DCI Black vs AP1

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By Lou G

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  1. Lou G

    Lou G
    San Diego, CA

    The DCI Black set is 5-PW  and I have been using AP1 8-PW for a couple years and it appears to be a tossup. Both sets are dialed in for lie angle and length.  I haven't taken the 5 iron on the golf course yet because I had the work done AFTER the round; however, I took it to the park and was able to hit it reasonably well.   Haven't done anything to the 3 and 4 irons because I use a 7 wood and 25* hybrid.

    Understand one has to go 1 club stronger on the DCIs because of the lofts (AP1 PW is 45* and DCI 9 iron is 44*; AP1 8 iron is 37* and DCI 8 iron is 40*).

    The DCI 6 iron and my SQ 7-34 get the same distance.  So my plan is to leave the 5 and 6 in the bag with the hybrids as backup. I can also do a side by side of the AP1 and DCI by leaving the 5 and 6 out and using the AP1 8 and 9 irons.

    The up side of the DCIs is that I found the middle irons easier to hit vs the AP1 (I got rid of my 6 and 7 irons quite some time ago and that is mainly because I don't miss with the 7H).

    I found that one gets more feedback from the DCIs because there is no damping material on the head.  Seems like the DCIs pick the ball cleaner.

    Thoughts?

     

  2. Lou G

    Lou G
    San Diego, CA

    Lou G said:

    The DCI Black set is 5-PW  and I have been using AP1 8-PW for a couple years and it appears to be a tossup. Both sets are dialed in for lie angle and length.  I haven't taken the 5 iron on the golf course yet because I had the work done AFTER the round; however, I took it to the park and was able to hit it reasonably well.   Haven't done anything to the 3 and 4 irons because I use a 7 wood and 25* hybrid.

    Understand one has to go 1 club stronger on the DCIs because of the lofts (AP1 PW is 45* and DCI 9 iron is 44*; AP1 8 iron is 37* and DCI 8 iron is 40*).

    The DCI 6 iron and my SQ 7-34 get the same distance.  So my plan is to leave the 5 and 6 in the bag with the hybrids as backup. I can also do a side by side of the AP1 and DCI by leaving the 5 and 6 out and using the AP1 8 and 9 irons.

    The up side of the DCIs is that I found the middle irons easier to hit vs the AP1 (I got rid of my 6 and 7 irons quite some time ago and that is mainly because I don't miss with the 7H).

    I found that one gets more feedback from the DCIs because there is no damping material on the head.  Seems like the DCIs pick the ball cleaner.

    Thoughts?

     

    Here are my test results from the past 2 days....

    1.  I took the DCI 9 iron and AP1 PW to the park and got about 3 more yards with the DCI.  Hitting was about the same.  At the golf course last week, I hit the green on a 129 yard par 3.

    2.  Took the DCI 7 iron (36*) and the AP1 8 iron (37*) and got about a 2 yard difference.  Found the 7 iron actually easier to hit. I've been having a lot of issues with AP1 8 iron for the past year and ended up using only the 9 and PW and using a choke shot with the 7-34 hybrid.   I've been hitting my 9 130 yards and my PW about 115-120. 

    My other thought is to take the AP1 9 and PW along to the golf course next time and leave out the 5 and 6 since I'm pretty established with the hybrids.  I have a 2200 yard exec course that is perfect for max usage of the 9 iron and PW (one par 3 is 115 and the other 105 and most of the par 4s are around 270-300 plus the 2nd hole is a 505 yd par 5).

  3. Don O

    Don O
    Madison, WI

    The DCIs appear to have more offset than the AP1s, so they may be easier to hit than the AP1s.  I can hit the 7-PW straight, it's the 5 & 6 irons that a little more offset may work better (except I have 4/5 hybrids).  If your ball striking is pretty much on center, then you may be proving that the more irons change, the more they are the same.  More off center hits probably benefit the most with the more forgiving irons for sale now.

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