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Date Posted: 19:15:40 08/07/09 Fri
Author: David Lake
Subject: Compare apples to apples

There is no standardization in the golf industry as to loft angles. This means that one manufacturer's #7 iron might be the equivalent of another manufacturer's #6 or #5 iron. Many golf club manufacturers will make their irons with "strong" loft angles in order to give the illusion that their golf clubs produce increased distance. You have heard golfers say it a thousand times: "I can hit this #8 iron a lot farther then my old #8 iron". The fact is that they can't. What they can do is hit an 8 iron with a 35º loft angle farther than an 8 iron with a 39º loft angle. When we speak of distance increases using 1 Iron Golf clubs we are referring to the increases you will get as a result of consistent solid ball contact coupled with the dynamics of clubhead design and shaft optimization. Typically, our customers will hit our 39º loft angle iron farther than their old 39º loft angle iron for exactly these reasons. You cannot compare one manufacturer's numbered iron with that of another manufacturer; you have to compare loft angles. It just comes down to a comparison of apples to apples.

David Lake

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[> Re: Compare apples to apples -- Rick, 08:01:06 08/08/09 Sat

I found this out for myself when I compared the loft angle specs from my old irons to those of my 1 Irons and other brands. The marketing crap of the other golf companies in touting extra distance when all they're doing is changing the engraved #6 on an iron to a #7 infuriates me. I play your 1 Irons because they improved my game tremendously and because you don't play these marketing tricks. What you state is what you get. Thanks!!

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[> Re: Compare apples to apples -- steve, 16:04:14 11/13/09 Fri

Hi David

Here in Australia we have a company called Carnegie Clark who make irons with a 4 degree gap between each club. I think they are the the only company apart from 1iron who do this.
I have a 7 fairway that is 19 degrees and a 9 fairway wood that is 20.5 degrees. Yet other models from the same company have 7 and 9 woods that have different lofts.

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[> [> Re: Compare apples to apples -- steve, 13:53:39 11/21/09 Sat

Recently I bought a 7 wood of the same model as the fairway woods that I have because I was having trouble hitting my 3 iron in my set. I found I could hit it as far as my 5 wood. I went to the company website and found out that the 7 wood was only 1 degree difference. The 9 wood in the set is only 1.5 degrees difference from the 7 wood. It should be regulated in some way as we have no standard. We have a situation where 3 woods can be 14, 15 or 16 degrees, 7 woods that are 19 up to 24 degrees and 9 woods that are 20.5 degrees up to 26 degrees. Leaves the consumer baffled.

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