Let’s Shatter Some Myths and Misunderstandings About Single Length Golf Clubs

golf SMARTER

Josh Karp

Golf, Sports, Society & Culture

4.3 • 577 Ratings

🗓️ 1 December 2020

⏱️ 53 minutes

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769: Bryson DeChambeau’s recent success on the PGA Tour has made single length golf clubs relevant. But are they for everyone? This week’s guest on Golf Smarter is Matt Lake of 1IronGolf.com. Matt claims that the major manufacturers focus on different length shafts for each club for the purposes of mass production and scalability of their business. 1IronGolf refuses to mass produce as an independent club maker who custom fits every set to every customer. The goal is for each user to have the exact same swing for every club, which could improve consistency, distance, and accuracy. We were first introduced to 1IronGolf.com by Matt’s Dad, David in 2009 (episode 76 of Golf Smarter Mulligans). Golf Smarter listeners get 10% any order at 1irongolf.com with checkout code “golfsmarter”. Plus they offer a 30-day 100% money-back guarantee (excluding Used/Demo sets). This week on the Golf Smarter Mulligans episode 85, we finish our conversation with Jess Ortiz, the legendary club designer for Bobby Jones Golf and Orlimar. You may remember Orlimar as the birthplace of fairway metal clubs. In this episode, that is being made public for the first time (previously For Members Only), Jesse answers listener’s 2009 questions, which ironically also cover this club designer’s opinions on single length golf clubs.For exclusive content and first access check out Corrected Mistakes on Substack: https://substack.com/@correctedmistake Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Do you know what your line goal is of your current clubs?
0:02.2	And most of them, of course, they know.
0:03.4	And that's okay.
0:04.0	A lot of people don't know.
0:05.3	But we tell them that the line goals of conventional golf clubs are different at the first one. None of them are the same for any of the clubs. So when you're vending them two degrees flatter, you're bending them, and they're all still different. There's nothing the same about them. So with clubs that are designed to fit the individual to really put them in the perfect posture for center stance ball position or line goal at address, that's what we do, you know, with the wrist of floor measurement. And one of the great things, too, is having clubs that pitch you perfectly is that it reduces stress and pressure off the back and spot. You know, a lot of golfers say that. You know, man, I get done, and my back hurts, 20-year-old say that, too. They're like, no way my back's supposed to be hurting. And generally, when you're in a sport, that hurts when you get done at recreational sport. Chances are you're doing something wrong, unless it's boxing. Golf Smarter, number 769.
1:03.0	Let's shatter some myths and misunderstandings about single-length irons with Matt Lake of one iron golf.
1:05.2	This is Golf Smarter.
1:12.2	Sharing stories, tips, and insights from great golf minds to help you lower your score and raise your golf IQ.
1:13.8	Here's your host, Fred Green.
1:16.8	Welcome to the Golf Smarter Podcast, Matt.
1:19.7	Hello, Fred.
1:20.6	Thank you for having me.
1:22.1	Thank you for joining me today.
1:24.0	This is a topic that I am just so interested to discuss with you today because just
1:31.4	recently it feels like one iron, single length irons have become part of the conversation.
1:41.6	Now, I first heard about single length irons in an episode that we did probably
1:48.2	in 2006 or seven with your dad. So we've talked about one iron golf a long time ago. And actually,
1:57.3	just recently on our second podcast called Golf Smarter Mulligans, it was episode 76.
2:04.1	We brought that back.
2:05.3	And once I brought that back, I went, we need an update.
2:10.2	Oh, that is fantastic.
2:11.7	Yeah.
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