Two wedges that go the same distance is one wedge too many. A four-iron and a hybrid that both fly 175m means you’re carrying a dead slot. Gapping finds those overlaps and the gaps in between, then closes them with loft adjustments, shaft pulls, or a club swap.
You think your 7-iron flies 150m because that’s what it said on the rangefinder one time. Real ball-strike data tells a different story: maybe it’s 143, maybe it’s 148 on a good day, and maybe your 8-iron is closer than you think.
Three things, usually. (1) Two clubs covering the same window, one of them dead weight. (2) A 20+ metre gap between two clubs where there should be a 10–15m gap. (3) A wedge progression that’s lofted wrong from the factory and leaves you with no shot from 80–90m.
Lofts bent on the Mitchell machine to open or close a gap. Shafts pulled and replaced where a softer or stiffer shaft moves the carry number. Occasionally we’ll recommend a club swap – a 5-wood instead of a 4-hybrid, a 50° gap wedge to bridge from PW to SW. We propose; you decide.
Every iron, every wedge, hybrids included. Ten graded shots each on the launch monitor. We discard the worst two, average the rest. The numbers are your real carry distances, not the marketing distance from the box.
Carry numbers laid out side by side, with the gaps and overlaps highlighted. You see the dead clubs and the missing windows in one chart. We don’t shrug at a 22m gap; we tell you what would close it.
Sometimes it’s a one-degree bend on three irons. Sometimes it’s a wedge swap. Sometimes it’s a different shaft in the long irons. We propose the lowest-cost change that closes the most useful gap. You decide what gets done.
A standalone gapping session is 60 to 90 minutes on the bay. You leave with a yardage chart and a short prescription. Bring the whole bag.
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