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Nick 147 November 20, 2025 0 Comments

I play TS3’s in 4-6 irons and I need to bridge a gap down to my 17* club. I’m thinking about swapping the 4-5 TS3’s for TS3.5’s and would gain yards due to the lofts. But I see that CMC and polymer is done behind the face. Will that tech add even more ball speed over the 2* stronger lofts? I’m afraid of turning them into rocket launchers that create big gaps off my TS3 6 iron when I just don’t hit that many 200+ yard shots in a round. And I really don’t hit many 5’s as it’s too long for most fairway shots and too short for many tee shots where I’m laying up. It’s like a club for a 205 yard par 3 or a wide open approach to a green on a par 5.

So, is that tech going to be too hurt my gaps or is that a good thing? Current yardages are below (give or take 5 yards)

6i – 195

5i – 205

4i – 220

17* utility wood – 240

14* fairway – 265

Driver – 285

Britt Lindsey Answered question November 20, 2025

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Answer 1 · 2025-11-20T12:31:11+00:00

I don’t think the thinner face and polymer injection will add anything to the distance. Generally speaking, it could with faster clubhead speeds, but even then it might be only a yard or two. We did the injection and thinner face to allow for more weight to be distributed in other places to make it even more stable. Not so much to increase distance. The loft alone is the major factor in determining the distance of any iron.

I think you should be ok just calculating based on the lofts.

Britt Lindsey

Thanks for that Britt! Based on your comments, and also feedback I’m seeing on GolfWRX forum, it appears that the TS3.5 is more forgiving than the TS3. Would you say that is generally true, and if so, why does it have a lower MPF?
The TS3.5 is absolutely more forgiving than the TS3. I even find it more forgiving than the KE4 Max. It’s also extremely consistent in distance. As for MPF differences, maybe it’s just the higher COG?? The 3.5 seems to respond to strikes across the face as good as any club I’ve ever hit, in a player’s distance iron, if it can even be called that.