Sterling: A Single-Length Iron Story
Weirfan @ValueGolf has advised against changing your tip trim, presumably because it would potentially alter the balance point and thereby ruin the one feel approach. I’m not sure if I would notice or not, but I suppose it’s possible.
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The balance point isnt going to move that much if i trim a shaft 1/2 or 3/4 inch , especially with the clubs being same length and total weight. outside of perhaps a slightly softer feel im not likely to be able to detect any difference , not that sensitive to such changes. i might have to toy with things but i typically like stiffer shafts in my wedges , normal in mid and softer in long irons. Im not really as concerned with feel in this build as i am with consistency of stance , position and swing plane.
I prefer the look and feel of the PinHawks after having both side by side. The Sterlings look strange to me at address they are freaking HUGE. The normal cor faces are a nice feel, the hi-cor felt hollow and clicky to me, I didn’t like them. That said, I bet the long irons are really longer. I have the PinHawk 5 iron, it has a definite max distance capped at 200 yards for me, which isn’t quite as long as I can hit a hard 5 in a tradition set. That said, I can hit a hard 5 and know it will stay close to target with the Pinhawk, I’ll make that trade.
36.5" is what I built to. Based on Mizuno standard length, it's right between 8i and 7i. I choke down a little here and there to cut a little distance off a necessary. It has felt like a great length for me.
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ValueGolf Wishon is coming out with SL Fairways? LOL
I have been playing the Pinhawk SL fairways all summer. They are the best fairway woods I have ever hit. My cart bud has been using mine all summer and is ordering him some. Now if we can twist Aaron's arm to come out with a 9 wood also that would be great.
What shafts are you playing in them, and what length?
JeffTilley What shafts are you playing in them, and what length?
Mitsubishi Fubuki AX 65 fairway shafts tip trimmed for a 5 wood and playing at 43.5".
Damn, you must be tall!
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JeffTilley Damn, you must be tall!
6' 2" but I always play my clubs over length. My Sterling SL's are 38.5" including the wedges.
Well, that settles it then. I'm 5'10" and my Sterlings are 36.5", which means I'll build some Pinhawk fairways to 41.5". Wishon's SL fairways probably won't be released until next summer at the earliest.
Do you have a link to the Wishon SL Fairways? I don't see mention of them anywhere.
Tom has mentioned them several times in the comment sections under Sterling irons and fairway wood designs.