing industry continue to produce and market crap that the average person has no chance of ever using to produce any sort of consistancy.
I have heard many times the saying that "good golf is a game of good misses" baloney, good golf requires equipment that give you all the opportunity to NOT MISS.
I am sitting her feeling like I have been lied to and laughted at by the golf industry for 25 years. I have spent thousand of dollars on the latest and greatest equipment that has ultimately given me no real chance to excel, and I am pissed.
I have to thank Jaacob Bowden, for having the guts to endorse your products on his web site and leading me to 1 Iron Golf. Well, maybe it did not take much in the way of "guts" considering how well the 1 Irons perform. But he is going out and playing professionally with clubs that his fellow competitors may harass him about. Thanks Jaacob.
In closing for now, after just a short while of using these 1 Irons, I would HIGHLY reccommend them to anyone looking to have more fun and improve at this game.
I guess this was not a "quick update" after all. I got on a roll and just had to let out some steam....
Steve P.
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Re: My 1 Iron journey -- Matt, 08:21:54 02/22/08 Fri
Hey Steve -
Why don't to tell us what you really think? Ha..Ha..
I've been playing 1 Iron Golf clubs for three years and could'nt agree with you more. There's no brand of golf club anywhere that can compare with my 1 Irons no matter what misleading advertising or outright lies the golf industry tries to shove down your throat.
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Re: My 1 Iron journey -- Steve P (Final thoughts for a while!), 07:58:21 03/24/08 Mon
Well, I have had the 1 Irons for about ten weeks now, played about 20 rounds, hit about 5000 balls on the range. I decided, after toying around with it for the last 2 years, to take the opportunity with these new irons to comit to a major swing change. The Mike Austin/ Dan Slaughter method. That being said, my progress with the 1 Irons was hindered by such a major change in my swing. Or, you can say that my major swing change was greatly eased with the change to the 1 Irons. At this point I prefer the later as I can not see myself EVER going back to progressive length clubs.
My new swing is comming around enough to begin to trust it more on the course and although this is the 1 iron forum, I would reccommend this swing type to anyone, especially the new golfer or the golfer with back problems.
Back to the 1 Irons, I have adapted very well to the long irons and am really striking them solid. Although the wedges still feel long, I have adapted well to them also and am beginning to trust the distances(which are much longer for me). I am just not used to hitting a sand wedge 105 yards. But, after flying enough greens I am starting to believe.
Conclusion on the 1 Irons for now;
Nice appearance at address, sits very square.
Large sweet spot with minimal loss of distance on off center hits.
Very high ball flight with a standard swing.
Easy to draw, much more difficult to cut.
Very, Very good feel for a cast clubhead. Solid and soft.
Impart a ton of back spin, grooves are sharp.
Overall for me, 1 club longer than anything I have played before.
Consistant distances shot to shot, unlike many cast clubs where for no appearant reason you hit the ball 20 yards longer or shorter than normal.
Well, I can't think of any more accolades I can put on these irons right now. they are flat out THE BEST for your game.
Stop hesitating and pull the trigger, you are wasting your time and energy and emotion playing with anything else. I have 7 full sets of irons in my garage that are now worthless to me now and they are going on E-bay as soon as I have time.
Thanks to you, Mr Lake, for having the commitment, fortitude and love of the game to design and produce these clubs, I, as many before, will always thank you.
I suppose the next logical step will be to get the driver... but them I will have 6 other worthless drivers in my garage....
Thanks again,
Steve P.
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Re: My 1 Iron journey -- David Lake, 14:12:55 03/25/08 Tue
Steve,
Thank you for your kind words. I have found this thread to be very interesting and enlightening.
David Lake
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