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WATCH out WHEN buying HOLLOW BODIED IRONS!!



WATCH out WHEN buying HOLLOW BODIED IRONS!!

Today guys we are talking about Hollow bodied irons I’ve got five different Hollow bed irons all in a seven iron loft but we have four different lofs across those five irons so very interesting there that when you’re going to get irons fitted and you hit your normal 7 iron

Shot we want to know exactly how far that’s going to go and if I hit a 7 iron there and it goes 160 yard carry that could be because of the loft there straight away on the Club but then if somebody puts me in another club and it

Goes 170 yards that might not be because of you it might not because of the clubs better it might just be because of the physical Loft on that Golf Club so it’s very interesting for you when you go for a fitting to make sure that you know

Your Lofts a lot of clubs are coming with now retro Lofts they’re coming with standard lofs or they’re coming with power lofs so you need to make sure you’re optimizing what you get obviously for me I know how far I hit is I know exactly that we’re going to show you the

Differences with a mid- handicap golfer today we’re going to get him in now with his own normal golf clubs the golf clubs that he uses and then we’re going to compare those to the biggest brands on the market so Dave’s in here now obviously he’s got his current irons his

Tacomo 101 T’s which he went for these because there’s less offset he also went for these because they’re not as stronger lofted so interested in here obviously this is a 32° Cen it’s the highest lofted that we have and we can see straight away Dave knows what to expect

From his shots straight away there carrying 130 going 140 so you did you say to me Dave if you remember a set of clubs you can’t remember what manufactur it was I think it might have been somebody like Wilson and um they didn’t get the number of the iron on the bottom

Like a seven a six or an eight or whatever it gave the loft of the iron which I think could be a good way to go yeah so it gives the degrees of L there so you can compare you know exactly what you’ve got so interesting enough guys

We’ we’ve got Callaway we have ping we have tayor maid and we also have the elusive that you can’t buy anymore Kirklands who are currently getting sued by Taylor M so be interesting to see what they’ve got but we’ve got four different lofs like I said at the start

Of this video and what’s that going to make a difference two good shots from Dave exactly what we expect from it to come it was 130 carry going 140 we’re going to hit one more and then we’re going to go straight in to the C

Bit left but a bit of a step through but distance-wise extremely consistent like we’ve seen on the golf course so callaways we’re going to go for the AI smoke guys so we are sticking with a hollow body design here we have got this set a little bit

Flatter to help Dave with the lefts but interesting enough here The Loft on this club drops down to 28° so 4° difference there are we going to see a difference in Flight obviously are we going to see a big difference in distance because you could say this is basically one Club stronger straight

Away there from Dave not his best strike best but but let’s hit another one here obviously down behind the ball does it certainly look stronger Dave it does a bit and it seems a bit more offset as well little bit more offset so interesting there this is obviously when

You’re looking at these kind of clubs obviously Hollow Bodies a lot of them do have a little bit more offset potentially so if you’re somebody who loses the ball to the right they could be great for you if you like Dave and lose it left maybe they AR so there a little bit

Further so 133 three yards maybe two yards further so not much in it so very interesting there obviously the pretty similar strike Dave yeah um not quite as high as the highest one that I did with me and this is where you’ve got to think what kind

Of ions do you need to help you lower your scores obviously if you’re getting a higher Landing angle you might be able to hold the green a little bit more and that’s what exactly what we’re trying to do with Dave Dave’s ballf flight was too low and that’s the reason why it went

Towards the maybe lesser lofted or the the weaker Lofts on the tacos to help encourage a higher ball flag and get a landing angle and again if you’re somebody who maybe hits it too high these could be the perfect Club they these might help you get that lower

Trajectory that you are looking for certainly lower there from Dave yeah that’s going to carry again a little bit further 137 going closer to 150 so interesting there but what’s up next next up we have probably one of the most popular clubs in this brand the one that’s really dominated for the last

