brutal brutus

I still need to play over there. I'm a member at Legendary, might have to meet up for a round sometime...
 

My life has been turned upside down in the last month and a half... but I might be able to come once or twice depending on time and location...

My life has been turned upside down in the last month and a half... but I might be able to come once or twice depending on time and location...

My life has been turned upside down in the last month and a half... but I might be able to come once or twice depending on time and location...

@sirchunksalot, @ga_pike, @brutal brutus, @Fairwayguy2 Happy Birthday to you all!!  Don't do anything I wouldn't do!!  🤣
 

You been spying on me?🤣 Thanks everyone, it's been a pretty good day and I'm hoping to get to play this weekend.

Thx guys.👍

Thx guys.👍

Thx guys.👍

Happy Birthday Guys!!!!
 

Happy Birthday Folks!!!!!

Happy Birthday fellow MGS writers!

Happy birthday @sirchunksalot, @ga_pike, @brutal brutus and @Fairwayguy2. Hope you all have a great day!

And if you choose to celebrate like this, I won't judge you...too much.

Man... i need to search the forums more often. I would have liked to participate in this.

Nice, but I cant play this week though, ugh. Maybe next week

Man... i need to search the forums more often. I would have liked to participate in this.

I hope so!

Still time Brutus!  We are only a few weeks in - and we will have a new competition each week.  
Looks like a perfect day for a round of golf!  

Man... i need to search the forums more often. I would have liked to participate in this.

Nice, but I cant play this week though, ugh. Maybe next week

Man... i need to search the forums more often. I would have liked to participate in this.

I finally got to go out and play today. Hit a small bucket and then played whites on the little 2500yd 9holer(Little Miami Golf Center Regulation 9). Took me a half a dozen shots to get in a groove on the range but when I finally did... 🔥 Was hitting tight draws and power fades on command. Since my return I've had trouble with the intentional draw without snap hooking it but this driver seems to be more attuned to my swing than the old TS3. Not sure why, maybe it's the hosel being set more upright?...
During the round, I hit it 3 times. On the 500yd (ish) par5 second, I pulled it a bit but made solid contact, 270ish. On #4, I hit a towering draw that just barely ran thru the fairway where the hole kinks to the right towards the green, 290ish.
Then I got to #8... I was a bit mad about 3 putting for dubogey on the par3 7th, so I went full on rage mode for my teeshot on the 325yd par4... Hit one of the best drives of my life. Was about 25yds short and left of the green on a beautiful tight draw. On a normal summer day, when it's drier(and also not blowing 15mph right in my face, lol), that shot probably winds up pin high left.
It's gonna take me some time to get used to it but True Love is looking like a winner for now...
 
 
Though, MLT is a close second... ahead of Toxicity, lol.

(Moving this from the driver sub-forum)
Figured I'd go ahead and document my journey with my most expensive purchase to date. Though it's not my first "top of the line" driver. Bought a new Hawkeye VFT back in the early 2000's and got it at a discount. But even at full price, i think they were something like $399. Though i did pay more for that one... Stay tuned for that story.
Let's start with the specs:
Titleist TSi3 10°
HZRDUS Smoke Black RDX  60g 6.5(extra stiff)
Standard length. Sure-fit set to D2 and at present, the adjustable weight is at neutral. 
 
Aesthetics:



I mean... Dayuum. She reminds of that song Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress by The Hollies 
If you like a "blacked-out" color scheme(which i obviously do, LOL), then you will probably like the looks of this thing. I also like how the weight track is hiding in the back and not interrupting the body lines on the sole. It is also very pleasing to the eye at address.
The sound this thing makes is very satisfying. The 915D3 i was using for a month sounded like a decent little league bat. My old TS3 was more like a loud cracking noise. The TSi3 is somewhere in between.
 
Now to the story behind my purchase. I will keep it brief as i went into more detail in my WITB thread... 
 
To make a long story short, my TS3's weight cartridge broke loose and was rattling around inside the head. I had built a relationship with the owner of a small shop near my house and had him contact Titleist even though he's not an "official" Titleist dealer. Even though it was well out of warranty, he was able to get me $100 off if i did get another Titleist. I couldn't really justify spending that much on a new driver, especially after i had just purchased a barely used TSi2 3w, so i told Greg I would take the 915D3 he had and call it even and would be there the next day to get it... That night i won $300 on a scratcher and then another $150 the next morning. I took that as a sign and placed my order.
For those of you thinking about placing an order with Titleist, that was Dec 2nd. Since he isn't an official dealer, it worked the same as if i had ordered it off their website myself. Even if he hadn't gotten me the rebate, i would have ordered it thru him anyway so i got the free fitting session. It finally showed up the first week of this month after 9ish weeks. It also didn't have the correct shaft. I ordered a 6.0 stiff but they sent it with a 6.5 extra stiff and said they could give me the correct one when they got back in stock. Not sure what I will do yet. I kinda like the ES but I can feel a day not too far down the road when i won't have the swing speed to properly load the shaft.
During my fitting session, i tried a couple different shafts for comparison. My old Adila NV, Tensei Blue,  Proforce V2 and another I can't remember the name of. The HZRDUS was clearly the better of the three and we settled on D2 for the hosel setting. I may tinker with the weight at some point but I'm content for now.
Got a good range session in this past Monday. Took me a few to get loosened up and dialed in but once i did, i was killing them. It's amazing how far a ball can travel at that low a trajectory with a 15-20mph tailwind. My "at or near 300yds by late spring" prediction might be a bit underestimated. I'm pretty sure I hit multiple over 300, though it's hard to tell at this particular range. It has a hill out around 280-290ish and while my eyesight isn't the greatest, I'm pretty sure i hit half a dozen over it.
 
 
 
 

I am always amazed how hot the face is on a TSi3 driver.  Even mishits seem to go pretty far and fairly straight.  Love the sound on the TSi3 driver. Its just a great driver in so many ways.
I like how the guy next to me on the range says the sound off it is pretty sweet.  Don't worry, I still hit some pretty horrible drives once or twice a round.  Its definitely user error.
After adding a slightly heavier weight (to compensate for my Arccos Plus 4 grip), a bit of additional loft through a D4 setting and adding bit of draw bias at a Titleist fitting day (2 weeks ago), I was able to tweak my trajectory from last year with a Trackman,
My drives are going far and straight for me again.  Thank you to the Titleist rep that helped me at our club's pop up fitting day refine my TSi3 adjustments from my original LM fitting.  Weights were like $25 each, but totally worth it...

I had a lightning fast driver fitting w/ the local Titleist fitter and he put me in the Tsi3 10° D4 setting, so 10.75°, w a PX Evenflow Riptide 6.5.   It did what my current driver does, but way more often 🙂  I just had issue with the looks of the face at address.  The rounds along the face edges are huge, it's almost like a 440 face inside a 460 head.   But, the golf ball didn't seem to care.  🙂