Fitting One-Length Sterling Irons
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txg.ca - Using a custom built set of Sterling irons, Ian takes Matt through a full iron fitting including loft/lie adjustments for each club to see if we can dial in the full set!
Filmed at: Tour Experience Golf
Custom Golf Club Fitting Studio - Toronto, Canada
Featuring: Ian Fraser & Matt Blois
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Finally a one length review without all the golf snobbery. An open mind is what's needed to truly test one length and you guys are the first to do it right. All other reviewers feel the need to change ball position, or choke down and don't seem to understand the concept of 'one length - one swing' and therefore don't do the clubs or concept justice. Excellent job as usual.
after not playing for 20 years I cam back to golf looking for new clubs, there made much more sense to me so i bought a set, really like them all I have to do is learn one swing.
I think Ian could fit a brick on a stick and Matt would stripe them down the middle. Kudos on the fitting and showing a quality set of one length irons. I've seen some other videos with Tom Wishon and he's quite knowledgeable and it's been confirmed by the products he makes.
quite knowledgeable? under statment of the year!
Their server just crashed taking orders - well done promoting and fairly testing the clubs of a small manufacturer that clearly makes a good product.
Ian: Who do you think these irons are for?
Matt: (*pff* You're looking at him)
FANTASTIC video guys. This is THE BEST one-length review ever. And my gosh, Matt is flushing all of it.
The dispersion on the shots were fantastic. Shows what can happen when you combine a quality club, a seasoned fitter, with a skilled golfer. Success.
Now we just need Matt to take em out on the course to shoot his best round ever then stick em in the bag. Wishon's probably gonna have a busy few weeks after this 😛 What an awesome video again guys. Manufacturers must love you. Keep up the good work!
If I ever produced a sheet like at 23:05 I'd be framing it on the wall. Absolutely incredible and I love that you guys went into it with a totally open mind and didn't just say "Oh well it's a 5i so I'm going to put it forward and totally mess up the point of these clubs". Great fitting session.
I’ve been playing (and amateur building) Wishon clubs for years and love them. I have a set of 4-LW heads already in the build room and am excited to get them going. I’m a full believer in Tom’s ability as a designer.
I made the move to these 2 seasons ago and never looked back! Great irons and they really helped me improve my ball striking.
I've had a set of Sterling's for 18 months over Cobra's then F7's. While I think Cobra has a fine product, I like the fact Tom Wishon/Sterling had a better handle on some of the limitations of the single length concept and offered better solutions. I also like the idea the clubs were more bendable and if I ever got to a more detailed fitting session they could easily be tweaked to my specs.
My goal when I bought the single length set was to become a better ball-striker. That has happened. The idea that a proper, expert fitting could maybe make the experience even better? To me that's the most exciting part of the video!
I love my Sterling Irons. I definitely need to get a fitting session like this though.
One person who would benefit from single length is one who has a bad back. Longer wedge, 9 iron etc would easier on the back with less bending
Bill Cochrane This is exactly why I’ve been looking at one length clubs.
fantastic consistency ... very similar to what rick shilds got ... with exactly the same irons ...
such consistency and yet none of them even considered playing them ... at least for awhile ...
hmmm ... why would one not even clock a few rounds with them ... see what kind of scores one could get ... ?
Probably the best evidence that one length irons when build and fitted right are definitely a viable consideration....
Excellent job ......
This was excellent in showing the value of a gapping session. Got mine booked for the beginning of July. Amazing how much you guys bring to the table in knowledge and understanding, especially for people like myself with high handicaps. Great vid, keep it up guys.
I play CF16 irons, on a whim I brought a cobra one length 4 hybrid (kids club) “unbelievable, weird, amazingly consistent”. Great job of clearly demonstrating this, what’s considered “novelty tech” is legit. Just needs a bit of Matt & Ian!
This really shows the value of the gap testing and just how big the difference between the average player and Matt is.
I hit my PW just over 130 yards in air, so 12 yards short of Matt. By the time we get to the 5i the difference between Matt and me is over 25 yards. What this shows is I need a gapping session to understand where I lose distance
Yay! I've been gaming these for 3 seasons now.
