What iron lofts do you prefer?

[ARIC]

I was curious as to what lofts you prefer for your irons? I am purchasing a new set of irons and can't decide whether to go standard lofts or 2 degrees strong. Any comments or opinions on this?

[rbue]

i like strong lofts like mizuno mp-33's

[Guest]

I would just tweak the specific clubs where you have a distance gap that needs to be increased. No point in doing the whole set if you don't need it.

[ARIC]

I have decided to go 2 degrees stronger.

3 - 20

4 - 23

5 - 26

6 - 30

7 - 34

8 - 38

9 - 42

PW - 46

[kre8ivetl]

mp33's aren't strong lofted thuough, callaways are. I prefer weaker lofts, i bent my hogan ftx's to match my old set of 33's.

[jeffy]

I can't see the logic of going strong; that only creates big distance gaps in the wedges, the most important scoring clubs. Whether you like David Pelz or not, his research exposes the drawbacks of this approach. My lofts are as follows:

21* 3 iron

25* 4 iron

30* 5.5 iron

35* 7 iron

40* 8 iron

45* 9 iron

50* PW

55* SW

60* LW

64* XL

The 3 through PW shafts step down in 0.625" increments (instead of the standard 0.5"), the PW through XL drop in 0.25" increments. I also carry a driver, 15* and 19* fairways and putter. I highly recommend this set up for those who play on severe, fast greens like I do, where the 64* comes in very handy. I also have the flexibility to drop the 64* and add a 7 wood if the greens aren't too severe. The extra 1* loft gap/0.125" shaft increment in the irons adds only 2 to 3 yards to the distance gaps, which is very manageable.

Jeff

[hornyjuan]

64* !!!!!!!!!!

[jeffy]

hornyjuan wrote:

64* !!!!!!!!!!

yeah...I need to be careful that the ball doesn't knock my hat off when I use that sucker!

Jeff