IRONS
# 5-9, PW, GW, SW, LW /// RH
# 5-9, PW, GW, SW /// LH
THE CULMINATION OF THE HIGHEST PERFORMANCE AND DESIGN CHARACTERISTICS IN ANY SINGLE LENGTH IRON EVER DESIGNED.
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Wishon’s single length iron design concept EQ1-NX offers same length and high COR low loft iron characteristics while adding many new performance enhancing features to mark a definite step forward in game improvement iron design.
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Enabled by the new 2-piece hollow body design, the Center of Gravity moves progressively through the set from lowest and most rear located on the #5 iron to highest and most forward located on the GW and SW to achieve more consistent shot shape and shot height for each iron in the set
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The hollow body design throughout the set increases the MOI of each head by removing all mass from the inside of the head to be distributed all around the CG. The hollow body construction also enables the CG progression and uniform impact sound between the high COR and conventional COR heads in the set
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Low number irons are better matched with their loft to CG position to achieve preferred shot shape/height and allow a wider range of players to be able to effectively hit the #5 and 6 irons to fly and carry with proper distance gaps
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Traditional GW and SW profile shapes are combined with milled faces and a custom sole grind make the wedges a great choice even if they were standalone wedges and not part of the single length design
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275g head weight with hosel weight bore allows assembly to any single length between 35.5” and 37.5” while still being able to achieve a reasonable range of swingweight/MOI (depending on shaft weight and grip weight)
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Available in RH in #5-9, PW, GW, SW, LW. Available in LH in #5-9, PW, GW, SW.
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SPECIFICATIONS
Head Material: 431 Stainless Steel (body); C455 High Strength Steel (#5, 6, 7 faces)
Ferrule Required: Any IR ferrule with 13.2 bottom OD and 0.370″ ID (#121-IR)
Scorelines: U-Groove 0.8mm wide x 2.8mm spacing x 0.4mm deep
Hosel Length/Bore Depth: 65mm/30mm
Hosel Weight Bore: Capacity 9g
Loft/Lie Bending: +/-3° in any direction
Sole Width Range Toe/Centre/Heel:
#5, 6 – 20.5mm/19.5mm/15mm;
#7, 8, 9, P – 21mm/20mm/15.5mm
GW – 22m/21mm/17mm
SW – 23mm/22mm/17mm
Bottom of Bore to Ground: 1 5/8″ (40mm)
I never believed I would be scoring like this, The feel of these irons is fantastic and of course the convenience of single length make these probably the only irons I’ll ever own…
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Subject: Logic behind Lie vs. Length progression (Two-Length Build) Hi Tom, I am planning a two-length iron build where the 8-iron through Lob Wedge are the same length, while the 6 and 7-irons are 0.5″ longer. I am already accounting for head weight and MOI adjustments, but this project sent me down a rabbit hole regarding the relationship between lie angle and length. In comparing 7 and 6 iron specs across various brands, I observed the following changes: (Lie Decrease : Length Increase) 0.5° : 0.5“ 0.8° : 0.5″ 0.75° : 0.75″ While the industry standard appears to be a… Read more »
JOHN After reading your synopsis of your set a couple of times, it certainly sounds to me like you are thinking this through very well in terms of looking for the MOI match of the two longer irons to the rest of the irons . That part will be fine for you, I believe. As to the lie, don’t overthink this. For many decades the industry chose to set their std lies in the 1* change for each 1/2″ length change – but with the 9, P, G and S being the same. That was originated back when there was… Read more »
Hi Tom, I’m planning changing my EQ1-NX shafts from current DG 115 mid to all Nippon Modus3 Tour 120. I tried one in my 7 iron as an experiment and loved the feel. The shift which went in to the 7i was a 40’’ Modus3 Tour 120 parallel tip 0.370 which was cut down to playing length of 37.25. I’m living over in Dubai and whilst the fitted are helpful they clearly are a bit uncertain working with the single length concept. For this reason I’m going to order the shafts myself and am unsure whether I should order all… Read more »
TOBY You are going about this investigation in the right way. Good for you that you did a test run with the 7 iron in the set so you now know and have the confidence that where you are going with the new shafts is going to work out well for you. As to which shaft for the other irons, the primary goal of single length irons is to make EVERY IRON THE SAME in every way possible with only the loft changing from iron to iron. So think of it this way, you are trying to make a set… Read more »
Thanks so much Tom, really appreciate you taking the time to help me with this. You’ve explained it perfectly for me, Shafts are now ordered and on the way!