Awesome!....Think Tom was with Golfsmith....Great products from them....your videos have been priceless helping me set up a driver for my daughter....made clubs for 30 years...not great success with component drivers....dont have GC Quad...so used fitter to verify #s...turned out research helped by you...was spot on...fitter was a little shocked...lol
Great video thanks for taking on this one. I've been bugging jaacob for the last year to send you guys a set! Glad he finally got around to doing it. I've been playing them for a few years and it's nice to have a little validation on the channel.
I’ve had mine three years, they work extremely well. Handicap 7. Have just ordered the updated version EQ1
I can not wait. Get fitted and you will never look back
Been looking into the concept for quite a bit now. One thing I haven't been able to find is if the EQ1 come with a wishon shaft or that any shaft can be made to work with them.
@@Rexij I think it depends on who your club fitter is and what they have available.
I love these irons. Started with a 4 iron to test it out and took some adjustment but now I’m sold on it. I’m only a mid handicap player and play maybe 12-20 times a year max, but my iron play is much improved with these clubs even though I haven’t had them fitted in any way.
You guys NAILED this one. I've had passing thoughts about the single-length approach, but never invested in them because of all of the work that would go into setting them up. The concept that would work for me would be keeping my swing shorter. I tend to get too long with the longer irons, and this would literally solve it without any work!
Great review! It's been interesting watching this channel develop. Matty has become not only a hitting robot but a very knowledgeable fitter in his own right. He and Ian have become one of if not the best reviewers and fitters online. Nice to have them in Canada!
Where in Canada?
Thanks for a very comprehensive test of the Sterling irons. Tom Wishon is actually one of the biggest proponents of custom fitting. Tom actually has more than 200 golf club design patents, including the patent for the first high COR iron head. Maybe Jacob told you but a) Jaacob talked with Tom first about creating single-length irons something like 5 or 6 years ago, and Tom was not then interested, and b) when he convinced Tom to create the Sterling irons, he and Jaacob spent 2-1/2 years to develop the present Sterling irons. More than that, Tom is a terrific person. Thank you again for all of the great videos you create.
For those thinking of getting these irons note that they will be retired this year and replaced with a new version in early 2020. This is a comment that Wishon made on his website: "Now all that being said, I can tell you that come the end of 2019 we are retiring the Sterling single length model from the Wishon Golf product line. In early January Wishon Golf will release its successor, a totally new design that will keep all the good things of the original model and add a number of new features that will make this new model really quite good in my opinion. Both the GW and SW will be of the same SW type profile you like on the new SW of the current design. Both will be milled face as well. All soles will be very substantially radiused from face to back with more rounding of the actual leading edges. The low loft irons will still be high COR and the primary base length will be 36.5 still because I do think that really helps vs anything longer. Other big thing will be optional matching hybrids and woods but these both will be made with additional weight addition capability so if a player wants the hybrids and or woods at normal incremental lengths he can do that, or if he wants them at single length that can be done as well. While Sterling even with the few little things I would have done over were really good and paved real ground in the viability of single length as an alternative to incremental lengths, it is fun when I get a chance to do a 2nd generation version of a model because I always learn something from the original model that I can step in to make better."
Lol that was his response to my post on his website 🙂
@@kourt2469 Hi Kourtney, are you still gaming the Sterling SL irons?
Salvatore San Jose yeah, just finished my 3rd season with them. Only way I’d change is when he releases a new version.
@@kourt2469 I've let them go the last 3 mos and went back to VL as I was having issues with the 6i and up.
Now I'm trying SL for the wedges to 8 and VL from 7 and up.
Curious that the advantage I'm seeing is with the wedges and shorter irons rather than the longer ones.
