CAN A BEGINNER GOLFER HIT BLADES???
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- Can A BEGINNER Golfer Use Blades? In this video my mid handicap new golfer foxy puts the Mizuno MP20 MB BLADE Irons to the test against a more forgiving alternative. Should a mid handicap use blades? who should use blades? Can a mid handicap use blades? can a beginner golfer use blades? Who should use blades? Should you use blades? In this video you might find out! Which will go further? Will the blade be as forgiving as the forgiving golf clubs? Will foxy quit golf forever after hitting blades??? Let’s find out. And lets do it now!
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Much respect to Mr. Fox for getting out there and getting on camera. I feel like we rarely see true beginners in these videos.
"Play what makes you happy"- Patrick Boyd. Blades and persimmon drivers or G410 driver and irons, whatever makes your round more enjoyable. It's your round of golf not anyone else's
Play what gets the ball in the hole in the fewest strokes. That’s the goal, that’s fun!
I agree!
For some people it's all about the experience. They are willing to give up a few strokes here and there for the experience of a well struck shot with a forged blade. Plus many of us value the feedback of such clubs.
For others it's all about shooting the lowest score possible. That requires a relentless pursuit of the right equipment to maximize your game! (along with tons of practice!)
Both are perfectly acceptable ways to approach the game.
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@@sloebone7399 its one definition of fun! But i know a bunch of guys for whom fun is a well struck shot with a blade! I even heard one guy say that a perfectly struck Mizuno iron is better than .....well...you know what!
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To each his own!
@@richardsdiaz1 LOL. Thats why i have played and still play with Mizuno irons;)
Loving this
I used blades when I first started. (Used of course). In my humble opinion. They thought me how to strike the ball. So when I did get new clubs. The game was so much fun I took the summer off and played all day three or four times a week. Remember the fun is in the struggles.
When I miss it has nothing to do with the club and everything to do with the swing. Play whatever makes you want to come back the next day and play again.
When I first started golfing my dad bought me a set from a garage sale. They were some serious blades and I did okay with them. I do remember the pain in my hands from badly struck shots though. Come to think of it that might have helped because it was feedback you couldn't ignore.
absolutely
MrKydaman i got blades but I cant manage to hit them good
@@americangodd2831 keep at it and you should get better, but there is a lot of tech in game improvement clubs. The tech hasn't changed too much in the last few years so if you don't have the cash for a new set find a solid used set.
@@americangodd2831 jam a stick down the shaft of a club and learn to make nearly full swings without it whippin ya on the side.
Pay me later.
I think it depends entirely on the person. 7 months after I started playing, a friend of mine gave me a set of 1978 wilson staff tour blades, 2-SW and I had two range sessions and played several rounds with them and played them better than my Taylormade rsi 1s. For me from the start, off set and large head size puts me off, it makes me feel like I am going to chunk them. The tour blades made me feel I can get through the ball. After that, I got a set of wilson Fg tour F5s and now I have the V6 irons. Again, I think it depends on the person. Beginners back in the day started with blades, I think beginners should, it makes you concentrate on the club face and hitting the center. GI irons makes you feel you can swing as hard and wild as you want and the ball will still get there. Just my opinion. Great video James.
When I was a junior junior (lates 1980s) my first set as an 8 year old were Dunlop blades. Although I got better as I got older and played with Slaz XTCs, when I hit a reasonable standard (18 hcp at about 15) I switched to some (old at the time) Golden Ram blades. Coming back into golf after 12-15 years I bought a set of 'improvement' irons but found them too big. I'm now back on the (35 year old?) blades and am heading back into the teens. Blades make you hit the middle of the club face, and feel amazing. No reason you should not learn with them - do it right the first time.
I have a set of Dunlop blades that I learned on and I hit them better than my new more forgiving irons 🤷🏻♂️...I agree, learn to play with blades, there's no hiding any bad habits.
All about the ball striking, I loved picking up my first set of blades as a mid handicap player (12) they made me want to play and practice more
I'm a high handicap but bought a set of used 712mb's purely for this reason. Slowed down the swing, forced to be smooth. Nothing like hitting a blade pure.