Tom, most hollow body irons have some sort of foam injection in them your EQ1 don’t. Is it mostly hype, noise reduction or semi BS for the foam ? Probably adds to mfg cost as well. Thanks
GARY Foam or no foam depends on the potential of the hollow cavity to generate sound upon impact that some might perceive as undesirable. The design of the EQ hollow irons is such that the internal cavity is not all that large so there’s really no chance of a less than desirable impact sound. Cost has nothing to do with it. I am working on a new prototype iron design right now that is hollow and in this one, I have found that if it continues to completion, it will be polymer filled because the initial impact sound of the… Read more »
Tom, is your prototype hollow body iron head you are working on for SL or just a new head for variable length clubs.
GARY
If it sees the light of day, the proto iron model I have been working on is a conventional incremental length iron design. Not single length.
TOM
Tom, quick shaft question for you. Been playing the EQ irons since they came out with Steelfiber i125 stiff shafts. Been a great combo when my 36.5” swing was 82 mph, but Father Time has constrained me to 75mph as of late so looking for a better dance partner. What are your thoughts on flighted shafts for EQ irons? The idea of a little more height sounds great, but I recall you saying play the exact same iron, tipping and all, throughout the set. Thanks in advance for the advice.
Richard I certainly can relate to watching your clubhead speed drop as Father Time keeps going on and on! I suspect your idea to consider switching to flighted shafts is because you’ve noticed shot height with the lower loft irons has dropped and with it you’ve lost carry distance. That’s precisely what happens with a drop in clubhead speed, it’s pure physics. Unfortunately using the shaft to gain back that shot height is not going to happen thanks to the drop in clubhead speed. It takes a very late release WITH clubhead speeds in the mid 80s and higher to… Read more »
Hi Tom,
I was wondering if there is anything to watch out for when fitting single length irons. I am planning to buy a 6 iron head and go to a fitter to find the right shaft. Would it be an issue if the head is a 6 iron instead of the typical 7? And I doubt any fitters in my area have experience fitting single length irons, would this be a problem? I have read a lot of the replies here so I know I should watch out for low lofted irons.
Thanks,
John
JOHN First of all, under this comment thread, look down the list of posts to find my post to ANDY that I just made the other day> It’s a long post that explains what to consider when thinking about single length. It’ll help you a lot I bet. But in direct answer to your question about what length for the single length, here’s the deal. I don’t personally like seeing a single length set done at 6 iron length because when the wedges are 6 iron length, that makes them about 2 full inches longer than what they are in… Read more »
Hi Tom,
I’m a 7 handicapper and always looking for ways to improve and simplify the game. Being really interested in getting fit for a set of EQs1s, I noticed you’d suggested in some earlier replies that aspiring young players would be better sticking with variable lengths. Just wanting to make sure that these wouldn’t hinder progress If I managed to get down into the low single digits.
All the best from Scotland
Andy
ANDY It has to be said that certainly Bryson had to have some moments when he felt going against tradition was worth the effort to see whether single length would be better for him than staying with the norm of incremental lengths. In his case once he tried it, there had to be enough positives for him to weather the slings and arrows of criticism and second guessing that some people closer to him certainly had to utter. I have no idea whether there have been many, or even any, other pros or elite level players that have given single… Read more »
This is a wonderfully insightful reply, Tom. Many thanks for taking the time.
