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Date Posted: 18:15:47 05/17/02 Fri
Author: Murlin
Subject: Re: Better clubs for Natural Golf?
In reply to: John F. 's message, "Re: Better clubs for Natural Golf?" on 16:30:41 05/17/02 Fri

I can tell you from experience that I hit each of the "1" Iron Golf irons the same distance as my previous set. The only difference is that I hit each iron in the new set consistently. My main concern was the distance factor since all of the irons are the same length. I found out that what the web site says concerning distance is absolutely true. I am convinced that the length increases between clubs have no affect on distance, it just makes the longer clubs harder to hit.

>This is a very intriguing idea. What do you think the
>actual distance from club to club would be? It seems
>that this distance would be less. Maybe this would
>require the use of fewer irons, therefore permitting
>another fairway wood and\or wedge. I think that
>keeping the wedges fairly short is still necessary for
>the finesse shots in the short game. The wedges can
>all be of the same length to maintain a consistant
>swing.
>
>I feel that removing any variable (i.e. different
>postures for different club lengths) would be of some
>benefit. Imagine, using the exact same setup for
>every shot! What length are the irons? A
>conventional 6 iron length seems to make the most
>sense, because it is closest to being within the 3
>degree bending limit of most 3 and pw iron heads (in
>order to maintain a constant lie angle).
>
>Has anyone actually tried these clubs? I'll probably
>put together a set also. I have a set of Carbite
>irons that I've never used. With some shaft cutting
>and extending, lie angle adjusting and new grips, this
>shouldn't be too difficult or expensive. I only use
>one fairway wood, and my wedges are already a
>consistant length. I just hate to do this kind of
>experimenting after the season has started.
>
>John F.
>
>
>
>>Some very coarse calculations would indicate a 6%-12%
>>loss in clubhead speed from a 3 iron to a 7 iron based
>>upon length alone. That assumes a constant "swing
>>speed", i.e. angular velocity. However, since a 7 iron
>>head is considerably heavier than a 3 iron head, I
>>suspect that the "swing speed" of the shortened 3 iron
>>would be greater than that of a 7 iron of the same
>>length, due to the lower weight, yielding a much
>>greater clubhead speed which may well compensate for
>>the shorter length.
>>
>>On the other hand it may be that any success achieved
>>by using single length clubs is probably due to more
>>solid contact and increased comfort/confidence w/ the
>>"hard to hit" longer irons.
>>
>>That being said, I'm going to cobble together an old
>>set of heads I have w/ some cheap True Temper shafts
>>and try it out anyway!

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