Comments on: Why are Golf Clubs Different Lengths? Part II of II

By: Tim

Tim — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 02:48:09 +0000

Hey Pat…I just read (i do not own..yet!) about the 1 iron golf system that have all irons same length…makes sense to me.

By: Pat From Tampa

Pat From Tampa — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 07:57:28 +0000

Pardon me, but that’s a bunch of hooey. The grips are long enough on clubs that we can choke up (grip down on the shaft) a couple inches if more precision is needed. Look at Anthony Kim’s grip if you need proof. What is mainly needed is more CONSISTENCY, which will only be achieved by keeping the swing plane and stance as identical as possible, swing after swing. All irons in a set should be the same length…period. I’ve been playing for 50 years and I’m soon going to be getting a set re-shafted so all the heads have the same lie angle and the shafts are the same length, shafted to the length of my current four iron. After all, what sense does it make that a sand wedge (which actually has to hit LOWER, down into the sand in traps, to get the ball airborne), is the shortest club in the set? Say WHAT???

By: How is the Length of a Golf Club Measured? Part I of II

How is the Length of a Golf Club Measured? Part I of II — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 14:56:09 +0000

[...] You are at the range and drop a ball on the ground (or place it on a tee). You grab a custom golf club randomly out of your golf bag and then try to hit the ball with club. It could be any club. Plus it simply doesn’t matter if the golf club is 32” or 48” since you only intent is to hit the back of the ball with the front of the face. The first in a sequence of things you do is set the clubhead behind the ball and then stand … continued [...]