JRDuck40

Warts and all baby!

Boxes in house! My boys are SUPER excited to help dad open. Unboxing video coming later tonight!

Highest "wood" in my bag right now is my TS3 5 wood 18*. Love this club and honestly, if my hybrid doesn't start showing me some love, I am very, VERY much in the market for a 7 wood head to go along with the 5 wood. Just need to run this past the purchasing committee first. Haha.

Not the update that I was looking for with my custom ferrules.... Can the government do ANYTHING right?!? Haha... But I do have a screen shot of what my guy Larry at 3-2 Customs was able to provide. Ferrules should be in house by Saturday, if not early next week. I was tracking down ANY custom ferrule manufacture online. Majority of which are based in Asia-Pacific and timelines to get product in house was insane. Also, their order minimums were 500 pc lots or higher. I found Larry / 3-2 Customs via Byrdie Golf. Larry provides custom ferrule options for their club builds. He also provides customization options for ANY, and I mean ANY idea you may have. Pricing is a little higher than I wanted to spend, but I'm not going to even try and 3D print these myself. Check out his site and please let him know that I sent you there! https://www.32customs.com/

Right! Just got the same notification. Now all I can think about is getting this build going.

I think YOU epically will enjoy what I have in store. Very excited to get started

Wait till you see the ferrules I picked up.

First off, I would like to give a HUGE thank you to Toura Golf and MGS for this opportunity to not only build a set of Toura Irons from scratch, but to also game them! This is legitimately one of the coolest opportunities to test I’ve ever heard of. Let alone being able to participate. My name is Jim Duckett, 41 and live just outside of Milwaukee, WI with my amazing wife, Diana, two boys Ray & Ben and of course our pup, Ella. Our boys keep us busy with a ton of activities throughout the year. Summer is filled with chasing them around to multiple camps, practices, events, etc… But if you are going to get golf in, you need to get up early. I’m a dew sweeper for sure with an OK handicap, currently 6.1 and going to enter my 3rd attempt at WI State Amateur qualifying this July. Outside of golf and family time, I also love to fish / spend time on our boat, take in Brewers baseball games and have a little bourbon collection as well. Up to 50+ bottles. (If you need a bourbon recommendation, feel free to DM me.) During the ‘non-golf’ season in the frozen north, I stay loose with indoor sim league (shameless plug for www.stixgolfbar.com) and tinker with club building / customizations. Some of my more recent builds were making drivers for my boys. Sourced the heads, adapters / ferrules off of eBay. Shafts purchased from Golf Galaxy with grips pulled from my prior set of irons. Of course, one of them is a lefty… A custom pain fill / oil can finish on a set of Callaway X Series wedges. A beat up old Ping Anser that I shined up and did a USA themed pain fill on. Various hybrids / a new to me Titleist TS2 5 wood that is quickly becoming my favorite club in the bag. And this GEM of a Scotty that I traded one of my old bags for via FB Marketplace. The buyer knew what he had, but didn’t have the time or cash to bring it back to life. Smoke show of a putter. (And no, I did not do the full restoration. Sent it off to bosgolf.com. They do amazing work!) Before BOS..... After... OOOOOO baby! But with any build, there can be challenges. For instance, trying to find a good source for adapters online. Thankfully quite a few that I source online are via eBay. The majority do come in as advertised. But one in every few have been shipped incorrectly. Many of the shops do allow returns and are quick to act. Another FAIL was this old Vokey wedge that I attempted to do another Oil Can finish but neglected to remove the chrome finish first…. Ugh. When it comes to club making, quick is never the way. Take your time and do things right. For the testing / build from Toura, I picked the Japan Forged CB blanks in chrome finish. I’ll be using True Temper S300 shafts. But from there on out, it is all custom baby! Over the course of the build, I’ll be sure to give shout outs to the companies / retailers that I’m sourcing. I’m a grip snob and as of late, fell in love with the UTx cords from Lamkin. A little sneak peek into the build, these are the grips I purchased from www.grips4less.com. Best of luck to the other builders for this project. @azstu324, @david leighton reid, @ctg44 They have all have some great ideas for customization that I am super jacked to see what they are all cooking up. I know @azstu324 has something up his sleeve that is going to turn some heads. I cannot wait to see what you all come up with! Thank you again to MGS and Toura for this once in a lifetime opportunity. Cannot wait to get the heads in house and get this build going.