Couple of years the tailor made p790 interesting here we’ve got a we’ve got a loft of 30.5 so right in the middle Dave obviously not too strong we know they do have the p770 as well but these will be probably towards a mid to higher handicapper just because they are a

Little bit bigger they probably give you that a little bit more confidence but what’s this going to do for Dave obviously we can see if he did hit the Callaway a little bit better he did sneak five more yards straight away there Dave a higher ball flight shorter though bit short so

Interesting how was the strike on that one uh felt a little bit toe from honest okay so tow strike there certainly lost some distance or interested there these are forgiving irons but even if you do Mis strike it and nearly miss the ball you will lose some distance Dave thanks

For that Chris no problem okay so a little bit of offset on these where we can see there you can see it we can see Dave turning to over 121 there so not going as far here so that wasn’t a bad strike from Dave but a little bit down and this is where

Obviously it’s all about the shaft in the head have you got it the right swing we and Dave’s got a fitting coming up from one of the probably the best place to get fitted in the UK and you’ll be very interested about the outcome it was a

Real eye opener for you Dave wasn’t it it was it was yeah I was um very surprised at the outcome right let’s go to the next so now we go to the Ping i525 so Club that’s been on the range for Ping for a couple of years now we

There is rumors of a new version of this coming out potentially this year but same Loft 30.5 Dave so again right in the middle there not the weakest Loft not the strongest Loft the same kind of look but which one are we preferring obviously it’s all down to personal

Preference are you a Callaway person are you a tailor made guy Are you a ping person that’s the big question caught the ground Chris it don’t matter what it is if you’re hit the ground about 3 in behind the ball correct Dave I didn’t want to say

Anything but not so guys the reason we’re in here today is unfortunately golf coures again closed we will be putting these to the test out on the golf course over the year with other IR that you can comment below what do you want to see as test is it shrien is it

Wilson you want to get those involved in this discussion sounded again just a little bit before not too bad 122 again not bad for distance but a little bit down so interesting there that Dave’s had his Tacoma was confident with those and although they’re the weakest LOF they

Were the most consistent and the best front to back dispersion so it just shows guys obviously it’s when you’ve got a club you’re confident with you like the look of it and you’ve got the right shaft potentially okay pretty good strike there from Dave and that’s more like it out there

Obviously at that distance so right where is Tacoma would be but we can see not as consistent as that 101t the final club we do have the Kirkland Signature so not on sale at the moment because it is under a lawsuit with tailor made for its claimed and its technology let’s see

Obviously with Dave’s first look at this how it performs is that why it’s not on the website yeah it is yes it says sold out but it may because of other reasons but 31 degrees here with the 7 iron so interested enough obviously this again is a different Loft so we’ve had five

Seven irons and we’ve had four different Lofts so it’s very hard for you then obviously in a fitting you might be gaining distance because of the Loft maybe not because of the club so this is where you’ve really got to look into that before you go into a fitting

So Top Line it looks quite thick you know like the CW used to be yeah so more like the Apex the ones you had before the dcbs so very interesting here that there is different LS so obviously it’s very important also to think about your budget you’ll see on screen now the

Different price points we’ve got so there’s a big range in costs for these clubs straight away there that launched pretty high Dave GED a little bit down and performance RIS with these Kirkland clubs again we’ve seen there plenty of reviews online they are performing pretty well I’m yet to

Actually try them out really but because they might not come back to be honest but um that’s a big thing but comment below guys have you got a set of the Kirkland are you enjoying them and what do you think to the lawsuit not bad if you hit them thin like that

Chris I mean it went straight yeah bonus so guys what other clubs do you want to see Dave testing out this year do we want to see like I said earlier in this video some Wilsons do we want to see some shrien Dave’s hitting it a little bit

Better there yeah again 120 a little bit down so just a launch on there hey guys that that’s a prime example there of mid- handicap goal for testing irons obviously sometimes different irons will react different with different shafts in them so that one there with the Kirkland

Did launch a little bit High it has got premium components but just wasn’t getting the distance we saw that from the p790 maybe that’s launching a little bit too high for Dave or the shaft might be a little bit heavier than his shaft in the Tacomo so the Tacomo still

