blade shaming ?

[Ilovemydriver]

Embracing blades regardless of skill level is SO MUCH FUN. I wish more folks did it. Realistically it doesn't matter what we shoot and also bad shots don't end up that much worse. But having a bag of sick a** butter knives is awesome and flushing that one or two a round is even awesomer.

[Barfolomew]

I'm gonna dust off and play my Mp-14s just for spite

[vmann]

14 minutes ago, Barfolomew said:

I'm gonna dust off and play my Mp-14s just for spite

Shame on you. 

[nsxguy]

35 minutes ago, mrnoonan said:

Embracing blades regardless of skill level is SO MUCH FUN. I wish more folks did it. Realistically it doesn't matter what we shoot and also bad shots don't end up that much worse. But having a bag of sick a** butter knives is awesome and flushing that one or two a round is even awesomer.

 

Whatever it is about blades that is so much MORE fun than playing GIs is certainly up to the individual (& a mystery to me) but I don't see why anyone would "wish more folks did it".

 

Or did you mean you wish more folks would have fun ?

 

In either case, if you don't care about your score and live for those 1 or 2 awesome shots per round, by all means, knock yourself out. It shouldn't concern anybody else.

 

But a competitor is out to WIN. Out to shoot the lowest score possible while playing legal equipment. If that means blade irons, fine. If it means GIs, fine.

 

I was actually happy to see that even though the OP's intent was clear that most didn't "bite" early on.

 

But of course this pretty much HAD to devolve into a blade vs. GI thread.

 

It's been a non-issue for so long now,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

 

Oh well.

[Ilovemydriver]

14 minutes ago, nsxguy said:

 

Whatever it is about blades that is so much MORE fun than playing GIs is certainly up to the individual (& a mystery to me) but I don't see why anyone would "wish more folks did it".

 

Or did you mean you wish more folks would have fun ?

 

In either case, if you don't care about your score and live for those 1 or 2 awesome shots per round, by all means, knock yourself out. It shouldn't concern anybody else.

 

But a competitor is out to WIN. Out to shoot the lowest score possible while playing legal equipment. If that means blade irons, fine. If it means GIs, fine.

 

I was actually happy to see that even though the OP's intent was clear that most didn't "bite" early on.

 

But of course this pretty much HAD to devolve into a blade vs. GI thread.

 

It's been a non-issue for so long now,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

 

Oh well.

haha dang! I ain't lookin to DeChambeau the topic and pull apart its intricacies and semantics. Blades can just be a lot fun for someone who can make solid contact most of the time. 

[lefty1978]

Shaming? Really? Play what you want, who cares. Hell, I play blades and hybrids. No matter what you play, you still have to hit the center to get best results.

[MattC555]

50 minutes ago, Barfolomew said:

I'm gonna dust off and play my Mp-14s just for spite

[ChipNRun]

On types of putters... 

 

23 hours ago, lefthack said:

1. Blade - Bullseye, 8802, etc...

 

 

The term bar putter has largely fallen out of use. Nowadays, the term blade now includes the bar putters.

[Willsy98]

“Blade Shaming” is definitely a thing. But I also think there are a lot of golfers out there playing clubs that might be a little unforgiving for their skill level. Now if you are on Tour, play what works best for you with no shame. If you are an amateur who thinks you are scratch but never breaks 78 from 6400 yards and you are playing blades.... good for you but you definitely aren’t helping yourself. Golf is a game of misses. Why make your misses bigger if you don’t have to? 

[anth]

There’d be no shaming if we all just stuck to the rules of golf. You’re allowed to play blades once you break par

[kiwihacker]

On 7/15/2021 at 12:01 PM, Fairway14 said:

 

I agree emphasis should be on scoring, especially at the pro level.  But sometimes there is shaming on Tour. For example DL III was sensational with a 1-iron in his college days and early pro career. But as equipment company Tour reps  started pushing lofted fairway woods, hybrids etc... there were fewer and fewer 1-irons in Tour player bags until DL III was about the last guy standing with one. I remember watching Tiger play as a 16 and 17 year old swinging 1-iron off more tee boxes than he did driver. In the right player's hands a 1-iron can be very helpful to low scoring, but it's extinct now due to shaming.

Haven't read the whole thread but haven't the new utility/driving irons taken the place of the fabled 1 iron? A great alternative for those that prefer the long irons over fairway woods and hybrids?  A couple of  my buddies still carried the Ping Eye 2 1 iron until recently and were both brilliant with it especially as an option off the tee on tight driving holes. In the past couple of years they have upgraded to a modern driving iron. 

[kiwihacker]

As an average mid handicap player who plays quite well some days and plays really poorly other days the irons in my bag are not making a jot of difference to my score. On a great day where the driver, short game and putter are working along with the irons I may shoot 77 regardless of whether I'm playing a set of mb blades or a set of cavity backs. On another day when everything is off and I shoot 92, again the irons I'm playing will not affect my score. I know this from experience. 

 

The difference in forgiveness is much smaller than it is made out to be and I've always found it baffling how much controversy and debate this subject creates. 

 

You'd think we were talking about the difference between a pedal bike and a motorised E bike but we're not. We're talking about a blade style chunk of metal on the end of a golf shaft and a perimeter weighted chunk of metal on the end of a golf shaft. So many other variables that determine how well you hit the golf ball with either. 

[SD-Golfn]

On 7/14/2021 at 4:10 PM, MtlJeff said:

Literally no one cares in the real world

This. I'm a 9.9 handicap and have gamed MP4s the last several years, and haven't had a single person blade-shame me. No one cares.

