I have the Ke4 max irons and appreciate the forgiveness. In the different iron designs, are the 9, wedge, gap irons affected as much as the longer irons by the mpf? I’d love to have a blended set, but I don’t want to give up forgiveness for looks through the bag.
The KE4 Max Wedge will be a little more forgiving than the TS1-IM wedge.
Britt Lindsey
When Ralph developed the MPF, he did a lot of measuring of complete sets to see how the mass and dimensional characteristics and the variation by loft would effect the playability. Generally, there are slight variations in CG locations both vertically (.005″ to .015″) and rearwardly (.010 to .035). Also, it is important to note that the more loft you have the more oblique the hit, or the less direct the impact is. The more loft, the less the horizontal stability (or MOI) will effect the result. It’s still important, but not as much as on the lower lofted clubs. So, in short, the slight variations in cg location throughout the set and the slight variations in the type of impact and point of impact are not enough and do not translate into playability factor variations within most sets. I suppose there is a possibility that some type of design could do something radical in the progression of each iron within a set that might cause the playability rating to change, but we have not seen anything like that to date.
Britt Lindsey
So the ke4max wedge is going to be more forgiving than the ts1-im wedge?