@@salvatoresanjose712 yeah I'll be honest my biggest improvement has been with the wedges. My 5 iron i occasionally have a hard time hitting a draw with it, it seems to always leak a little right on me but my bad shots arent nearly as bad with the SL 5 iron as my bad shots with a traditional length 5 iron. I know with my 5 iron I can sometimes start standing too far away from the ball and swinging harder as it than I do with my other clubs because I think subconsciously I don't trust that it's going to go far enough. When I try my best to hit it like it's my 7 iron I have no problems.
this seems like the best dispersion he's ever had? did he ever play these?
Who ever dislikes is a chumpster. Your looking at the best channel hands down
Great video....AS ALWAYS!!! This is a prime example of getting fitted/dialed in by someone who knows what they’re doing. Once you do that, these clubs obviously perform very well. Nice job as usual, fellas!!!!
Wow. I have to be honest.. this might be the most consistent and straightest ball flight I have ever seen...
I just started playing Cobra F9 One Length. I had trouble adjusting for my first four holes, after that, I felt quite comfortable. My accuracy was improved while my distances were 100% consistent with my Cobra tour blades. After three rounds I have no problem committing to playing one length clubs for this season. I hope that we can safely open our courses in Illinois soon. I am chomping at the bit!
Absolutely great video about the importance of gapping your irons to your swing and specs
PS It's interesting to hear the news that Tom Wishon is launching a new set of his own Single Length Irons next year that will be sold through his own company. They will be carrying a different name than the original Sterlings and the company will be independent of the existing company. Evidently, he will also be launching Hybrids & Woods that can either be SL or varying lengths.
Now that will be interesting!
Bandit, Where did you hear this. I'd like to read more about it.
@@milanboskovic9618 I spend so much time on the internet reading/watching golf content since I retired that I often forget where I saw the information. But I am pretty sure that it was published by MyGolfSpy, or possibly GolfWRX. It was a very detailed article & contained a lot of information about the Woods & Hybrids being available in SL or VL versions. If I get chance today I will trawl through my computer history file to see if I can pinpoint it for you. Take care, Bandit
@@milanboskovic9618 I saw it on the Wishon Golf webpage for these clubs, in the comments recently
Did he ever play a round with this set? Would love to see how on course testing came out, if he ever did try them.
Great idea.
That was impressive. Incredible left to right dispersion. Why would Matt not want to use those???? First unbiased review of single length I've seen. Especially Ian's addition about most players have a height dip in longer irons. We really appreciate the honest and sincerity of reviews like this.
Very happy to see you guys review some of Tom's creations. I have a Wishon 7 wood and I love it. Very excited to see you guys in less than two weeks.
I'm glad to have watched the Cobra session first because this fitting session with adjustments made to the Sterling ”One Length” irons was extremely enjoyable. Sterling irons? More than pause for thought, especially having them properly fitted during a gaping sessions makes sense and more so, it sets up a performance expectation for the purchaser/golfer. Well done guys. Another high quality and informative video. Thanks to all at TXG
Great video guys. I’ve been playing Sterling the last few years. I was fitted but not by someone with Ians skill. Honestly your videos have opened my eyes to what a fitting can and should be. Thanks for all the great content.
now that's what you call a fitting. never had a fitting like that.
Fantastic sound from those irons.
Best one length review yet...even though loft/lie tweaked by Ian the shafts were not changeable/optimised but Matt still produced a potential PB session. Impressive! Can these be Matt's 2019's 'sneaking up on the outside' gamers..??
Matt hit the nail on the head when he said that us amateurs tend to overestimate our yardages per club. I’m very guilty especially having ventured into my 40’s. Told myself I was going to make this and my ball striking a priority this year. Between Larry’s videos and a gapping session, I’m hoping to get back to where I was in high school. One length would be a viable solution to better ball striking from beginner on just from cutting down the variables. Thanks for the insight and keep up the good work!
My God you guys are awesome. Finally someone did right by these clubs. Likely the best club review/fitting I've ever seen. I'm proud to support TXG and this channel. Keep up the great work lads.
I am so disappointed that i cant get this done where i live. I would buy a set of these right now with the fitting included.
Great video and love that you are willing to give smaller brands a shot.
