For those who love to tinker with golf clubs to find out what works and what doesn't, several customers are calling or e-mailing about making all the irons in the set the same length. The premise is that if all the irons in the set were the same length, it would require only one swing.

Club heads manufactured today are not designed for this concept, as the club weight and lie are progressive to adjust for the variable length that they are assembled to. If one was to build all the irons the same length, then the lies should also be the same. The majority of irons are bendable up to 2° in either direction. However, the difference in lie angle between the 3-iron and wedges are usually slightly greater than this. Let's say one wanted all the irons to be the same length as a typical 7-iron (middle iron in a 3-SW set). The standard lie PC3 7-iron has an angle of 63°. In order to obtain the same lie angle for the rest of the set and minimize bending as much as possible, it will require mixing and matching the PC3 upright and standard models. The following table provides the recipe (PC3 is a retired model used for this experiment).