To be honest, I don’t really understand why “can a lesser skilled golfer use blades?” has become such a question. When I started playing in the 80’s blades were all we had and millions of golfers got to scratch and beyond, including me. We did just fine and I don’t see why the would change over time.
And when you learned to drive a car, seat belts weren't a thing. That doesn't mean they're a bad idea.
@@SirKenNorth thats the dumbest comparision Ive heard in my life
Exactly. Irons were just irons. You bought a set of blades because that's all there was and you learned how to hit them properly. Ironically, they are the ultimate game improvement clubs, they force you to get better. The whole point is to hit the sweet spot and blades give ultimate feedback. I guess it's not in the equipment industry's interest to have players investing in a set of blades and using them for multiple seasons until they need replacing. It's better to have them chase the latest and greatest and the narrative becomes that you need all the forgiveness you can get while the benefits of blades get lost and become defined as exclusively for low handicap players. Blades are very user friendly once you know what you're doing (or at least trying to do).
@@jonathanlynch8372 Spot on. I have only had three sets of clubs in 50 years: Hogan blades from 14-30. Then Ping eye 2s and now Titleist AP2s.
Because company’s can make more money selling the hype.
4 iron on day 1 is a tough lesson James😩
Took me months to hit a 4 iron consistently😂
3iron is easier
i've been playing for a year (25hc) and recently went from the game improvement irons I was using to older, smaller heads that have a lot less meat on them (that were a LOT cheaper). I hit the ball miles better now. When i had them head to head the game improvement irons looked massive and felt very heavy and cumbersome. I think the forgiveness angle is over-hyped, if you nob it out of the toe, fat it, or shank it no club in the world will fix it.
Every beginner for many years started with blabes. A good swing can play any club. I love my blades. Gorgeous.
Really comes down to how the person feels and how comfortable they are with any style of club. Also, how well you strike it with your swing. Good Luck Everyone 👍
I’m a beginner and my buddy gave me his Nike blades because he could not hit them. I found the you need to swing slower and focus on the sweet spot of the club vs club head speed. When hit right, the ball explodes off the club. Unfortunately that’s one in a thousand swings for me. I do like the challenge of it.
Ive been learning with 99 hogan apex blades. Its taught me a lot about how well you can strike the ball with proper compression/technique 👍🏻
When I started golf back in the 70's blades were all we had and they got me down to 4hcp.
I started with 77mm TaylorMade P770’s as a beginner. Got my handicap down significantly. Changed to an 80mm forged game improvement iron thinking it would lower it some more. I’m back to playing P770’s 😂
I started with my Grandfathers 1970’s Ben Hogan Blades. Learned how to hit with those unforgiving beauties, moved onto modern Titleist 770’s and comparatively they felt like super game improvement Irons.
Yes! I just switched from JPX900 hot metal to a second hand set of MP52. I make better ball contact with the MCC than my JPX. Only golfing for a couple years.
My stroke average came down immediately when I made it change.
My gut feeling (before I watch the body of the video) is that a beginner golfer can hit blades, because they were what beginners used before perimeter-weighted clubs appeared. Every golfer, even the very best, had to be a beginner at some point!
i started playing 6 weeks ago, i have a mixed bag of blades and normal, a bunch of mismatch clubs and hand me downs, I'm left handed and I'm using right handed clubs. Out of my 5 full 18 holes i have played I've got around first game 106 and now getting around in 98, still terrible but only now looking to spend a little bit of money now I've got the bug and even now ill probably only buy someone else's second hand clubs just to get going (unless i win one of your prizes you keep putting out with golf clubs 4 cash ) . but the only difference i can see so far between normal and blades is both end up in the trees but one of them hurts a-lot more ha. keep up these videos i'm finding them so useful on this journey to not being the worst player on the course. i'm learning so much every day.... I'm about to have my first lesson at the end of the month and can't wait.