Been playing these for almost two years, love them. Six thru gap wedge, 36.5 inches, ACCRA shafts. Nice 12 yard gaps for me. Was fitted for them.
How tall are you?
@@Midway47 5'7"
Thanks for your reply. Getting my new ones club sized next week. Glad to hear your testimonial.
Great video lads with a great Wishon product
21:40. "I would 100% say that this is the cleanest full set test we've done".
I’ve been playing Sterling One Length irons for about 5ish years now? Love them. No plans on parting ways with them any time soon.
So glad I finally have gotten caught up and this was a another great video! Might have to start a daily routine of TXG and coffee
I hit a friend's set last week. I'm really considering ordering a set. I was very surprised!
Best singles on the market. Wishon is genius.
Wow, glad you took the time and did the fitting! Glad also you tried the sterling! I have played my sterling for 2 seasons now and love mine. I play 8 iron length. 4 iron - 55 degree wedge in 8 iron length and then a normal sm7 60 degree wedge. Great setup. From what I have heard, sterling will release a new set of one length later this year or early next year...a players model of one length! Cant wait!!! 😀👍❤️ Sterling is great! You guys are great! 😍
Interesting comment. I have a set of Sterling heads and shafts waiting to be put together. The heads on 2020 all weigh the same. Is that the case with earlier models? Have yet to decide on grips. Looking forward to the season.
@@Midway47 hi! Yes I have the same headweight also. I play jumbomax xl grips...perfect combo. You will love the clubs. I wish I had the new model also... Good luck!
@Magnus Henricson Thinks very much for your reply. I am very much looking forward to this golf season.,Think I will also try jumbomax grips. Thanks again.
Been using them for 4 years and never looked back. I loved these clubs. I wont changed them for anything. I actually wrote to Tom Wishon and he responded back and recommended a fitter he trained to fit me for my set. If I ever get a standard set it will be from the Wishon models with one of his fitters. When the clubs are fitted properly there is a difference in how balance they feel.
Thank you Ian and Matt! I’m getting older and don’t have the energy and time to go to the range and hit 300 balls a with every club in the bag.
I have been thinking about 1 length irons for some time but have been a little unsure if the concept.
I think this was one of your best and informative videos I’ve seen!
You are a great help to a lot of us who don’t have a big golf budget to go try all the products out there.
Danny
I'd love to see Matt play a round or two with these clubs on your next course vlog!
Hey Ian! Love to have Matt go play a round with those and then do a follow up vid of what he felt\saw
esults from a real environment.
Impressive results guys! You just keep raising the bar. Well done!
I’m with Ian and love my 6 iron. All my clubs below 6 I hit comfortably at the varied lengths they are supposed to be but have struggled with consistency in my 5, 4 and 3 irons. Finally I cut down my long irons to 6 iron length and after a quick angle adjustment I hit consistently with a good 12-14 yard gaps. The hardest part was going from a 3 iron swing to a more 6 iron set up but it only took probably 5 range sessions to adjust. Just goes to show that there’s more options than just one length or standard varied length irons someone could go with. With technology nowadays the options are limitless and it really depends on how the individual is best suited.
Matt's consistency (and distance) is incredible. I've been playing the Wishon club for a few years and have a love hate relationship with them. Right now, I'm back playing them from 5-9 but prefer my Mizuno 919 wedges for short game forgiveness due to the bounce on the Mizunos. My warning for mid handicappers is the Wishons have to be struck really well. If you hit them fat, their sharp leading edge digs in hard.
best ball striking on the channel, Matty up for a new set of irons
Can we get a on course vlog with these. I have them and love them. Glad they are getting some love.
I’ve been following you guys for some time. Best video yet,!
Awesome video guys! All around impressive video from the ball striking to the fitting of the clubs.
Been waiting for content for 5 days now haha. Could you please do a video explaining frequency matching and moi matching and what Tom Wishon fitters are trained to do differently? Thanks.
Wishon fitters aren't trained by wishon. There isn't anything different they do that Ian and the txg guys would do. But in order to sell and fit wishon product the fitter needs to be approved and have an account with wishon to order his components.
