Low launching iron heads

candukid · 2020-10-20T00:27:05+00:00

Okay. I hit the ball high. I want to bring my flight down. But most heads hit it higher since that is what most people need. I don't. What is out there th...

LogicalOne

These puppies will bring that ball flight down! 😜

DonM

The surest easy solution is lower lofts in heads that aren't low COG.

The best solution is to stop flipping. 🙂 But I know that's hard. I fixed my flip during an off season a few years ago. You can't hardly fix it while hitting balls. The presence of the ball short circuits all of your good intentions. So no balls, just swings at a spot on the carpet. Being sure to strike the carpet after the aim spot. It will get easier as you go. A few swings every day, all winter. By spring when you finally hit a ball, you won't believe what has happened.

I sure hope that someone, anyone, takes my advice on this before I die. I'm 62, so there's hope.

LogicalOne

DonM A few swings every day, all winter. By spring.......you will need to replace your carpet. 😂

scotts33

DonM The best solution is to stop flipping.

How to stop flipping. Best way bar none. Most golfers have never felt the correct way the wrists work in the golf swing. ( Flexion, ulnar deviation, supination) I guarantee you won't flip after using the Impact Snap religiously. Also cures a whole myriad of swing issues.

candukid

DonM
i have tried. I will take your advice and start swinging in the living room. I had some success today moving the ball way back in my stance but did hit a couple thin. And yes i can clear tall trees with a 6 iron also.

DonM

LogicalOne
Surprisingly no. At least not on the carpet I was using. I did move around some too. But there are workarounds obviously.

johnnydoom

Don't know anything about swings, or much about clubs and shafts for that matter. I can only describe my own experience knowing that my swing, at least when on, hasn't changed much in 20 years. 20 years ago I was playing Wilson Gooseneck Staff blades with DGR400 shafts and my stock iron shots were a boring and very controllable trajectory. I liked those shafts enough, that I built component sets with forged cavity backs and the same Dynamic Gold R400 shafts, and both of those launch the ball on a notably higher trajectory. I don't know how much difference the shaft makes since I didn't put different shafts in any of these heads, but the blades definitely went significantly lower with the shafts than the cavity backs do. The cavity backs were TP Forged that I bought from LowProGolf, and Alpha C1 Pro irons that I bought used in the FGI swap shop.

colej

candukid

sometimes a simple slightly forward press will help you accomplish this. Address the ball get setup and press your hands forward. Then start your backswing.

Typhoon

candukid

No, no, no don’t move it further back, that’ll make the flip worse and your entire swing worse. If anything you move the ball up and take your address position 6 inches behind ( like a Moe Norman driver set up). This forces you to hold off the flip to get to the ball. You’re weight will transfer better as well.

candukid

Spuzz
S800 forged. Not the 200.
sheesh.
my current gamers are the DTG PI-25 with FST 115. Don’t want to go any heavier in shaft weight. I can hit the 7 About 145 if I catch it clean.

Spuzz

candukid Don’t want to go any heavier in shaft weight

LOL on the sheesh, ya dinkus.

I don't think you need any heavier, maybe stiffer tip.
or fix your swing a bit. Remember the "cover the ball" vids I sent ya?
:0

Mattyv

candukid

Those FST shafts are high fliers. I like them because my natural swing produces low ball flight and they help me get it up.🤣 Stiffer tip should help as mentioned.

toraider

Perhaps you can find some TT DG105 S300 or Nippon Modus Tour 105 Stiff to try in one head before committing to a set of shafts. Those should be stiffer than the FSTs, not sure what a KBS version might be...

Typhoon

toraider

Modus Tour 105 won’t help. They are high hitting shafts, I have them in my Ping ie-1 irons and I have a little flip which is worse with those. They give me the high and rights. I have a DG pro which is heavier and I don’t have that issue. I can draw the ball again.

shokosugi

I'm a high ball hitter and when I need to alter flight I do one or more of these things. Moving the ball back in the stance effectively increases the shaft lean anyways and then I'll decide if i need to do even more of a forward press. Decreasing my following through also makes it easier to hit down on the ball (stinger type shot). If I do all these things, I can hit a low stinger. Try em all and see what happens as it will be almost impossible to hit it high in my opinion.

Ball position - move it back
Increase shaft lean slightly
Decrease follow through

toraider

FYI - I think I have a few Apollo Hump R-Flex shafts if you want to try those, like Kev mentioned. 110 Gram shafts.

KCee

Ball back in stance and forward press works for me, but then the problem is that I will draw/hook the heck out of the ball at times. It's a fantastic shot when I'm in the trees on the left and need to get out. My buddies look at me at say "You can't hit that wide fairway off the tee, but you can thread a low hook through all those trees to the green?" I can't quite figure out the low slice yet, but I will be a complete player when I do 😆

Typhoon

This always gets good reviews for delivering the club to ball properly correcting a flip.

https://www.tourstriker.com/product/tour-striker-7-iron/

Par4QC

Low launching irons heads are those that have the numbers 2 & 3 & 4 on the heads.

There is nothing wrong with hitting the ball extremely high. Imagine watching someone hit their 6i and it goes so high you almost lose sight of it. And it lands 230-250 yds. down the course. It's not the height, it's the hit, and how it was applied.

LBlack14

Didn't I read somewhere years ago that all your clubs should hit the same hight, but the decent angle is the difference? Does that make sense?

Typhoon

LBlack14 Didn't I read somewhere years ago that all your clubs should hit the same hight, but the decent angle is the difference? Does that make sense?

Yes, you are correct LB. If you go on the Trackman website they have charts that show the numbers for each club and peak height with all clubs is within a yard or 2 of each other. This chart is always my beef with “jacked lofts”claims.

https://blog.trackmangolf.com/trackman-average-tour-stats/

pellmell

LBlack14

TrackMan Optimizer Values

6 iron (optimized for carry and landing angle)

@ 95 mph club speed = height of 36 yards
@ 85 mph club speed = height of 32 yards
@ 75 mph club speed = height of 26 yards
@ 65 mph club speed = height of 19 yards

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