I’ve honestly no issue in adding head covers to the bag if the trade is predictability and better standard deviation across the set. I’m by no means quick (usually around 105 ball speed with a 7 iron) and have stopped playing any irons below 27/28 degrees over the last season to preserve launch. I think I’ll look to a fitting from 6–L, moving to hybrids from that point and hoping to keep everything at that establish length before moving into a 7 wood.
Many thanks again
A
Hello Tom, Hope all is well. Quick question in regards to single length builds. Say a person is looking for x stiff shafts, can they take a combo R/S iron shaft and tip more to get x stiff? Typically these combo shafts instruct to tip them an additional inch to get the stiff flex. Well with single length irons there’s no additional tipping as its all tipped at 7 iron length. So there’s usually another 2 inches of parallel shaft. In theory they could be tipped another inch to jump up flex. Is it ideally, probably not. Could it do… Read more »
JULIAN Technically, every 0.370 parallel tip iron shaft will become an X if the tip trimming is increased by 2″ over what is the normal tip trim for S flex for each club. However, depending on the raw uncut length of the R/S shaft, tipping that much could leave you without enough butt section to achieve the playing length you want. For example, let’s say you have an iron head with a hosel length of 60mm (2 3/8″) and a bore depth of 30mm (~1 1/4″) . Since length is measured from the ground, up the back of the hosel… Read more »
In this context its for single length. Even if the R/S shaft says 7i tip 1 inch and 2 inch for their respective flex, tipping at 3 inch still leaves an inch of room given that the wedge tip for stiff goes up to 4 inches. You mentioned that “every 0.370 parallel tip iron shaft will become an X if the tip trimming is increased by 2″”, is that a general rule unless the tip code says otherwise? I see some combo shafts say 1 inch extra while others 2 inches for the next flex. Furthermore, graphite appears to be… Read more »
Julian Each shaft could be different based on how it is actually designed for its progression of diameter and wall thickness increase as you go up the shaft from small to large. And I forgot to mention it, but this is pretty much only for steel shafts. Graphite shafts can be all over the place for how they progress in stiffness as you cut more off the tip. But in pretty much all cases except a few of the stepless shafts, all steel iron shafts that are 0.370″ parallel tip will follow a credo of 2″ = one full flex.… Read more »
After looking around some more, I can confirm that 2 inches between flexes for combo shafts seems to be the norm. Tipping 2 inches more from the 7i often goes beyond the SW tip by about half inch. Most parallel shafts continue beyond that though, so could get away with it. But somewhere between stiff and x would suffice.
Thanks for the input! I have a question about driver moveable weights but I want to test it first. The sims will be opening up shortly. Take care
Why does no one consider changing the shaft kick point throughout the set to account for the launch being to high for the wedges and too low for the lower lofted irons (ie high kick point for wedges to lower the flight of the ball mid kick point for mid irons and lower kick point shafts to increase the flight of the ball since it is a common problem with one length sets?
JEFF Because it wouldn’t do anything for 98% of the golfers who play the game. The 2% for whom it would work would be elite level players with very high clubhead speeds and very late release moves into the ball. And this type of player is more than likely not going to consider using a single length set of irons. Keep in mind that while deChambeau has played single length on the tour since 016, since then NOT ONE other tour player or elite amateur has made the switch to single length. Flex point/Kick point are VERY OVERBLOWN terms that… Read more »
but people like to know that the minuta have been dealt with, even though they will never notice. Its why the jeep wrangler still sells, its has all the features that look good and perfect for going off roading, which 99% of people never do. But 99% buy it because of that : )
RICHARD You are right in saying that undoubtedly there are golfers either playing single length now or considering it and thinking that it would help to have the so called lower kick point in the shafts that are installed in the lower loft irons. I don’t doubt several are playing with such a shaft. Just as I don’t doubt that they may wonder why they still hit their irons with lower lofts on a lower, line drive type trajectory. In 40+ years of designing heads and shafts, I still marvel at how many golfers buy new clubs, new shafts, etc,… Read more »
I’ve been playing Wishon single-length irons for 9 years now. First the Sterling and now the EQ1-NX. A few months ago I went to get a custom shaft-fitting. We went through dozens of shafts as we honed in on the best one for me. And we got there. But at NO time did the fitter EVER suggest differing kick points in the set. We put in 10 identical shafts.
