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MuniGolfer

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About MuniGolfer

  • Birthday 12/29/1983

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  • Gender
    Male
  • Location
    Orem, UT

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  • Age
    30-39
  • Swing Speed
    111+ mph
  • Handicap
    8
  • Frequency of Play/Practice
    Multiple times per week
  • Player Type
    Casual
  • Biggest Strength
    Driver/Off the Tee
  • Biggest Weakness
    Approach
  • Fitted for Clubs
    No

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  1. I haven’t yet. I have just been gripping it at the end. I need to reach out to them though. I have only played once outside since the weather has turned. I am excited to get more strokes gained data on it. i did get some of the putter features working on the uneekor system at my hitting facility I found that my average left to right putter delivery was straighter with the Sacks Parente, but it had a wider distribution than my other two. The Piretti had a very right tendency, and the Scotty was just slightly right. The Sacks tended to be just a little right and a little left, but it is making far more putts indoors. I should be able to start getting some outdoor strokes gained stats next week. All that said, it’s definitely still in the bag from what I have seen so far. Thanks for the reminder on the shaft. I should do that asap.
  2. I have the g425 lst head and have loved it with the OP. I have been testing the maltby mpf, but hit driver so poorly in the sim this winter I couldn’t get a good feel. The it mp5 is a great combo. I picked one of those up on clearance and it has been awesome. I will be interested too see how those two go for you.
  3. Yeah, it makes me wonder too. The wind performance was fantastic though. I wonder if it will affect the durability at some point?
  4. Played our par 3 course 2 days ago. I am still struggling with which ball I like better. There was a bit of wind, and both were great. This is the reason I used to play Callaway balls, as they seem to just cut through wind. For instance, the first hole was 122 with wind off the right. I hit a smooth gap wedge, flighted down a bit, to take the spin off. It just went dead straight, no movement from the wind. I expected it to get pushed into the middle of the green, but it never left the pin. It pulled up on the front of the green, but that was due more to my early season distance control, or lack thereof, than anything else. I also hit 7 iron with both balls, dead into the breeze, and both flew to my normal carry distance and were sitting pin high. When it came to spin, this is where I am having a hard time deciding. From my simulator work, the Tour x seemed to have a more ideal spin rate for me, but playing outside, there were times it spun too much. Whereas, the Tour spun right how I wanted on full shots, and one hopped and stopped when I took spin off. I am interested to get these out with the driver in the next week or so and see which seems better for me. I will say, there were times around the green I appreciated the little bit extra spin from the x. One problem with the Tour, however, I hit two shots that were a groove or two low on the face. Instead of dropping short of my target, they flew the green, like 10-15 yards past my normal carry where I can't usually push a particular club to. It wasn't like these were bladed shots that I expected to go stupid far, just a little low on the face where I usually lose distance. I can only figure that the lower spin of the Tour dropped to a perfect window of launch and low spin where it just carried forever. It didn't even fly much lower than my normal ball flight! That little inconsistency does concern me a bit. The x seemed to perform more as normal on those groove low shots, where it would drop a few yards short of normal. Tour x, hit slightly down wind off my 56*, with some cut spin. I was expecting about 4-5 feet of back spin, not 12-15 Chrome Tour hit into wind, smooth to take spin off. Expecting one-hop and stop. Wind added a little spin and it backed up a foot or so to near it's ball mark. Durability was a little different than in the simulator, which it expected with dirt and other debris getting trapped between the clubface and the ball. Still good. Nothings I would pull the ball out of play for yet, at least for casual rounds. For tournament play, I would start fresh, especially with the x. It seemed to mark up easier than the Tour. The paint on the triple track seemed to really be fragile. It chipped off in several spots. Chrome Tour x after 1 par 3 round Chrome Tour after 1 par 3 round I also found, when I was really looking at these balls for damage, that the clear coat had lots if little bubbles in the middle of the dimples that I didn't notice before. It wasn't as bad as some have seen, with the big popped blisters, but it still was interesting. It was more pronounced on the Chrome Tour, and you may be able to see some if you zoom in on the picture above. Finally, one thing I didn't love about the Tour was if felt almost too soft off the putter today. I haven't noticed it before, but it felt almost marshmallowy. The x felt a little more positive and gave me some feedback. It wouldn't hold me back from bagging it, but was something I noticed today that I hadn't felt indoors yet.
  5. I have similar memories. I remember liking a particular par 4, right before the 3 that was surrounded all around the right with water. The par 4 was tight, and rose from the tee box and then rolled down towards the green. A good drive over the hill could go a ways. 18 was definitely stout. I remember 17 and 18 feeling like classic Pete Dye holes.