I own these irons, fitted with the world's best shafts (imho, Aerotech steel fiber--the lightness & vibration-dampening of graphite, the consistency & durability of steel). They feel like forged blade heads, with the forgiveness of a cavity back. Hard to find, but well worth it! Great review gents.
I play Wishon Sterlings at 7 iron length and I absolutely love them,my iron play has never been as good with any other clubs.
The funny thing is that I love the longer 8 to pw,and I thought they would feel awkward,but it's the opposite for me.
Same been playing them for 3 years. Basically since launch. And the longer length wedges are my favorite part of the set.
Dear TXG, I've been using these clubs for about 6 mos now and they are great. I do however use only the SW to 7i and have since moved to a 30deg hybrid.
My brother and I have this ongoing debate that since I only use the 'shorter' clubs - then I am actually better off with VL irons (they're shorter so it's easier, I'm only 5'9"). While my contention is, SL should make it easier for me to consistently have the same swing - even if the clubs are a bit longer than usual.
Anyone's thoughts are welcome as we are both amateurs discussing the same point over and over :-)
Thank you for this review - it was interesting to see how lie and loft was still adjusted from the 'standard' set and how much it dialed in the proper performance of the clubs.
"I really hate to admit that I'm hitting these 1000 times better than my own iron". Matt Bois, 18:40. Wow.
When are you going to review the Wishon EQ1-NX one length irons. It's the next generation of Sterling irons. Could you also try them with the Wishon S2S Black 85 stiff graphite shafts.
Now Wishon only offers EQ1-NX not Sterling as tested above...
TIME FOR A NEW TEST!!!
I have a set of Sterling Irons that I have played for the past couple of years and love them. I had similar concerns about the wedges. So my set is 5 iron thru 9 iron. I have to also adiust the loft between the 6 and 7 iron and 8 and 9 iron. But I would tell people to try therm out, thanks Greg 0450
Loved this. I wanted to do something similar with Edel. Getting fit is the key regardless of length. Cobra is too basic to gain the most performance
I am a golf beginner but found Tom Wishon on the web he was my first go to for golf club information ie swing weight, length, lie etc, of course I add you guys to that list, I’m not in a position to get new clubs fitted, but good information on how lie, length and shafts effect performance is very interesting and will help me purchase second hand clubs in the future , I am very impressed with your fitting adjusting the gapping and flight on these one length clubs. My concern would be that a lower swing speed player like me would not generate enough ball speed to keep a desirable 7,6,5 iron ball flight and gapping. Thanks.
Outstanding Matt!
Best dispersion Matty's had with any iron set...i think! How do not even mention Deshampoo and his success lol? You squashed all the forums and industry arguments over one length in a 27 minute video...well done! If Matty hits those that good first time round how good would he hit those if he gamed them for a year?!?!
deshampoo plays a very different set of one lengths
Hi Ian & Matt, I play these Irons and enjoyed your review, any chance you could review second generation EQ1-NX, also Wishon design, thanks and keep the reviews coming, Alex Peers
Cobra has 2 forged sets of one length...a fit on one of those compared to sterling would be great! 😀
The designer, Tom Wishon is brilliant.
He has recently designed a set of hybrids to complement these iron. Their adjustability with weight location is amazing.
Excellent work guys. Thanks
Awesome review guys. As You guys know I’ve been playing the Sterlings for 3 years now and they have completely changed my game. Glad to see you guys do this. Cobra had the f7’s out when I got my sterlings but they couldn’t hold a candle to these. Neither could the F8 , the forgedtec or the F9 and I’m the biggest cobra fan! The sterlings are incredible. I read on toms website they’re might be a “better players” version coming. But I find these to be great. 4 - LW. Hope more people try them!