Winning for Dave but what clubs are you buying this year or what have you tested and what do you want to see on the channel guys hope youve enjoyed that unfortunately we can’t be outside at the minute because the golf courses are closed but we will be back out there in

The next coming weeks and hopefully we’ll get these clubs out there and really put them to the test on the golf course

25 Comments

  1. What shaft is Dave playing in the Takoma's?
    It would be a nice comparison if all clubs tested used the same or very similar shaft for the comparison. Love these videos. Keep up the great work. ⛳️

  2. When playing with others some turn it into an "I can hit my 7 iron further than yours" competition. Just know your distances. PS I've got 101Ts and luv'em.

  3. I have found that with my 75mph club head speed that whilst I see gains in the shorter irons with stronger lofts things begin to fall off after the 7 iron. In fact my 30 degree 6 iron goes better than most of the stronger lofted 6 irons I have tried. Even with my traditionally lofted irons I need to go to a hybrid to maintain the yardage gap between 6 and 5 iron.

  4. I'm intrigued to see if you are able to get a set of the Ram FX77 irons at £3-400 on their website. Yet another brand not many people would know of unless they remember them in the past, but offer value in a set like these

  5. I had the P790s but not good for me, so changed to Tour Edges E722 graphites regular and what a difference, I’m ganna go for a ping G730 fitting soon

  6. I am not a tour player, I don't carry many long clubs. Driver, 4h, 6i, 8i. They do the job of getting within 130 yards from the green. Within 130 yards I have a full range of wedges, pw-58, chipper and my putter. It suits me better and helps keep the bag light. Downside is that I payed for several irons I don't use. I own a full set of irons (well, several sets of irons), but I rarely use a full bag on course. I havn't got the skill to lob a 4i onto the green, so I don't even try. And it is rare that I even need to, I plan ahead and choose clubs that don't leave me 200 yards from the green. Having a game plan is better than trying to max distance every shot.

  7. The srixon zx5 is an absolute beast. Ive tried everything out there and they are by far the best Ive had. Even took my Mizunos out of the bag for them.

  8. Great video, thanks to both of you fine gentlemen. I would please like to see Dave hit some PXG 0211 irons and perhaps another higher price point PXG iron, thanks again!!!…<><…:)

  9. Manufactures go through phases . The latest phase is strong loft and nearly All the clubs are offset!! Personally I hate offset clubs.. Also it seems to be the shafts offered on clubs as well . I like Wilson irons but to get a set of CBs or MBs the shaft options are stiff . You cant get regular or Senior as standard. Regular/Senior shaft options tend to be for Forgiving/game improvement clubs only

  10. Putting the loft on the club makes ZERO sense. It would only be more confusing. Remembering 1 number is easier than 21, 25, 30, and so on. Club brand to club brand the loft may not be the most important factor of spin and launch angle. CG and ball strike can be more important in the long run. I hit may 7 iron about 200 (around 100 mph club head) and it generally only rolls out 6-10 feet. Mizuno JXP 923 pros. Does the loft really matter. I hit a 7 my buddy hits a 6. Same flight different loft. The purist that want all old lofts would have my gapping screwed. Loft jacking only matters in a negative way if the design is not correct to still get proper launch angle and decent angle. The JPX line does not have that issue. I do run 5 wedges and forgo the 3 wood for gapping.

  11. For me the golden time for lofts was the 1950s and 1960s.
    At that time a sand wedge was around 56°, a pitching wedge 52°, a 9 iron 48° and so on up to a 2 iron at 20°.
    So you could buy a set of irons, 2 to SW with 4° gaps right the way through, all matched and no need to spend more money on additional wedges.

  12. As a higher handicapper i dont get very much spin if any at all so i rely on decent angle to stop my ball on the green, I was fitted for new clubs last year and my 7 iron is 28 degrees loft however it goes the distance of my old 6 iron but with the peak height and decent angle of my old 8 iron so in my case thats a win win

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