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Blades vs. Cavity Back Irons Why the hell does any amatuer have an all blade set?
Posted on 6/12/20 at 1:32 pm
Posted on 6/12/20 at 1:32 pm
So i was reading the latest edition of Golf magazine about this topic and they have the setup of the top SG approach the green leaders
#1 Tyrrell Hatton Ping i210 4-PW, the entire set is CB, the best player on tour with iron play
Rory mixed
Cantlay CB
JT mixed
Paul Casedy mixed
only 4 of the top 10 had all blade bags
29 of the top 40 are mixed or full CB irons
As someone who is fairly new to golf, I was shocked how many players considered vanity when selecting clubs. I'd here shite like "Oh I don't like the way that club looks". I learned that blades were cool and CB were for hacks. Seems like that has changed on tour at least.
#1 Tyrrell Hatton Ping i210 4-PW, the entire set is CB, the best player on tour with iron play
Rory mixed
Cantlay CB
JT mixed
Paul Casedy mixed
only 4 of the top 10 had all blade bags
29 of the top 40 are mixed or full CB irons
As someone who is fairly new to golf, I was shocked how many players considered vanity when selecting clubs. I'd here shite like "Oh I don't like the way that club looks". I learned that blades were cool and CB were for hacks. Seems like that has changed on tour at least.
This post was edited on 6/12/20 at 1:33 pm
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Posted on 6/12/20 at 1:34 pm to barry
Even the "blades" most of these guys use aren't the butter knives most people think of.
Posted on 6/12/20 at 1:35 pm to barry
I personally prefer a modern blade than a GI. I feel like I know exactly on the face where I hit it. Personal preference.
Posted on 6/12/20 at 1:40 pm to barry
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As someone who is fairly new to golf, I was shocked how many players considered vanity when selecting clubs. I'd here shite like "Oh I don't like the way that club looks".
I hear this all the time on here. I have never thought damn my club looks pretty. I just care how I hit the ball.
Posted on 6/12/20 at 1:56 pm to TaderSalad
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I feel like I know exactly on the face where I hit it
Would you rather know the more precise location of your miss hit or have a more forgiving miss hit?
I get some people have played blades forever and just don't want to switch.
Posted on 6/12/20 at 2:08 pm to barry
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Would you rather know the more precise location of your miss hit or have a more forgiving miss hit?
Would you rather hit it flush and fly 15 yards further than normal mishits? To each his own. I prefer being short but in the fairway on mishits than being long and in the shite.
Posted on 6/12/20 at 2:11 pm to TaderSalad
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Would you rather hit it flush and fly 15 yards further than normal mishits?
Huh? Mishits on a blade are going to be shorter as compared to stock distance than a misfit with a CB.
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I prefer being short but in the fairway on mishits than being long and in the shite.
You arent going to be long on a mishit with any iron.
Posted on 6/12/20 at 2:12 pm to barry
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Would you rather know the more precise location of your miss hit or have a more forgiving miss hit?
Know where I hit the ball. I currently play forged Srixons. Ive had CB GI irons(I quit playing for about 10 years all together and tried to start back), and played blades when I was younger and could devote all my time to playing. Not having a good feel of the golf ball was not helping my game. Maybe its just what you're used to.
Posted on 6/12/20 at 2:18 pm to patnuh
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Ive had CB GI irons
Not all CB are GI, the last CB clubs have pretty good feedback, titelst for example has 3 levels of CB clubs.
Posted on 6/12/20 at 2:36 pm to barry
I am aware - I just responded to a question you asked.
On a related topic, I saw a video about Tiger and his putter choices. He went to Titleist and tried out 3 putters they had designed. When he got done he said he liked the heavy one and they told him they were all exactly the same weight. He responded, No - the 2nd one is heavier. They reweighed them and it was a like .01 grams heavier than the others....I forget the difference but it was barely measurable.
On a related topic, I saw a video about Tiger and his putter choices. He went to Titleist and tried out 3 putters they had designed. When he got done he said he liked the heavy one and they told him they were all exactly the same weight. He responded, No - the 2nd one is heavier. They reweighed them and it was a like .01 grams heavier than the others....I forget the difference but it was barely measurable.
This post was edited on 6/12/20 at 2:46 pm
Posted on 6/12/20 at 3:33 pm to patnuh
Can you explain to me what that story has to do with anything being discussed?
Posted on 6/12/20 at 4:21 pm to GeauxTigers777
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Can you explain to me what that story has to do with anything being discussed?
How important feel can be, especially with great players.
Posted on 6/12/20 at 5:00 pm to barry
It makes you realize just how elite of a ballstriker like Tiger truly is
Posted on 6/12/20 at 8:49 pm to htcthc321
I'm a 5 handicap and play blades from 2001. Nothing super recent, so I'm not in the "my blades are actually forgiving" category.
I got them cheap just to see if I could play them and I love the way I hit them. If I don't hit it pure, I definitely lose yardage and I definitely need to go to some CBs, but the feeling of a well struck blade is unmatched. I've heard the feeling of hitting a blade pure described as "better than sex." I'm not going to disagree.
I got them cheap just to see if I could play them and I love the way I hit them. If I don't hit it pure, I definitely lose yardage and I definitely need to go to some CBs, but the feeling of a well struck blade is unmatched. I've heard the feeling of hitting a blade pure described as "better than sex." I'm not going to disagree.
