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2 hours ago, Bulldog said:
That’s the strange thing, the link in that MGS story goes to the USGA club database but now comes up empty.
I’ve searched the club database every way I can think of for Costco Kirkland irons and driver and can find nothing.
The recent info about the irons and driver seem to have started with a grainy image on TikToc.They aren't going to be listed under "Kirkland". They'll probably be under the manufacturing company. Previously the wedges were done by Indi, but Indi is owned by Southern California Design Company...so there may be a new company name assigned to make the irons.
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On 8/10/2023 at 11:08 AM, Bulldog said:
Still not seeing any Kirkland drivers or irons in the USGA/R&A conforming clubs databases.
Irons have been in the works for a year now. Even MGS did a story on them in January.
https://mygolfspy.com/news-opinion/kirkland-irons-2023-usga-preview/
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On 7/21/2023 at 10:06 AM, fixyurdivot said:
The thread title definitely drew me in. I'm pretty confident a good many of us would never have thought to see the likes of Srixon, Mizuno, and Taylormade products being offered through Costco. But, for stock, off-the-shelf sticks, why not? Marketing is marketing and saturating the market with ones products to drive sales is key to profit. We'll know they've moved the needle when PGASS, Dicks, and Golf Galaxy start offering hotdogs, brautwursts, and pizza by the slice.
Bettinardi, Honma, Callaway, etc. all hiding at Costco throughout the year.
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On 5/30/2023 at 12:02 PM, Thin2win said:
The zx5 and zx7 mkii versions are really good in their categories. Srixon is tied to Cleveland, whose wedges are also about as good as anyones.
I have the ZX5s and love them. You'll find an entire thread somewhere of members praising these irons. I have also used Cleveland wedges my entire golf life, and will always praise them as phenomenal clubs. I have wedges from pretty much every major brand and DTC brand ranging from 46* all the way up to 64*, and when I had to get new wedges for my bag I just bought Cleveland RTX and CBX wedges.
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I have Tiles that I do the same thing with. Same concept but works with any phone.
But also, insure your golf equipment. For like $5,000 worth of clubs, bags, travel bags, head covers, etc. it is $60/year with State Farm. Lots of companies have what is called "Inland Marine" that you can add to your home/renters policies for this. They'll replace everything new if you give them a full description and value. Sadly they won't cover "personal electronics" like range finders and launch monitors.
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It may sound crazy, but try green balls if they are offered in the brand you play. Green is the easiest and largest spectrum of color for the human eye to see. Also, try not to get polarized sunglasses...they generally hurt your ability to see fine details in sports.
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Some advice to go with this since I've been using the Honors+ Hybrid bag for over 2 years now.
1. Buy the warranty. It covers anything for 2 years and costs like $30-40. Trust me...you'll use it.
2. That leads me to the fact that the clips that hold the straps on are plastic. They'll likely break. Mine have twice, and they can't be replaced so they literally give you a new bag if you have the warranty.
3. Stand legs are also easily bent. I don't use them a ton as I don't walk and carry the bag, but mine got bent and no longer open up all the way. The bag still stands albeit a little less stable. Not enough to worry about warranty.
4. Chapstick the zippers. The smaller teeth mean if the zippers gets stuck it will more likely tear/break. Just every 6 months throw a little chapstick near the zipper pull and then run the zipper all the way open and closed to work the wax in as lubricant.
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I have one of their wedges and it is awesome, but not used the putters. Grindworks is one of those "luxury" brands, so often pricing is higher. If the putter is affordable, then I'd wager it is worth the risk.
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I'm a huge short game guy and have a ton of wedges lying around. That said, none by Indi. I looked at their options because I was going to by a couple, but my biggest issue is that my attack wedge is 56* and I can't see myself with 12* or 14* of bounce for my go to wedge. Maybe I'll overcome that and give them a shot, but not at the moment.
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21 hours ago, IndyBonzo said:
I had a bad result from a fitting in March. Was it my swing or the fit? Regardless, the light shafts for which I got fitted have been awful - so bad I have already abandoned the clubs completely and will be selling them soon. With the exorbitant prices charged for those clubs, I will be out at least $1K when it's all over, even after a sale.
I've had three fittings in my lifetime. One (driver/FW woods/hybrids) was excellent. One was middling (good result, but only stock shafts involved, so I think it could have been better). And this one (awful).
I doubt I do it again unless I find a wizard.
I find it weird they didn't have some kind of a satisfaction promise or something. The shop I go to has a promise to help correct things if you find that something isn't right up to 90 days after you get the clubs. Like I didn't like the grips, so they swapped them free of charge. If something is off they work to make sure you didn't waste as much money.
