Yes , its called " Wintimidation " :)

Yeah right!! Until you hit it 20 yards short of the green, ha ha.

@@Pwilli-hs6yi blade players know their yardage, never hitting from behind the green, which a golf hole was never designed to be played.

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Impressions mean zero if ya can’t hit the ball where you want it to go. So, after the first 30 seconds of impressing intimidating others it’s gone unless you play the ball where it needs to go.

Wondering why you didn’t go the zx7 over the 5 ?

@@TheCarty1986 not quite as forgiving or long, I wanted max forgiveness but still forged feel.

@@shREDhead44 fair call. Thanks

I'm a new golfer. Second month in. This is what was running through my head while watching this. If I start with a technically harder club it'll force me to be more accurate early on, and being able to see the error a little more obvious.

@@paulshay Get a set of forgiving irons to start. and if along the way you can pick up a set of forged blades for cheap, you can try them.

This is the right way to look at it. Although I suck with the cavity’s anyway lmfao

because i dont think this is actually matts channel LOL straight ripping his content

I also saw a planted feather yesterday.. the way of the playa is everywhere!

I planted one yesterday. Building up the account and hoping to cash it out in the next round.

Would say they look like a hollow cavity back (which they are). Don't get me wrong P790s aren't a bad looking iron but they are chunky monkeys Vs a blade, especially the sole

Amen, I'm the sane with a modern driver at 460cc, can't afford or find the right spec TM 300 mini, so went for a TM Sim 2 rocket 3 wood set at 11.5 degrees, the smaller head and face helps me concentrate on striking the ball correctly

Nice. Once you get under 80, do it at least 10 more times before changing. Also, there are cavity backed forged irons like Srixon which are made from forged metal and not cast. That is a very nice soft cavity back

@@golfsidekickextras thank you, Matt!

I just bought some cavity backs as well and will try them as a blended set Srixon Z585 4i 5i deep cavity Srixon Z745 6i 7i 8i shallow cavity Srixon Z forged 9i PW blade Srixon Z785 AW Let's go!

@@golfsidekickextras i see you travel to asia a lot. Wonder if you got any chance to check out the Vinpearl golf courses in Vietnam. They are supposed to be some of the best ocean courses. I'm heading there in July-August. Super pumped.

Agree. my first set were Tommy Armour 845's said (by many) to be up there with some of the best clubs ever designed. A good beginner and up to mid handicapper club. And yes, if you miss-hit them they too hurt just like a pure blade did/do. I get Matt's experience as a very low handicapper how with the feel, and a more centred consistent ball strike he prefers and plays blades. The comment by Matt about difficulty/inability in creating fading or drawing by deliberate design with cavity clubs as compared to being able to do that more easily/better with a bladed club was not my experience either. I have played with pure blade sets, and do carry pure bladed clubs (2 and 3 irons) in my bag now so I know from playing them how they feel in comparison to hollow backed clubs. I was, back in the Armour days, quite able to draw and fade very well (scrambled a lot back then lol so I had to haha☺) with my cavity backed Armours with no trouble whatsoever. This I put down to Normans teaching which I practised and practised and practised as closely as I could until it became second nature. As an aside for newer golfers wanting to learn how to set up their basics of swing and shots having no knowledge of these I learnt a huge amount about the fundamentals of stance, ball position, strike, shaping shots, from Greg Normans VHS tapes, and modelled my swing, set-up and play on his and as such could pull shots around corners left n right hit super high shots over trees, punch shots 10 yds off the ground for hundreds of yards on windy days with my cavity/peripherally weighted Armours. I've just bought Ping i525's after a few progressions over the years since my Armour clubs ("muscle backed irons" as you describe) and love em to bits. First set of well/carefully fitted Pings by the way (although I have played with Pings before). Still got loads of forgiveness, lower projected ball flight, great soft feel. Did look seriously at Srixon ZX5's and 921 Mizuno's the new gen. semi-cavity/muscle backed but for the look, feel, forgiveness, and additional distance the Pings give we, well, they are simply delicious.

Couldnt agree less. I still play with Mizuno T-Zoid Pro irons from 1996 and there is no better feeling than hitting it in the sweet spot. However catching it on the toe can really sting.

@@cheex100 A club from 1996 is not at all what I am referring to. The TZoids are not really any different than modern day blades aside from the lofts. Try hitting a blade from the 1960's.

