[oxinsnepe]

It's difficult to know what to say honestly...you wrote above that your aim was to get from 84 (which is what you are currently shooting) to the 70's...the yardage you seem to be getting from your 7i seems fine (in fact it's very long)...if you really want to get to the 70's from the 80's, then it's a question of analyzing your scores every time you go out (maybe over 10 rounds) and then to see where you're losing strokes. If you're hitting a 7i, 170,then distance with your irons isn't the problem...how many greens are you hitting in regulation, how many drives on the fairway (and how long) how far from the pin are your approach shots on average, how many pars do you save when you get into a bunker, and mist importantly, how many putts on average a round (hit for show putt for dough just isn't a saying...its very true)...you get the idea...so I would suggest analyzing your next 10 rounds, seeing where you lose the most strokes n average and then making a list of things, in order of areas which need improvement (descending order)...then go out and practice like hell to get better!

[MoreEndotte]

There's more to distance than just swing speed. It is swing speed + launch angle + spin that creates carry distance. The idea is to get all of those optimal to one another. My carry distance avg with my i20/CFS combo 7iron is like 164 yards but I hit my 7iron on the course from anywhere from 145-175 yards out. On course depends on so many elements that must be factored in.

[Kimaamighed]

I'm in the same boat, but distance isn't everything. It is knowing your game and sticking to your game plan. Do you think LPGA'ers hit it that much further than us? No! There are other aspects to your game that only you can control. I let some of buddies out drive me all day, but the way to combat that is stick your driver in the fairway and then stick the green. That will piss them off all the time.

I wouldn't change anything in your setup and just let your course management and strategy and beat your opponents and Internet golfers by showing up at the course and showing no mercy. You can do it!

[weightpillsnow]

I hit my 7 iron 140-150 but that's because I changed to a set with higher lofts and shorter shafts to try and get more accuracy. My old set I could hit my 7 iron 150-160

[f6HLLFcw]

wow, I've been using Regular flex on my irons and I hit my 7 iron 150 but I can sometimes hit a hook with my irons so today I got my swing speed measured and my Driver swing broke 100 and my iron swing was about 93 so I got fit for a new set of irons in stiff. I was surprised.

[Blaxastij]

wow, I've been using Regular flex on my irons and I hit my 7 iron 150 but I can sometimes hit a hook with my irons so today I got my swing speed measured and my Driver swing broke 100 and my iron swing was about 93 so I got fit for a new set of irons in stiff. I was surprised.

Please let me know if the stiffer irons helps eliminate the hook. Out if 10 - 7 iron hits, 5 goes straight, 5 has a hook for me.

Thanks all for your replies. I really don't play golf by what people do on the internet. This is not a bad thing though. That is why we ALL come to this forum. I was just asking what your swing speed and distance was to compare mine to see if a stiffer shaft would help. I know to get fitted, just looking for some comparisons from people on this golf forum.

[Blaxastij]

I'm with the man, the myth, the legend here.

Know your distances and play your distances, who gives a rip about the others?

But I thought this was why we all come to this forum. We gather information from the vast majority here or even from just a couple of people that we believe are very knowledgable. In a sense, for this forum to be beneficial, we would have to give a rip about others. Correct me if I am wrong here. This is especially surprising coming from you Jman. I have been reading all your reviews because you take the time to explain the product, situation, how you did something, why you did something. And I find all your reviews to be very enlightening. So much so, I bought my Ping I20's because I did give a rip about others.

This is not a slander post because I have all the utmost respect for you. I have seen though too many times people ask questions on this forum and we just really "pencil whip" the answers when most of the time people all ready know to get fitted, they are just wanting opinions from people on this forum that they do give a rip about. Please correct me if I am wrong here.

To know my distance and play my distance would be like saying know your slice and play your slice would it not? Instead, we would want the person to know your slice and learn how to correct it I believe. If my distance is short, I would want to get it to where it should be. That is why I posted here. Just wanting to know everyones distance and ss

[pobrierce]

I hit my 7 iron 140-150 but that's because I changed to a set with higher lofts and shorter shafts to try and get more accuracy. My old set I could hit my 7 iron 150-160

This. The shaft trajectory makes a big difference as well. Was talking to my buddy the other night who is a 7 handicapper. He currently hits his Razrx 7 155 yards and has stiff shafts in them. He is looking to move into forged irons and demoed the Taylormade mb's. He was hitting thae TM 9 155 yards. I asked him why and he told me the shaft was certain to have a lower trajectory because he didn't hit the TM 9 as high as he hit the Razr 7.

Got me to thinking a lot about shafts. I have just the stock burner steel in regular flex on my 2.0's. I want to increase my distance as well on my irons, not by much but want to increase them. I hit my 7 around 154 yards. It seems that by increasing my club head speed I increase the height on my shots by a bunch, but the yardage increases very little. My thinking is that is the trajectory of the stepped shafts produces and I am not going to increase the distance unless I switch shafts. Like another poster already stated, I am not switching shafts until I get new clubs because it is expensive.

[megatrendsZ]

However, every single soul on this forum is different and has a different swing, one that is there own. This is why it will serve more of a purpose to get fit and see for yourself the difference, that is not "pencil whipping" anything, that's fact.

Beyond that comparisons and thoughts from other on the forum are fine, but fact is some people are not long hitters and some are. Because of that I firmly believe if the "pencil whipped" answer of a fitting isnt enough the focus should be on mastering ones swing and playing the distances he or she gets. I'm shorter than alot on here according to their "distances" but I don't give a flip, I know my yardages and trust that my swing will get my happy butt where I need to go in a streamlined fashion.

Reviewing as well as sharing general knowledge if a club, how to play a shot, or even ideas on how one should fill their gaps and this are different spectrums in my opinion, sorry if that is surprising. I just do not see the relation of telling every detail you can about a club or product for others in a legible manner to help inform someone and what others distances are and why mine aren't the same. The bottom line is that people will always be longer or shorter than you and your 7i due to swing differences as well as loft differences and especially if they were properly fit or not.

Bottom line for ME is it is my personal opinion and I truly don't give a rip about what anyone else's yardages are compared to mine as I don't play their swing, that won't change for ME. Yardages on the internet are a joke, I think this discussion has come up this week, with this you inevitably get the guys who will tell you their swing speed and distances honestly and then the guys who will tell you their 7i was 200mph and they hit it 300 yards on an average day. THAT is why I PERSONALLY don't care about others distances.

It would take alot more than this to make me feel "slandered" on a forum, everyone's opinions are different....just like their distances.


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[Blaxastij]

Because I do value your golfing skills and knowledge, may I ask what are your distances with teh 7 iron and your swing speed?