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Bald Eagle
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First off I want to thank myself for buying them, and Ben Hogan golf for making such high quality irons.
Long story short, I like them a lot. I should have gone back to more traditional lofts a long time ago. I guess I’m as susceptible to marketing as anyone, getting caught up in the 7 iron arms race.
They look good, feel great, and perform very well.
The build quality is excellent. They all feel and swing the same.
I didn’t have to adjust any of them, they are bang on the stated specs (as Ricky Shpeils would say)
4 degrees of loft between clubs gives me a consistent 10-12 yds of gap between clubs (dependent on strike of course)
The trajectory is still high, but much flatter than I get from big cavity backs. They don’t balloon into the wind.
So far no surprise bombs when the ball is sitting up in the rough
They’re not as unforgiving as you would think. Shots way out on the toe come up maybe a half club (at most) short and a little right.
Thin hits, obviously, are going to come up short also.
I hit them out of the center a lot though. I think that’s because I know I can’t hit the 7 iron 190 yds, so I don’t try, and make a more controlled swing. I just take more club if I need it to go farther. (it’s funny how that works)
Some folks didn’t like just having the lofts on the clubs because it was confusing. I don’t see how it was confusing . It took me like 2 seconds to figure out what club to hit.
Another good thing about just having the lofts stamped on the club is you can consider it whatever iron you like.
I see the 24 degree as a weak lofted 4i, but you could call it a 6 iron if you want to.
That’s my take on them anyway. YMMV
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Long story short, I like them a lot. I should have gone back to more traditional lofts a long time ago. I guess I’m as susceptible to marketing as anyone, getting caught up in the 7 iron arms race.
They look good, feel great, and perform very well.
The build quality is excellent. They all feel and swing the same.
I didn’t have to adjust any of them, they are bang on the stated specs (as Ricky Shpeils would say)
4 degrees of loft between clubs gives me a consistent 10-12 yds of gap between clubs (dependent on strike of course)
The trajectory is still high, but much flatter than I get from big cavity backs. They don’t balloon into the wind.
So far no surprise bombs when the ball is sitting up in the rough
They’re not as unforgiving as you would think. Shots way out on the toe come up maybe a half club (at most) short and a little right.
Thin hits, obviously, are going to come up short also.
I hit them out of the center a lot though. I think that’s because I know I can’t hit the 7 iron 190 yds, so I don’t try, and make a more controlled swing. I just take more club if I need it to go farther. (it’s funny how that works)
Some folks didn’t like just having the lofts on the clubs because it was confusing. I don’t see how it was confusing . It took me like 2 seconds to figure out what club to hit.
Another good thing about just having the lofts stamped on the club is you can consider it whatever iron you like.
I see the 24 degree as a weak lofted 4i, but you could call it a 6 iron if you want to.
That’s my take on them anyway. YMMV
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