Jordan Spieth explains how an 'unusual' iron swing led to a hole-in-one

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Jordan Spieth has revealed that the Titleist T100 7-iron he used to hit the hole-in-one at the Texas Open was the only new club in his bag.

Spieth's ace should go down as one of the best we've seen in a long time with the contact he makes and the perfect line of the shot.

However, that clarity would not be possible with the club he used before.

Spieth found that later on he was starting to hit the 7-iron 4 to five yards further than he would like to hack into the yard.

Over time he had put grooves down his 7-iron more than the other clubs in his lineup and felt he needed to get things back in balance.

So he asked Titleist to bring him a new club and the grooves did their thing, adding just enough spin to steal that extra yardage and give Spieth the gap he wanted in his irons.

“I hit my 7-iron a lot, mostly by myself,” Spieth told GolfWRX.com.

“The spin rates, compared to my 6 iron and my 8 iron, were lower, so it was going a lot,” Spieth explained. “I was trying to find out why, if it was something made of metal. I checked the false and high cages, and everything was fine. So finally I was like, 'Can I get a new one and see if that fixes it?'”

Spieth received a new Titleist T100 7-iron, which is set in his usual records before the start of the Texas Open.

He was already using that model but needed a club that never got old.

Spieth said it was a rare occurrence but he has done it before.

“There's probably been one time in my career where I've changed one iron, so it's rare,” Spieth continued. “I think it's because the grooves were worn from hitting it so hard.”

There's an important lesson here for non-professionals: Even if you don't make as much as Spieth, especially with a 7-iron, it's still important to have your wedges and irons checked regularly.

Significant wear on the barrel of the golf club face reduces the friction between the face and the ball at impact, resulting in lower spin rates and increased distance.

Since that will be the first club in the bag to wear significantly, the wedge that you use the most outside the bunker and around the greens should be checked first. To give you an idea, golfers on the PGA TOUR change their lobs or sand wedges every one to two months.