OK if I can shoot 80 with the irons that I bought 7 years ago(my first and only set)?

Question

then what do you think I could shoot with custom made forged blades?
Most likely I need a different putter also.

I'm playing Lynx parallax irons that I bought from the classifieds. Oh and 80 is just a hypothetical score. I rarely even keep score, but my guess is my average game is probably 95.

Answer 1

Mate, I played Professionally for 3 years and even though I have given up professionally due to other aspirations, I still play 4-6 times a week and play off of scratch... My irons are over 12 years old, my fairway woods persimmon, and my driver 6 years old. As for the putter, my grandfather has always said, 'A flat stick is a flat stick, it is all in your head.'

I am a firm believer that no matter the skill, golf is 75% in your head, the rest will come with time and practise. I am in no way denying that new technology heps, the pro's confirm this every time new technology is out... but as long as you are happy with what you have and your head is in the right spot, you will be fine.

PoIsOn MuNkEy

Answer 2

I totally agree with Tincup. Hopefully, you're not shooting 12 on a par five over the water like in the movie. I also hit early 80's and sometimes high 70's. I use forge blades, having been using these for more than 15 years.

If you are a kind of person that wish to strive for perfection, I support you to get the forged blades. Tell you what, Nike blades are the best, as I think it's the hardest to hit. I have Mizuno, MP 29, 33, Titleist 690 MB, and Nike Blade, and I found that the Nike is the hardest to hit.

Buy the one that is the hardest to hit and keep hitting it until you get the correct swing and get the ball airborne to the right distance. I agree with Tincup that your swing defines the quality of the ball flight over clubs and that you should be getting good Pros to teach you all those tricks in the component of the golf swings. The forged blades are much harder to hit than Lynx you are using. Somehow though I found Pros are using more wrists and hands than amature, and oddly, may be I'm wrong, but without using these, you can't hit the blades well.

The catch is that most Pros have their wrists and arms injuries at sometimes in their careers and many of them have to had those organs operated on. Not saying that amatuer doesn't have injuries, also Pros are hitting many more balls than amatuer.

Couldn't quite crack it that whether there is a perfect swing that everyone should follow without injury to oneself and still produce amazing results as the Pros do.

Answer 3

I am a tour pro and I will sum it up as quickly for you as I possibly can, years ago I was making a comment to a kid who was the son of the golf pro at the course I played at when I was younger. I said at age 14 I could win the county amatuer if I had better clubs, I had a crappy set of late seventies clubs and this was in the eighties. The club pro's kid said the same thing to his dad, basically repeating the statement I made. The Pro said "son, as he pointed to a kid's set of half plastic club's, Greg Norman could shoot even from the whites with those plastic clubs, and under par with that old 50's set in the antique case show." His point and now I realize that he was right is, the club is the tool of the effect of the golf swing. I will put it like this, if you had a perfect shovel and a 90 pound girl to dig you a hole, would you take that over a shovel that's handle was cut short, rusty blade but a 300 pound operator? The point is that the swing dictates the performance. I hit the first set of clubs I ever owned from years ago the other day and found the difference so small in the irons and maybe 15 yards to 20 on the drive. so at an average of 320 yards driving distance You loose less than 16%. But, if you hit the ball one sixteenth off the sweet spot, your loss starts at 30% and goes from there to 75% on the dead toe, to a 100% on a shank right. So, until you can hit the ball in the same place EVERYTIME, don't spend the money on fancy clubs or balls. Spend the money on lessons. If you shoot 80, lessons from the local pro is first, hope this helps, ohh, and remember when getting lessons, you are only going to be as good as your teacher, so find a good one, check him out as you would a car mechanic, too many people get instruction from people I would never want to swing or score like. Also remember making a club so big that you can toe it and still aquire distance is not the solution to YOUR SWING problem, fix the swing, don't adjust and make compansations of your problem, you will be a lot happier learning the game of golf and how to correctly swing than constanly in frustration buy 20 drivers depending on how you are going through the ball wrong that day. I love going to the course with clubs I used back in the days when I couldn't get a new set everytime I golf and play with people that have these perfectly new and trying to keep shining clubs in their bag and watch them terrorize the poor course while I in my modest clubs shoot lights out. Again, I hope this helps your jouney through golf.

Answer 4

it's important to get equipment that is appropriate but I don't think you would play very well with blades - they are definitely for the more advanced players and require above average ball striking skills - get some clubs designed more mid handicappers - and the most important things is to find out how far you hit the ball on the fly, meaning how far your ball carries when you hit a certain club - everyone goes to the range and thinks they can hit their 8 iron 170 yards (and some can) but how far does the ball carry is the real concern - I'm a 9 handicap, just played today and shot a 75 - it comes down to club selection, course management and your short game - good luck

Answer 5

I would say a 76. Clubs make some difference, but in the end its all about your mental game. You know what I mean. But a 76 is very good. Have fun out there on the links!

Answer 6

THEN YOU CAN GO PRO!!