The biggest value in the process was finding the right shafts, not variances between them.
Hi Tom,
I am looking at re-shafting my EQ1 NX irons and I need to know if the shafts should be .355 or .370. I have 9 clubs to re-shaft. Do I need to order (9) 7 iron or 8 iron shafts. Or do I order a full set of shafts 5-PW, GW and a 54* & 58* and have them all cut to a playing length of 37″? Thanks.
TIM The standard bore diameter on the EQ irons is 0.370 parallel. You can ream out the hosels to accommodate a .355 taper tip if you have a 355 shaft that is at the top of your list to use. If not, I’d stay with a 370 shaft that fits you to your wishes. In that case if you get 370 parallel shafts, you would tip trim them ALL for an 8 iron installation and then install and cut to the desired playing length of 37″. Single length means every iron is supposed to be the same for everything except… Read more »
Hi Tom
I’m exploring a single-length build for my 14-year-old son and would really value your advice.
Player: Matt
• Age 14, height 5’5″ (165 cm), wrist-to-floor 33″
• 7-iron club speed 68–71 mph (using my 7 iron choking down)
Thank you
Peter Stone
Peter If you son has the interest to work at it, and the talent to become a good player with hard work, and if he is or will find himself playing more and more with others around his age, I don’t think that I would try to put him into a single length set. I’d keep him in the best fit incremental length set you can come up for his size, strength and swing characteristics. While deChambeau does play a single length set, after almost ten years of him playing at the highest level with a single length set, no… Read more »
Hey Tom, I am planning my order of the Eq1nx irons and planning to install the Kinetixx one shafts. They have 3 different kick point options for the high, mid and low irons. All same weight. In your opinion would this be a good option. Or go with two shaft profiles because of the COR heads and non COR heads. Need your professional opinion. Thank you!
ADAM If the reason you are considering the 3 different “kick point” options, I hate to rain on the parade but the only way that different “kick point” options can work in a set of irons is if, 1) you have a VERY late release with a very aggressive downswing tempo, and 2) you have a higher than average clubhead speed, like at least 80-85mph with the 7 iron. Let me explain more so you fully understand me and understand what’s going on. I ” ” the term kick point because it is one the most overblown things in shaft… Read more »
Hi Tom!
I’m a former customer, bought directly from your website years ago…. Single length set Wondering if that option is still available?
Arnie In 2016, we sold the Wishon Golf brand to Diamond GOlf International based in the UK. They have all of our former customer records so if you had a customer number from us from before 2016, Diamond should have a record of it. You can contact them either by email at sales@wishongolf.com or by phone at country code 44 + 1903 726999 to inquire and get set up again. If you do contact them, please do take the time to ask them to explain how the matter of the tariff increases will affect your ordering that the current administration… Read more »
Hello Tom, Hope all is well. When it comes to single length irons is total weight matching or swing weight matching more important? I have a used set of single length irons and oddly enough the weights differ by 8 grams at worst to a bout 4 grams on average (relative to the heaviest club). I added back weight to the center of the head to match total weight (within .2g). Now the swing weight variance is about 2 swing points either way. The original heaviest club swing weights to d0 and the old 8g light club D3.5 at the… Read more »
Julian The head, the shaft and the grip all have their own +/- tolerances in manufacturing. Grips can be +/-2-3 grams, Shafts can be +/- up to 5g. Heads are usually either +/-2g or +/-3g but because our heads have weight bores, clubmakers can always equalize out the head weights. Anyway, what I am getting at is that the only way a single length set could have all the irons be exactly the same for total weight and swingweight is if the heads weigh exactly the same, the shafts weigh exactly the same and the grips all weigh exactly the… Read more »
Hello Tom, I appreciate the reply. So in essence total weight can vary quite a bit due to all the compounding factors. Shaft weight has the largest impact weight wise but also the least impact when it comes to swing weight. The focus should be on swing weight matching to my preferred feel and be much less restricted by total weight. My thought process was that total weight for single length irons matter more cause there supposed to be more or less the same. With that said, I’ll be able to test a variety of swing weights at the range… Read more »
