the right thing?

bought a played 7 iron today to improve my ball striking. currently using G20s but my ball strikin gisnt great, so to improve that i bought a bladed club as i was told 'if you can hit a blade, you can hit anything' am i right in doing this?

Its right wot you say. If you can hit with a blade.... But why not practice ball stiking with your ping 7 iron? Dave CAC handed Geordie.

G20's dont have neough feel to know if your hitting it well or not.... they're game improvement irons

What is the 7 iron blade you have aquired? Dave CAC handed Geordie.

titleist MB.

Liam, no club will improve your ball striking. The quality of the strike is a simple matter of physics...nothing to do with the club. If you deliver the clubhead to the ball in the proper fashion you will hit the ball well with either a G20 or a blade. The G20 is just a bit more forgiving than the blade so you will get away with slightly off centre shots as the sweet spot is larger.

Richard

John, I see you are in Warwickshire. Where do you play?

When was looking at new irons last year I was pushed towards the g15's by virtually all shops and pro's I went to. I got a number of irons to try at the range and one of them was a g15 iron. I couldn't hit them for toffee. It just felt far too heavy and clunky. I ended up going with the i15's which are far from blades but still felt a lot better in my hands and I am far from a good player. I am actually amazed they can be marketed as easy to hit clubs because I thought the exact opposite.

Just remember you hit the ball with the front of the club! Whats behind it is in your head most of the time. Most iron players I see are scoopers tryingto lift the ball up. Hit down on the ball to impart spin, lift and distance! BTW, I got Ping I15s and they are, in my view, the DB's.

I play with blades, main reason is that I don't like irons with 'big' heads so all this 'forgiving' means nothing to me. It is right however that if you strike a ball correctly it will get to where you want it to go, more or less., no matter if it's a blade or a forgiving club. If you don't strike it right it will be short (please no comments about thins). I would imagine that the more forgiving club will mean it'll be less short.