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...

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

scotts33

Hogan flighted his clubs so they would never go higher than 90 feet. There was a tree at Shady Oaks that he used for a guide on keeping his shots no higher than that height.

IMO this really is a swing issue not equipment.

toraider

I'm sure Spuzz will chime in to say..."He may be good, but he ain't Hogan!" 😆

Par4QC

pellmell I don't know about those PGA figures. Can't recall the last time I saw ANY tour Pro hit an 8i only 160. Or any of those figures for irons, for that matter, unless they were 1/2 swinging. I call bullshit.

colej

Par4QC

last week Bryson had 194 and hit a 8 or 9 iron. Can’t remember for sure which one.

pellmell

Par4QC Yeah the tour average total driving distance is 301 yards, but for this discussion the relevant stat is how the apex of a shot is correlated to ball speed and landing angle.

Par4QC

colej Yeah, with a checked swing no doubt. 😄
They've been hitting PW at 160+.

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