To say that we are all excited for this opp is an understatement! @azstu324 @David Leighton Reid @ctg44 Can't wait to see what you guys come up with. This is going to be a fun one.

Final review Holy COW! It’s been almost two months since this test launched and it feels quite a bit longer than that. Kids + Summer Vacay = Dad sweeping the dew yet again to sneak in a round or two. If you are just joining us, I was one of the very lucky testers to be running with the Toura 4 – PW Japan Forged CBs. Below is a quick rundown of a H2H I ran on the Toura CB vs my current iron set, Takomo 101T. Toura in Red, Takomo in Green. Initial Thoughts / Review (18.5 / 20) Only deductions I do have against the Toura, is that we you are not able to have heads bent to our specifications (-1 point). This did set me back an additional $40 and change to have heads set to 2 degrees upright and 1 degree stronger for my setup. Also, the ½ point deduction was for shipping. Not a huge fan of USPS or Canada Post as I do buy and sell quite a few clubs / components online and I have had nothing but horrid luck with both. All that aside, the heads, shafts, grips and other components were packaged immaculately. Each head was packaged with, a plug on the hosel, wrapped in a plastic bag, which was inside of bubble wrap sealed bag then inside of yet another Toura labeled velour bag. (talk about an Inception themed flashback!) Wow. Not a chance these were getting damaged by anything in transit. Hence why they used government funded shipping. Lol. They also turned out pretty darn nice if I say so myself. The CBs performed very well on the sim test and initial range sessions. The dispersion was very tight compared to the 101Ts. Yardage was a little better as well. (I did have each head bent to 1 degree stronger). Also my mishits still travel well and do not fade hard, which does occur with the 101Ts. Feel off the face, ground interaction, overall look and feel were all on par if not better than what I currently have. On Course Review My first actual round with the Toura CBs was at one of the highest rated venues in all of Wisconsin, let alone in the Midwest. Lawsonia Golf – The Links. This course has hosted quite a few amateur events over the years and is always in the top rated courses in WI. The one thing that is NOT highly rated here is their driving range. Or as I call it, the sand pit. I did hit the Toura 7i a few times, along with the 5i and PW for warm ups. I did use a club brush after each shot to remove excess sand / dirt from the faces, but the balls and sand pit did do some wear to the faces. Mind you, I did the same with my other gamer set (Takomo 101T), and the Takomo finish held up quite a bit better than the Toura. Mind you the Takomo has a chrome finish where as the Toura has a minimal coating / finish on the raw heads. Which I do appreciate from an anti-glare prospective. The Toura did perform quite admirably for the test. Unfortunately, because of my handicap and this particular event and the way things were set up, I was tossed to the back tees at nearly 7K yards which meant not a ton of iron shots for me. It was driver – hybrid or at best, driver 5i almost all day. Which I have no issues with. The long irons 4 thru 6 performed great. I had little to no issue getting the ball in the air and landing softly. The one thing that I will need to get used to is the check / backspin I receive from the Toura VS Takomo. Because of the higher launch angle and spin rate, I am finding myself needing to go after a lower launch angle or clubbing up because of the backspin on some shots. For instance, on the par 4 - 9th on our 3rd day (Lawsonia – Woodlands course) I had 155 yd, uphill to the pin. I decided on the 6 iron because of the spin I was generating on prior shots. This shot is a typical 7 iron for me. The 6 landed just past the pin, roughly 12-15 feet long, stuck and sucked back about 10 feet. Yes, I missed the bird. Haha. One other forgiveness example was from the same round, on the Par 3 13th, playing around 140 that day. I hit a very easy 8 iron, again landing just past the pin off to the right and ended up missing the green just right because of, you guessed it, spin. Mind you, we did get rained on all day Saturday, and the greens were quite receptive and soft. My final shot that really knocks this home was at a league night, final approach on the 9th hole, Par 4 playing 340 yd this night – New Berlin Hills GC. Hit 4 iron with around 125 left to the pin. Uphill shot with a breeze into the green. Ended up hitting 9 iron pin high and again sucked it back below the hole. Mind you, again the rain deluge that is Wisconsin 2024, but 20 feet of spin is crazy. Especially with how furry / slow the greens were that particular day. But I do have to say that with the CBs, I do feel that I have the ability to go after more greens than before. They have a silky smooth feel when you strike the ball. Even better with turf interaction VS my Takomo 101Ts. The blade like leading edge promotes more of a ball strikers feel. The top line either bodes confidence or gives you the shakes. One of my competitors even asked if these were beginner blades. I thought that was a great comparison. The top line does not give off confidence. It’s thin, blade like look, makes you think on your shot. Which I like. I need to reign in the mindset and hone in about what I’d like to do. Also, the lack of bounce on the irons does promote more of a ball strikers look and feel. This is good for full shots. Not around the greens where I typically like to use a 8i through all of my wedges 52 thru 60 depending on the lie / pin placement / runout, etc. This is where my Takomo set did out perform the Toura for the time being. With the more rounded edge and higher bounce on the sole, the Takomo 8i through PW does perform better chipping at this point than the Toura. But I’m sure a few 3 hour sessions at my home track will knock that out… Just need to ask permission from the ‘better half’ on that one. Haha. I am loving the fact that each club is easy to