How many of you "seasoned" golfers have gone to distance irons?

[disco111]

An update to my change to regular shafts and weaker lofts. Played today with a set of Callaway X18 irons which had unisex labeled shafts, which I equate as an "R" flex. Slight wind and temp around 45* and warmed up to the mid 50's halfway through the round. I found that I could now feel the head during the swing and attempting to use a strong(er) grip, I found my self hitting the shots decently and as far as distance, I still had to club up one number, but I attribute that to the temp. I most likely over did the stronger grip slightly, for I found my self pulling the lower (7-W) irons but surprisingly hit the long (3&4) irons really well and with fairly good distance, temp considered. Even though it's only one round and not under the best conditions, the swing felt solid and the ball flights were very acceptable. My driver SS is around 89/90, according to the swing computer at Dicks. Never really payed attention to smash factor and shot angle or whatever other mathematical equations erupted from it. I've always hit a fairly low drive that got a good amount of roll, but I happy enough with driver distance, especially in the summer months. Anyway, I'm feeling a lot more confident with these irons and the prospect of distance gain.   

[braincramp52]

59 minutes ago, tbccgolfer said:

Only thing to watch for when you strengthen the lofts it will add offset to the irons. I can’t stand a lot of offset so 1* is all have added to my sets. I’ve recently given it some thought about goin* back to a traditional loft of 48* PW and weaken 1* to let it be my gap wedge and work my way up to a 24-25* 4 iron.

Yea, the V6's have so little offset now that's not gonna bother me. It also changes bounce but that's ok.

[disco111]

On 1/13/2021 at 5:02 PM, disco111 said:

An update to my change to regular shafts and weaker lofts. Played today with a set of Callaway X18 irons which had unisex labeled shafts, which I equate as an "R" flex. Slight wind and temp around 45* and warmed up to the mid 50's halfway through the round. I found that I could now feel the head during the swing and attempting to use a strong(er) grip, I found my self hitting the shots decently and as far as distance, I still had to club up one number, but I attribute that to the temp. I most likely over did the stronger grip slightly, for I found my self pulling the lower (7-W) irons but surprisingly hit the long (3&4) irons really well and with fairly good distance, temp considered. Even though it's only one round and not under the best conditions, the swing felt solid and the ball flights were very acceptable. My driver SS is around 89/90, according to the swing computer at Dicks. Never really payed attention to smash factor and shot angle or whatever other mathematical equations erupted from it. I've always hit a fairly low drive that got a good amount of roll, but I happy enough with driver distance, especially in the summer months. Anyway, I'm feeling a lot more confident with these irons and the prospect of distance gain.   

Well that was short lived..........I've found that the heaver club, while doing great on the front nine, takes it's toll on the back nine. I found myself getting tired and weaker, which lead to spraying shots and losing distance. The strong(er) grip also attributed to the spraying, mostly pull hooks from attempting to off set that tired/weak feeling. So now I've picked up a pristine full set of Adams tight lies (2013 model) with light weight steel "R" shafts in the 6-W and graphite hybrids with the 4&5. I'm also attempting to re-program my club selections, by just take one more than you think and adjust from there. As my wife looks at me with a so so condescending gaze and whimsically says, "That's nice dear, it's good to have a plan" and then chuckles under her breath.......