Battle Of the Golf Blades 

Hi Jim, greetings from the land down under . I recently got fitted with the Wilson irons and chose a combo set. The blades 7- pw are fantastic . I do not swing the club fast , approx 90 mph however as far as ball disbursement I definately made a good choice in the blades . Most times I could throw a rug over the balls hit on the range , they finish that close to each other. IMHO Sacrificing distance v accuracy is an important consideration and well worth dropping distance for consistent accuracy.

I’ve always understood that large game improvement irons with a ton of offset were usually called shovels. Blades were usually called butter knives but never shovels

Gapping is by far better with blades Also, thin soles suit some deliveries better than the giant sole irons.

wilson better then Mizuno is crazzzyyyy with the wilson in the bag. the 245s are sooo good.

Hogan irons, especially the older ones, have the rounding of the sole just right.

Go to a hitting bay and hit several hundred balls with the same mid iron. Do this over a few hitting sessions without cleaning the clubface. Afterwards see the ball mark pattern on your iron's clubface. The circular or oval strike pattern on the clubface will tell you how large or small a clubface you should be playing with. I have read that the strike pattern of Attaya Thitikul is a tiny circle!

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also technically the 245 is a blade.

But blades look so sexy lol

My understanding in regard to the lofts is that the blades are weaker, more of the traditional lofts, because of launch that is needed. The more game improvement irons with perimeter weighting and very low CG can launch the ball higher with a stronger loft per club. Blade lofts are not weaker because of a stronger player. Bryson Dechambeau has his clubs in way stronger lofts because he would launch the ball way too high and with too much spin if he played standard lofted clubs.

I like that the Wilson has the toe weight to prevent or help prevent hooking. However, as much as I love Wilson's, the blades are for hitters who consistently hit the center of the club... Probably a low single digit handicap. I'm a 9 and probably need to stay away from these.. Thought they do look beautiful!!

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I agree in theory that you can play blades regardless of hdcp, but there are not better ball strikers on the planet than the pros, and the VAST MAJORITY of them do NOT play blades.