hit. My shot shape is straight with a slight fade. On miss-hits, it still goes and the overall forgiveness of the irons is fantastic. Much easier to hit and keep online than my 101Ts. On Course Score – (18/20) Only 2 point reductions. The raw face is getting a little beaten up. But nothing I cannot live with (-1). The overall feel around the greens for chipping. The lack of bounce does bring up a little issue for me. But I am starting to get used to the 9i and PW. Have not tested the 8i all that much for chipping. Will be sure to keep that in mind for the ongoing review / test. (-1). The Good / The Bad / The In Between…. So the good – The look. Wow these irons scream SMOKESHOW. I cannot tell you how many people came up and asked about the irons, where I got them, how they can they purchase, if I would build them a set. Almost everyone was shocked that the shafts were not graphite. When I said they were painted True Temper they flipped. The heads are holding up well. Also they’re now getting a little patina, especially on the stampings which I love. The turf interaction and the ability to launch the ball is nothing like I have ever played with previously. With prior sets, I did have issues from time to time with getting the ball to launch, especially with 4 and 5 irons. With the @Toura Golf CBs, zero issue. They are rockets. Love that. The bad – because they are a raw iron, they do have a tendency to wear out…. And I mean quickly. As previously mentioned, the range session did wear in my 7i pretty quickly. It’s a new club, and yes it interacts with dirt, sand, mud, etc… I know it’s not going to be new for all that long, but 7 rounds and it looks worse than my normal gamers? Really? All of that being said, the grooves do clean up very easily, the face has some very ‘light wear’, the sole of the head also has a tendency to scuff up, but this is something I can easily live with. The other bad, at the moment, is the greenside play with 8 thru PW. I do use more than just my wedges for chipping and the leading edge and lack of bounce on the 8 thru PW on the Toura set does lead to some issues on quite a few of the courses I play. Not too many tight lies in and around SE Wisconsin. Typically light rough or thick grass greenside here. Not a deal breaker, just need some time to dial them in for my short game. The In-Between…… Long irons / 8 through PW. With my 101Ts, I am a surgeon from 145 in. They have just enough spin to hold greens, check or back up when needed. I can work shots and my yardage is dialed. With the CBs, I am still finding my yardages with a few shots and having troubles with the spin rate with the center of gravity on the heads so low. Again, it is a cheat code to get the ball in the air. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t hate this. But on windy days, it is a problem. The last few rounds I have seen quite a bit of improvement with the CBs and have little to no issues with the 9i and PW. Just need a little more time with the 8i. On the other hand, the Toura 4i thru 6i are so forgiving / launch the ball, it should be illegal and the USGA should seriously look into these cheaters… Haha, I kid of course. But in all seriousness, Toura vs Takomo 4 thru 6, I give the full edge to Toura. Well done Toura. Very well done indeed. G/B/IBT – (17/20) Play it / Trade it. They are in the bag. Zero question about it. The ability to hit a solid long iron, improved launch, soft landing and dialed back side spin rates vs my Takomo 101Ts, I would be stupid not to make the Toura CBs my daily gamer. The plan for the remainder of the 24 season, I am going to play the Toura CBs to give them a fair shake. Blanks that I got to customize? Yes please! I mean, who gets to say that every day? Also, the long irons are just a pleasure to hit. Lastly, to speak to the cost of the clubs themselves, for a fully customizable, DIY set of clubs, you cannot beat what Toura has to offer. If you truly want to stand out, make it your own, this is your one and only option IMO. They are a clubmakers dream set. That all being said, heads only option for $800 can seem a little steep for some. But if you look at what you will get, blank heads, forged from Japanese steel, it is as good as it gets. Also, if you do order the heads only, you get 8 sweet little Toura “money pouches” for each of the heads. I’m currently using them as tee pouches. Love it! I will be playing it! (20/20) In summery, I was shocked that the @Toura Golf CBs did this well. I thought I was locked in on my 101Ts and I was dead wrong. The CBs look and feel great. I am coming around on the short game after a few practice sessions over the past few weeks and very much have my yardages dialed in. Very excited to play Blackwolf Run this coming weekend and will for sure have some additional photos and updates for the thread. I am really not trying to be overly positive for the review, but the CB 4 thru PW are cheat codes. They are quite easy to launch. The long irons land soft and stick. They look phenomenal and perform just as well. I love the crisp interaction and the feel with the turf is a hot knife through butter. They did a great job engineering this set and I would highly recommend these to anyone looking at either building a set themselves or purchasing them built from Toura. If you are looking for something that isn’t from the big 4 and you want that top quality, you need to put Toura on your short list of DTC. www.touragolf.com Overall Score (91.5 / 100) Lastly, I would just like to say a BIG thank you to @Toura Golf and MyGolfSpy.com for this opportunity. It was a blast to build these from the ground up and I hope you run this test again and again. The interaction with all the fellow spies and readers was a treat. It was great to learn a few new things from the other testers and to see what everyone was up to. Club-making is an artform and I think that all of us, @azstu324 @ctg44 and @David Leighton Reid really brought their A game for this test. It was an honor to participate. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!