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I'm going to say yes and no. Yes, I'm not happy that the time I received wasn't sufficient and its not feasible to really test enough club and shaft models when you do a full bag fitting. But at the same time, no I'm not unhappy with the fitting overall. My fitter was awesome, the experience was great, and they were very accommodating for the experience. Sadly, I was fitted into a driver and I loved it and hit it well, but turns out a make and model that I didn't test is just overall better for me in both distance and consistency. I happened to buy the driver on a whim when they clearanced the end of the line stock last year, and here I am with a $700 driver sitting at home while a $180 driver hits bombs down the fairway. I wish mostly that there wasn't a deal to do a full bag fitting when they should know the time to do so exceeds the time they block off to get it done. Either break it up into 2 days, or make the cost of a half bag fitting equivalent to half of a full bag fitting.
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You play as fast as it takes to keep up with the group in front of you but not hit them with your shots. As soon as that is the case you go ahead. You'll never make everybody happy. If people behind you start hitting into you then you give them a stern warning about safety, and if they do it again warn them you'll start returning to sender. I've finished 9 holes in 90 minutes and had the ranger tell us we need to keep up and speed the pace of play. I told him there is no one behind us and we finished 30% faster than the average expectancy. Those are the guys you ignore and keep doing what you're doing.
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On 5/31/2023 at 1:18 PM, Matt Kane said:
First, Cleveland, Ohio eh? Are yo partial to the Cleveland wedges due to its name? lol jk jk jk!
I grew up in the Mansfield area!
Anyway, I feel like we are pretty similar in the wedge game and how we use them. I have a 50, 54, and 58 and RARELY use the 54. May ditch it for a 60 because I'm not the best at flop shots or shots needing to get up quickly.
I'll give the Clevelands a go. I have a feeling I'll like them more but we will see.
Thanks for the input!!haha definitely cool to use wedges with my hometown on them!
This may surprise people, but awhile ago I had an extra slot in my bag so I bought a club just for the sake of something stupid to fill the slot...it was a 64*. If you have a hard time with flop shots and/or bunker shots, go grab one of the $100 sub70 wedges that are on sale and try it. No fancy aiming left and changing other things...just square up and hit the shot (favor front foot weight for both). Don't really use the wedge anymore, but it was fun to give friends who dreaded bunker shots to use instead of trying to open the face and stuff. That is one of the benefits of loving short game as much as I do...I have a ton of wedges and putters lying around.
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I have tried almost every DTC and big name brand wedge on the market in the last 3 years. Ultimately I still keep going back to the Cleveland wedges. I've moved away from carrying a ton of wedges because I've always been very good at controlling nearly any lofted wedge inside 100 yards, so I only have a 50* CBX-2 and a 56* RTX 6 right now. I like having the 2 very different wedges because 1 is for workability and creating different shots, and the other is more forgiving and reliable for those bump and runs, low launch high spin check shots, and fuller shots. I also had the issue with Vokey feeling too heavy even after trying them in fittings. I didn't like that I had to feel like I was applying more hand muscles to create the same shots as I could with other wedges. If I was only using them for basic 3/4 or full shots then I'd be fine with them, but running less wedges because I can do nearly anything I want with 2 doesn't work for me and Vokeys.
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Currently using the ZX5s from last year. I was fitted last year and it came down to these and the Mizuno Hot Metals. Ultimately the Srixon won out on consistency. Great irons that are really forgiving and still leave room for workability. I recommend all my friends who are getting new irons to go get fitted and at least try the Srixon lines.
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On 1/19/2023 at 1:54 PM, Middler said:
I’m a total Mizuno irons fanboy, will hardly consider any other brand for irons - so I'm not hoping to throw shade at Mizuno. But I can’t imagine how Mizuno can make a dent in the market against Titleist, TaylorMade, Callaway and Ping - with similar performance and pricing. As much as I like Mizuno, I’m not going to choose their metals for the same price as a Titleist or Ping driver without some substantial performance advantage - and that’s basically impossible given USGA limits. At least they dumped blue drivers a couple generations ago, that made them a non-starter for many (like me). YMMV
So here's the deal. I spent a lot of money getting fitted for the first time last year after many years of lessons and feeling it was time. Being a shorter guy, buying off the rack was definitely causing swing flaws to account for. I tested Cobra, Ping, TaylorMade, Titleist, Callaway, and Srixon in my fitting (along with quite the array of shafts and shaft lengths). After all was said and done we looked at a display that said Cobra was the longest, but the TaylorMade Stealth+ was the tightest dispersion. Not once did the fitter even mention the Mizuno drivers to me. We didn't see them or test them. But, when MGS did a quick article on the forgiveness of the STZ-220 it was perfect timing as the season was ending. I figured, I'll grab one and hit it for fun just to try it out then I can easily resell it to break even (got an "outlet demo" one still in the wrapper for $180 shipped). Nope. "Off the rack" this is easily the most forgiving driver I've hit and it was going the extra 10 yds the Cobra was compared to my Stealth+. The shaft isn't the same one I was using (the eBay store I snagged it from was out of my Smoke Blue when I ordered it), but that didn't matter.
