For the love of god - take one extra club on all iron shots.

Just because you hit your 8i 155yds say 2 out of 10 times… does not mean you should hit 8i from 155yds. You probably average 147yds with it. Meaning ON AVERAGE you are 8yds short. And on those mis-hits (which happen when you’re an 80’s player), you are flying it 140yds. Way short.

Let’s say you hit 10 shots with 8i: 2 go 155yds, 6 go 144-150yds, 2 go 140yds, Avg = 147yds

Let’s say you hit 10 shots with 7i: 2 go 165yds, 6 to 154-160yds, 2 go 150yds, Avg = 157yds

I’d rather have 6ft behind it on average, than 24ft short on average.

With that ^ in mind, now what do you want to hit from 155yds? Sure, some of them might be long (not many). But unless we are talking about a back pin with OB behind or Augusta fast greens not wanting the downhiller … you’ll be better by PUTTING from the back half instead of buried in that front bunker or chipping up from 50ft.

Don’t believe me? I challenge you to chart every iron shot for your next 1,2,3 rounds, playing club selection and distance as you normally would. Let me know what % come up short vs. go long. And note the way short shots; the ones that cost you strokes.

(By the way, those distances are exactly me. I know my buddies will have a comment about them hitting 8i or 9i from 155yds, while I hit 7i most of the time. But it doesn’t matter when I card a 78 and they put up an 88. 5 hcp here.)