First off, I would like to give a HUGE thank you to Toura Golf and MGS for this opportunity to not only build a set of Toura Irons from scratch, but to also game them! This is legitimately one of the coolest opportunities to test I’ve ever heard of. Let alone being able to participate. My name is Jim Duckett, 41 and live just outside of Milwaukee, WI with my amazing wife, Diana, two boys Ray & Ben and of course our pup, Ella. Our boys keep us busy with a ton of activities throughout the year. Summer is filled with chasing them around to multiple camps, practices, events, etc… But if you are going to get golf in, you need to get up early. I’m a dew sweeper for sure with an OK handicap, currently 6.1 and going to enter my 3rd attempt at WI State Amateur qualifying this July. Outside of golf and family time, I also love to fish / spend time on our boat, take in Brewers baseball games and have a little bourbon collection as well. Up to 50+ bottles. (If you need a bourbon recommendation, feel free to DM me.) During the ‘non-golf’ season in the frozen north, I stay loose with indoor sim league (shameless plug for www.stixgolfbar.com) and tinker with club building / customizations. Some of my more recent builds were making drivers for my boys. Sourced the heads, adapters / ferrules off of eBay. Shafts purchased from Golf Galaxy with grips pulled from my prior set of irons. Of course, one of them is a lefty… A custom pain fill / oil can finish on a set of Callaway X Series wedges. A beat up old Ping Anser that I shined up and did a USA themed pain fill on. Various hybrids / a new to me Titleist TS2 5 wood that is quickly becoming my favorite club in the bag. And this GEM of a Scotty that I traded one of my old bags for via FB Marketplace. The buyer knew what he had, but didn’t have the time or cash to bring it back to life. Smoke show of a putter. (And no, I did not do the full restoration. Sent it off to bosgolf.com. They do amazing work!) Before BOS..... After... OOOOOO baby! But with any build, there can be challenges. For instance, trying to find a good source for adapters online. Thankfully quite a few that I source online are via eBay. The majority do come in as advertised. But one in every few have been shipped incorrectly. Many of the shops do allow returns and are quick to act. Another FAIL was this old Vokey wedge that I attempted to do another Oil Can finish but neglected to remove the chrome finish first…. Ugh. When it comes to club making, quick is never the way. Take your time and do things right. For the testing / build from Toura, I picked the Japan Forged CB blanks in chrome finish. I’ll be using True Temper S300 shafts. But from there on out, it is all custom baby! Over the course of the build, I’ll be sure to give shout outs to the companies / retailers that I’m sourcing. I’m a grip snob and as of late, fell in love with the UTx cords from Lamkin. A little sneak peek into the build, these are the grips I purchased from www.grips4less.com. Best of luck to the other builders for this project. @azstu324, @david leighton reid, @ctg44 They have all have some great ideas for customization that I am super jacked to see what they are all cooking up. I know @azstu324 has something up his sleeve that is going to turn some heads. I cannot wait to see what you all come up with! Thank you again to MGS and Toura for this once in a lifetime opportunity. Cannot wait to get the heads in house and get this build going. STICKS HAVE BEEN DELIVERED!!!! Hoot hoot!!!! The self proclaimed "King of the Clubs" has a decree that all irons shall be released to the world and let golf rein! Haha. The boys really wanted to assist. Can't say no to that. So Toura did an amazing job of packaging. Everything was bubble wrapped, with tissue paper and encased in plastic wrapping. Shafts individually wrapped and capped on both ends in tissue paper. I have purchased multiple shafts at times from many other online MAJOR retailers, and this type of kind touch is defiantly