Before you write them off, go demo one. Its so easy to demo clubs now that there is no excuse not to. Go walk into a Golf Galaxy and ask to hit something in a sim, or hit up Global Golf and use their UTRY to carry something for a couple rounds in whatever climate you live in. All I know is that my fitting taught me two things: Never write something off simply because another company spends more on marketing, and sometimes you need to tell the fitter what you want to do because they aren't going to give every company an equal shake. Sometimes the "performance advantage" comes from the person holding the club.
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Took MGS advice and snagged a "demo" Mizuno ST-Z 220 driver to play around with. I'd never really given Mizuno a shot during my driver fitting last year, so it is kind of an unknown to me how it will perform. For $200, I can't really go wrong giving it a shot considering I could get the same shaft and grip on it that II currently use.
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I think a lot of this is subjective and going to vary greatly from player to player and bag to bag. First, you can jack lofts but that is only one part of a larger scheme of things that control distance and stopping power. Companies now are able to jack lofts up because the technology to do so and still remain pretty forgiving is possible. In the past, you obtained forgiveness and stopping power by having higher launch. Today we have much finer milling and laser milling and more technologically advanced equipment. The biggest improvements in the game of golf have come in the form of the golf ball. Combine that with the advancements in shafts, and you have a far more customizable bag than ever before. If you want lower launch and higher spin, then you can find irons and shafts and balls to do that. If you want higher launch and lower spin, then you can do that too. I personally dropped my 4i for a 7w specifically because it launched higher and landed softer. I crushed the Cobra LTDX 20 yards further than the new TM Stealth+ driver, but I chose the TM driver because for me it had a much tighter dispersion. Getting fitted is fairly important and then you and the fitter have to make the decision for what that individual wants and needs.
I think this is going to be different from player to player and bag to bag what people want and what works for them. There are golfers with different swings, swing speeds, locations, climates, balls, etc. that will want different things.
15 minutes ago, HAC said:If I have to use the 6 iron in the high launch to hit the green, what have I accomplished by going to the high launch?
But do you have to use the 6 iron? You only mention the launch which is only 1 aspect of what makes a ball travel x distance...
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Didn't your fitter go through all of this and set up the optimal weights for you? I can move mine (just like my driver), but I don't because once I get fit they did the work and have the tools to make it proper.
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On 5/5/2022 at 12:04 PM, Siamese Moose said:
That post was almost a month ago, and I took delivery about 10 days ago. My range had it in stock in a longer length, and cut and bent it to my spec (Mizuno won't customize putters! WTF!), and even repainted the alignment line from black (too dark for me on this blue model) to white. The original grip couldn't be saved. ("This ultralight grip is just soaking up the solvent." Apparently the interior is porous.) That's no real loss, as I had them put on my preferred Lamkin midsize pistol grip. I'm still evaluating what weights I want to use. I'm used to a quite heavy putter, and thought I might use the 13g weights, but to my surprise it's between the 3 and 8g weights now. I'll probably stick with the 8, but I want to try it on a different green before I make a final decision.
That's awesome. I'm happy I went to a fitter because mine called and offered to let me use the labs putter until mine comes in "hopefully" next month. Its been 3 months and pushed back another month, so at this point I'm not hopeful that I get my putter until end of summer.
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On 4/11/2022 at 10:27 AM, Siamese Moose said:
I have been fitted for an OMOI #1, but haven't yet pulled the trigger. I'm playing with it on the practice green when I go to the range for a couple more times before I decide. (My fitter says my current La Jolla still fits me extremely well, but it's VERY heavy, and I struggle with distance control on faster greens.) In the few times I've rolled it outside I am very pleased with the improvement in distance on longer lags. Considering that the demo club they have is too long and 5° too upright it's surprisingly good on direction for me. The alignment aid is almost exactly the same as my current putter, so I'm fine with it. I considered the blue finish, but with the alignment aid in black there isn't enough contrast for my eyes, and I think changing it to white would look awful, so it will be silver for me if I do it. I didn't notice any issue with the grip. It's an ultralight grip (as well as an ultralight shaft) that apparently is important to the weight balance of the putter. I don't like the feel of light grips for swing clubs, but it doesn't bother me on the putter, and I like the size and shape of the grip.
Honestly, don't wait if you don't have to. Mizuno is really struggling to get shafts for putters and while they have them in now...they may not in the near future. My M-Craft has been pushed back for months and was pushed back "at least" another month due to shaft shortage.
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On 4/14/2022 at 11:48 AM, Dave Silbar said:
I'm a coach and fitter and just going to toss this out there: Of the 20-30 fittings I've done over the last month, only 2-3 times has the Stealth driver outperformed the others. Oftentimes, its been the shortest!
Wasn't the furthest for me, but it was the most consistent. I hit 10 shots in the fairway all within 7 yards of each other in distance with the Stealth+. The side to side dispersion from every other driver tested in my fitting was 50% or more than the Stealth+ was. I'll take that consistency over 5-10 more yards and worrying about hitting hazards.
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But even the putter doesn't show up. Rumor was they found a deal with a different manufacturer in Korea (one Callaway uses), so maybe that manufacturer has them listed as some kind of different model name.