I have old Sam Snead Blue Ridge blades and persimmons that I've had since I started, and I begin every season with them. When I can find my rhythm and pace and start consistently making center contact I switch to my forged cavity backs and and hollow titanium heads to zero in my yardage. If I hit the range after I start playing consistently, it's with the blades and persimmons. They're like a training aid that causes me to focus on center strike, pace, and rhythm giving me all the feedback I could hope for.
My lad is just starting out...loves hitting my 2-iron MacGregor VIP Limited’s from the early 1970s (blade with rebar shaft) more than my other clubs (except MP4s!!!).
I had some Ben Hogan blades that I bought from my home club Pro. They were fantastic and I loved playing them even I if was a bit cack at times. Enjoyment comes before anything else
Hey James from Canada! Love your videos, especially the ones with Mark! So jealous of your new Mizuno irons...and I got new Callaway Apex Pro this year!! (ego got the best of me, I should have gone with Mizuno 919 Forged...and yes I was fitted!). Have't used them nearly enough this year...and the year is closing quickly!! Damnit!! Jealous of you golfing in UK in December!! :( Anyway...blades for a beginner?? Sure, but they will develop no confidence...work your way up...that's my opinion. I got back into golf after 20 odd years off, started with Adams which were good, up to Ping G, which were very good, now up to the Callaways which I am still getting used to (getting more comfortable though...). If you start with improvement irons, gain some confidence, work your way up to the next step up in hierarchy of irons (big word!). Maybe MP20 HMB's to start? Soooo jealous of the gorgeous courses you play on your videos..on my bucket list... :) Cheers, Bob
Watched all four of your video's tonight with Mr. Fox, and really enjoyed them. Personally however I would want Mr. Fox to enjoy his first 100 games of golf so I would definitely encourage him, and any other golfer to get fitted and see what will work best for you. Form there after playing for a while, and when you feel like you'er ready (and you have the money) go for another fitting to see if your game has changed. Very nice video's, Thank you.
James, can’t believe you’re not at 75K yet! I’m going to include subscription to your channel as part of my students grade!
100+k
My first golf club was my Uncles old MacGregor VIP Blade 3 Iron and I'm pretty sure that it had a stiff shaft!
I had about 10 old Dunlop Balls that I had "found" on our local Course and I spent a whole summer learning how to hit the damn thing and get the Balls airborne.
Nearly 60 years on I'm pretty sure that I wouldn't be able to hit a VIP 3 Iron Blade but man they still look beautiful!!!
I've been playing a blade for a few years , I'm a 14 handicap and feel they help me improve ball striking
I’ve been golfing for 4 months and I play with mizuno mp-14 and do well with them
Funny timing for this video just yesterday i went and tried the Mizuno blades and felt i hit them significantly better than the Hmb im a 13 handicap
Strike is king. When I first started last year I wish I'd just spent time hitting buckets of balls with a half swing 9i. Get solid ball then turf contact and the game is much easier. I think most of us try to run before we can walk.
We started playing in 1967 at 10 years old Arnold Palmer irons or hogan irons but we use Wilson Staff woods, get a tourney up and we play all vintage stuff, I’ll fly over to play in it, you Liam and his crew and rick and some more it will be a blast
My first set were hand me down McGregor Nicklaus blades. Used them for a couple of years from 13-15 years old. I got the golf bug and saved up for another "game improvement" set. Nothing wrong with blades at any point it's all about enjoying and playing golf
As a golfer who started playing in the 1970s, the answer is YES. That's all we had then. They are the ultimate "game improvement" club because of the feedback of a good strike versus a bad strike. I got down to a 6 handicap using them. But it required practice and lots of it.
Just bought set mp20 hmb 5 and 6 iron. And 7 ,8,9 mb. Playing off 11. They’re awesome.
My first set of clubs was a half set of (right handed) Carnegie Clark blades. At the time they were a fairly standard beginners set of irons. A huge upgrade from attempting to learn left handed with my grandfather’s MacGregor Blades! 😂
I think it all comes down to your like of look and feel of club one of my best sets I hit purely got as Greg Norman played macgregor 675mb blades not for my handicap but stuck better than when I tried some chunky game improvement and couldn’t hit. All levels I think could blade 8-Sw then from there up more ability required
I actually started with used forged irons Tommy Armour Silver Scott Tourney 2- wedge leather grips stiff shaft. The feed back on a miss hit was eventful. Glad I sold them for Wilson Gear Effect cavity back irons.