not the norm. Tip of the cap Toura! The heads. Oh my oh my the heads! This is just over packaging that I can get behind. Toura gives these beauties a plastic bag wrap with hosel plug. Then bubble wrap. Then it’s own individual Toura baggie. ON TOP OF THAT the heads are then wrapped in another bubble wrap package. WOW! If these things get damaged in transit, it is 100% on the carrier. Great work! Also, who doesn't like a clean looking towel? Ummm I don't know. Not this guy. I love another golf towel! The wife, not so much. Haha. Overall, they shipped everything very, very fast, packaged well. The cherry on top, each package has it’s own hyper cool Toura business card with QR code that states the package is 100% Toura. Kudos to this. In the world where many golf items are faked, this is nicely reassuring to the buyer. I like the idea. Please keep it up! All in all, very happy with the delivery. The ONLY thing I would say as a criticism would be that they shipped via CPS / USPS. I am not a fan of the US Postal Service. Any time I ship anything, anywhere, anytime, my automatic fall back has been UPS. I have had many, many items “lost in transit” via USPS and have not been compensated even though insurance was purchased. This is my opinion, that’s it. I know many sellers / businesses that use USPS exclusively with almost zero issue. I cannot. Overall boxing / shipment 9 / 10 NEXT UP….. Building time! Ooooo yeah! Still waiting on ferrules to come in... Again, USPS, let's get it together... Just saying. Exciting things coming up. Stay tuned spies! Build prep - getting ready! Sanding shafts - Day 1 If you haven't been following, I'm going for a complete custom build. White painted shafts. Custom stamping on heads. Paint fill... etc. Sanding down the shafts is our first step. Next up..... PRIME TIME. Primer to the shafts to ensure that we have a good base coat for our white pear finish. After paint, we will be trimming shafts to length and really get things moving on the build. Stay tuned fellow spies. **** UPDATE ***** 5-10-24 UGH!!!! Back to prepping the shafts.. yet again! Video update below. So with yet another hiccup in the build, we will be using ANOTHER vendor for the build. We are now up to; Tour Golf - https://touragolf.com/ 3-2 Customs (custom ferrules) - https://www.32customs.com/ Washington County GC (bent heads to swing specs) - https://www.golfwcgc.com/ And NOW Shaft Wraps... to cover up the hot mess I made. Haha. BIG thank you to @TSauer for the suggestion! https://shaftwraps.com/ While we wait on the wraps to come in... I have heads stamped and some of the paint fill done. Will take care of the remaining paint fill ASAP. The stamps that I used were... well best way to describe them are "seasoned". Each needed to be cleaned up quite a bit before using. But they did turn out pretty nice. I'll be sanding off all paint and getting back to the base layer for the shafts. I promise not to post yet another video of me just sanding shafts. After the shaft wraps are delivered, I will be able to finalize the build and do what we do best, TEST! Stay tuned spies! Update 5-15-24 WE HAVE WHITE SHAFTS FINALLY! With shafts now set, all we need to do is build! Unfortunately, this week, life / work / everything is getting in the way. Will HOPEFULLY find time to get this complete on Friday night / Saturday if possible. I have a dew sweeping tee time set for Brown Deer Park GC (the host of the GMO - IE Tigers first ever pro tourney) on Sunday AM and would love to play the www.touragolf.com CB's if at all possible. Update 5-22 Let's get some epoxy on shafts already! Grip installation went well. I will be taping up the grips and hitting the shafts with a few more coats of paint then some coating to lock in the white shaft. Excited to get the CBs on the track and start the fun portion of the process. GOLFING! 