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Old 09-02-2005, 03:19 AM
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Re: 2 iron

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Originally Posted by gord962
Back in the 70's, i believe, they delofted all the clubs. I believe it was Ping?? Here are the new lofts (usually):

3i 22*
4i 25*
5i 28*

Yep - good ol' Karsten Solheim started it all - innocently enough. He weakened his lofts 1º across the board, so that his clubs would be longer than everybody elses.

After that, COG dropping resulted in the need to further weaken lofts in order to keep the ball flight normal.
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