Julian Total weight will vary in a single length set due to the range in +/- tolerances. However, it won’t vary by a huge amount because the maximum in +/- tolerances for the shafts and grips isn’t really that much, as I outlined in my first response. If one club to the next varies within a range of say, 5 grams, or even 10 grams, that is really not a lot when it comes to total weight. IMO Rich Douglas is right – once you choose the shaft and grip you want to play, getting the swingweight right for YOU… Read more »
Fair enough. I ended up having the best results with the lower end of the swing weight testing range. Originally the heavier swing weights felt the best (just swinging them in the air before the range session). Testing found the lightest one was the best shot after shot. FWIW it was the 9 iron at C9.5, the others were mostly D1.7 and up. There was a LW and SW at D0.2 and D1.3 but you don’t really full swing them. The SW had a touch of lead tape added so everything was matched to it D1.2 (the lowest without any… Read more »
I vote swingweight. I don’t know how much a club weighs, but I do know how it feels, and swingweight drives that. When I had my Sterling–and then later my EQ1-NX–irons built, we focused on having the swingweights as close as possible.
Of course, that gets a little altered each time I regrip (and, once, re-shafted). But the measurements are within a half-point throughout the set, and it takes me at least 1.5 swingweight points before I really feel it. And again, if I can’t feel it, it isn’t there.
Hello Rich,
Good point. I ended swinging weighting them all the same. I did do this previously and had bad results BUT the clubs was very different. They had much heavier grips and they were longer. Normalized for the heavier grip they must have been around D6 or 7. Yikes!
Best regards,
Julian
Hi Tom, I have two questions for you… (hopefully not dumb ones)
1) The description says these are hollowed heads… can I soak them in a bucket of water to clean them? Or will water get inside them somehow?
2) I know other hollowed body irons heads (such as the TaylorMade p790’s) have a foam in them for sound and feel. Do the EQ1-NX heads also have a foam in them (or anything in them)?
Thanks!
BILL Hollow irons are totally sealed when the two parts are welded together to make the heads. There is no possible way that water or anything can get inside the hollow cavity inside the heads. We do not make the EQ heads with any type of foam material inside the heads because I felt in the design and testing that it was not needed. With some companies’ hollow irons, the body wall thicknesses and face thickness are such that without foam, the impact sound can be odd, different, unappealing to certain golfers. And the ONLY reason companies ever mess with… Read more »
In the original Wishon single-length irons, there was a perceptible “ding” with the 4-7 irons. I always assumed this was due to a different material (with a higher COR) in the face. (I rather liked it!)
It is gone from the EQ set, which (to me) feel like any GI iron (and better than most).
Hi Tom, I have been using the eq1 nx for a couple of years now and love it. It’s time for the loft/lie angle check in now. I’ve noticed some loft and lie are off from the standard loft/lie However, when I went to couple of local shop. Both of them said the iron is “very hard” to bend. And would dare bend it more than 1 degree. Haven’t able to go back to the clubmaker i fitted the club with. But the question would be. Is the +/-3 degree bendable most of the times? Or I should listen to… Read more »
EDDY The eq iron heads are invesment cast from 431 grade stainless steel. In the hands of a very experienced clubmaker they can be bent up to 3* in any direction. But the key word here is EXPERIENCED. There is no other area in clubmaking that takes as long to learn and gain proficiency in as bending L&L. The reason is because all these golf companies use a lot of different steel alloys and heat treatment procedures in making their irons and wedges. It takes a clubmaker who has bent thousands of heads of all different makes and models to… Read more »
Keep shopping. As Tom notes, they can be bent by an experienced clubfitter. Mine are 2 degree up and 1 degree strong. I’ve had them since their introduction and have had to have them checked and (a few) returned to spec.