5-26- UPDATE! I am VERY happy to announce that we have clubs complete! I was able to take them to the range and give all 7 irons a thorough go around. I'm going to save the full initial review for the video that I'll be posting ASAP. But just a peek into my initial thoughts. The www.touragolf.com CBs are launchers! Stay tuned spies! ******* Update 5/27/24 Was FINALLY able to get the CBs onto actual grass... albeit VERY wet grass. Was great to test the irons out and get a feel for what they can do. First results, I like it a lot. They are receptive. I'm still not able to draw the ball, but will leave this to more range sessions with them. Other than that, yardage / carry are very similar to my current gamer set (Takomo 101T 4-PW). Update 6/5/24 Full H2H testing Toura CBs vs Takomo 101T This past weekend, I was invited to a Ryder Cup style event at Lawsonia / Mascutin golf courses. Perfect setting to test out the irons against one another. Sizing, both irons are relatively the same in size from heel to toe. From there, the difference is pretty much all different. The Takomo is more of a forgiving look overall. Whereas the Toura CBs have a very menacing, blade style top line leading edge. For feel, I have to give the edge to Toura. When you flush a shot, oh baby it feels like a hot knife through butter. On my 101Ts, you feel every shot, good and bad. The Toura also is crazy forgiving. I have a tendency to hit off the toe from time to time and the Toura still flies. The 101Ts will also allow this to an extent, but not to the same amount of distance. However, I am able to work the 101s a little more than the CBs, so far. Mind you, I had an entire winter / sim league and travel with the 101s and the CBs for only a few weeks now. As of Tuesday the 4th, I have decided to put the CBs in the bag for the remainder of the summer. And my Takomos will be getting a little dusty, same as my 3 wood after this weekend, haha. A few highlights, from the past weekend. #8 – Mascutin / White 9 – Par 3, 190 yd. Overcast, slight rain, but earlier in the day the rain was much more heavy. Hence why I did not hit the CBs. Wanted to keep the shafts dry to cure a little while longer. Ended up hitting the 4 iron off the tee to around 10 feet. This was quite possibly made me want to make the switch from the 101s to the CBs. The feel on the CB was flush and smooth. On the 101s, it would’ve felt more mechanical and not as fluid. Also the turf interaction was again, silky, not clunky and hard to transition. Another great example was my approach on the last hole for league this past Tuesday. Par 4, 340 yd, New Berlin Hills GC #9. Hit my 4 iron to 130 left. Front left pin location with traps pin high left and short right. Nowhere to miss essentially. Took out the 9 iron and flushed it to 15 feet. Oh, and I landed 4 feet past and sucked it back to 15 short. If you get the ball in the air, I don’t care if it’s the 4 iron, 7 iron or wedge, the CBs land soft and stick. Love it so far. One downside, and this is partially on me, but somewhat one Toura. The durability. Lawsonia has a lot of great things going on. Motorcycle Carts, yes you read that right. They are sick. Also both courses, The Links and Woodlands are in tip top shape. Greens roll like lightening. They all play at a relatively good pace, ~4:20 minutes. Free bottled water on every 1st and 10th holes. Also, the clubhouse / restaurant has a great menu. The biggest problem. Their driving range. It is a pit of despair. Almost after every shot, I had my club brush working overtime. The Takomos faired much better with the range than the Toura. The Toura CBs did end up getting a little torn up. Especially the 7i and PW. The 7i, pictured alongside my 101T 7i below, is even starting to show some sweet spot wear. I know clubs will never look new for long. Heck, they are being put through a gauntlet of sand, mud, dirt and grime each and every time out. But to have this happen after 5 rounds, it is a little concerning to me. (101T top, CB bottom) But to be 100% honest, if you have a sweet spot wear on the face, that’s usually a good thing. Onward. ******UPDATES****** 6-14

