What Club is Your 150 Yard Club?

[ParFore74x]

I’d go with my 8 iron which is usually in the 146-155 area for me. 

[Preeway]

When I think of a “standard” 150 club, I think of what I would hit off a tee on a par 3. In which case, it’s 9-iron all day. Of course, wind will factor in as well as pin location but assuming no wind and a perfect lie, I’d hit 9-iron. 

[revkev]

Playing at sea level in muggy Florida it’s a 7 iron, sometimes even 6 when it gets particularly humid with wet turf conditions. It was an 8 iron when I played in Indiana last May - it took a couple of rounds to figure that out 

[Josh Parker]

That is typically my 9 iron. Depends on conditions and where my target is on the green. 

[Rob Person]

Last range session was my 7w. It's consistent with my swing to grab 145-150 with it. I can sometimes hit my 7i that far, but no stopping the ball height to the shot.

Now if I'm teeing it up a hair, my 8i will touch 150 sometimes too.

 

[RickyBobby_PR]

Where’s the pin?

whats my lie?

what’s the weather conditions?

lots of factors that can go into the decision. Could be 5,6,7,8 iron

[Guest-0]

6 minutes ago, RickyBobby_PR said:

Where’s the pin?

whats my lie?

what’s the weather conditions?

lots of factors that can go into the decision. Could be 5,6,7,8 iron

Pretty sure they mean stock yardage it says "under normal conditions" which I assume means flat no wind but that was just my take

[Wheelieb]

Since I just got new irons, I’m going to have to say that’s a wait and see. With my PXG irons it was my PW. But that’ll happen when you swing fast and the loft is 41 degrees. 

[Guest-0]

3 minutes ago, Wheelieb said:

Since I just got new irons, I’m going to have to say that’s a wait and see. With my PXG irons it was my PW. But that’ll happen when you swing fast and the loft is 41 degrees. 

A PXG PW is 41 degs??? Wow my 8 iron is 39° that's the trend though and I had to order mine in what PING calls "Retro Spec lofts" to get them in the lofts I wanted to avoid gapping at the wedges. Ping now offers the standard loft (which is pretty jacked) the retro loft and the Power Spec lofts if you want to be the guy on the tee that says "man you have to hit 7 iron here??? That's a light 9 for me"

[No3PuttLaLa]

According to my Arccos data, my 9i is 148-159. I am fairly confident in my distances since using the Arccos regularly. They’re pretty close.

[GolfSpy_BEN]

Average carry of my 9 iron is 145 yards

Average carry of my 8 iron is 157 yards

So as others have mentioned, which club I use is dictated by the actual conditions present at the time. The pin location would factor in as well. 

[Subdiver1]

1 hour ago, Marlin Dave said:

A PXG PW is 41 degs??? Wow my 8 iron is 39° that's the trend though and I had to order mine in what PING calls "Retro Spec lofts" to get them in the lofts I wanted to avoid gapping at the wedges. Ping now offers the standard loft (which is pretty jacked) the retro loft and the Power Spec lofts if you want to be the guy on the tee that says "man you have to hit 7 iron here??? That's a light 9 for me"

Yeah...no. My PXG PW stock spec is 44 deg, when I got fitted they set me up 1 deg weak on the Gen 6 0311s.  Not sure where anybody got their PW at 41.

https://www.pxg.com/en-us/golf-clubs/irons/0311-p-gen6-irons/IR-PXG37-CHR.html

[Subdiver1]

@GolfSpy_BEN I guess you and zi are mere mortals to the superhuman class that @Javs and @bens197 inhabit

[Knight017]

On 3/13/2024 at 12:53 AM, TSauer said:

With the Masters quickly approaching, t-minus 29 days for those counting, I'm going to pose this question... Would you rather:

Get to play a round at Augusta National once

OR

Get Saturday and Sunday tickets to the Masters every year

Easy 8 iron I generally carry it 140m

[Guest-0]

1 hour ago, Subdiver1 said:

Yeah...no. My PXG PW stock spec is 44 deg, when I got fitted they set me up 1 deg weak on the Gen 6 0311s.  Not sure where anybody got their PW at 41.

https://www.pxg.com/en-us/golf-clubs/irons/0311-p-gen6-irons/IR-PXG37-CHR.html

Yeah I was shocked when I read that!! They are far more players iron than some juiced Game Improvement iron that's why I was puzzled. I actually had to custom order my irons in "retro loft" to keep them traditional and I don't care about anything but the gapping. These dudes that play the OEM PW and GW in those sets go from the Gw being 46° to a 56 or 58 sand wedge???? I don't even play a factory PW mine is a Vokey because I don't like the clunky wedges in the sets

[Will_Mac]

PW.

BUT...

The asterisks being that my JPX-923 Pro irons' PW is only 42.5°. In previous sets where PW was 45°, 9-iron was my 150 club.