I have seen one true blade that’s currently available new: the TaylorMade P7TW, a club Tiger had input on. Not sure, but the Wilson Staff may also be a blade. I played musclebacks for years, and would consider them again. They are more forgiving than true blades/

@@johnhoie-hj7cg The P7TW and modern Wilson Staff irons are still muscle backs. A true blade iron hasn't been made in decades, it would be like Ford engineering a horse drawn carriage in 2024.

How pure do those toe and heel strikes feel? MP-32 are good clubs if you don't miss the sweet spot.

@@danjanyja they don't feel to well if you don't hit them on the screws.

@@danjanyja I play mp-33 in the summer into the fall, Titleist 775CB in the winter, and MP-32 in the spring. All different shafts. The MP-33 are my gamers. They are just true. I would rather be short of the green instead of over the green any day. Remember, the golf architect designed the golf hole from tee to green.

@@jimmydelrio8662 I agree. Long is usually punished.

A friend was a single-digit guy with Ping Eye 2s; switched to Walter Hagan blades and a 15 handicap!

Completely agree, I wouldn’t play anything else even though I’m not a low handicapper. You know when your swing is off with those things.

100% facts! There’s this mantra…..blades are unforgiving! The game is unforgiving if you don’t learn to strike the ball well!

Mp15 here. Butter

Blades will teach you how to hit the ball properly, but the danger is with people losing motivation. As long as you have it, with good instruction and practice, you'll be a baus 🎉

The Maltby Playability Factor (MPF) confirms this; it's a great free resource that helps golfers choose irons that best suit their abilities.

Same thing

Hot garbage

Yeah except with the blades, better turf interaction because of a smaller sole, especially in hard conditions, better feel and more feedback to understand what you are doing with the ball

Oh and as he says, tighter more reliable distances and better shaping. I’m using titliest 710mb

Oh and no offset was the biggest thing for me

The increased degree of difficulty in hitting blades is highly exaggerated, in my opinion.

Thanks!

Because they are sexy. We like sexy things.

ego. lots of golfers are old insecure men. i’m new to the game and have no shame in using game improvement clubs since my game is still improving and im already hitting more consistently and further than men who have been playing for years

Sponsors and modern mentality! Cavity backs have great distance, but modern muscle backs aren’t that difficult to use. I own sets of Titleist 712 MBs and AP3’s with the same shafts. It will take me a couple of holes when switching to the MBs but I quickly am reminded to slow down and strike that ball. My blade 6 iron is my 7 iron cavity back in reality; cavity backs are made with stronger lofts to give players the illusion they are longer! I will admit when facing the a par 3 over the lake and hitting a 5 iron blade can bring horrible swing thoughts! Then again those thoughts invade me too when using a cavity back! So I’ll use a hybrid in that case! Striking a blade well is the best feeling!

Sell the blades for whatever you can get, and get cavity backs made in the last 4-5 years

dont sell um till ya see if you can atleast hit um or try to hit them. i play a mixed set of long iron cb and my 6 7 8 and 9 irons are blades. you may be surprised how you play. if ya try them and cant hit um then yea sell um but give them a try.

This is a great idea.

I call you a hot shot

I have a full set of Z585's, they are very pure for a forged cavity back. Not blade pure but you can tell they are forged. They let out a satisfying loud crack when struck. They are stronger lofted so than most irons on the market so you will hit these one club further. I carry 5-PW, the 5 goes 200yds. I moved to these from MP4's, best decision I ever made. They aren't shovel like either, for a forged cavity they look pretty minimal.

J b bag lmao that was awsome!

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You’re a 19 handicap aren’t you

Everyone is different…play your large cavity back then! Who cares unless you have actually owned a set of modern blades then ignorance is bliss. Perhaps the 2 indexer needs the psychological assistance having a cavity back for extra confidence! Tiger Woods little boy hits blades and it’s for a reason! They will make him a better player!

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please do not display low IQ here - no one said anything about the goal of the swing. the club assists in getting the ball AIRBORNE due to the way it was designed.

Only an idiot or a perennial 28 handicapper would say that. Every scratch golfer in the world will tell you that you play one shot shape. Retarred

@@golfsidekickextras dear oh dear keep on playing what you are playing and der