Wide face irons?

[TheGolfer]

Curiuos if anyone else has been looking for wider face irons?

When i use my impact tape my misses tend to be outside the sweet spot toward the toe. yes, working on adjustments but it must be so ingrained. my path is 3-8 degrees in to out (short clubs on the lower side / long clubs on the higher side). not sure if that has something to do with it. even though i am in to out i must be racking across the ball and pulling in somehow?

i tried standing closer to the ball which i can hit more pure shots but occasionaly will *hank it.

curious if there are clubs that are wider than standard producing a wider sweet spot horizontally. don't need it higher vertically just wider.

appreciate the thoughts.

[Libbing]

I think the more forgiving clubs all get wider horizontally. Watched something on Golf Channel a while back that described the big differences between the modern forgiving clubs and the pro irons / muscle backs. Of course, the cavities. But the big thing that let's you draw / fade on command is the shorter width horizontally. Also makes them less forgiving for the same reason. So I assume the game improvement irons will be more forgiving - and that is why they get harder to move the ball on command

[jvincent]

Pretty much any oversize head will have better off-center forgiveness than a narrower one.

If you are looking for specific model recommendations, I'd go with the Wishon 560MC or maybe the 979SS. Full set of irons are below.

http://wishongolf.com/designs/iron-sets/

[BC MIST]

There is only one persussion centre, or sweet spot in any club, however, the amount of error passed on to the varies with design/size of the head.

Regarding the Wishon line referred to above and perhaps of interest to the original poster, Wishon has a Rank of Off Centre forgiveness for all of his irons, based on robotic testing of 5 irons, a 75 mph swing speed and an impact of 1" towards the toe.

555M (blades) -14 yards
555C (smaller cavity back- forged) -11 yards
979's -8 yards
560MC (larger sized forged cavity back) -6.5 yards
870Ti (largest head) -5 yards

Also, the 870's were a full 13 yards longer than the blades, hitting the ball on centre, and 10 yards longer than the 560's. Testing was done with a 5 iron at 75 mph.

[TheGolfer]

thanks for the recos. i know in general the oversize will be bigger and more forgiving. i like how wishon demonstrates that with their robot.

i know that all oversize are not the same so curious if anyone else out there was retentive as i am and already measured a few. i just tested the titliest ap1 and i like how its not a deep face with ultra thick line but its got a wide face to it figuring that should make it a little more forgiving on my misses toward the toe.

[jvincent]

That's what's really nice about the 560MC. Unlike most larger iron heads it has very little offset and it looks like an oversized muscle back at address.

[BC MIST]

Over the last couple of weeks of the season, I resurrected and played with 560, 870, 550C sets that I have, in addition to the 555's that I played with all season, and found that look, feel distance and accuracy of the 560's, outperformed the others, and I am now using them for indoor practice at the Superdome. While the overall look is still traditional, the larger head provides a "can't miss" kind of confidence.

[Chieflongtee]

Have you tried clubs of different lengths with impact tape? Ex: multiple 5 iron at 36-36.5-37-37.5-38

If you can find the centre of the club flace with a specific length with one of them then you got part or all of your answer.