[Wheelieb]

4 hours ago, Marlin Dave said:

A PXG PW is 41 degs??? Wow my 8 iron is 39° that's the trend though and I had to order mine in what PING calls "Retro Spec lofts" to get them in the lofts I wanted to avoid gapping at the wedges. Ping now offers the standard loft (which is pretty jacked) the retro loft and the Power Spec lofts if you want to be the guy on the tee that says "man you have to hit 7 iron here??? That's a light 9 for me"

The PXG irons I had were their Game Improvement irons. So stronger lofted yes. It was fun for a while when a friend would ask what I was hitting and it was 2 clubs less than what they were, and then they switched to to the same club and came up way short. 

[Wheelieb]

3 hours ago, Subdiver1 said:

Yeah...no. My PXG PW stock spec is 44 deg, when I got fitted they set me up 1 deg weak on the Gen 6 0311s.  Not sure where anybody got their PW at 41.

https://www.pxg.com/en-us/golf-clubs/irons/0311-p-gen6-irons/IR-PXG37-CHR.html

Weird, you went to the Gen 6 “P” irons. Clearly I said Game improvement irons which is their “XP” irons. And you want to doubt the specs I listed. It’s ok, here is a screen shot directly from PXG’s website with the Gen 6 XP irons. So you’re wrong. 

[Javs]

4 hours ago, Subdiver1 said:

@GolfSpy_BEN I guess you and zi are mere mortals to the superhuman class that @Javs and @bens197 inhabit

I think by the responses that @bens197 and I aren’t the ones to worry about. There are guys here saying PW! I would need a gale behind me. 

[Guest-0]

34 minutes ago, Javs said:

I think by the responses that @bens197 and I aren’t the ones to worry about. There are guys here saying PW! I would need a gale behind me. 

That's a PW for me and a strong lofted 8 iron for my league partner and he kicks my butt everytime we play. Doesn't matter how far anyone hits it but us men and the egos living proof is Kyle Berkshire!!! Hits driver , 8 iron on 560 yd par 5s on in two and three jacks for par meanwhile the old man hits it straight 3 times and then 1 putts for Birdie. Some of us hit down on the ball and trap it super hard which increases ball speed and others (me) have been working for years to keep my hands ahead of the ball so I actually even though my PW is a 48° deloft it fairly substantially so what club am I actually hitting??? It very well may be a 40° at contact

[RickyBobby_PR]

6 hours ago, Marlin Dave said:

Pretty sure they mean stock yardage it says "under normal conditions" which I assume means flat no wind but that was just my take

Again where the flag became that chagrns my club selection. 150 to a back pin is a different shot and different club than 150 to a front pin. 

I don’t have stock yardages because I have a choked down 1/2” and 1/4” shots with all clubs. I have a flighted shot with normal grip on the club as well as with a shorter backswing.
 

Normal conditions can vary by location. I can play a course that despite what the weather is like in the parking lot it will be windier on the certain holes. Or I can play a course that’s about 15 mins down the road and it has no wind on the same day. So normal conditions isn’t just some pain statement. 
 

 

[03trdblack]

I've got so many iron sets that it all depends on the loft of the set. I enjoy playing older iron designs where the 7 iron is the loft of today's average 8 iron. 

[Northern Monkey]

This time of year it’s my 7 iron, once it warms up and the weather is warmer then it would be my 8 iron

[Guest-0]

1 hour ago, 03trdblack said:

I've got so many iron sets that it all depends on the loft of the set. I enjoy playing older iron designs where the 7 iron is the loft of today's average 8 iron. 

They still make plenty of irons with classic loft but you have to order any except the true players irons they are still classic lofted . The 7 Iron will be 35° instead of 27.5 to 30

[bens197]

3 hours ago, Javs said:

I think by the responses that @bens197 and I aren’t the ones to worry about. There are guys here saying PW! I would need a gale behind me. 

I’d need a gale and a seagull

 

[BallsLeon]

Choked down an inch on 8 iron and it should hit 145, roll to 150

[Javs]

17 minutes ago, bens197 said:

I’d need a gale and a seagull

 

I am with you!

[Erin B]

I used to think it was my 8 iron, but my new clubs hit farther and in Mesquite I’m hitting my 8 at 160, and my 9 at 150. That’s at 1500 ft of elevation. I live at 6000 ft elevation. I’ve only played a couple rounds with my new irons at my home elevation so I’m not sure what they’re gonna do there until I get some more time with them at 6000 ft. I’ve been long on every iron shot here in Mesquite.

[Michael.Sandoval33]

My 6i has become my favorite club that isn't a wedge. So, ask me a distance, I'll probably say "6". I have floated the idea of trying one lengths the same length as my current 6i but when that happens, I will somehow become a complete duff with it and hate it.

[Dead Solid Bogey]

Came here to sadly find out two things….

1) Driver wasn’t an option on the survey

2) I really, really,,, I mean really have lost distance