High ball flight with irons
I don't know my swing speed with 7 iron but it is only around 90 with driver.Rarely hit a thin or fat one and bad shiot would generally be missing left.
Struggle with direction on pacy punch shots - more confident with slowed down full swings as can keep the direction but judging distance can be tricky.
I guess the flight is only really an issue when windy as I don't feel I have a Plan B game for consistent low shots into the wind.
would say from what is described there some loft being presented at strike that's nearer the static loft of the club as opposed to say the dynamic loft that enables a more penetrating flight that still peaks out pretty good
true to say shots need a good peak height to be able to achieve carry & distance most elite golfers unless playing for some kinda special lower flight have peak heights throughout the bag that are around the same height pretty much with full shots (approx 90' to 100' -ish)
bunch of things can play into height flight that presents issues in the wind that they tend to balloon & stall some
couple of real important ones are where the weight is just prior to & through impact (rh golfer with higher flight would tend to have not enough weight pressure through the lead leg)
there's more stuff to usually it's the lead wrist 'extending' (so cupping) too soon - usually linked to 'release' starting too soon so more around the trail thigh as opposed to 'at' the ball at strike around opposite the lead thigh
thing that happens with that tad too early extension of the lead wrist is the opportunity to lower the dynamic loft of the face is lost something around the static loft or even 'more' than the static loft is presented at strike - the second dynamic that happens with this is this 'extra' loft has the 'face' also looking leftfield - hence the misses left
something you can do at home to see this is just address where a ball would be in the stance with a 7i say then without moveing anything else just 'extend' so 'cup' the lead wrist - notice there's immediately more loft being shown & that loft - the face angle is looking leftfield
many folks have an action like this & folks can play to a good standard of golf this way to - as the index here shows - but there will always be this issue around problems with high flight with a tendency to 'stall out' in the wind
have a look at the top position of the swing to see if the lead wrist up there is 'cupped' - it very possibly is - if so
- something to consider would be with the current grip hold - just take the club to the top to get to that slightly cupped top position but then at transition feel the weight pressure first into the lead leg (not a big jump into or onto the lead leg just more of a 'flow' feeling so weight pressure is on the lead leg before the 'top' arms shoulder start down) then at the same time feel you put a tad of a clockwise 'twist' on the handle with the lead hand this 'bow's' the lead wrist a tad - if this is taken up don't try it at norm full speed say around 60% maybes even 50% to give 'time' to make the slight changes in the action
should you try this at all - do it at the range not straight off out in play - as there's likely to be a tad of directional issues happening before the drift of the change starts to sink in some
elite golfers hit the ball high but that peak height of around 90' or so is being reached a bunch later in the flight why we get penetrating flights with height so carry and distance - along with faster clubhead speeds it's the lower face angle dynamic loft being presented at impact that goes into making this possible