vagabon68

Happy Birthday @jbsap, @Willie T, @billpierce, @pingeyeone, @golferKen, @ACalling, and @vagabon68
Hope your day is the best it can be.
 

Lots of birthdays today... Wow!  Happy Birthday to @jbsap, @Willie T, @billpierce, @pingeyeone, @golferKen, @ACalling, and @vagabon68!!   May all of you have the best birthday possible today.

When I want to shape a shot on course it’s usually a straight shot and when I go for the point and shoot I shape the shot lol.  All the range work for nothing 🤣

I like the maxfli carry cart stand bag and the price is beautiful. Don’t like paying a lot of extra money for a name

I changed mine out when my wife tells me I’m not allowed outside with that bag anymore

I like the screen name vagabon. That describes me to a tee. and believe it or not I have a Vagabon brand carry bag. Really light and roomy for what it is. Now if I used it on a cart it would tear up in the drop of a hat because it is designed as a light carry bag

I changed mine out when my wife tells me I’m not allowed outside with that bag anymore

I changed mine out when my wife tells me I’m not allowed outside with that bag anymore

I changed mine out when my wife tells me I’m not allowed outside with that bag anymore

I changed mine out when my wife tells me I’m not allowed outside with that bag anymore

I use $ taper lite and it’s an awesome shaft with my Sub70 639’s. Nice high ball flight and good spin.  These will be the ones I stick with from now on. 

So I got in my Sub70 949x 4 hybrid with UST Proforce V2 shaft yesterday and took it to the garage today to see how it preformed and I don’t think the reviews that say rocket 🚀 does it justice. I got it to go between my 7 hybrid and 3 hybrid. My 3 is usually between 210 and 220 and my 7 is 180 ish. Apparently the 949x has a warp drive because it was a consistent 240 and would be straight or I could fade or draw on command still playing with the weights but seem to like both slots with the heaviest weights.  So I guess my 3 hybrid will be my in between club lol. I will see how it preforms on the course this weekend but what a beautiful club it is. 

So I got in my Sub70 949x 4 hybrid with UST Proforce V2 shaft yesterday and took it to the garage today to see how it preformed and I don’t think the reviews that say rocket 🚀 does it justice. I got it to go between my 7 hybrid and 3 hybrid. My 3 is usually between 210 and 220 and my 7 is 180 ish. Apparently the 949x has a warp drive because it was a consistent 240 and would be straight or I could fade or draw on command still playing with the weights but seem to like both slots with the heaviest weights.  So I guess my 3 hybrid will be my in between club lol. I will see how it preforms on the course this weekend but what a beautiful club it is. 

So I got in my Sub70 949x 4 hybrid with UST Proforce V2 shaft yesterday and took it to the garage today to see how it preformed and I don’t think the reviews that say rocket 🚀 does it justice. I got it to go between my 7 hybrid and 3 hybrid. My 3 is usually between 210 and 220 and my 7 is 180 ish. Apparently the 949x has a warp drive because it was a consistent 240 and would be straight or I could fade or draw on command still playing with the weights but seem to like both slots with the heaviest weights.  So I guess my 3 hybrid will be my in between club lol. I will see how it preforms on the course this weekend but what a beautiful club it is. 

I have both the 939X 4 hybrid (21* loft) and 949 Pro 5 hybrid (24* loft) in my bag, and I concur with you. I have not been able to hit a 20 to 22 degree hybrid more than 195-200 yards in more than a dozen years, but I hit that 939X 4 hybrid close to 220 yards on solid strikes. Yesterday, I played in damp 35-45 degree weather when I would have expected to get reduced yardages — and I did with most of my clubs. However, I hit several shots of more than 200 yards with that 4 hybrid, and a few of 185 to 190 yards with the 949 Pro 5 hybrid.
On one shot yesterday, I had just over 200 yards to the green, hitting from a slightly uphill lie in the rough, which should have given me reduced yardage. I didn’t want to hit my 19* 5 wood because the lie was rather sketchy and I was afraid of topping or chunking it, so I hit the 939X hybrid, hoping for a short chip shot from just short of the green (15-20 yards, at worst). Instead, I pured the shot, and it carried just past pin-high and bounded off the back of the green into tall fescue. I found the ball, but had to take an unplayable and a lateral drop. One of my playing partners said, “you were in there in three, right”. When I told him that I was in that deep rough/junk over the green in two, he replied “how did you hit it that far from that ugly lie in the rough?”  All I said was “4 hybrid “.

