Blade Irons vs Cavity Back Irons - What's the Difference?

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Blade irons vs Cavity back irons is very important and most golfers should definitely play cavity back irons as much as possible from the beginning of their journey to single figure handicap.

There is no shame in playing cavity back irons and playing blades will not suddnely make you a better player. You can play blades when you can hit the sweet spot of almost any golf club.

Blade vs cavity back irons distance - The Blades can go as far as the cavity back with similar loft and shaft length. Usually though, the number stamped o the bottom is irrelevant as the manufacturers have delofted the modern cavity back irons up to 7-8 degrees lower than traditional lofts on the same number iron in blades.

Muscle back irons is another name for blades.

Forged irons vs blades - forged irons can be both cavity back and blade. Majority o the cavity back will be cast. Forged is just the manufacturing process, forging the irons from a single piece of metal instead of a cast where the alloy sets, for cavity backs.

When to switch from cavity backs to blades? When you can hit the sweet spot of the cavity back irons regularly - 8 out of 10 times. Usualy also happens around the time of being a 4, 5 , 6 handicap.