Tom, the description above and your video only states that the SW and GW have milled faces and a wedge sole grind. Is there a reason why the LW wouldn’t include these attributes as well? Thanks!
Anthony
The Lob wedge was added later on to the model after the original set makeup was created that stopped at the SW. So this would be why I didn’t say anything about the milling of the LW face. But the LW is milled like the other two wedges.
TOM
Tom, with old age my clubs crowd a bit with my slowing swing speed even with senior shafts (Driver SS is 79) Yet I still want to walk and carry for 9 holes but that means fewer clubs. What is the impact of taking my eq1-nx irons (I have 8-GW) and making the gap wedge 52 (to serve as a dual wedge), pitching wedge 46, 9 iron at 40 and 8 iron 34 degrees. I would then use a hybrid 6. Do such adjustments mess up turf interaction or how you designed COG etc? Thanks
BOB
Bending the EQ 8 to GW to the lofts you stated in your comment would be just fine, it would not cause any problems or issues with the sole design or anything on the design of the head.
TOM
Thank you
Hi Tom
If you wanted to have 5-7 iron in standard 7 iron length and 8-PW in standard 8 iron length, would you need to adjust the lie angles?
Thank you
Tom, I’ve been using the EQ1-NX irons for about 3 years now. Quick question: what is the longest iron you would recommend based on a 70mph, 75mph and 80mph swing speed? I currently game the 5i, but sometimes it feels like the 6i goes just as far unless I jump on the 5i. My smooth swing is 75mph, a little extra is 78-80mph. Wondering if putting a SL hybrid in the bag is best for me. Any advice is appreciated. FYI, in my 7 or so years of playing SL irons, which I’ve played OneIron and Cobra and Sterling previously,… Read more »
RiCHARD Thanks very much for your post and for your question about swing speed vs set makeup for the single length set. It’s a great question because there most defintely is a guideline for what would be the lowest number iron a golfer should play, based on clubhead speed. First off, I assume when you talk about 70-80mph swing speed, you are talking about DRIVER SWING SPEED. If not, if your reference for 70-80mph is for one of the irons, please let me know quickly in a response to my post here. Every golfer swings the driver faster than the… Read more »
Just want to mention how these irons have completely improved my game. I decided to go single length while I was still trying to consistently break 100. I looked at several options but kept coming back to these. Now 6 months in with EQ1-NX irons 5 iron to GW and I’m closing in on the breaking 80 mark. I never believed I would be scoring like this, The feel of these irons is fantastic and of course the convenience of single length make these probably the only irons I’ll ever own!
TOBY
WOW!! 6 months into the EQs and you are on the verge of breaking 80?? How nice is that??!! I gotta say, you made my day with your post and I have to thank you very much for taking the time to stop by and let us know! I’ll be sure to share your post with everyone at Diamond Golf so they can also share in the enjoyment that you must have in the game right now. Wow. Keep it up!
TOM :>)
Hello, I am not super knowledgeable on the finer details about golf shafts, but I was wondering if you had any input on whether the claims made by e21 for their scandium shafts are true because their website lists a ton of crazy stats, but I haven’t really heard of anybody really using them. The website makes it seem like literally everything else is inferior, but I don’t know. Thank you for any insight! You can find their website I’m talking about by looking up e21 golf shafts, it’s like the first result.
TREY I remember years ago when the E21 shafts came on the market. I haven’t paid any attention over the past several years so to hear from you that they are still out there trying to keep selling the shafts does surprise me. Mainly because when they came on the market and I took a look at them, I could see that while the material was cool and could make a decent shaft, overall, the scandium shafts did not bring anything really new or remarkable to the industry that had not already been done IN TERMS OF WHAT MAKES A… Read more »
Hey Tom,
If I were to pull the current shafts S2S Black Stiff, what other shaft options are out there that will fit into the single length set-up?
