Iron distances, am I hitting it too far?

[ScottF]

17 minutes ago, MikeNew2golf said:

Maybe you're responding the wrong guy. I'm stating my problem is that I only hot well with a full swing, and my full swing plays at 110+. I'm looking for advice inside of 110, should I use a different swing technique that slows the head speed? Should I purchase a 70 degree club? Or should I keep trying to learn the half-swing?

If your group didn’t use any of your shots, it sounds like direction control must be an issue. You can take a full swing without swinging at +110. A slower, full swing might help you with your control problems.

[hoselpalooza]

4 hours ago, MikeNew2golf said:

I found this topic because I have a similar issue, I'm not an experianced golfer. My driver headspeed is around 120. I can control my full-swing shots well, my 7 carries 185, and my P 155. My 60 degree carries 110. The problem is inside of 110, if I dont chunk the ball trying to half-swing I get the distance wrong. And the majority of the game seems to be played inside 110.

 

My best performance so far comes from opening my 60 face and still doing a full swing to ensure good connection but distance and accuracy are really tough for me to judge when I open the face. The only time I feel like I know what I'm doing is when there's a trap between me the green 30 yards out, I open my face and hit a rocket straight up and down looking like a pro. But then I do the same thing when there's no sand or tree in the way. I would say 70% of the time I mis-judge how much to open the face though.

 

What do you think? Clubs beyond 60 degrees? More practice with half-swings? Or maybe a new technique that slows the head-speed?

 

I played in a 18-hole best ball last week and my team never used anything of mine, I have nothing to brag about.

 

have you been fitted for your equipment? 

[MikeNew2golf]

28 minutes ago, ScottF said:

If your group didn’t use any of your shots, it sounds like direction control must be an issue. You can take a full swing without swinging at +110. A slower, full swing might help you with your control problems.

Thanks. I'll work on that, so far when I try to slow my swing I usually clip or top the ball.

[JeffreySpicoli]

53 minutes ago, MikeNew2golf said:

Maybe you're responding the wrong guy. I'm stating my problem is that I only hot well with a full swing, and my full swing plays at 110+. I'm looking for advice inside of 110, should I use a different swing technique that slows the head speed? Should I purchase a 70 degree club? Or should I keep trying to learn the half-swing?

I think you’re misunderstanding. If you’re wildly inaccurate, which it surely seems you are, then focus on accuracy rather than distance. 
 

The question you should be asking is, How can I be more accurate?

 

If you ask the wrong question, you’ll never get the right answer.

[LukeDonaldsTiger]

@MikeNew2golf: I’m a 19 hcp, so not really the person you should take advice from, but you could try to hit these approaches with a clockface system for your backswing. Learn how far a 9 o’clock backswing goes, then a 10:30 and so on to dial in your distances. 
 

I mean, Bryson, Cameron Champ, Wilco Nienaber and the like hit it longer than their peers, but they wouldn’t be on the tour if they couldn’t control those partial shot distances. Work on those with a plan and enjoy your gift. You’ll be hitting a lot of partial wedges with your length, get good at that. 
 

Yours, Captain Obvious 

[LukeDonaldsTiger]

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Edited June 20, 2021 by LukeDonaldsTiger

[nsxguy]

7 hours ago, MikeNew2golf said:

I found this topic because I have a similar issue, I'm not an experianced golfer. My driver headspeed is around 120. I can control my full-swing shots well, my 7 carries 185, and my P 155. My 60 degree carries 110. The problem is inside of 110, if I dont chunk the ball trying to half-swing I get the distance wrong. And the majority of the game seems to be played inside 110.

 

My best performance so far comes from opening my 60 face and still doing a full swing to ensure good connection but distance and accuracy are really tough for me to judge when I open the face. The only time I feel like I know what I'm doing is when there's a trap between me the green 30 yards out, I open my face and hit a rocket straight up and down looking like a pro. But then I do the same thing when there's no sand or tree in the way. I would say 70% of the time I mis-judge how much to open the face though.

 

What do you think? Clubs beyond 60 degrees? More practice with half-swings? Or maybe a new technique that slows the head-speed?

 

I played in a 18-hole best ball last week and my team never used anything of mine, I have nothing to brag about.

 

3 hours ago, MikeNew2golf said:

Maybe you're responding the wrong guy. I'm stating my problem is that I only hot well with a full swing, and my full swing plays at 110+. I'm looking for advice inside of 110, should I use a different swing technique that slows the head speed? Should I purchase a 70 degree club? Or should I keep trying to learn the half-swing?

 

You're "not experienced" and your name's "new2golf".

 

If you played a scramble (everybody hits, pick the best shot, rinse and repeat until the ball's holed) and your ball wasn't used once, I would suggest you're a beginner and it's far more than your partial shots with a 60 degree wedge that needs work.

 

Go find a good instructor and take (more ?) lessons.

[Lincoln_Arcadia]

On 8/11/2020 at 2:08 AM, Guest said:

I’m currently playing mizuno mp-h4 irons with s300 shafts and have been since spring 2017. Every year I seem to hit the ball longer and longer. My normal carry distance I expect from a 7 iron would be in the neighborhood of 195. My highest lofted club my 58* lob wedge is around my 125 club. At last check my driver club head speed was approaching 120. I feel like I the distance I’m hitting the ball may be hurting my game. I’m wondering if I’m having an issue getting too much lag on the club head and taking loft off causing these numbers or if I have another swing mechanic that causes this.

 

On 8/11/2020 at 3:50 AM, LukeDonaldsTiger said:

Please post video of your swing. Would be interesting to see how you generate that kind of speed.

My son generates that sort of speed, his swing looks a bit better than mine. Other than that the only way to tell us when the ball screams off the face LOL

[Lincoln_Arcadia]

Whoop, answered something from two years ago Haha

[LukeDonaldsTiger]

21 minutes ago, Lincoln_Arcadia said:

Whoop, answered something from two years ago Haha

Glad I’m not the only one