Admiral Steve

I don't want to test (would have to trim shafts) but great nostalgia--the backs look just like the irons played on my High School team in 1968!! Club faces a bit larger--beautiful!

There are a lot of variables--but none more important than "home game or away game". I'm an honest 5 index. No vanity, no sandbag. Score average about 76, and well over 100 rounds per year. I will shoot a 72 perhaps every other month--but shoot a few 82's in the same period. By the chart, should not be able to do that. That is on my home course, 6,000 yards. Put me on an unfamiliar course, even at the same yardage, and I will have a hard time breaking 78. Familiarity with layout, where NOT to hit, greens make a huge difference in ability to score.

I've used just about every grip out there. I was a clubmaker (once a member of the PCA) and still do all my grips. I could afford any (even though some grips now cost as much as a set of new irons did 25 years ago) and I always use Lamkin Crosslines. They are among the least expensive, very tacky if kept clean, good in the rain, and wear very well. I play over 100 rounds a year, and only replace my grips annually because I can, not because they are "worn out".