Posted on 6/12/20 at 9:26 pm to barry
Because blades are cool and smokin a 2 iron is even coolerer
This post was edited on 6/12/20 at 9:28 pm
Posted on 6/12/20 at 11:45 pm to barry
The pros' recent set ups was part of the reason I switched. I went back and forth for about fifteen years between true blades and forged irons with a small cavity (think like a Cleveland TA3 or something) throughout the whole set.
I went with the 718 AP2's 5 - PW and the 718 AP3's for the 3I and 4I for my most recent set and have been thinking about getting the 5I for certain courses. It's been a godsend.
From what I've observed, the pros are:
- Obviously, a good bit more carry (like nearly a full club sometimes)
- Also obviously, much, much more forgiving
- Better ball flight off the club face - my long iron shots are like rifle shots now
- More options on tight short and mid-range par 4's - I don't feel like I have to stripe my 3 iron to position myself well and can just smooth out a 4 iron or whatever and it will typically be in a good spot because I can hit that club a pretty long fricking way with a lot of carry now
- On reachable par 5's, the 3I and 4I are realistic options more often now
- They really do get through the rough pretty damn smoothly - much better than I was expecting
The cons:
- The biggest one is dealing with jumpy lies out of the secondary cut and the rough - as an example, I am typically in the 215 - 218 or so carry range with the 4 iron, and I had a downwind 2nd shot from about 230 or so into a par 5 earlier this week from the second cut - very jumpy lie, and I figured club down on the wind; I smoked it, carried it clear over the bunker on the backside of the green and one-hopped OB - that kind of shite will happen at least once a round to me with the long irons and actually happened twice again today both on longish punch shots from the rough into the wind where I smoked it and it carried the green quite cleanly and I had 30 yard pitch shots coming back
- The other big one is the enforced draw on the offset for the AP3s and most any GI CB iron; I naturally play a draw, and the offset will exacerbate any left misses I have, especially with this wind we get up here in the Chicago area
- It's tough to shape recovery shots; actively shaping a normal long iron from the fairway or the tee isn't really necessary for the vast, vast majority of amateurs even including most scratch players, but many do need to shape a lot of recovery shots, and it's definitely more difficult with a GI CB iron than it is with a forged iron, especially shaping it left to right for a right-handed player
On balance, it's definitely been worth it, and I am 1000% happy I made the switch. I oscillate in the 5 - 10 range right now but have been as low as +1.5 at times in my golfing life. Just my opinion but I wouldn't play blades throughout the whole set any longer unless I was good enough to at least be playing in competitive local and state amateur events.
I went with the 718 AP2's 5 - PW and the 718 AP3's for the 3I and 4I for my most recent set and have been thinking about getting the 5I for certain courses. It's been a godsend.
From what I've observed, the pros are:
- Obviously, a good bit more carry (like nearly a full club sometimes)
- Also obviously, much, much more forgiving
- Better ball flight off the club face - my long iron shots are like rifle shots now
- More options on tight short and mid-range par 4's - I don't feel like I have to stripe my 3 iron to position myself well and can just smooth out a 4 iron or whatever and it will typically be in a good spot because I can hit that club a pretty long fricking way with a lot of carry now
- On reachable par 5's, the 3I and 4I are realistic options more often now
- They really do get through the rough pretty damn smoothly - much better than I was expecting
The cons:
- The biggest one is dealing with jumpy lies out of the secondary cut and the rough - as an example, I am typically in the 215 - 218 or so carry range with the 4 iron, and I had a downwind 2nd shot from about 230 or so into a par 5 earlier this week from the second cut - very jumpy lie, and I figured club down on the wind; I smoked it, carried it clear over the bunker on the backside of the green and one-hopped OB - that kind of shite will happen at least once a round to me with the long irons and actually happened twice again today both on longish punch shots from the rough into the wind where I smoked it and it carried the green quite cleanly and I had 30 yard pitch shots coming back
- The other big one is the enforced draw on the offset for the AP3s and most any GI CB iron; I naturally play a draw, and the offset will exacerbate any left misses I have, especially with this wind we get up here in the Chicago area
- It's tough to shape recovery shots; actively shaping a normal long iron from the fairway or the tee isn't really necessary for the vast, vast majority of amateurs even including most scratch players, but many do need to shape a lot of recovery shots, and it's definitely more difficult with a GI CB iron than it is with a forged iron, especially shaping it left to right for a right-handed player
On balance, it's definitely been worth it, and I am 1000% happy I made the switch. I oscillate in the 5 - 10 range right now but have been as low as +1.5 at times in my golfing life. Just my opinion but I wouldn't play blades throughout the whole set any longer unless I was good enough to at least be playing in competitive local and state amateur events.
This post was edited on 6/12/20 at 11:49 pm
Posted on 6/13/20 at 8:30 am to barry
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I get some people have played blades forever and just don't want to switch.
What would really bother you about my set is that I actually go in and bend mine super weak compared to new loft standards. I still carry a 48 degree wedge and go down on 4 degree increments. I’m 6’4 and play standard length and lie too but I have long arms.
Posted on 6/13/20 at 9:25 am to barry
“Cause they look sweet”.
-Player who just shot 88 from the whites
-Player who just shot 88 from the whites
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