Currently playing one length irons. Had a conversation recently with my coach (he works with Mike Schy fairly regularly) and we got to talking about one length club length.
It went something like this…
‘Why do we use one length?’
‘Consistency.’
‘Where/when do we want to be consistent?’
’Approach shots’
’Is 7i length the appropriate length for ME to hit consistent approach shots?’
After some conversations on body type, limb lengths, setup posture, etc. we came to the conclusion that I’m ‘built’ for PW length
Long story short, my 7i - LW are all PW length. Once I get to 6i, 5i, and 4i I go variable length to get proper gapping - I’ve seen a lot of people do the opposite, 5i - PW are 7i length, then wedges are variable length
For the people who don’t like OL because of long wedges, maybe take a look at making your irons wedge length