In this video, Equipment Editor Alex reviews the new Ping i540 irons, and explains why they might be the new kings of players’ distance.
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With respect, I disagree with some of what you say… At 100mph SS for a 7 iron, how many wedges are you going to need? Do they even make enough wedges to fill that gap? The reason these go up so high is the springy faces giving extreme ball speed and low CG. Springy faces are good when struck in the centre, but can drop off some ball speed with mishits, so consistency can become an issue if you don’t strike it well. Some say you can rely on peak height and descent angle to stop it on the green – how’s 150 feet in the air going to work on a windy day? Dial the swing speed back to 70-80mph, and you might not even have 40 deg descent angle with a 6 iron as the spin is so low it won’t stay in the air. So you’re playing hybrids or lofted fairway woods and only a “handful of irons”. I guess Retro spec comes into play then, so fair play to Ping there having that in their line up. But with a more sensible loft, you won’t get the huge distances anyway. This whole players distance category going stronger and stronger on loft is a bit of a joke. The fast players don’t need the distance and creates wedge gapping issues. And for slower swing speeds the pressed lofts don’t give the height/spin and can lack stopping power. The only people they probably suit are players who deliver too much loft, often with an open club face and create too much spin. Maybe there are a heap of those players out there? I dunno…. 🤷🏻♂️