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I am still using Ping Eye2s - older technology and a couple of degrees more loft on each club ...but I never hit my irons long anyway - but 8 iron was always 135 - 143ish.
I got fitted back in 2008, and new clubs+shafts got me a few extra yards. As was stated earlier, the lofts have been getting stronger over the years, so my current 8i at @ 145 yards may have been more like a 7i or 6i 10+ years ago.
Two that I know for a fact will help dramatically. One is heavy squats or leg press. Allows you better balance and a more stable platform. The other is on those pully systems, you put like 30-40 lbs on it and start at hip high. Set up so your hands are at hip high and in the same position they would be in your back swing at half way point. From that position just make your golf swing to where your hands finish at the opposite hip high position. This is the hitting zone and this exercise strengthens the abdominal muscles that drive that motion through the hitting zone. Note set up in your golf stance and as you start pulling rotate your hips like you normally would in the golf swing.
I don't play golf much at all anymore, but I used to play pretty much exclusively with a 7 or 8 iron, a PW, and a putter. Obviously, I wasn't putting up great scores, but I can relatively crush a 7/8 iron (160-170 with an 8). Problem is, I can't hit any club any further than the 7, and the likely range of outcomes with longer clubs is generally disasterous. I'm 5'6". Woods/drivers feel like I'm swinging a telephone pole. I'm putting it in the woods pretty much every time. I went through a phase where I was fairly effective with a 3 iron, but I lost it.
Maybe trade in those 30 year old clubs?
Why is this happening? Seems like most people would need more clubs in the 50-150 range, not the 150-200 range. So if I go buy a new set of clubs my 8i is going to jump from 135 to 165. I'm going to have 3i-7i or 5 clubs to cover 170-210/220 and 3 wedges to cover 60-140 yards.
Update...Played last evening...had 3 approach shots where I selected 8 iron approximately 135- 140 yards...all 3 beautiful shots right at the pin.....2 yards short of the green..
I'm coming off a herniated disc so I'm thinking the heavy squats/leg presses are out. I'm not even sure about golf, but the ortho says I should be fine once I get back to 100%. I've seen the pulley exercise done before and I'll have to give that a shot. Thanks.
It’s also a pretty silly question since the relative distance one hits an iron doesn’t mean much if that person has a ton of variance in that distance and lacks accuracy and precision. In other words, length doesn’t matter much if one is still hitting far less than 50% of the greens. Also, using myself as an example, one probably has to flight the ball pretty high to hit it that far, which lends itself to a wider miss rate where an even slight miss would be off the green and possibly in trouble.
Equipment does help make some difference but swing technique is the key to unlocking more distance. Flexibility plays a large role in that too. Newer model irons can help golfers with a few yards and other things like getting the ball to launch higher. But they are not going to take a golfer that hits 8 iron 130 magically to hitting it 160/165.
is it really exploding? Are those playing just getting more into it? I have a friend who does golf training and he's honestly fantastic, I just hear so often about the business in terms of participation in such steep decline. I'm trying to get him to start a youtube channel
I think lofts are getting stronger so the club manufactures can say “you’ll get more distance from our brand!” by virtue of them altering the loft by a degree or two.BassNBrew said:
Those balls are great. I bought a box of red and will order a box of the black MTB to see if there are differences to note. The red MTB checks up nicely when chipping around the green and I like how they feel off the putter.
I haven't checked into the business numbers and don't know how to run down that kind of sub-segment of a market. I was going by the amount of golf-specific training and analysis for training I have seen over the last year or two.Smack Tripper said:
Yeah I’ve heard courses are closing and to be frank there likely were too many. But the game is Greying too which might be the bigger concern. But the flip side I could is frankly only the wealthy-ish will be heavy players and they can afford and would in interested in these new techniques and maintenance training
You are correct. They are closing the easier courses that are prime real estate for commercial and residential projects. They built too many golf courses in the 90s. The player base is shrinking and the ones that are playing don't play as frequent. Top Golf is not creating more golfers. As the baby boomers continue to die off, it's only going to get worse.
My experience with three clubs in AZ is that memberships has grown a lot in the past calendar year, while previously diminishing greatly over the prior ten. Not sure if that's consistent across the country.
That depends on location. I think you live in CHI, so I definitely think you're right regarding Chicago clubs. But I do think the initiation fees are not skyrocketing like they did in the 90s. My dad belonged to a nice club in the CHI suburbs. During the 90s, there was always at least 15-20 people on the waiting list. When my dad quit the club in 2002, there only a few on the waiting list the initiation fee had not changed in years.I think the private club business has been steady since the re-distribution of wealth in this country continues to go to that segment.
I was playing in a member-guest the day of the Trump inauguration. MAGA hats everywhere and, pre-round, the club gave champagne to everybody for a toast (I got the sense that a wealthy member foot the bill) and we did the pledge. It was, as one of the (hopefully) few who didn't vote for him, awkward.I think the private club business has been steady since the re-distribution of wealth in this country continues to go to that segment.
I take it back a little because I do know the Private club market in Chicago has been hit somewhat, mostly the middle tier clubs like Lagrange, Westmoreland, Ravisloe, Ravinia Green, places like that. Beverly, Butler, Chicago GC, Olympia, Medinah, Shoreacres are all never going to be affected.
That makes sense. I was definitely thinking of the more elite Chicago clubs, which cost 100K or more to join. My dad belonged to Glen Oak CC in Glen Ellyn, a nice club but definitely a notch below Chicago and Medinah and Butler National.
Wow...nice memory. I played decent and got away with hitting it in the tall grass a few times. I think I ended up shooting 80 or 81 and stumbled a bit coming down the stretch. Definitely was a round to remember.
Wow. No imagination whatsoever. I'll bet you fall asleep in the middle of masturbating.
