[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":20},["ShallowReactive",2],{"article-sub-70-golf-clubs-sub-70-for-mid-handicappers-the-realistic-bag":3},{"slug":4,"title":5,"subtitle":6,"image":7,"imageAlt":8,"category":9,"html":12,"wordCount":13,"prev":14,"next":17},"sub-70-for-mid-handicappers-the-realistic-bag","Sub 70 for Mid Handicappers: The Realistic Bag","What a golfer between 12 and 20 should order, and in what sequence.","\u002Fimg\u002Fsub-70-golf-clubs\u002Fsub-70-for-mid-handicappers-the-realistic-bag_sub-70-mid-handicap.png","Sub 70 for Mid Handicappers: The Realistic Bag illustration",{"slug":10,"title":11},"sub-70-golf-clubs","Sub 70 Golf Clubs","\u003Ch3>The irons\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>699 v2\u003C\u002Fstrong> or a \u003Cstrong>699 \u002F 699 Pro combo set\u003C\u002Fstrong>. For this player those are the candidates, and the combo is often the better answer — v2 in the long irons for launch, Pro from the mid irons down for control.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The 659 MB is the wrong club here however good it looks. A mid handicapper in a muscleback loses several strokes a round to lost height on slightly off-centre strikes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ch3>The driver\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\u003Cp>The standard \u003Cstrong>859\u003C\u002Fstrong>. The 460cc head with more forgiveness and a neutral-to-slight-draw bias suits a spread strike pattern and a miss that leaks right, which describes this player.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Take more loft than instinct suggests. Most golfers play too little and lose carry to a low, spinny flight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ch3>The top of the bag\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\u003Cp>One \u003Cstrong>949X\u003C\u002Fstrong> fairway wood you can hit off grass — 18 degrees is usually more useful than 15 — plus one or two hybrids replacing the long irons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The 4-iron comes out. For most golfers in this band, so does the 5.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ch3>The wedges\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\u003Cp>Three \u003Cstrong>287 Forged\u003C\u002Fstrong> below the iron set, spaced off the actual pitching wedge loft rather than the traditional 52-56-60 pattern. Mid bounce and a middle grind unless you have a specific reason otherwise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ch3>Check the gaps rather than trusting the chart\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\u003Cp>A bag built to order gaps correctly on paper, but your delivery decides whether it gaps correctly in practice. FocusGolf logs carry distances automatically from a Wear OS, Apple Watch or Garmin watch, with nothing attached to the club, and keeps every session for comparison. Walk the whole set on a range day once it arrives — the boundary from your longest iron into the hybrid is where an unnoticed overlap usually hides, and finding it early is what makes a custom order worth placing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ch3>Where the saving should go\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\u003Cp>A fitting, and a spare wedge. Both do more for your scores than upgrading any single club in the bag above.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cblockquote>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Fitting tip:\u003C\u002Fstrong> Order the wedge lofts at the same time as the irons. Doing it afterwards, once the pitching wedge is already in the bag, is how most gapping problems start.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003C\u002Fblockquote>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cem>Model names current as of September 2026.\u003C\u002Fem>\u003C\u002Fp>\n",363,{"slug":15,"title":16},"how-to-order-sub-70-without-a-fitting-studio","How to Order Sub 70 Without a Fitting Studio",{"slug":18,"title":19},"sub-70-for-better-players-building-a-serious-set","Sub 70 for Better Players: Building a Serious Set",1788335628834]