This was my first summer playing golf again after about 6 years and I just played a round with mizuno mp 30s instead of the callaway steelheads that I had been using and it was the best round I played iron striking wise all summer as I was more focused on striking the ball center with the smaller head
MP-30s are really nice clubs. As I recall the ones you played have an actual cavity?
I have the MP-32s which are a "cut" muscle.
Started with cavity backs. Then MP 14. Went to T-Zoids and did well felt like blades were better. As I got older I thought ide try Pings but hated the offset. Found T-oxide on eBay. But, I miss the blades. Walked into Dicks about a month ago. Found a really nice set of MP 33. I mean nice wear the face of the wedge and nine iron are not even really scratched. Bought shafts and will assemble tonight. Can’t wait for that buttery feel!
Grew up playing Sam Snead Blue Ridge irons, playing Nike forged blades now. Don't know if I could ever not play blades.
I had Timmy Armour silver Scott blades in mid 1980s, I was around 10 handicap then and sold them after 1 round. Hit maybe 3 good irons and the rest well my hands hurt.
I am just getting into golf and a friend is generously donating to me a set of clubs (older snake eyes blades). He said learn on those and you will be able to pick up any club later on. Forces mistake fixing early in the learning so you don’t get bad habits (according to him).
Also seems like there is a parallel to shooting sports. In shooting sports there is the saying “aim small miss small”. Basically think of the target as smaller than it is for a more accurate shot. Same could go for the blades. Smaller club, smaller margin for error drives better hits.
Im a 18handicapper currently using Wilson c300 forged and I borrowed my uncles cobra blades for a round. It felt really good and I had no problem hitting them and got The distance i wanted. I seriously think im gonna do a fitting for a set of Wilson model blades pw-7 and have my 6 and 5 in c300 forged with my srixon utility 3
My first clubs were Slazenger California and I loved em bladed irons never did me any harm tbh wish I still had em 😎
Golf is a game for most of us, so play whatever irons makes you happy. I play Bridgestone J15 MB's, they look fantastic.
There is a discussion on the Golf WRX forum about this, and I agree with one of the comments on there. If the person is really dedicated and serious about being a student of the game, I would say they SHOULD use blades (and I didn't...but am now looking for a set). The reason being is that the direct feedback and smaller clubhead will force you to become a better ball striker. If you are just going to be a casual player with the guys a few times a year, then I would say get the most forgiving clubs you can get so you can at least have a good time while you are out there instead of hating the game. Lots of practice and dedication to the game...blades. Going from the sofa to Pebble Beach...Super Game-Improvement Irons...FOR SURE!
GolfvlogsUK shirt on... You go lad!!
A great video, 40 years ago when i was a kid blades were about the norm.
I think blades helped my golf game. I started with game improvement irons and they were like swinging a flip flop on a golf shaft and gave almost no feedback. It was only after I moved to player cavity backs then onto blades that my handicap fell 7.5 strokes to 10. The blades reward good strikes and punish bad strikes which caused me to practice and work out swing problems while the game improvement irons were dead feeling. I had to spray the face of them to tell where I hit but I know instantly with my Ft Worth blades exactly where on the face I hit. So, I would say if you don't care enough about your game to practice and don't really care about your score then game improvement irons are the way to go but if you work at your game and want to cut strokes then get a more responsive set of clubs.
My 14 yr old just made his High School JV Golf team. He has played a 39 in 9 holes but usually plays 44 or 45 with his cavity backed Callaway Big Bertha. I just got him a single blade: Titleist 7-iron MB Forged. The idea being that when he practices with this blade he will get very punishing feedback if he’s not hitting the dime sized sweet spot. I believe this will help improve his concentration on ball striking consistency. But as to going to pure blades, I don’t see the benefit now-a-days. Perhaps a semi-blade for the feedback but also for the forgiveness and game improvement.
