How far do you hit you 7 iron?

[Kdaniel72]

Just wondering where the players on this board are in regards to distance? I am in between yardages with my 7i 155-165 and that’s on the sweet spot. 

[Doaner84]

my 35 degree old standard loft 7 iron went 170-175 but my set now with a 31 degree 7 iron goes 180-185 

[Kdaniel72]

Do you have a  full and 3/4 swing with your 7? I do not....YET!

[berndgeurts]

I hit my 7i 145m carry and roll from 150m up to 155m depending on the conditions. Well struck 7i flies 155m carry.

In yards that's 160-170yds carry.

 

6-8 ish hcp btw and 7i has 33 degrees of loft

 

 

Edited June 20, 2021 by berndgeurts

[Kdaniel72]

Just now, Doaner84 said:

my 35 degree old standard loft 7 iron went 170-175 but my set now with a 31 degree 7 iron goes 180-185 

Great point! I need to learn my lofts on my Callaway X22’s. I have had them for at least a decade. 

[Kdaniel72]

1 minute ago, berndgeurts said:

I hit my 7i 145m carry and roll from 150m up to 155m depending on the conditions. Well struck 7i flies 155m carry.

In yards that's 160-170yds carry.

 

6-8 ish hcp btw

 

 

I am a 20 cap. On my way to 15! I Hope!

[berndgeurts]

2 minutes ago, Kdaniel72 said:

Do you have a  full and 3/4 swing with your 7? I do not....YET!

Yes I do, practice them a lot. Especially wedges and up to 8i

[Doaner84]

1 minute ago, Kdaniel72 said:

Do you have a  full and 3/4 swing with your 7? I do not....YET!

I do.  it took awhile to be confident in half swings but I picture my arms as clock handles and gauge it in my head if i need the arms to be at 9 for a half swing, and 11 for a 3/4 swing.  practice practice practice

[Doaner84]

2 minutes ago, Kdaniel72 said:

Great point! I need to learn my lofts on my Callaway X22’s. I have had them for at least a decade. 

they should be 35 degrees then but not too sure.  that's a really good distance in my opinion for a 7 iron you have currently because it is far enough and with a 35 degree head gets high enough to hold greens

[Kdaniel72]

I am a little left most of the time with my 7i....focusing on Driver (10.5 *), Hybrid (22*), 7i, SW (55*) and Putter.

[Fireballer]

167 34*

[Got941]

175 33*

[larciel]

34

Anywhere from 150 to 165yd

[Kdaniel72]

I checked my 7i is 33*.

[WasatchBogey]

31 deg, 165

[liquorandpoker]

185 yds

[MPAndreassi]

Well, we play a lot of one club at my course on the weekend afternoons. I can hit a 7 iron from anywhere. 

[tatertot]

Search is your friend ...

 

 

[Justsomeguy]

150yd. 30*.

[Shanker84]

Not far. 160-165. 

[phizzy30]

Depends.  185 on a stock swing.  I like to hit a lot of 3/4 shots though that go 170 with a lower flight.  We get Santa Ana winds here and it gets bad especially during the winter. 

[MonteScheinblum]

You guys have some wonderful 5 and 6 irons with 7 stamped on it. 🤪

 

Mine is 36*

 

There is too much emphasis on what number is on the bottom of the club.  These buffed lofts are causing issues at the bottom of the bag with distance gaps on short irons.

 

With iron sets that have 30 and 32 degree 7 irons, there is going to be one huge gap at the bottom of the bag…or you have to carry 5 wedges.

 

This is nothing more than companies being able to advertise their irons go farther.

[North Butte]

6 minutes ago, MonteScheinblum said:

You guys have some wonderful 5 and 6 irons with 7 stamped on it. 🤪

 

Mine is 36*

 

There is too much emphasis on what number is on the bottom of the club.  These buffed lofts are causing issues at the bottom of the bag with distance gaps on short irons.

 

With iron sets that have 30 and 32 degree 7 irons, there is going to be one huge gap at the bottom of the bag…or you have to carry 5 wedges.

 

This is nothing more than companies being able to advertise their irons go farther.

To repeat something I posted in another thread.

 

Lofts of a stock, off-the-shelf Titleist DCI iron set circa 1990:

21-24-28-32-36-40-44-48

That's 8 clubs covering 21-48 degrees, average gap 3.9 degrees

 

Lofts of a stock, off-the-shelf set of Callaway Rogue X "distance irons" 30 years later (Rogue X):

21-24-27-31.5-36-41-46

That's 7 clubs covering 21-46 degrees, average gap 4.2 degrees

 

Was there already a "huge gap the bottom of the bag" in the player's cavity backs way back then? If you ignore the numbers stamped on the sole, all they've done is spread out 7 clubs to cover the same range of lofts as 8 clubs did back in the day.

 

I would have thought a swing coach like yourself would be the last person getting hung up on what number is stamped on the bottom of each club. 

 

[RCGA]

170y @ 35*

 

180y if I really pound it on a hot day

[North Butte]

I hit a 7-iron nearly 180 yards this weekend. Unfortunately that's my 155 club, I had 160 to the hole and 170 to the back of the green. I think it landed on a sprinkler head because it bounced forward 25 yards. D'Oh!

 

[pinhigh27]

1 hour ago, North Butte said:

To repeat something I posted in another thread.

 

Lofts of a stock, off-the-shelf Titleist DCI iron set circa 1990:

21-24-28-32-36-40-44-48

That's 8 clubs covering 21-48 degrees, average gap 3.9 degrees

 

Lofts of a stock, off-the-shelf set of Callaway Rogue X "distance irons" 30 years later (Rogue X):

21-24-27-31.5-36-41-46

That's 7 clubs covering 21-46 degrees, average gap 4.2 degrees

 

Was there already a "huge gap the bottom of the bag" in the player's cavity backs way back then? If you ignore the numbers stamped on the sole, all they've done is spread out 7 clubs to cover the same range of lofts as 8 clubs did back in the day.

 

I would have thought a swing coach like yourself would be the last person getting hung up on what number is stamped on the bottom of each club. 

 

way easier to hit that DCI 48 * wedge soft than it is to hit a 46 * distance iron soft. 

 

Also chipping with those distance irons is a nightmare. I play p750 which are like a players cb and even those a bit hot short iron wise for chipping IMO 

[TLUBulldogGolf]

180, 34* MP-20

[North Butte]

6 minutes ago, pinhigh27 said:

way easier to hit that DCI 48 * wedge soft than it is to hit a 46 * distance iron soft. 

 

Also chipping with those distance irons is a nightmare. I play p750 which are like a players cb and even those a bit hot short iron wise for chipping IMO 

Well certainly a smaller clubhead, thinner sole, low-COR face etc. on a player's iron helps with creativity and touch on partial swings and short game shots. There's a reason so few Tour players use shovel-sized irons, after all.

But it has absolutely nothing to do with loft progression. If the 46 degree distance iron were 48 degrees there would still be the issues you're describing. 

[hoganfan924]

I use it to cover a range from 155-168 (carry) for a solidly struck shot.  34 deg. lofted Miura CB-1008.  Got Epon AF-302's on the way which are about 3-5 yards longer.

[trilerian]

70 yds when I hit it just right on top of the ball.