Patrick How about that!! I designed the Penick like of clubs back in 1994-95 – you don’t hear much about the clubs because the product line only lasted through about 1996-7. That’s incredible you have a set of the irons. Anyway, on to trying to help you. There are a few reasons why golfers may pull the ball with irons. Since I can’t see you swing to nail anything down, I will list the primary reasons and you can sort through them one by one to see what might help. 1) If the lie of the new irons is too… Read more »

Brian Many thanks for your interest. The biggest point of selection between the 575 and 565 is the size. The 575 is more of a compact size forging while the 565 as a larger size head, approaches the size of many medium high game improvement models out there. That being said, no traditionalist I have heard from considers the 565 too large. Most players used to a forged cavity back from other companies would be ok with the size increase of the 565. I did that intentionally to add to the larger, deeper back cavity to push the MOI and… Read more »

George Thanks very much for your kind thoughts and I do hope you and your family are weathering the continued storm of the pandemic as well. Since I work solo in my workshop where no one ever visits, in my semi retirement consulting position for Diamond Golf, I have always worked REMOTELY (!!) so I never had to worry much about masks and social distancing at least during the work day! I am sorry but I do not have Monte’s MBI file. I think if you joined the AGCP that would put you on their clubmaker forum where quite a… Read more »

Pieter

Thank you so much for taking the time to stop by and share your experience with the 575 forged irons. It truly is my pleasure and an honor to know that you play with and like one of my designs, all the way down there in South Africa. Thank you very much and the very best to you in this great game! (As a little hint, add 10 to the model number of your irons and wait until early next year and you might just see something that could make you think about possibly retiring the 575s!!)
TOM ;>)

Michael Many thanks for your interest! I’m pleased to hear that you like the 575 irons that you have tried so far. We were the first to incorporate a 5 step forging process over the previous 4 step that was the only way forged irons were made in the past. A few other companies have now followed our lead and changed to a 5 step process because if done right with the right press and force, the 5th step can eliminate a huge number of the small internal voids which can change the impact feel by reducing the internal vibrations… Read more »

AMY Wow, thanks so much for taking the time to share your experience with the 575s and John Gamble. Without question you did right in choosing to work with John cuz he really is one of the best clubmakers in the whole country. And to think the 575s replaced a set of the original HP’s is pretty special for me to think about too!! I have a couple photos of me with Harvey close to my desk area that I look at every day and remember what a special time that was for me to be able to get to… Read more »

Nathan Thanks very much for your interest in digging around the various topics to pick up information to help you more with your understanding about golf clubs. I’ve hated misinformation from day one of my career so I have tried hard to make it a point to share the most truthful, factual information that I can, from all my work. That’s a good point about a player’s iron that could offer a wider range in weight addition to the head. I will think about that. But I do have to add that over the many years of evaluating specific player… Read more »

Matt: Thanks very much for your very kind words about the driver and wedge – I am very pleased to hear they are performing well for you! (Actually I do have a talk with all of my “kids” before they leave home to go live with their new “friends”!!! HA! OK, now I am going to be blunt and completely honest. There have been far, far, FAR more golfers hurt by making a change to the typical type of forged irons than have ever been helped. Golf is a hard game. No one but the best hit the majority of… Read more »

WAYNE My pleasure to help with any answers and information you seek. The only golfers that I could possibly see in a 47″ long driver would be those who have the following swing characteristics – SMOOOTH TEMPO (definitely not aggressive or like a real “hitter”), Flatter to normal swing plane (definitely not an upright swing plane), inside out to square swing path (definitely NOT outside in with the path), and a later to very late release of the wrist-hinge angle coming into impact. If that’s not you, then over time you can expect the 47″ length to cause many more… Read more »

Nick I really do not think I would trust any launch monitor to reveal what a player’s lie angle should be. Especially not when there is a completely fool proof science based method of checking the lie angle for a player at impact. So ignore what the launch monitor says about the toe being 7* up and do this test several times with different clubs. . . . . With a Sharpie pen, put a thick, straight line on the ball, about an inch long. Tee up the ball like you would on a par 3 hole with the ink… Read more »

Gregory The first key element in adapting any iron design style into a single length model is to design all the iron heads with the same head weight. That’s a must so all the irons can end up with the same swingweight or same MOI once they are all cut to the same length. This is why it is impossible to adapt a conventional iron set to be re assembled into a single length set. But the other key element is what will be the golfer’s lowest number iron in the single length set so all the irons can still… Read more »

