Originally Posted by
mkirsh
We may be arguing semantics, but I think the forgiveness difference you see above is result of hitting a different type of club, rather than technology advances. For example, I would think that your MP 62 isn't substantially more forgiving than players cavity clubs from 10 years ago, like the Titleist 962, Ping Eye 2's, or the 845 mentioned above. The 62s are forged which should make them feel better than the cast clubs of the late 90's, but I don't think you would lose much forgiveness or playability if you picked up a set of 962s. Similarly, if you compare the Nike TW blades, Titliest ZM's or even the MP 67 to older macgregor or even mizuno blades I don't think you will find them more fogiving either. You will see stronger lofts - the TW blade PW loft is 47*, compared to 50* in older clubs like MP-14's. I guess my point is that if you played clubs from 1998, your driver and golf ball would be very outdated, but your irons, wedges, and putter would be pretty similar to anything you purchased today. My personal experience has been that I haven't improved much by buying newer clubs (and I've tried, thank you ebay), but if I were to change categories of clubs, like move from a blade to a players CB, or move from players CB to Game Improvement that would make more of a difference, even if I bought a game improvement club from 1998 instead of a players CB from 2009. May just be me, and I certainly understand the appeal of newer clubs as I'm often unable to resist it myself. How do you like the 62s? I do like Mizuno clubs, and was thinking about 57s, 62s, 52s, or Nike Split cavities if I do opt for something new this year (coming from Titleist 690.CB).