Was able to get out and play 9 yesterday after work. I received the Tour B RX. Ended up hitting 6 of 7 fariway's. The 1 miss was barely off to the left. My aim was for right of center and the wind ended up pushing the ball left, aided by a nasty bounce. I did like the feel and ball flight off the driver. It was VERY windy, sustained winds of 25 mph with gusts up to 35. Hard to dial in yardages on my irons but did like the launch and overall feel on them as well. I do like the concept of the ball. The alignment aid does help with aiming and gives you an additional nudge to the shot process. My usual routine was to use the smallest aiming point for a drive and go from there. I do like the additional aiming set point. It helps. The ball also performed pretty well off the putter and was that crisp feel that I like with my SIrxon Z Star. I will for sure keep the Bridgestone in the bag until they're gone.

Love the lineup and the customization options. My biggest qualm is the final cost. I know, I know, but north of $500 for a flat stick is a little insane. Are they looking at lower cost of entry options? I would be highly interested around $300 to $400. Plus that would equate to only a few nights on the couch versus a full car payment.

https://www.callawaygolf.com/2024-st-andrews/ Best of luck!

Had a BLAST with perfect weather last week at Augusta. If you ever get a chance to go, take it. 100% worth it. Hopefully I won't have to wait 19 years to attend next time. Some notes, The concessions are legit. You maybe wait 10 minutes max for food / drink. Best items IMO - Peach Ice Cream Sandi. Crows Nest Brew. Pimento Cheese and very close second was the B-Fast Sandwich. Merch tent was insane. We arrived as gates opened and the line was already over an hour long. We waited until after 1 pm to go in. Waited around 30 minutes to get it. It's worth the wait. Walked almost the entirety of the course. My Father-in-Law is 80 and was a champ. Had to take a few extra brakes for him, but we did end up seeing 1,2,4,6,9, all of Amen Corner, 14 and 18. He was a trooper. Coolest thing we ended up seeing was a tie. Morikawa hit his initial tee shot on 1 into the fairway bunker. Hit 8 i from there to 10 feet. WOW! Phil hit a shorter driver on 8. Was not too happy so he ended up hitting Driver off the deck 3x times right in front of us! Crazy!

Super excited to have been chosen for this testing! I'm a little late in my initial unboxing due to travel for work / vacation, but was able to find my delivery yesterday afternoon. Thankfully FedEx hid the package! Love the packaging from Bridgestone, but IMO it seems quite busy. They have a TON of information on the back of the box and on the side of the ball. This could all be accomplished via a QR code versus laying it all out on the exterior of the package. Less is more. Also, all of the information on the exterior was included on the card that was included on the box. Somewhat overkill and I'm sure not cheap to add to the box itself. Other than that, the balls look great and I'm excited to give them a roll hopefully sooner than later. Thank you again for the opportunity!

Thanks for the B-DAY wishes everyone! It did not disappoint! Monday practice round at Augusta followed up by 18 my b-day Tuesday.

Amen on the SLDR. You hit is square, absolutely a mistle launcher. Anywhere else on the face, good luck finding that shot. It lasted around 3 weeks in my bag.

Hey everyone. After 19 years of rejection, i was lucky enough to receive the letter (email) that I was given the right to purchase Monday practice round for the upcoming 87th playing of The Masters! Anyone else going Monday practice round? If so, add to the thread and let's grab the cheapest beer at a major!

Congrats to all the testers. Excited to see how these flat sticks perform!

I was suckered into one as well. The stuff wasn't all that bad, but just the fact that they make you call in, sit on hold for 30 minutes and then they pitch you again and again on not canceling. Not worth the headache!

Seeing quite a few guys list Vice golf balls on here. I can attest to that as well. Thank god I never dropped anything on them. Was gifted and also won a dozen at a tourney last year. They went one of two ways, directly into my kids' bags to be lost almost immediately or into a 5 gallon bucket in my garage that I donate to a friend of a friend that has a par 3 in his backyard. Not a fan of vice whatsoever.

All you have to do is TYPE Sasquatch and IYKYK... Haha. I played a round in Myrtle Beach last year with a guy that was playing that god awful thing. I damn near asked for ear plugs at the turn. Hahaha.