MuniGolfer

Do you have a grinder? I wonder if adding a little relief to the leading edge may help, plus it will drop the swing weights a touch.

Update on this summer: The sacks parente 91 is still in the bag. My strokes gained putting is better than it has been the last few years, but -1.8 vs scratch, is not where I want it ideally. This off season I plan to send it back to sacks parente and have it extended 3/4”. It’s not bad gripping it at the end, but I think it will be a little more comfortable and consistent if I get it extended. Speed control seems a little better on slower greens, this is a heavy head with a very high swing weight, so that’s kind of expected. Feel odd still great and I like it quite a bit. I am finding myself wanting a thicker grip, though, so I may have them also switch from the pistol. I will update this thread again when I make the changes.

I am using a g425 lst, and I adjusted mine to a little less than d2. The stock weight had it around d4, and I was losing everything right.

I am still very happy with the Chrome Tour as well. Definitely my gamer now. I need to place an order on the 4 for 3 deal very soon.

Oh man, that’s a tough one. It’s probably between my 975d, Nike Covert 2.0 tour driver, and an old Callaway 4-wood from the mid 2000s that I can’t recall the model name of now. I think the edge goes to the Nike driver. Always just a baby cut and long. Didn’t miss much with that thing. The ping g425 lst is the first driver I feel like I hit almost as well. Maybe I should pull out the Nike again and compare the numbers?

I started mine at 46 and trimmed until I found what I liked best. Settled on 45. For reference, my non-OP playing length was 44.75.

When I got an M5 driver, I didn’t listen to the advice of my friend who worked for taylormade when I asked him about his thoughts on shaft. He even tried to give me a graphite design shaft for it that I didn’t take. I ended up buying the same shaft later and completely transformed that driver for me. However, by that time I had already purchased a Ping g425 I was waiting on. I probably would have had a lot less struggles if I had just kept the shaft he gave me. A said, the Ping has been heads and tails better for me than the taylormade.

I don’t think I ever would have said it was hype, just trying to find similar performance for less than $800. I don’t think we would be here if the autoflex was just hype.

Those dispersion gains

I agree. The only time it annoyed me was when he mentioned in an interview that he asked Tiger what he hit into 11 at Augusta in ‘97. Tiger said, “pitching wedge.” Then Bryson mentioned in the interview that he did too, so he felt pretty good about that. I was thinking, “yeah, except on loft and length, your pitching wedge is pretty much Tiger’s 7- iron since Tiger runs very weak lofts by today’s standards.”

I am excited to see someone try these, in both the swing speed range and more of an op setup to compare.

I too am still having so much fun with the Maltby. It is my most consistent shaft these days. I played a scramble on Saturday and we mostly played off my drives. I am also finding I LOVE the new Callaway Chrome Tour ball with the OP. Ball just flies straight. This combo is seriously killer. Here were the drives we took of mine: 344, 317, 327, 302, 349, 309 this shaft is definitely staying.

That would have been heart breaking, for sure. Callaway was always pushing the tech game.

I loved my ft-tour too

#1: driver-Nike covert 2.0 tour fairways-Nike covert tour irons-taylormade rbz tour wedges-callaway jaws md5 tour grind putter-Scotty Cameron pro platinum Newport 2 ball-Nike rzn black #2 (current set): Driver-ping G425 lst fairways-Nike covert tour (probably time to get fit for something new here) hybrid-Titleist 913h Irons-taylormade P770 2020 wedges-taylormade mg3 tw grind putter-sacks parente 91 aka the Duke ball-callaway chrome tour #3: driver-Titleist 975d 3 wood-callaway steelhead III irons-cubic balance blades wedges-Cleveland 588 forged putter-Scotty Cameron pro platinum Newport 2 ball-Maxfli A10 now, the main sets I regret not owning. First, the original Nike blades or the pro combos, they were so buttery. Hogan apex pros. My brother had a set, and they were pure as the driven snow.