hartrick11 Posted February 28, 2019 Share Posted February 28, 2019 Here's the progression at the top of my bag. I wonder who else might have had a similar path through this latest driving iron fad. 2017: Cobra Bio-cell 2-3 hybrid and 3-4 hybrid, Ping iE1 5-UW. Everything was off the rack stiff, with more than the occasional hook from the hybrids. This was when I started reading the wrx forums (didn't find the friendlier MGS confines until a bit later). Early 2018: Cobra King 4 utility kicked the 3-4 hybrid out of the bag. This club carried well when well-struck and my lefts, while still not great, weren't as bad as with the hybrid. I eventually swapped the stock graphite for a C-taper lite 110 shaft which lowered the flight path a bit but didn't solve the lefts (my steep back swing and early release would require lessons which I started last summer). about 85 days ago: bought the King black 2-3 utility and paired it with an extra stiff steel shaft to match my irons. After falling in love with my irons (see signature) which were purchased following my first ever fitting (I know someone who works for Cobra, so will generally buy their stuff unless something else substantially outperforms) I thought I would add the utility to the top of my bag and get rid of my last hook machine: the 2-3 hybrid. Fast forward to today, I think the steel extra stiff shaft has helped straighten me out (along with continued drill work on the bi*ch of a swing fix), but at the end of the day my numbers with the utility are no better than a 3 iron, and with feel that is worse than my 4i. Before making my final decision on what to do next, I tried the UDI, the Srixon, the T-MB, and none of those offerings were meaningfully better performing (using the in-store launch monitor at Golf Mart, and the various shafts that were in these demo clubs at the time) than the Cobra utility, so I've decided to return the utility and just get a Forged Tec Black 3 iron to match my 4i. I'm sure there is a utility iron/shaft combo out there that would unlock yardage beyond a players distance 3i (which is pretty strong as it is at 19*) while keeping my hook tendencies at bay. Maybe someday I will get a specific driving iron fitting and splurge for a heavy graphite design shaft, but for now, with no more time left on my 90 day return window, I don't feel confident guessing on another utility when I can get a 3i that I know I will like. Has anyone else who took the driving iron plunge abandoned it for a 3i yet? Driver: TSi 3 10* w/ Graphite Design AD IZ 7X Fairway/Hybrid: TSi 2 15* & 18* w/ Graphite Design AD IZ 7X, AD IZ 95X Irons: P790 4i, P770 5-7i, P7MC 8-P, $ Taper 120 Wedges: SM7 52F/54 S, 58 M w/ Modus 125 Putter: California Hollywood 34" Circle H Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
null Posted February 28, 2019 Share Posted February 28, 2019 I hate to say it, but if you have gone through all of those clubs and still can't find a club that won't go left (especially a driving iron), then it is 99.999% a swing issue and no amount of shaft or head changes is going to fix that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cnosil Posted February 28, 2019 Share Posted February 28, 2019 I personally hate driving irons. I struggle to make them work for me so I just stick with hybrids. Driver: G400 Max 9* w/ KBS Tour Driven Fairway: TS3 15* w/Project X Hzardous Smoke Hybrids: 915H 21* w/KBS Tour Graphite Hybrid Prototype 915H 24* w/KBS Tour Graphite Hybrid Prototype Irons: TR20V 6-11 w/Vizard TR20-85 Graphite Wedge: 54/12D, 60/8M w/:Accra iWedge 90 Graphite Putter: Sacks Parente MC 3 Stripe Backup Putters: Milled Collection RSX 2, mFGP2, Futura 5W, TM-180 Member: MGS Hitsquad since 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hartrick11 Posted February 28, 2019 Author Share Posted February 28, 2019 18 minutes ago, jlukes said: I hate to say it, but if you have gone through all of those clubs and still can't find a club that won't go left (especially a driving iron), then it is 99.999% a swing issue and no amount of shaft or head changes is going to fix that. Totally hear you that the lefts are more of a swing issue than equipment. I have had a few lessons and am working through the swing change with as much range/drill time as I can get in. That work, combined with the fitting into a much more stable, lower launching shaft (I think), has led to improvement on the hooks. Driver: TSi 3 10* w/ Graphite Design AD IZ 7X Fairway/Hybrid: TSi 2 15* & 18* w/ Graphite Design AD IZ 7X, AD IZ 95X Irons: P790 4i, P770 5-7i, P7MC 8-P, $ Taper 120 Wedges: SM7 52F/54 S, 58 M w/ Modus 125 Putter: California Hollywood 34" Circle H Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hartrick11 Posted March 15, 2019 Author Share Posted March 15, 2019 Update - I couldn't pull the trigger on the 3i! I went to return the cobra utility and hit a couple other DI, started pumping the ball with the Gapr LO and the stock stiff shaft (lighter and whippy shaft scared me, but the dispersion data was very clear), so I went with that. I am such an easy mark when I walk into Golf Mart... So I've got 3 more months with this one before I need to sh*t or get off the driving iron pot! Driver: TSi 3 10* w/ Graphite Design AD IZ 7X Fairway/Hybrid: TSi 2 15* & 18* w/ Graphite Design AD IZ 7X, AD IZ 95X Irons: P790 4i, P770 5-7i, P7MC 8-P, $ Taper 120 Wedges: SM7 52F/54 S, 58 M w/ Modus 125 Putter: California Hollywood 34" Circle H Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smellis745 Posted March 21, 2019 Share Posted March 21, 2019 I've been through a few, really liked the Callaway X Forged UT. I've played a Srixon U45 as well, but have just settled on using a Z545 3 iron bent to 19. It's just as hot as the other two and for me, plays easier out of the fairway. I have never been one that could hit hybrids, for whatever reason. I guess they just don't fit my eye. PXG 0811X Gen 4 7.5* - Graphite Design Tour AD-HD 7 TX TaylorMade M6 15* - PX HZRDUS Green 80 TX Titleist 913 Fd 18* - MCA KuroKage XMS 90 X /// OR /// Callaway XForged UT 20* - Aldila Rogue Black 105 TX Srixon Z745 4-P - PX LZ 7.0 Vokey SM7 49F / 53F / 58K - DG TI S400 Odyssey Black #3 34” Titleist AVX Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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