R. Poort

I headed to the course this afternoon in beautiful sunny, 75* conditions.  I played a normal ball and was able to drop a few extra balls on some holes at specific distances for some extra wedge testing.  Having hit them in the backyard already I had a good idea of the swing necessary to hit those distances.  I was very happy with the consistent line and dispersion of the shots.  Here are some pics taken of the groupings on the greens.  The turf interaction on firm dry low cut fairways is like my regular irons (Mizuno JPX 900), no extra bounce  causing a dropkick into the ball.  I was able to use the 57* from rough around the green without sliding under the ball.  I need to get used to the carry and rollout on those shots as it is different than my current gamer, but I was hitting the shots clean, no chunks or blades.  The bite was about what I see with my current gamers, with the ball ending up between 1' and 6' from the ballmark.  I had no shots where the heel caught and jerked the shot left as sometimes happens with my SM9 54*.  From experience that tells me the -2* lie angle is in my sweet spot.
More testing tomorrow afternoon with a couple other golfers getting in some swings as well.
75 yards - 53* - 3/4 swing

60 yards - 57* - 3/4 swing

 
85 yards 53* low flight 3/4 swing (into the wind, probably playing 90 yards)

For the fellow club spec nerds i got some data together this morning that i will include in the review.  I measured loft, lie, swingweight and overall weight of the Edisons and the current gamers, SM9 and Cleveland RTX.
I was curious about the swingweight because the Edisons felt noticeably lighter than the gamers.  I was swinging them alternately after about 5 balls each and the lighter feel was obvious to me. They did not feel 'head heavy' but balanced.  Surprisingly, to me anyway, the Edisons both had a D5 swingweight while the SM9 and the RTX were both D4.  I expected it to be the other way around given the feel. The overall weight of the Edisons is 16oz and the SM9 and RTX are both 16.5oz.  all clubs have the same gp tour wrap grip.  So that 1/2 oz difference must be translating to a lighter feel!?!?

4 Vokey's 46,50,54s grind10deg,58 m grind 8deg bounce

4 Vokey's 46,50,54s grind10deg,58 m grind 8deg bounce

I played with a guy who put a string and nail on his tee and pegged it down to keep from losing it.

I played with a guy who put a string and nail on his tee and pegged it down to keep from losing it.

I played with a guy who put a string and nail on his tee and pegged it down to keep from losing it.

I play found tees!