James, would of been interesting if you hadn't told Foxy the difference between the 2, I have never hit anything other then cavity backs, let alone HMB's which to me look like blades. So Foxy is doing well in my eyes. As for blades that's all some people used/hit over the years, as they were the ones passed down/around. PS I haven't been able to hit a 4iron correctly for ages, I use a hybrid.
I played with some blades back in the late 80's and could not hit them at all. But I think today's blades might be easier to hit then old ones.
Blades are just so good looking though. I believe they do make you slow your swing and hit in the middle.
i have being playing with blades for 3 years now (Titilest DCI) that i got from my father, and i do have 27,5 HCP so i have been playing with pnly thoes untill today
Play off 16 have ping g series irons recently my bad shots have been left and a buddy (8) of mine asked me to try blades, tried them and absolutely loved them struggled with the 4/5. Irons a bit, but hitting a lot straighter thinking of investing any advise
When I had forgiving irons I didnt concentrate on ball striking because I had it in my head that they were forgiving. I switched to some old school titeleist 690mb blades and it has lowered my score drastically. Nothing like hitting the ball out the middle of a blade.
Watching this when comming back into the sport (after about 8-10 years, I did play about 4-5 years on and off as a junior) and bought myself used 6 to 9 Mizuno MP-62 "half-blades" without thinking about it that much. Well I kinda like the deep end of the pool anyways
Cavity back was a dental term when I started 🤣🤣 we only had blades...
My first set of irons were my Dads old John Letters blades (circa 1965) cut down! You knew when you’d struck it!!!
Great video James and I’m looking forward to this series,
I wouldn’t advise a beginner to use blades but once they has found a consistent swing then why not, some people can be great iron players and not very good wood players
I'm so old that I had no choice but to use blades as a beginner, just gone on a nostalgia trip and bought off Ebay some blades I got for my 21st birthday, as I suspected I'm just as inconsistent with them, lol
James, we need you and Liam out with a course vlog.
I play with Cobra King Pro MBs started of 23 Took me 3 months to consistently cream the middle but now had 3 rounds below 80, also help you understand your miss hits etc. Great
The golf ball will help you understand your mishits, blades will punish you for them.
This givestme some confidence, because I just got some Mizuno Blades 😅
How would the MP20 Blades compare to the MP60? I am off 16 and still use my MP60, I bought in 2008, but had a break from golf for 6 years. No restarted and still like my MP60, but those MP20 look so sexy. I am asking myself, if they would be an option. The HMB seem to look a bit chunky compared to my MP60, but have not seen them in nature. Maybe it's not too bad. So will the MP20 Blades be harder to play than the MP60?
I’d consider myself a beginner. I started really playing last year. I played here and there when my dad would take me out when I was younger, but I didn’t know what I was doing. If you can strike your irons well, switch to blades. I started with cobra f-max irons and switched to blades this year. Man what a difference. You really can feel what you’ve done wrong. I think “game improvement irons” do the exact opposite in the long run. Blades are best
Ahh To be or not to be, That is the question....blades are what we played as kids... and had fun learning the feeling of a what a pure strike feels like. fstfwd 20 years transtioned and I've Been playing the same pings for 36 years...Time for a new set I'd say and that MP20 looks nourishing...blending mp20 & hmbs perhaps?
Yes because when I was a beginner along with many others all we had were blades!
I didn't know the difference when I started but I think people spread fear by saying blades are hard to hit. I went to my first lesson with Wilson FG-17 irons someone gave me and the PGA Pro never said: "you can't start with blades". Use whatever club you like the gives the feedback you need to see and feel. It really gets down to someone's work ethic and how much they play.
ive just switched to blades as a 13 handicap. pushing myself to hit the centre of the club and get instant feedback. the only drawback with blades is they are better of grass than mats
I am a 18 handicap and one of the biggest issues is approach shots with my irons. I played a set of cavity back g25s and sometimes I'd absolutely demolish my 8 and it will go 170 instead of the 150 I average and roll it over the green. By no means should I play blades but since recently switching over my distances are more consistent. I enjoy playing my 714 MBs, I got them for cheap and enjoy the feel.
