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Originally Posted by CarlLester
It is not unheard of for people to pick up 10 yards over their old set - but often if you look into it, their new irons have stronger lofts than their old irons so that new 7 iron has the same loft as the old 6 iron, for example. So the extra yardage is from actually just hitting a longer club.
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Newer iron designs launch the ball a lot higher with a lot more spin than something 10 years older. Most manufacturers decided to increase the lofts to bring the spin rates down for amateur golfers.