wider sole golf clubs

Question
i just purchased a new set of iron that have the wider sole and i am in trouble. i cannot get them in the air in fact the hit reacts like a shank and i tried about 25 times with no success .. 7-pw irons same result...line drive or shank type of hit...what is wrong..cannot get it up and for sure no distance what so ever...i have no problem hitting my previous irons  and sole is about the only differenve being an 1/8" to 1/4" in the thickness of the bottom sole...help i'm frustrated. i tried differewnt ball positions also with no luck..going goofy now?thank you

Answer
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I will almost bet my life that you are incorrectly using your hands through impact.  Because of the bigger sole (like the G15 Ping irons), in order to hit them solid, you must have the leading edge strike the turf, not the sole or back edge of the club.  The shaft must be leaning forward at impact so that the trailing edge is slightly off the turf at impact.  The bigger sole is designed to help get the ball airborn, but if you let the trailing edge hit the ground first, the leading edge will cut into the middle of the ball, all shots will feel sculled or shanked, get very little or no air and be pretty wild in it's flight.  

When I say improper use of hands, I mean if you are trying to "get under" the ball or lift the ball into the air, your right hand will try to work under your left hand through impact.  If that is happening, then you are throwing the trailing edge (the big sole of the club on the bottom) into the ground first.  That means the leading edge is on the way up at impact, causing a sculled shot that goes really low or is topped along the ground.  

Get some help from a good PGA instructor on how to properly "release" of use your hands, and if you still hit the clubs terrible, then get rid of them and go back to your old ones.  

Properly done, the knuckles of your left hand will be turning down towards the ground and over through impact and beyond.  The right hand would be turning over the left hand, instead of the complete opposite (which is what I think you are doing).  If your right hand is working under it, then the knuckles of your left hand are moving up towards the sky, which is called flipping or getting too wristy.  Learn to use your hands correctly and I bet the problem goes away and you'd enjoy your clubs like I do.  

Eddie Kilthau
PGA Member