  6. Oh man, the ASU Karsten. Was one of my favorite courses in the Arizona valley, especially for the price. Such a fun, tricky layout.
  7. Was able to get outside chipping and putting today. Around the greens, it was splitting hairs between the two models. The x was ever so slightly clickier sounding of the wedge face, but I could get it to stop quicker if I needed to spin it. That said, the tour was not far behind. Both were very predictable in flight and spin on regular pitch and chip shots. I really could go either way around the greens. There was something really satisfying about the way the tour felt as it popped off the wedge face though. I also finished up my triple track test vs my usual sharpie line vs no line. I had started at home, a few weeks ago on my putting mat with straight putts. The triple track made 1 more putt than the line, and both demolished a blank ball. To complete the test, I kept the distance the same, 10 feet, but did 4 different breaking putts. Here are the results. TT: 50% line: 50% blank: 29% i noticed the same issue I had on the straight putts. Without a line I got way too focused on my start line and lost the speed. Lining up the line or triple track, I could set it and forget it and just picture the path to the hole. Even though the triple track and line scored the same, the triple track was easier to line up to a starting spot and to align my putter to, so my process felt a little quicker. I still just wish it didn’t mess up the logo on the ball. Maybe I just buy a sharpie template for the triple track or something. Later this week, approach test on our part 3 course. It’s always a good one for practice and testing since it has holes ranging from 75 to 205 yards.
  8. Mine were good. Agree one of the other testers posted pics of his, with that issue, I examined every ball in the box.
  9. I haven’t lost any in the sim yet well, actually the two that got hit into the top net have some black scuffs, but I think are still playable. However, that is about to change. It’s getting warm in Utah and my schedule should be such that I will finally get them outside.
  10. Well, at this point I am at a loss. The best I can say is the balls are performing similarly to the Prov1x and other premium tour-level balls. I am just doing some strange things with my swing so I can't really get a good feel as to what is the best fit for me. What I can say, is that the Chrome Tour is lower spinning than the Chrome Tour x. That difference is more and more negligible the closer you get to the green. The Chrome Tour x is faster. Its balls speeds average a few miles per hour higher than the ProV1x and the Chrome Tour. I just need to figure out my swing to see which of the two has the more ideal spin rate for me in the longer clubs and then tweak my driver settings, if need be. I will be doing swing work this weekend, so hopefully I can get some better numbers. One thing I do know, as of now, one of these balls will be in my bag for the coming year, unless one of the Taylormades' happen to beat it. I will have some more updates this weekend, if I can actually strike the ball somewhat normally.
  11. I would still, comfortably, say play.
  12. I wish I could just get them outside, but the weather hasn’t cooperated with my schedule. From the indoors testing, the ball speed of the tour x is making me really consider it. Also the durability of both. If I could actually hit the ball halfway decent, that would help me make a decision. Right now I am leaning to one of them being my ball for this year.
  13. I like all the English guys (i.e. Finch, Shiels, and Fryer), but probably Peter Finch is my favorite. Funny and good instruction. I have never really got into the good good stuff, but I will sometimes watch Micah’s videos just because he seems like a really nice guy. I used to avoid Dechambeau like the plague, but I have really started to like his YouTube stuff as well. He has some really good instruction videos.
  14. Well, I hit driver on Monday. The weird thing is, everything I was working on after last session was looking good with my PW and 8 iron, but when I switched to driver, suddenly I was smothering it and creating a ton of spin. The facility I am a member of, updated their Uneekor system and it has not been getting attack angle and other things, but I am sure that is what I was doing. The reason being, my swing speed was down 7-10 mph from my normal, yet spin was way higher than normal. I am going to go again today, and hit driver right after my warmup so I am not tired. We will see what comes out. The PW and 8 iron numbers were much more what I was used to seeing in terms of carry and spin. I thought I would be looking at the Chrome Tour, but now I am thinking I might be a Chrome X player, and will tweak my driver settings, if needed, to get the ball into prime spin and launch territory. The Tour is lower spin and launch, as advertised, but maybe too low for me. I have said previously, I used to be a Chromesoft x player until durability got in the way. Maybe the Tour x will be my new gamer, since it spins similarly, but is WAY more durable. Also, the ball speeds off of the Tour x are very intriguing. Also, I may need to get the loft checked on my 8 iron. I was hitting it WAY too far. My gapping generally should have it around a 176 carry. If it's not loft, I may have to do a gapping session with all my clubs, if I switch.
  15. I will try to take some more pics and inspect them further, but I don’t think so. It is possible though. That said, I still haven’t noticed much wear and tear from normal play. I would say those nets are an extreme circumstance.
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