Was fitted for Titleist T300s but love the look of the Hogan Fort Worth Black irons. For the price it’s going to be hard not to go with the Hogan’s 🤷♂️
See he’s one of Liam s golf mates tribe already
I learned to hit with blades and moved to cavity backs. Now I miss the blades because I do not get the feedback or the workability with the cavity backs.
More videos like this please
High handicap golfer playing blades from 7 iron upwards myself. No help increases awareness how to strike the ball properly and hope to grow into a better player as a result.
I think everyone can play with blades. If no one would talk about with which handicap someone is "allowed" to play blades, many more beginners would play with blades, because so many would love the looks of it.
My very first handicap was 16. in 1987 with blades. Smaller than anything available today.
James you hit the nail on the head..if you make a horrible swing and resultant contact is just as terrible, I am not aware of a club head that can correct those issues. I am speaking from experience, I have rented game improvement clubs on vacation, and made lazy, horrible passes at the ball to only have the ball nestle 1” from the cup...oops that was a actual dream I was having about a vacation, where I was playing golf..my bad🤣 I started playing golf with Hogan Blades, and learned how to make perfect contact, the majority of the time. That’s why I can step away from the game as I get older, and my back dictates how long, I can step back in and pick up from where I left off, with a bucket of balls practice. I know pros these days are teaching newer players like they are the snowflake generation, and for the most part they are, however they should do what the greatest older pros did. Hand the new golfer a bag of blades, no driver, no putter, no fairway metals...go hit a bucket, and play 18...rinse and repeat everyday, or other day. The biggest problem with this new clubs today is that you can put a marginal swing, and average contact, and the ball will get airborne, and down range..the issue is if you hit like that a 1000 to 5000 times, you will spend a lifetime trying to fix the learned muscle memory of those swing flaws. You take a blade to the range on a crisp morning m make a shitty swing, your fingers go a little numb, your hind teeth rattle, and the ball dribbles 30 yards in front of you...guess what you will not do? Make that swing 1000 to 5000 times!!! You will however hit one perfectly, and remember that feeling, boom you are becoming a golfer
How i think about Bladed Irons? I never Played Blades. Im a beginner (-54) and i use razr x irons and before them i used taylormade burner irons. to be honest: when i changed from the "fatty-" looking burner irons to the razr x, i had problems to launch the ball high enough.
the "help" that some irons give, they work good. when i would go back in time and made the same process with ""bladed irons", i think i would not have the same results like with "helping irons".
Srixon z765 irons?? Thoughts?? 12 handicap
It’s hard to imagine how one can hit big clubs in the middle of the club face with the ball being so low on the ground. Also they don’t inspire confidence that they will cut through the ground, they look like they would bounce. Blades for beginners is the way to go, forget all the nonsense propaganda.
I started a year and a half ago with some apex cf16s which I belive are more of a game improvement club. However today I found a 2-9 Wilson staff set in the club house that had been laying in there. Took them out and had a few mis hits to start and realized how punishing they were. Before long, I was forced to make good contact or be punished unmercifully. The 7 iron in that set is a 37 while my apexs are a 31. I was losing yardage but was hitting them straight and they flew crisp like I had more control. I'm going to keep them in the bag for a few months then maybe get a newer set of blades if I like them enough.
The set I used are Wilson Staff True Feel blades, forgot to mention that above.
I want to see this test done again but give him blades and then a low lofted GI irons and see which he finds easier to get in the air. Will more loft of a blade be easier to get airborne than a lower lofted same number iron?
Touched a golf club for the 1st time at age 40. I'm 68 now. 15 handicap. If I rip a driver it goes 220 yards. Play 3X / week. Love the game even though I suck. Current set is Mizuno JPX EZ. Forgiving enough. A few years ago I bought a set of some old Titleist MB blades with stiff shafts. I was awful with them. An off center ball strike would punish my hands. Felt like I was electrocuted. I'm adverse to try blades again. If I found a good quality set at a garage sale for $50 I might try again, but just for a laugh and hope to sell them for a profit on eBay.
