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I was involved a few years ago in the initial testing of the Tommy Armour EQL (equal length irons; six iron length, and metal woods: about a 4 wood length). Bob McNally, the late Armour President, and Rick Paprik, Executive VP, where extremely confident that the clubs would be a great success. However, they were short lived at best. The concept was based on Moe Norman's clubs. Norman was not as well known then as he is today.
In selling them to the general public, tall player like the short irons, but not the long irons. The reverse was true with shorter players. Because all clubs were the same length, golfers generally conplained that the gap distance between irons was too close. Whether that is true or not, I never got a scientific answer from the people at Armour. The clubs were scraped a short time later.
 
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quote:Originally posted by drewitgolf

I was involved a few years ago in the initial testing of the Tommy Armour EQL (equal length irons; six iron length, and metal woods: about a 4 wood length). Bob McNally, the late Armour President, and Rick Paprik, Executive VP, where extremely confident that the clubs would be a great success. However, they were short lived at best. The concept was based on Moe Norman's clubs. Norman was not as well known then as he is today.
In selling them to the general public, tall player like the short irons, but not the long irons. The reverse was true with shorter players. Because all clubs were the same length, golfers generally conplained that the gap distance between irons was too close. Whether that is true or not, I never got a scientific answer from the people at Armour. The clubs were scraped a short time later.
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Drew goes in line with one of the points that Homer discussed in regards to the book, "In Search For The Perfect Swing." They, like many, fail to see the difference of radius as an element of force.

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Agreed.... width is efficient force - doesn't matter if that width is a longer club, or 'extention' and a 'straight spoke'

one of the reasons that some of the smaller guys on tour can hit it as far as the bigger guys, they have better/equal width, and hence equal efficient force
 
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That said, I'm not planning on buying a driver with a 37" shaft anytime soon. 220 yards in the fairway doesn't sound all that great to me.
 
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FYI. All of the irons are the same length. The fairway woods are approximately 40 inches and the driver they sell is 42 inches. The length of the woods seem to make sense for the average amateur (Tiger at 6'2'' uses a 43 inch driver). It's the irons that I found hard to comprehend. Three iron with the same length shaft of as the sand wedge? I'm just interested to hear from someone that has actually hit with those irons.
 
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southpaw

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I would love to order a 43" or 44", but you have to go through such a rigamarole with losing swingweight every time you shorten the shaft. I hate putting lead tape on a beautiful new driver head. Also, you can easily alter the playing characteristics of a shaft by shortening it. Not to get too deeply into equipment issues, but perhaps others have viable solutions to the swingweight and shaft playability issues caused by shortening the shaft?
 
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