oh yes laughed laughed laughed of clubs can be so confusing that question what did you hit there from the tea box that's almost obsolete know because loft vary so much from set to set from manufacturer to manufacturer and even in the models offered by the same manufacturer comparing them all can be as confusing as comparing mobile phone contracts we all know how frustrating that can be so let's break this all down for you so that you can understand loft and how they work back in the 60s and 70s iron sets were pretty simple an average set from tree and pitching wedge around from 24 to 52 degrees in 4 degree jumps the average 7 iron had 40 degrees of loft but as golf evolved through the decades the value of marketing distance was realized that in order to say that this new club goes further than that traditional lofts have been strengthened think of stamping a 6-iron with a 7-iron badge and you begin to get the gist you're happy then because you suddenly hit your 7-iron much further all of which though has meant that some modern sets of three are the pitching wedge now run from 18 to 44 degrees that is some jump so how can they do all this well to understand that we need to first understand that there is no industry standard when it comes to loft there really isn't what manufacturers work on instead is I think all perceived launch so think of a good player with three windows stacked up in front of them he expects to hit his long irons out to the bottom window expect his mid irons to fly to the middle window and he expects to hit his short irons out through the top window nowadays technology and manufacturing processes have advanced so much that modern game improvement clubs with their ultra-thin faces and precisely placed centers of gravity can achieve that balance of having stronger loft for more distance while still launching the ball out through these perceived windows we spoke about so what we're seeing now is that the find split you have your game improvement clubs with those strong laughs for distance and you have better players clubs that are keeping an almost retro or standard lofting system so let's look at some examples just 7 irons now remember I said a 7 iron from the 70s that maybe Jack Nicklaus would have used would have had 40 degrees of loft the new tailor made m37 iron is thirty point five degrees the m4 is even stronger lofted at twenty-eight point five degrees Callaway's rogue seven iron at thirty degrees and the rogue X is 27 degrees in the seven iron ping even have two laughed offerings in some of their irons their standard g700 seven iron is twenty nine point five degrees and their power spec is 28 degrees then you have better player irons which are typically blades TaylorMade's P 770 irons for instance have a 7 iron loft of 33 degrees the new Callaway X Forge 2018 is also 33 degrees and the Mizuno mp18 7 iron is even more traditional at 35 degrees of course all this creation of game improvement cloves with stronger loft leaves the problem at the end of your bag if you hit your pitching wedge 150 yards and your sand wedge a hundred yards you'll need to bridge the distance gap with one two or even three gap wedges so the issue of loft is not a simple one but I hope this goes a long way towards explaining it the best advice is not to worry about the club you're playing partner is hitting choose the club that suits your game best and know how far you hit your clubs once you're tapping in for birdies what else matters from me for now it's total out
