Equipment
Forum Thread of the Day: “Smallest blade iron ever made?”
Today’s Forum Thread of the Day comes from justasgood who asks WRXers for their view on the smallest iron blade ever made. Our members discuss what they believe to be the smallest blade head that has been made as well as the smallest blade irons that they have ever played.
Here are a few posts from the thread, but make sure to check out the entire discussion and have your say at the link below.
- Fairway14: “’70s era Dunlop/Maxfli Australian blades were small heads. So were any of the ’60s and ’70s era Wilson Staff blades.For comparison, any of the blades made during the past 20 years, from companies such as Mizuno, have head sizes about 15% to 20% larger than older blade irons.”
- Oet11: “Went digging through the garage found Arnold Palmer 3 iron from the late ’70s, smaller than my Cobras.”
- golfguycanada: “I have some older Wilson “staff” blades that would look perfectly natural at a table setting for a five-course dinner. You could literally butter the bread with them.”
- rgk5: “1983 Cleveland 588 blades. Miniscule and the smallest I ever saw and played.”
Entire Thread: “Smallest blade iron ever made?”
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Whats in the Bag
Steve Stricker WITB 2024 (April)
- Steve Stricker WITB accurate as of the Zurich Classic. More photos from the event here.
Driver: Titleist TSR3 (9 degrees, C4 SureFit setting)
Shaft: Fujikura Motore Speeder VC 7.2 X
3-wood: Titleist 915F (13.5 degrees)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Tensei CK Pro White 80 TX
Hybrid: Titleist 816 H1 (17 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Motore Speeder VC 9.2 X
Irons: Titleist T200 (3, 4), Titleist T100 (5-9)
Shafts: Project X 6.5
Wedges: Titleist Vokey SM8 (46-10F @55), Titleist Vokey SM10 (54-10S @53), Titleist Vokey SM4 (60 @59)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold X100 w/Sensicore
Putter: Odyssey White Hot No. 2
Ball: Titleist Pro V1x
Grips: Golf Pride Tour Velvet Grip Rite
Check out more in-hand photos of Steve Stricker’s clubs here.
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Whats in the Bag
Alex Fitzpatrick WITB 2024 (April)
- Alex Fitzpatrick what’s in the bag accurate as of the Zurich Classic.
Driver: Ping G430 LST (10.5 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 6 X
3-wood: TaylorMade Qi10 (15 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus TR Black 7 X
Hybrid: Ping G430 (19 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black HB 10 TX
Irons: Ping iCrossover (2), Titleist T100 (4-PW)
Shafts: Fujikura Ventus Black HB 9 TX (2), Nippon N.S. Pro Modus 3 Tour 120 X (4-9)
Wedges: Titleist Vokey Design SM10 (50-12F, 56-12D, 60-08M)
Shafts: Nippon N.S. Pro Modus 3 Tour 120 X
Putter: Bettinardi SS16 Dass
Grips: Golf Pride MCC
Check out more in-hand photos of Alex Fitzpatrick’s clubs here.
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Equipment
What’s the perfect mini-driver/shaft combo? – GolfWRXers discuss
In our forums, our members have been discussing Mini-Drivers and accompanying shafts. WRXer ‘JamesFisher1990’ is about to purchase a BRNR Mini and is torn on what shaft weight to use, and our members have been sharing their thoughts and set ups in our forum.
Here are a few posts from the thread, but make sure to check out the entire discussion and have your say at the link below.
- PARETO: “New BRNR at 13.5. Took it over to TXG (Club Champ but TXG will always rule) in Calgary for a fit. Took the head down to 12, stuck in a Graphite Design AD at 3 wood length and 60g. Presto- numbers that rivaled my G430Max but with waaaaay tighter dispersion. Win.”
- driveandputtmachine: “Still playing a MIni 300. The head was only 208, so I ordered a heavier weight and play it at 3 wood length. I am playing a Ventus Red 70. I play 70 grams in my fairways. I use it mainly to hit draws off the tee. When I combine me, a driver, and trying to hit a draw it does not work out well most of the time. So the MIni is for that. As an aside, I have not hit the newest BRNR, but the previous model wasn’t great off the deck. The 300 Mini is very good off the deck.”
- JAM01: “Ok, just put the BRNR in the bag along side a QI10 max and a QI10 3 wood. A load of top end redundancy. But, I have several holes at my two home courses where the flight and accuracy of the mini driver helps immensely. Mine is stock Proforce 65 at 13.5, I could see a heavier shaft, but to normal flex, as a nice alternative.”
Entire Thread: “What’s the perfect Mini-Driver/Shaft combo? – GolfWRXers discuss”
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Blade Fan
Sep 5, 2019 at 12:40 am
Miura 1957s
Speedy
Sep 4, 2019 at 3:36 pm
1973 Ben Hogan Apex
Dan W
Sep 4, 2019 at 2:36 am
rgk5: “1983 Cleveland 588 blades. Miniscule and the smallest I ever saw and played.”
I don’t know what your talking about since Cleveland 588 were originally called that because it was the 5 th wedge design in 1988. Before that it was the 485. All 588 irons were after 1988.
My vote is for the Muira baby blades. If you know them there’s no other choice.
Scott Glynn
Sep 3, 2019 at 6:52 pm
Early to mid 80’s MacGregor VIP’s/Muirfields
James
Sep 3, 2019 at 7:42 pm
This. Muirfield 20th 1 iron looks impossible to hit. Maybe it wasn’t meant to be hit since it was a commemorative model for his 20 majors.
Dan
Sep 4, 2019 at 4:00 am
I had the 1 iron. It wast hard to hit Bc it was so small the sweet spot took up the entire face
The dude
Sep 3, 2019 at 8:55 pm
Boom!..this
Terry
Sep 3, 2019 at 1:18 pm
Ram Tour Grinds were pretty small
Juan A Lopez
Sep 9, 2019 at 2:32 pm
I agree. Ram tour grinds early 90’s. One’s Nick Price played…