Originally Posted by
BC MIST
A philosophical question. In a 3 to AW set of 9 irons, the frequency difference between successive clubs is 4.5 cpm's, making the AW 36 cpm's stiffer than the 3. According to the above, 12 cpm's constitute a flex range, therefore, the AW is 3 flex ranges stiffer than the 3. And yet, all the clubs in this set could be classified as a "REGULAR". Why?
In my non-traditional mind, all clubs that have the SAME frequency, should have the SAME classification and so are matched. A set of clubs with different frequencies should have a different classification label as they are mismatched, but at least they are mismatched consistently.:)
We also know that the tip stiffness is a factor in trajectory, so NOT trimming from the tip should allow the flexing forward of the shaft through impact to be more consistent with the loft of the club influencing the trajectory difference the most. However, if you tip trim, the stiffer tip of the shaft tends to decrease the trajectory. Thus, even though there should be a consistent loft difference to make a consistent difference in trajectory, when one adds the increasingly stiffer tip to the equation, should this not make the successive trajectory's inconsistent? Perhaps this is accomodated by having the centre of gravity of each successive club head fractionally lower than the preceeding one