duffer19:
r11 8 Iron = 125-190 lololol
ROFLMFAO!
I'm glad to see I'm not the only to note that the schizophrenic 8 iron is the fly in the R11 balm. Not that anyone will ever get my R 11's from me, unless they pry them from my cold dead hands, lol.
That said, 8 iron results are very sensitive to:
1, Spin applied;
2, Ball used;
3, Elevation to the pin;
4, Local slope of the green in the landing area.
Try experimenting with spin first, given different situations of factors 4 & 5 above. The 8 iron is a transition club between the wedge-like performance of the PW and 9 iron, and the mid to long irons of the rest of the set. It's a special beast.