P790 irons… Holy Crap!

Typhoon · 2021-10-12T00:15:28+00:00

I was picking up baskets at the range and one of our members was there and he has a set a few years old. I grabbed the 7 iron. I’ve never hit these outside...

Eguller

Typhoon That’s why I posted it Eguller. Didn’t know if you got it out on the course but I wanted you to see what you could be looking forward to!

I've had the P790's out once - not enough to make any judgements as the weather was iffy. Today, I am
experimenting with a minimalist bag with only the 7 & 9 irons in the bag but decent weather. In any case,
they are very nice performing irons so far. Updates as needed.

colej

Typhoon

To bad you can’t hit the 790 with the shaft that’s in the ping. If you still see the ball speed increase but straight you'd be in there like swimwear.

KCee

Typhoon Nippon 950 R??? Surprised the Apex wasn't higher lol. How much did you have to ease off? I had 950 S in a set of Mizunos and they are a high launching iron shaft.

Typhoon

KCee Typhoon Nippon 950 R??? Surprised the Apex wasn't higher lol. How much did you have to ease off? I had 950 S in a set of Mizunos and they are a high launching iron shaft.

For me the softer flex will go more left, not higher. I had to back off a little and be more conscious of making it not go too far left.

Maugust789

CRIPEY!!! That 7 iron is close to my 4 iron numbers...

Par4QC

Maugust789 Club speed is close, more than likely, over, my ball speed. With driver........😩

ode

Maugust789 I don't know my "numbers" but as to total distance that's about where my 4i/h would be. I go 26 * 5 driving iron to 21 * 3h....right in between there.

rsvman2

Maugust789 4-iron? That's a 3-hybrid or 5-wood for me.

sdandrea1

Maugust789 That 7 iron is close to my 4 iron numbers

What's a 4 iron?

Sneakylong

rsvman2

I might just get him with my 3 wood. lol

MartinD

Low 120s ball speed is in the range of what I get with driver - a good drive for me will get around 200 yards of carry.

sdandrea1

Par4QC His 8i was only going 228.

Giphy - Jimmy Fallon What GIF by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Par4QC

sdandrea1 Seeing shots like that, on TV, is one thing, but to see it in reality on a course is just jaw dropping. It's just a regular shot for him, and my jaw has a permanent droop. 😂

Maugust789

sdandrea1 What's a 4 iron?

A 4 iron is what I use instead of a hybrid, because I don't hit hybrids well. I always carry a hybrid but it doesn't mean I use it.

Par4QC

sdandrea1 One day, just for fun, I pulled one for a 185 shot. Hit the green, scared hell outta me, and it's never been back in the bag. No way will I ever be disappointed by not being able to duplicate that shot!!! 👍

Walterjn

Maugust789 sounds like the reason I carry my 5 wood. Well that and when I end up in the rough more than 200 yards out...

Eguller

Rex --- You may be right. Overall, the P790's are fun to hit, feel great and fly. But, I need to step
down in tempo the get the most out of the Ventus shafts. What this tells me is that the overall heft
of the club is a bit light even with a D2 SW. I am going to put 7-9 grams of lead tape down the shaft
length to adjust heft and see what happens. I may be able to keep my tempo up to norm that way.
We'll see..... Lovely playing clubs though. 🏌

Par4QC

Eguller iirc, I did have the R flex Ventus, at any rate, they only weighed 66g. , I came to find out. I pulled/sold them, and installed a set of Nippon Pro 1150GH, S flex....added the necessary weight where needed, and they were gold! But, far too nice for my game so I 'passed' them on before they got any marks on them.
I do still drool over pics of those irons though. 😄 But, the Apex 21s are also good lookers/players.

KCee

Typhoon For me the softer flex will go more left, not higher.

I've found that as well. I have DG 105 R300 now and they seem to have same height, but less chance of missing left than my Recoil 110 Stiff. I prefer more traditional lofts as my course has some trees I can still get over and sometimes need to.

Typhoon

MartinD Softer flex makes it go left for me Martin. It wasn’t really that big of a draw, like I told Kcee, I actually had to back off some to keep it not from going too far left. I definitely was able to swing my Ping harder. That’s why I can’t imagine the possibilities with a properly fitted shaft on those.

The loft I think is 2 degrees lower… not much and height with what people call strong lofted irons was the same as the Ping.

Typhoon

KCee I don’t hit the traditional loft 7 iron any higher than the modern loft. They are made to attain the same peak height.

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