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**Galsteinbok** · 09-26-2012, 09:01 AM

One I have always been curious about is "hooding your irons". I used to drink with a couple of blowhards (older guys that knew better than all) and when we would discuss golf, they would ask how far I could hit my sticks. I would tell them a distance with a club, any club, and they would always say, "Oh, its probably because you hood your irons". WTF does that even mean?

I believe "hooding your irons" refers to intentionally leaning the shaft forward at set up thereby having it with a forward lean at impact, in effect "de-lofting" the iron.
If your normal distance for a 9i is 130, by hooding it, you effectively turn the loft into that of an 8 or 7i and increase the distance you can hit it.

Feel free to correct me if I am wrong fellow THP'ers!

09-26-2012, 09:01 AM	#16
Galsteinbok Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 548 Senior Member	One I have always been curious about is "hooding your irons". I used to drink with a couple of blowhards (older guys that knew better than all) and when we would discuss golf, they would ask how far I could hit my sticks. I would tell them a distance with a club, any club, and they would always say, "Oh, its probably because you hood your irons". WTF does that even mean? I believe "hooding your irons" refers to intentionally leaning the shaft forward at set up thereby having it with a forward lean at impact, in effect "de-lofting" the iron. If your normal distance for a 9i is 130, by hooding it, you effectively turn the loft into that of an 8 or 7i and increase the distance you can hit it. Feel free to correct me if I am wrong fellow THP'ers!
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