So I got in my Sub70 949x 4 hybrid with UST Proforce V2 shaft yesterday and took it to the garage today to see how it preformed and I don’t think the reviews that say rocket 🚀 does it justice. I got it to go between my 7 hybrid and 3 hybrid. My 3 is usually between 210 and 220 and my 7 is 180 ish. Apparently the 949x has a warp drive because it was a consistent 240 and would be straight or I could fade or draw on command still playing with the weights but seem to like both slots with the heaviest weights.  So I guess my 3 hybrid will be my in between club lol. I will see how it preforms on the course this weekend but what a beautiful club it is. 

I finally had a chance to play a couple of rounds with my new-to-me 939X 4H in my bag. Love it! Rocket launcher! 🚀🚀🚀

How are the TAIII’s they are so beautiful looking and is my dream set. Just wasn’t sure I was ready for them and went with the 639 combo and can’t be any happier. They fell just as good if not better than my MP68’s I use to have.  
 
And on a side note any of you rich guys that buys a new set every few weeks. I am open for donations of the TAIII’s. 😂 

My first experience in fitting clubs with Sub 70 was the set of 699 Pro irons that I built for the captain of my travel team. He's a 5-handicap at our home course, and plays lots of competitive golf -- when I fit him for these irons in late 2020, he was playing to a USGA Index of 9.0, and lately he has shot a lot of rounds in the 70s, with an average differential of just under 5 (in my experience, it is extremely rare to see someone take 4 strokes off of their handicap in a little less than a year).  I already had a good first impression of Sub 70 Golf from a couple of other stock Sub 70 purchases that I had made prior to that fitting experience late last year, but Jason and his staff went far "above and beyond" on this occasion. 
I had cancer surgery at the end of November, 2020 at just about the time that I was about to order the clubheads, etc. for those Sub 70 irons based on the fitting that I had done using four different 699 and 699 Pro iron head models.  Unfortunately, I developed a really nasty infection following that surgery and ended up back in the hospital in December, and then again for almost the entire month of January.  I contacted Jason Hiland in December from my hospital bed after my wife got the fitting results to me, and we shifted gears, having Sub 70 build the 699 Pro irons to the spec's that were derived from my fitting before going into the hospital. The irons were then shipped to my house and my customer/team captain, who is also a USGA Course Rater, was able to pick up the irons prior to leaving on a 5-day course rating trip to Puerto Rico and another trip to the San Diego area, where his "duties" (it was a USGA trip) included playing Torrey Pines.
After I got out of the hospital, and back on my feet this Spring, I met-up with this customer/friend and did a "gapping  review", plus checked all of the specs on his irons.  The build that was done at Sub 70 was pretty much dead-on, and all that I had to do was to tweak the lofts a little bit to get the lofts exactly where they needed to be to achieve the exact yardage gaps that he wanted between each club.  Sub 70 hadn't done anything wrong, we just wanted the long/mid iron gaps to be adjusted a bit.
Kudos to Jason and his staff for working with me while I was in the hospital (and after) on this order.  The result of this experience is that I have fit a couple other customers into full-custom Sub 70 clubs (that I built), and I have purchased three Sub 70 clubs for myself.
If I didn't have a nearly-new set of 2021 model custom irons in my bag from an OEM manufacturer that I represent (I'm a Professional Clubfitter, and a Fitter/Dealer for a few golf equipment companies), I have no doubt that I would already be playing Sub 70 irons.  I'm sure that there will be some more Sub 70 clubs (driver?, fairway(s), irons) in my bag before too long!

I sent Jason Hiland an email with some questions this morning. He just called me back (I was in a meeting so I couldn't take the call). I can't believe their excellence in customer service.  I know I shouldn't be surprised since there are consistent glowing reports on this front.  Whenever I'm in the market for a club, Sub 70 will be on the forefront of my mind. They have certainly earned it.

Got a Taylormade 790 2 udi. Don’t use it due to beyond my skills lol. I would be willing to part with 

U.S. Am Tour New season of the tour starting up for the 22 season. Playing out of Nashville group and hoping for a better season this year for me.  Great group of people to play with on the weekends. So if you are in the area and wanting to play in competition with people in your handicap range look into it. If not in TN Or nearby they have it all over. Nashville has one of the best tour directors out there.  

I take a set of kids with me lol

Wow everyone one is so fancy. 2007 Ford Expedition El limited 250000 miles plus and still going.  No payments baby. 

The new Sub 70 Forged Raw TAIII irons 4-AW arrived today to take their place in my bag.   Lots of extras included in the box thanks @Sub70 and thanks to Jason and Cody for the quick turnaround -  2 weeks from order to delivery.
Dynamic Gold 105 R300,  1* upright, Midsize Golf Pride MCC Plus 4 Align