Replacing my 4 and 5 iron

Quahog217

Im going to replace my 4 and 5 iron with rescue clubs.

Any suggestions on what would be suitable?

Not sure what lofts i need and what clubs would suit.

Thanks

Senna

Best not to match the clubs you are replacing, rather look at how far you hit a 6 iron, then look at how far you hit your next strongest club (5 wood?), then bridge the gap evenly between them.

m r c

Good advice, also have a look at what sort of trajectory you'd like out of them. I find some fly higher than I'd like.

spacecoyote

Id imagine it would be something along the lines of a 22 degree for the 4 iron, 25 for the 5 iron. My dad has recently done this, but he bought a new set if clubs & the irons & hybrids came together.

Id say try out plenty if sets. I've a 19 & 22 tm rbz set & find they have a really nice penetrating ball flight, a lot more so than my previous cobra baffler (the 18 degree baffler flew higher than the 22 rbz)

Quahog217

Cheers guys. Looking for a more penetrating flight in this constantly windy country.

Was thinking about rbz, ive heard a lot of good things about them.

GreeBo

A friend has a 3 and 5 wood RBZ and they go crazy high, he is a 4 handicap and is finding the 5W almost un usable...

spacecoyote

I suppose there is no substitute for actually hitting the clubs.

If you could get out to somewhere like kinsealy range in Dublin, they have a mcguirks I think attached.

At least you could test clubs hitting balls out there on the range rather than in a closed bay like most shops?

I'd guess its mostly going to come down to shaft determining the launch, so as long as the right shaft is fitted it should be marginal between the heads of the clubs, and just come down to preference at address

There is probably no club in my bag at the moment though that I feel more comfortable standing over than the 19 degree rbz hybrid. I can work it more easily than my 5 or 6 iron and consistently (by my standards ) hit a low draw

John Divney

I'd consider getting a Mizuno MP H4 in a 3 or 4 Iron. They are Mizunos low Iron replacment, a hollow constructed club, not an actual rescue but has the easy playabillity but you can work it like an Iron as the face is the same as MP iron. They are very easy to hit but instead of ballooning a rescue on a windy Lynx you can still keep the ball down easily.

They go up to 5 Iron, I just got the three and play a 17 degree hybrid, I like playing a classic blade four iron.

BigChap1759

Rbz tour - just bought the 21.5 degree to rpelace 4 wood and it is superb. Lines up square(no offset) and launches high - buying the 18.5 next week to replace my 909h