Everardo

Same but it's the Mini Driver that saves me most of the time. The 4 Wood or Driving Iron is also a good fairway finder for me and the driver(s) are getting better as I go through lessons and fittings. I just started played again after stepping away for about 10 years, then having back surgery.

He's got his own channel now https://www.youtube.com/c/mattbloisgolf/about https://www.instagram.com/matt__blois/

Tone doesn't always convey, I wasn't trying to sound like a male Karen, LOL Yeah I was pretty surprised too. I ran through a lot of the MGS ball data trying to get to a short list of balls to test and the Maxfli stayed in the top 5 in all this. For the performance and price per ball is phenomenal!

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Having tested the MIM Tour irons, these are the most similar in spec (offset, lofts, etc) - Approach is the strongest part of my game but there's certainly always room for improvement. I place a heavy emphasis on consistency of an iron head that leads to less flyers, greater control and improved dispersion patterns. Cobra has proven itself to be a category leader with innovative designs so I look forward to testing this model in particular. Everardo in Phoenix, AZ New Level 623-CB 11.3 Absolutely

We got one of these, awesome so far in the Phoenix sun/heat https://a.co/d/2JXZuM6

I've been using 623-CB's for a while now and they are sweet!

Just noticed on my latest Trackman report, they renamed it "Consistency"

std dev is something Foresight and Trackman have added as a way to try and help find differences between a series of shots. Average is still probably the better measurement with that few of shots.

Sure but in a fitting a person is not going to take 200-300 shots per club to get data, and taking that many shots, you'll just adapt to the club and it's differences. I wouldn't call taking an average meaningless, we're not robots, so we have to take into consideration best, worst, and median shots.

Yeah I'm with you on that, I'd much rather have drop and stop than it potentially rolling off the greens, that's the main reason I'm sticking with my current irons, the dispersion pattern is very consistent from front to back but that is something I might try and see how other heads work with my same shaft.

Yeah mentioned that in one of my replies, it'll change the delivery and how a person swings and delivers the club at impact. EI is a good measure but even that'll vary, since there's no real standard and it varies per manufacturer, Ping/Fuji have Enzo, Coolclubs has S3 and Maltby has MPF. If you want to measure head vs head, then yes everything else should be equal, if you want to measure shaft vs shaft then it should be with the same head but if you're doing club vs club then there's going to be some variables. If I wanted to be a real nerd about it I would have tested 9 different scenarios with 3 head/shaft combinations and with more than 10 shots of data but in this case it's still a fair comparison, when taking into consideration buying off the rack with what the manufacturer offers. I really didn't mean to open yet another shaft/fitting rabbit hole thread, I'm sticking with my 623-CB's since they perform the best for what I need

I mentioned that but not necessarily that far off though, taking into consideration how each manufacturer categorizes their shaft kick, launch and spin characteristics, and they all have the same Maltby Playability Factor.

All felt great although I'm more used to the New Level's and they are the only ones with the graphite. I've tried that head with steel shafts and they still felt great.

7 irons and swings weights were all close D2-D4

Yeah that's my next approach try the same shaft in all the heads.

Offset, toplines, dispersion patterns were also nearly identical with these two. So I was a little vague with this not wanting any brand bias and just to see where people would go with this. I really wasn't in the market to buy new irons since I'm pretty happy with what I have (New Level 623-CB) but was totally curious to try these two models out. Also to note, I used to be a fitter and fit my current irons, but I am refreshing some training for my own experience, it's more that just numbers, or looks but also important to consider it's how the club works with my angle of attach, club path, and delivery of the head and shaft combination. Some can say that it wasn't apples-to-apples because of the shafts, possibly. Though the heavier shaft which produced ever so slightly slower ball speed also had the lower loft and my current irons that have a little more ball speed had the highest loft. So it was a pretty fair fight. Head Shaft Loft Ball Speed Launch Spin Peak Descend Carry Total Cobra King Tour MIM KBS $-Taper 120g Stiff 33 111.2 20.9 5006 32 46.7 159 170 Srixon ZX-7 Modus 114g Stiff 32 113.2 19.2 5138 31 45.6 162 173 New Level 623-CB Aerotech Steelfiber 110g X-Stiff 34 115.8 19.6 5925 33 48.1 168 174

Unless I take on Roy McAvoy in the Tin Cup Garden Tools Challenge

Tried out new irons today, took 10 shots with each, alternating irons after a few shots. No brand preference, different heads, different shafts (but same weight, length, and flex), same grips, very similar feel and launch data, very similar, so how would you choose? Ball Speed Launch Spin Carry Total Brand X 111.2 20.9 5006.0 159.0 170.0 Std Dev 2.4 0.9 554.0 4.0 4.0 Brand Y 113.2 19.2 5138.0 162.0 173.0 Std Dev 2.9 1.0 179.0 5.0 3.0

Yeah saw that, good review and like him I kind of agreed, that's a valuable space in the bag to remove a wedge but who knows, I'm always up for testing.

30 Years? I mean a lot can change in that amount of time. It's a similar club but newer tech, we're different golfers than 30 years ago. Heck 30 years ago I didn't eat tomatoes but I eat them now, point is things change Just messing with ya

Yeah Phoenix area has gotten stupid during the prime months. Some courses thinking they are worth $150 or more, some with no driving range, no real service perks or at all in some courses. Us locals know some gems but damned if I'm gonna promote it online hahahaha #sorrynotsorry

Here you go, Ping just released the ChipR https://ping.com/en-us/media/news/2022/chipr-intro

What he said......and yeah take some lessons and not just practice but "perfect practice makes perfect", practice with intention, under pressure, concentrating on the technique more than the outcome. It gets worse before it gets better. Godspeed and may the force be with you