Has anyone else noticed a deterioration in performance of their Nike VR Forged Irons? I don't remember what level they were since the clubs have been discontinued, but the range is 115-220 yds with high trajectory.
In the past few weeks I've noticed a distinct fall off in distance on my irons. It got to the point where I took notes on all the conditions when hitting iron shots and found shots coming up 5-8 yds shorter than they did last year. For a long time I thought the variance was from mis-hits or poor judgement of wind or elevation changes, but last week I took note of several shots under low wind conditions, minimal elevation changes and only counted shots where I hit the "Ding".
I've played the game long enough (4 years >2,500 ranked rounds) to know how my equipment performs, even allowing for the occasional, random WTF shot which is part of the game, whether on line or IRL. I play for fun/entertainment so I don't keep a meticulous chart of everything, but I know what should happen when I hit a good shot, especially in relatively benign conditions.
Driver, 3 wood, wedges and putter are still working as expected, just the irons seem to have lost their touch.
If no one else is having this unique problem, then I guess it's just me and my imagination, but my working theory is Top Golf wants me to buy new irons, especially since my Nike's were dropped many months ago.