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**pobrierce** · 06-30-2012, 02:36 PM

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.

06-30-2012, 02:36 PM	#28
pobrierce Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 572 Senior Member	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.
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