
Originally Posted by
The Salt Vampire
My buddy was telling me that some pros have their long irons bent a degree or two upright as they want to avoid the miss to the right (for a righty). They have their mid irons standard and their short irons flat as they want to avoid the pulled miss with short clubs. He said that when people get fitted by some clubfitters they just fit off of one or two clubs in the middle of the bag.
Does this make sense?
Recently, I went for a free fitting and they only tested the five iron and determined me to be standard with that club.
When I miss my short irons it is usually a bad pull and am considering bending them a degree or two flat. I am happy with the ball flight on my mid and long irons.
What do think? Go for the flatter short irons, or not?
I have no problems of hitting the ball on the correct line, read intended line, with standard lie clubs (their length is also standard).
Lie fitting can be done based on wrist from ground measurement and also dynamically with using a mat and see what section of the sole of your club makes contact with the ground (mat) when you are hitting balls from this mat.
In the first case your current swing may not suit the lie they came up with for your clubs, in the second case, if you do not swing all clubs in the same manner or if you make any swing changes you would need to have at least some if not all of your clubs' lie readjusted.
Either way, just because they fitted you for a five iron and decided standard lie is the right one for you (I assume standard length for your five iron) it does not mean that they made all the clubs in the set with the correct lie. So, I would have that checked first.
Also, unless you hit from a totally flat and level surface and deliver the face of the club to the ball on the correct line and with a square club face, you will not hit the ball on the intended target line.
Ball position in your stance and the way you swing your irons can also influence the result of your shots.
Check these with someone you trust who also has the skills to help.
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