Gapping question longer clubs

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By Daniel Tramble

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  1. Daniel Tramble

    Daniel Tramble
    Dartmouth

    Happy New Year TT. Hope everyone has a fantastic upcoming season

    I have a question on longer clubs. I play currently 13 clubs and looking to add the 14th As for wedges (some might suggest this) I am happy in that department and carry a 60-54-48-43 and feel confident with them I use a flight scope mevo to know my CARRY yardages.

    I am a slower swing player. I swing the 7 iron 75-80 MPH and carry it 145 yards. My driver can go from 88-95 mph as well and carry on average 210-230 yards (I have a flight scope mevo and part of working on game this year was to know carry distances). I went from a 10.9 index to a 8.2.

    In my bag (I was fit for ALL my clubs) I carry a TSR2 9* driver (Love it and FIR numbers came up for me this year) and I hit a 16.5* TSR2 metal (again like it but dispersion could be a little bit better) and then I have a TSR2 21* which I can carry 178 on average.

    I'd like to entertain the idea of a 5 wood vs 18* hybrid.... I "think" the 1.5* in the wood I currently have difference won't make much?? But I like the hybrid due to rough and assessing the lie (this helped me drop HC as well)

    With a bag like mine and looking at the numbers am I crazy to add a 14th club? I am thinking the 18* hybrid as this year on par 5's I'd hit a drive w/driver (use it as much as I can) and then hit the 21* and a 9 up generally speaking iron going into par 5's. That method works way better for me vs the fairway metal o the second shot....

    I just do not have the confidence hitting a standard 3 metal anymore and very rarely hit my fairway metal off tees (might hit it on a 200 yard par 3) and hit it on second shots on longer for me par 5's

    I have greatly learned this year dispersion outweighs distance for me...

    Curious to hear opinions

    Thanks guys and happy new year

  2. Don O

    Don O
    Madison, WI

    You can adjust the 16.5 to 17.25 or 18 degrees. You can decide if you need an additional club if the loft adjustments don’t satisfy your gapping. At slower swing speeds, you don’t always get enough distance gapping with 3 degree lofts in fairway metals, let alone 1.5 from 4W to 5W. Hybrid or fairway? That’s an individual choice.

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