[HappyGilmoresBoots]

I don't even have any blades to be shamed into or out of, all I got are these cavity backs and the Pings in my sig:

Edited July 17, 2021 by HappyGilmoresBoots

[kiwihacker]

2 hours ago, HappyGilmoresBoots said:

I don't even have any blades to be shamed into or out of, all I got are these cavity backs and the Pings in my sig:

Would love to know the lofts on those babies. 😎

[HappyGilmoresBoots]

8 hours ago, kiwihacker said:

Would love to know the lofts on those babies. 😎

I've been going based on the second post in this thread when figuring out my gapping on the MCX's.

[WasatchBogey]

17 hours ago, kiwihacker said:

 

You'd think we were talking about the difference between a pedal bike and a motorised E bike but we're not.

Fortunately 😀!

 

  I’m an avid mountain biker, yeah, that is a pretty contentious debate…

 

 

[Pepperturbo]

On 7/16/2021 at 10:44 AM, Barfolomew said:

I'm so ashamed of you blade users...... you coulda saved 2 strokes....... now go to your room and think about what you did

You should be ashamed.  Us blade users don't care about those 2 strokes that you wish you could save.  You keep practicing, you'll get there eventually.  LOL 

[RobotDoctor]

Frankly, unless someone is feeding me, funding me or f#€%!ng me I could care less what they think.  

[chipa]

I read about 20 years ago after they started coming out with the GI irons that the pros "GI" iron's were actually only cosmetically similar but much smaller than the clubs sold to the public. They would have less offset and thinner toplines and soles and if they were not forged were 304 stainless that's as soft as forged. So while we see better players using CB's w/GI I don't think we should necessarily assume they are the same spec as what is sold to the public, but the same marketing ploy to sell more irons, after all most golfers can't play blades.

 

In my own case I played a cheap blade but am making the change to an older cb, DCI 990B's because they have the cg closer to the hosel like old blades. In spite of being a high hc I have aspirations to be a single digit plus I hook the ball and am on a budget, the DCI's were only $120.

[crusherdahammer]

Blade mishits normally don't find the flag but neither does anything else. So who cares work on your short games!!

[kiwihacker]

13 hours ago, WasatchBogey said:

Fortunately 😀!

 

  I’m an avid mountain biker, yeah, that is a pretty contentious debate…

 

 

Me too. An E bike really doesn't appeal to me. I love the fact when I'm out riding it's just me, the trail and the bike. I can go as far as I want to go and it's only me and my fitness that limit my range. The thought of an E bike helping me up the hills detracts from my ride and i hate the thought that I am limited by the battery range. Each to their own though. And no offense if you ride an E bike. 😊

[sadclevelandsports]

Welp...Morikawa just dropped his blades in favor of CB's, won't help the cause..

 

Blades are fun to play, especially if you prioritize enjoyment over scoring 

[dciccoritti]

1 hour ago, sadclevelandsports said:

Welp...Morikawa just dropped his blades in favor of CB's, won't help the cause..

 

Blades are fun to play, especially if you prioritize enjoyment over scoring 

https://www.golfwrx.com/654804/phil-mickelson-witb-2021-may-pga-championship/

 

 

[boggyman]

7 minutes ago, dciccoritti said:

https://www.golfwrx.com/654804/phil-mickelson-witb-2021-may-pga-championship/

 

 

 

1 hour ago, sadclevelandsports said:

Welp...Morikawa just dropped his blades in favor of CB's, won't help the cause..

 

Blades are fun to play, especially if you prioritize enjoyment over scoring 

Morikawa saying he couldn’t find the center of the face? 🤦‍♂️😂😂😂😂 TM  would hate to see him win, if he does, with a set of irons that they no longer produce is my take. How does a top PGA pro say,”I couldn’t find the center of the face”? I’d like to see the young man get the Jug! Those MCs are smaller than a blade seems like. 

[nsxguy]

4 hours ago, sadclevelandsports said:

Welp...Morikawa just dropped his blades in favor of CB's, won't help the cause..

 

Blades are fun to play, especially if you prioritize enjoyment over scoring 

 

Thanks. That's quite the admission.

[sadclevelandsports]

16 minutes ago, nsxguy said:

 

Thanks. That's quite the admission.

Precisely the point, you're allowed to play what you like, but the argument that blades somehow benefit performance over a cb is a difficult one..

 

Again, play what you want, most of us play for fun.

Edited July 18, 2021 by sadclevelandsports

[tatertot]

On 7/16/2021 at 9:40 PM, kiwihacker said:

Would love to know the lofts on those babies. 😎

The 2 iron is 37 degrees. OG lofts.

[Rocky Ball-boa]

On 7/16/2021 at 7:34 PM, mrnoonan said:

Embracing blades regardless of skill level is SO MUCH FUN. I wish more folks did it. Realistically it doesn't matter what we shoot and also bad shots don't end up that much worse. But having a bag of sick a** butter knives is awesome and flushing that one or two a round is even awesomer.

 

For me, there's a number of flushes per round that has to occur to counter-balance things up. I don't know what that number is, but I know that it's a lot higher than one or two!

Especially on a cold winter's morning when a non-flush is felt to the very core of your being ☠️

 

 

[nsxguy]

30 minutes ago, tatertot said:

The 2 iron is 37 degrees. OG lofts.

 

In what world is a 2 iron 37 degrees ?