I learnt to play with a set of second hand blades at the time I didn't know any different. I've played game improvement irons ever since but I do wonder if I'd notice much difference if I went with blades now. They would definitely look a lot better than my Rogue irons.
Try it!
I've done it and i play just fine with them! You'll lose a little distance but otherwise you'll be fine.
I've made a compromise with myself and am gaming AP2s right now. Still forged but longer than most blades! That's worked well for me this year!
Well in 1970 when I was a beginner you had no choice but to play blades. My first set Northwestern odd iron only set 3-5-7-9 set I bought with my paperboy money $110 and yes I did learn to play with them got to under 90 by the time I was 16
Blades were the only choice when I was a beginner. Pings were only seen in the magazine ads in my area at that time.
Blades are great. They can humble any level of golfer very quickly but no better feel with the perfect shot. Everyone should give them an honest try. I use a set of Fourteen FH-1000 and love them. Do not get the distance as a Cavity back but I think they make me a better golfer in the long run. I have to take more time on the set up and all the pre-shot rituals because they let you know if you make a bad swing. So for that reason beginners should use these
I agree with several folks here....strike is everything. If you hit the middle of the club face every time you can use Fred Flintstone's clubs and hit a good shot. That being said, most beginners cannot consistently hit the center so hence more bad shots. Nothing beats a great strike with a blade and distance is so consistent.
Learning golf is an exercise in patience and madness. Everyone learned the game with blades before cavity backs came on the scene. IMO if you want to get proficient, start with the most unforgiving clubs you can find and work out your mechanics, don't be aided by equipment because you are the machine, not the club. You can't buy skill despite what the marketing departments want you so desperately to believe. Get some cheap old school irons and swing them until you love yourself.
I've only played blades went from the TM R7 TP to the TM TP MB 2011 version. I think my next set will be the TM 730's only because game improvement irons look like a dump truck sitting behind the ball and blades are just sexy...lol
👍 the obvious answer is Yes, beginners can use blades. I think it boils down to what you started with. If you have never hit anything else and learnt to hit consistently with a particular type of club it becomes almost irrelevant as to what type of club it is. As a players game progresses they can then start to think of improving their weaker areas with different types, maybe a more forgiving long iron or hybrids etc.
Personally I started playing with a set of blades and stuck with bladed clubs ever since, however I now have a couple of hybrids at the top end of the irons. I’m convinced that playing with blades at the bottom end, maybe wedges to 7 or maybe 6iron will benefit most players in the long term when they reach a lower handicap. In my opinion, the feel and finesse i get from a blade coupled with the workability to create shots has been a bigger contributor to getting low than the ability to tonk it 300+yards.
They will make a ball striker out of you ....plus I think you will concentrate more and the feedback will be more helpful ....but I play mp5s and have for over a year now always played forged cavities but once I put the zunos in my bag well I just can't see changing them out unless I got another newer set of Mizuno blades or the Wilson staff blades they are super sexy as well ....biggest thing I found was dispersion was much tighter ....yeah you mis you lose yardage but you won't fly any greens once you learn your yardage with each club ....I think it could only help to start with a set .....it's the end goal anyways isn't it .....everyone really wants a shiny sexy blade in the bag
Good chap helping ya with ur video , ya I think everyone should start with a blade why not gonna have to hit the sweet spot eventually
I don’t like the chunkiness of GI Irons. Switched to blades and it actually raised my confidence. Generally hit most balls on or very near the center of the face, so I have no problem with it.
Also the Nike VR Pro II’s are like the best blade I’ve used lol
I’ve been playing golf since I was 6 years old, I’m 31 now. I was a 7 handicap at my best during high school. I was just gifted a set of mizuno jpx 919 tours, and im scared to hit them lol
Hmm. Shame to punish the lad that way. 😀 You should try the lefty version and see how it works out.
Hey now!
Lefty Clubs are by invitation only! If you aren't a part of the Club you can't have any!
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