I played the sterling for 2 years all at 8 iron length which was fine for the PW, GW and SW, the gaping through the rest of the set didn't work , not focusing on the negative though I always felt six iron length would have suited the rest of the irons, I still have them so it's time to rebuild them, cheers great video guys
I sold my AP1-718's and got a set of Sterling irons. 5-SW Best decition I ever made in my golfing game. I can hit my 5i 190 yards all day long and super straight. Feels like cheating! I got mine all 8i I'm 5'7 so the 8i lenght was the way to go for me. People at the driving range keep asking question and asking me if they can try them. one ball position one swing. Takes a few rounds to get the feel for it.. After 3 rounds no problems what so ever. I wont ever go back to coventional set.
Ian, you say that your 6 iron is your favorite club. MOI weight matching will make every iron your favorite club.
I think he was referring to the length - not the feel.
@@wodenoftheangles3339 6 Was always my favorite too, though where I play now, I rarely get to hit it. Driver /wedge or short iron most holes.
@@stevef4010 Where do you play, Steve?
@@wodenoftheangles3339 LPGA international FL. If I play back tees or wind shifts usual direction, I hit a 6 now and then on a par 3,. But less often than I remember. Took 10 years away from Golf before 2020.
@@stevef4010 Arthur Hills is a 7000 yard golf course! Who are you - McIlroy!? lol
Great video guys, this will show all the nay sayers and traditionalist that dont have have a clue about single length irons ,this video just changed the golf industry forever. Well done
Best fitting video I’ve ever seen.
As always you guys deliver amazing content!
Matt, you make this seem too easy 😂😂😂 excellent vid and job as always. Can't wait til I can get out there and do a fit/gapping session of my own
Nice video and shows how getting a gap testing session and having the lofts and lie angles adjusted for you is so important. Good to see that the Wishon Sterlings have performed well and Matty liked the feel and not too bothered by the offset. Mr Tom Wishon has designed some seriously nice clubs, not flashy but really can be customised and works. Would love to see if you guys could test some Wishon drivers and see how they compare to others on market.
Great review guys. It puts an objective perspective onto the one-length debate and shows what well engineered one-length clubs can deliver. Great clubs too from Wishon Sterling, it seems. I don't think Matt has ever hit so many straight shots.
What would be your view on a two-length irons set, i.e. 4-7 at one length (e.g. a 6-iron length) and 8-PW/GW/SW in a shorter length (e.g. a 9-iron length)?
Feeling bored this morning so watching some back TXG videos and it reminded me how good this review was and how well Matty hit the Sterlings SL Irons.
Now that the new Sterlings replacements (EQ1- NX) are being launched it will be good if you could repeat the test/review and see how the new version compares? I believe that in the new EQ1- NX's the longer Irons (in terms of distance, not length) are hollow-bodied, so it will be interesting to see how they compare to the original Sterlings.
wow no problems at all, the percentage of bad hits are less than 5%. Good to know. I have been building SL clubs for my clients and they all are very happy with the concept and results. Cant go wrong if fitted for gaping as the height and spin rates are well within the expected range.
Kind of wish I lived in Toronto. Having access to a club fitting facility of what you guys offer would really let me try single length clubs to see what it would do to my game.
i'm sold on these..thanks guys, amazingly helpful!
Put them in the bag!
@TXG Tour Experience Golf hopefully you will test the new one length from Tom, the eq1-nx sterling unfortunately are not available anymore
Well, its been about a year and a half since I watched this video and that did it for me. I found a fitter that sold these and got fitted up and have loved them ever since. I'm not going back to a standard set of irons. You can try and pry them from my cold dead hands.
I hope down the line you guys will do the same with the next gen Wishon single-length irons, the EQ1-NX. Progressive head shape through the set (more compact head in the higher-lofted clubs) is one of the changes he made.
Another great video. How do these guys not have hundreds of thousands of followers?
Been playing one lenght for 4 years now. I will be gaming the Cobra Froged Tech Black one lenght. This season.
Hey guys great stuff. Interesting you went with that length in these vs what Wishon seems to recommend is the 8 iron length. Maybe due to Matt's height?
I think Matt should play these irons for a month and record his scores and stats (FW/GRNS hit) compared to his PXGs. Then report them back to us.