I'm a casual golfer and have a older set of Ping Eye 2 irons that I inherited. The the club between the 9 iron and SW is a W. It's my understanding the PW has since taken the place of the W. It seems to me though that I can't hit it as far as I am use to hitting a PW. There's just something about the loft or the shaft length that makes me feel like I need a "real" PW to better bridge the gap between my 9 and SW.
My question is, is this all just in my head or is there really a substantial in the W of that area (1980's?) and a modern day PW?
i don't think the loft should be different from a pitching wedge today but if you really think something is off, you may want to get the loft of the pitching wedge checked.
I'm a casual golfer and have a older set of Ping Eye 2 irons that I inherited. The the club between the 9 iron and SW is a W. It's my understanding the PW has since taken the place of the W. It seems to me though that I can't hit it as far as I am use to hitting a PW. There's just something about the loft or the shaft length that makes me feel like I need a "real" PW to better bridge the gap between my 9 and SW.
My question is, is this all just in my head or is there really a substantial in the W of that area (1980's?) and a modern day PW?
Most irons today are made to stronger lofts than they were in the 80's. What is marked as a PW today has the loft of an 80's 9 iron, etc. And that club marked "W" is a pitching wedge... back then most players didn't carry more than 2 wedges, so they didn't have to distinguish between a gap wedge and a lob wedge and a pitching wedge. The PW was marked P or W, and the sand wedge was marked S or SW.
Go to the Ping website and look at the classic irons. You'll find all the lofts listed for Eye 2 and Eye 2 + irons/wedges. I have a set of v-groove Eye 2s and they match G5 loft specs at the 2 but get progressively softer by up to 3.5 degrees at the SW. When talking about wedges tho, people seem to get very particular about EXACTLY what loft they want.
My 9i has a loft of 45 degrees and the (P)W is 50.5. The difference of about 5 degrees seems to be consistent with newer irons as well so I guess this is something I have to get over.
My 9i has a loft of 45 degrees and the (P)W is 50.5. The difference of about 5 degrees seems to be consistent with newer irons as well so I guess this is something I have to get over.
As long as you know how far you hit a club, the number that is stamped on it makes no difference. I've never worried much about whether I was hitting the same club as the guys I play with. All that really matters is that I'm hitting the same green.
May 24th, 2007, 07:03 AM
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