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Progressive Offset

By Brent Kelley, About.com

Definition: Term most commonly applied to iron sets, it means that the amount of offset changes from club to club throughout the set. The offset decreases from the 3-iron to the 4-iron, from the 4-iron to the 5-iron, and so on.

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