TIM I apologize in advance if I am missing something in your question. If you are asking about the single length irons, any iron shaft with a 0.370 parallel tip will fit into the EQ1 single length irons. It is a matter of which shaft design best fits your strength and swing characteristics. The Black is a tip firm design chiefly intended for players with a semi late to late release of the wrist hinge angle on the downswing. The Red is another shaft suited for late release players although the Red with its heavier weight is for late release… Read more »
Hey Tom! First, thanks for being such an active contributor on your website, it’s super helpful to read the comments and answers straight from the designer. I am going to buy a test iron from Condor Golf to see how I get along with the EQ1-NX (I like to hit a lot of balls over the course of a few weeks to catch good days and bad, tinker with weight, loft, lie, etc), just looking for your input on specs to get as close as I can out the gate. I’m 6’2″, probably about 38″ wrist-to-floor, and my 7-iron speed… Read more »
Hi Tom, I have very recently received my new Wishon clubs following a fitting with Carla White near Warrington, UK. I live 150 miles away in Newcastle but the 3 hour return journeys were well worth the time, effort and petrol money! As a left-hander, I appreciate why I don’t have the same choice as righties but I am still very happy with the recommendations provided. I am the proud owner of a set of EQ1-NX irons (6-PW), a same length 5-hybrid to replace the 5-iron which I couldn’t hit, EQ1-NX 4-wood and 7-wood, 919THI driver (43.5″) and 309 wedges… Read more »
Pete My sincere apology for the delay in responding to your post. I was out of town for all of last week and didn’t have access to the comments section of the website. What a nice comment post for me to read though! And I am so pleased to hear that you chose to work with Carla. Carla has been one of my favorite pen pals ever since I had the chance to meet her at a British PGA technical seminar at which I had the honor of speaking that was at the PGA HQ at The Belfry some years… Read more »
Hi Tom, I have been using the iron set 5i-SW 37″ for the past year and loved it. However, I kept my 5i in the bag for most of the time as I can’t get it past my 6i. My average carry distances are: 7i: 160-170 yards 6i: 165-175 yards but my 5i result the same yardage as my 6i. I skipped to FW9 24 degree that result in 190-200 yards which the gap is sometimes too far from 6i Would you think that replacing the 5i with a longer/hybrid shaft a possible solution to solve the 5i gapping? And… Read more »
Adisorn It is a fact with ALL clubs that the lower the loft, the more clubhead speed is needed to elevate the shot high enough with enough ball speed and spin to keep it in the air to achieve maximum distance. In a single length set, the lowest loft irons will be shorter in length than they would be if the set were made to conventional lengths. This can also drop the clubhead speed for those lower loft clubs, which leads to my opening statement in this response. To effectively hit the EQ1 #5 iron with its 24* loft, a… Read more »
I played Sterling for 4 years and now the EQ1-NX since its introduction. In the Sterling set, I played the 4-iron. It was a great fairway finder, but a bit more problematic with approach shots. The carry was barely longer than with the 5-iron, but the roll out was longer…and sometimes too long. When I built the EQ1-NX set, there was not 4-iron. But there was, and is, a 4-hybrid. My experience with that club is that it fits the set’s gapping. It flies higher and farther than the Sterling 4-iron, and stops more quickly. This despite the fact that… Read more »
RICH Many thanks for the input on the 4 hybrid vs 4 iron. Sterling did teach me a lot about single length design that I tried to incorporate in the EQ1. A big part of it was deciding to do 3 hybrids so that we could have a higher flying alternative to the 5 and 6 irons, as well as a 4 to fill in that upper part of the set. It was really satisfying when we were doing hit testing on the EQ hybrids vs their iron counterparts to see how the lower and more rear CG of the… Read more »
Thank you both for your answer.
I Have contacted my fitter in Thailand to order EQ NX hybrid 5 to try out. Too bad im a leftie and there’s no demos for leftie here. We will try to work the hybrid with the orginal shaft from the 5i first and take it from there.
Question for RICH, you said they are the same specs. Just to clarify, they use exactly the same shaft?
Thanks!
Yes.