Typically when you think of loft structure, you’re really thinking of how much loft is in between each club in your bag from your highest lofted wedge all the way through to the driver. This loft structure and the differences in loft between each club rely on lots of factors to make sure that they are honed in for your game. The most important is your set gapping. Gapping is setting up your set of clubs to make sure that you a.) know the exact distances that each of your clubs are going to go and b.) making sure that there are no overlapping areas of the bag where you may see one iron going too long or too short causing problems hitting certain shots in potentially key moments of your round!

Gapping, which is the relationship of carry distance between clubs in your set, is a direct reflection of the loft structure, and it’s important not to get caught up in standards. That being said, the engineers at companies like Edel Golf are incredibly smart people, and the loft structure that comes stock with your set of irons IS likely the loft structure that you are meant to be playing, but it never hurts to be sure.