Iron Fitting
Irons are your scoring clubs, which is exactly why a poor lie angle or mismatched shaft costs you strokes without ever feeling like the problem. It's as much about consistency and control as it is about distance.
Get Lie Angle Right Before Anything Else
Lie angle is the angle between the shaft and the ground when the club is soled correctly. If your irons are too upright, the toe sits up at address and shots tend to miss left; too flat, and the heel sits up, pushing shots right. Most golfers have never had lie angle checked, yet a 3–4° mismatch is common and directly affects where the ball starts.
We check lie angle dynamically — under impact, using impact tape or a lie board — rather than relying on static height charts, because your actual posture and swing plane at impact is what matters, not a generic height-to-lie table.
Read our full lie angle guide →| Club | Loft | Carry |
|---|---|---|
| 7-Iron | 30° | 158 yds |
| 8-Iron | 34° | 147 yds |
| 9-Iron | 38° | 135 yds |
| PW | 43° | 121 yds |
Six Variables, Checked Across the Whole Set
Lie Angle
Set dynamically at impact to keep your start line consistent from your 4-iron through your pitching wedge.
Loft Gapping
Consistent 3–4° gaps between clubs so you don't have two irons flying the same distance, or a gap you can't fill without a half-swing.
Shaft Flex & Weight
Matched to your transition and tempo — too stiff and you'll lose feel and distance; too soft and dispersion opens up under pressure.
Length
Standard length isn't universal. A half-inch change can noticeably tighten strike location for taller or shorter golfers.
Head Category
Blade, players-distance, or game-improvement — chosen based on strike consistency, not ego. We'll show you the dispersion data for each category with your own swing.
Set Composition
Where irons should stop and hybrids or wedges take over, so there's no dead zone in your yardage gaps.
Mixing Head Types Where It Actually Helps
Many of the best-performing bags mix head categories: a compact players-distance iron in the scoring clubs (8-iron through wedge) for feel and workability, with a slightly larger, higher-MOI head in the long irons (4–6) for extra forgiveness where mishits are most costly. We'll show you exactly how this changes your dispersion pattern before you commit to a build.
Get the Whole Set Dialed In
A full iron session runs 60–90 minutes and covers lie, loft, length, shaft, and head across the entire set, not one club in isolation.