Dennis Looks like I was wrong, said with a level of embarrassment!!! VERY sorry about that, just goes to show that I am isolated over here working on the new stuff for the line and not sticking my nose in to find out what’s up here and there. But as they said, the AW in the MB version of the 575 would be fine because at that loft, the heel toe weighting of the cavity back is not nearly as effective for off center hit forgiveness as it is in the lower lofts. So you could play the AW in… Read more »

Dennis I doubt that the 575CB AW heads are discontinued. If Diamond Golf does not have any right now it is because they are out of stock due to this absolutely unbelievable state that all the production factories are in due to the HUGE boom in golf that has begun to happen because of the effect of COVID pandemic on people’s activity habits. I am here in the States while all of the Diamond Golf folks are over in the UK and while I communicate daily with them on things that I do for them and the Wishon Golf brand,… Read more »

Dennis The option for mixing models to create a custom set makeup between the cavity and muscleback versions of the 575 is simply that – an option. In no way do I ever intend for each golfer to do a mixed set between the two models. That’s one reason I created the 575CB in a full set from #3 to wedges – so the player could use all cavity backs if desired. I did not design the #3 and 4 in the muscleback simply because I knew those two heads would rarely be ordered – it takes a player with… Read more »

Kourt Because SW’s have always most typically been 56*, the wedge sets are 52/56/60 so as to keep the usual 4* increments between each wedge. Also the wedge families in my line are several years old so they reflect the traditional lofts. The 575s are also older so they reflect what traditional forged iron lofts were at the time of their design several years ago. If I do a new forging I am certain with all the move to stronger lofts I probably would drop the lofts a tad but not all the way down to what the industry is… Read more »

Ben Thanks very much for your interest and your question. Always happy to help. In a set of incremental length irons, the usual installation of the shafts allows for a 7cpm progressive increase in shaft butt frequency between each iron as the clubs progress from longer to shorter through the set. If the 4.2 fq progression starts with the lowest number iron, to go with such a frequency progression would make the short irons and wedges softer in stiffness than what would be the usual norm. At the same time if the fq progression starts in the middle of the… Read more »

ERIC Thin shots can be “encouraged” by a couple things with regard to golf club specs. The more common one would be that either the total weight (which is mainly controlled by the shaft weight) or the swingweight might not be well fit to your strength and tempo – with the more usual one being something is a little too light. Too small of a grip is not typically one that would come to the top of my mind for a thin shot, but as you describe it, IF this had any effect on delaying the release it could be… Read more »

ERIC Wow, it is not very often I don’t have a good feel for answering a golf club tech question but seriously in all my many years I have never heard of anyone reporting what you are seeing with the change to the big grips – that being impact moving higher up the face. . . Hmmm. The only thing that comes to mind is whether the big grips are changing your point of release of the unhinging of the wrist cock angle coming into impact. Are you hitting it higher in shot height along with the impact being higher… Read more »

Hi Bobby Hope all is well with you and good to hear from you on the comments section of the website! The main thing that draws many golfers to a forged iron head model is the same thing that makes it more easy for the head to show wear and tear and scratches and dings. What I am talking about is the fact that most golfers who want to play a forged iron want the iron to be forged from a soft carbon steel alloy. Companies in the past that have forged an iron from an alloy of stainless steel… Read more »

GEORGE One thing about me and my design work is that unlike the big companies I don’t change models very often and I don’t change just for the sake of change. If the model is performing really well AND if there is still decent demand from the clubmakers, it stays. That’s why many of my head models have lasted well over five years with quite a few of them lasting over ten years even. Which is remarkable in today’s world. But, that being said I have had conversations with Diamond Golf over the past year plus about whether there could… Read more »

JOHAN Thank you very much for taking the time to let us know how well the new clubs are performing for you. We’re very pleased to hear that you are happy with the sticks and that the clubs are helping you to enjoy this great game a little more! The 590 and 595 are fairly similar in design because both are high COR face models and both are designed with a wider sole to keep the center of gravity lower and further back to enhance shot height. The 595 is however made from a more ductile steel alloy so when… Read more »

NICK There are no direct to consumer sales of my designs that Diamond does because we believe completely in the benefits of working with a competent custom clubmaker to be fit into the best specs. With Kempton retired, which is a shame because of his incredible skills, I would recommend you contact Doug Holmes at Diamond Golf at dougholmes@diamondgolf.co.uk and tell him you used to work with Richard and you need for him to offer a recommendation of someone else in the general south of England area that you could work with for your fitting needs. Doug knows all the… Read more »