Hi TT! I'm looking for some input here before my iron fitting (at Westfields Fitting Studio) next week. I'm 53, 12 handicap, 100mph driver swing speed, hit my current 6 iron (714 AP1 with SteelFiber i95 R shaft) 165 yards, and play ~100 rounds/year. My last three iron sets have been 710 AP1, 712 AP1, and 714 AP1. I hit the 714 AP2 at my last iron fitting two years ago, but concluded I still needed the extra forgiveness of the AP1. With the AP1 and AP2 changes in the 716s, I plan to look very closely at both of them. I'm thinking that I would like to go with the AP2s, to get the more compact look and forged feel, if I can do so without giving up the distance and forgiveness I am getting from my current 714 AP1s. I am thinking this may be better for me overall than adding much more distance, compared to my current irons. It would also let me stick with my 50-08 Vokey wedge. (I may shift from my current 56-11 and 62-07 to 54-10 and 60-07, to close the gap between my 50-08 and my next wedge, and because I don't hit the 62-07 very often.) If I go with the 716 AP1s, I am thinking that I will need to change my gap wedge to 48-08 (to close the distance from the pitching wedge to the gap wedge), and then still go with the 54-10 and 60-07.
I like the SteelFiber i95 shafts a lot, and will probably stick with them (and i110 in my wedges). Although I plan to hit both R and S flexes. I was surprised when I got fit for my 915 driver, 3-wood, and hybrids last year that I ended up with S flex shafts (had played R up to that point), so am interested to see whether the same shift to S flex will make sense with my irons. I also plan to try the KBS Tour, Tour-V, C-Taper Lite, and Tour-90 shafts for comparison.
Any thoughts on any of this that I should consider ahead of my fitting? Thanks!