ZWExton

It was my impression that they had to lower the center of gravity because they had jacked up the lofts and at the jacked up loft most players would not be able to get enough height because of the stronger lofts not the other way around. But to the OP yes accuracy is more important than distance in most clubs except for the driver and for most the driver is grip it and rip it. But the irons must be accurate because greens are much smaller than fairways.

    sdandrea1

    Bingo. It's all about the center if gravity. Because the modern game improvement irons have a lower center of gravity they've been able to strengthen the lofts while not affecting trajectory.

    The G15 6 iron has 29 degrees of loft. The G 6 iron has 27 degrees of loft. I had my G irons strengthened for gapping reasons. So my G 6 iron is now 25.5 degrees. The G 6 iron is now around 8 to 10 yards longer that the G15 6 iron.

    Bottom line is it's not what number is on the club. It's knowing how far you hit each club and making sure your gaps between each club fit your game.

    I look at my bag as a tool box. For each shot I need to pick the right tool for that shot, regardless of what number is engraved on the bottom of that club.

      Tinker nailed it! I now how to have a GW in the bag, the jump is just too big.

        sdandrea1

        I swear that every time I'm on a par 3 tee station and a good shot is hit (not necessarily by me haha), someone in the group will ask, "What'd you hit?" so they can try to base their club selection on it. Some golfers really obsess about being able to hit a certain club the farther than others that they fail to take into consideration that consistency and accuracy are more important than distance as well as that all 7 irons (or whatever club) are not all the same based on loft, head design, etc.

            golfer_LD ain't that the truth!
            I always tell people they'd best ignore what club I hit because I don't have much distance and my irons have old school lofts. If I tell them, it's more likely to hurt them than to help them, to be honest.

              sdandrea1 sdandrea1
              2 hours ago

              golfer_LD

              When asked, I will tell them what club I hit, followed my "but you shouldn't select a club based on me AND I'M ADDING A 2 STROKE PENALTY FOR ASKING FOR ADVICE ".

              Fixed it for you. I just beat Atticus Finch, wherever you are, to the punch. 😁