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revkev

 
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  1. My gut is you should go flatter honestly - is there a way for you to test lie angles at a fitting somewhere?
  2. So many good ones, too, Jamie - we should start a thread - your top 100 posts! Congratulations and welcome to the club. You are a large part of what makes this a great place to hang out.
  3. I did hear an interview with Spieth in which he said he was protecting the field - that is the role of fellow competitors on these matters. Ultimately it is up to the player and whatever they choose might be subject to review later if there weren't a rules official available. I agree that you would think with all the available technology it might seem to be easier but when you think it through it's actually not - trying to determine where a ball entered a hazard is particularly difficult - where was the device placed - that angle makes a difference - even the angle that the competitors were at makes a difference - the player or a caddy if he were directly behind the player had the best view of it. I am decidedly not a Rory fan but also not a Rory hater - I don't hate any of these guys, I just prefer some more than others. In some ways its very unfair to Rory because there are way more eyes on him than most other players. I have no doubt all involved were trying to proceed by the rules of golf.
  4. Playing at sea level in muggy Florida it’s a 7 iron, sometimes even 6 when it gets particularly humid with wet turf conditions. It was an 8 iron when I played in Indiana last May - it took a couple of rounds to figure that out
  5. The two times that I played there we had a total of 3 balls on the green out of 8 attempts - and one of the times included an assistant pro from the club. I'm happy to report that I'm 2 for 2. It's really cool to play - very intimidating - but it is hardly the only visually intimidating hole on the course - not by a long shot.
  6. Thinking of cnosil’s observation about loft jacking I’m longer with my Srixons than my Wilsons even though the Srixons are a degree weaker and 1/4 inch shorter - - fit and shaft I’m sure.
  7. Shafts are very different - it would help to see data. Everyone is different and there no standard within those categories - generally the GI’s will have more offset and a larger footprint but beyond that there’s no real standard. Throw in changing course conditions and this is probably not an apples to apples comparison.
  8. Always interested in grips - will be looking fir and to this test - congrats to a great testing group.
  9. Congrats to our testers - that thing looks like braces did back in my day - I will be I treated to earn how it works
  10. I use every club in my bag most rounds, too - The question asked and that should be considered is how often does one use them. As an ensemble I use my irons the least. Like a boob I’ve spent more money on them than the other ensemble groups in my bag or driver or putter (if I had purchased my putter.) I also practice more with my irons than any other club when my usage suggests that shouldn’t be the case. So I appreciate this thread because it has me rethinking my practice time. I will confess that I just bought a set of older PXGs on eBay but I bought them to pull the shafts - it was cheaper than buying the shafts. But I would be better off investing that money on refinishing my trumpet or lessons or garden tools than irons -
  11. Interesting and a byproduct of you being younger and longer But still irons are in the 4th slot. Part of what has irons so low for me is that 6 or 7 would be the longest iron that I game - normally 7. Where others might hit 5 or 6 I’m hitting 9 wood or 26 degree hybrid. Does anyone know what the break down would be for touring pros? LPGA players? This thread has also reminded me that I need to get back to spending more time practicing my wedges.
  12. I’ve done this exercise for myself and posted on the topic. For most players irons are ridiculously overrated. There are always exceptions but if you looked at them as groups - driver, fairway woods, irons, wedges, putter - irons are almost always in the 4th or 5th slot - and we spend more money on them and more practice time with them. Because they are often in the number 2 or 3 slot for the top .01 Good topic
  13. With a 5 hybrid he’s only gaming through 6 iron - a top level pro is not going to need the forgiveness in those shorter irons - many of them play blended sets to 5 or 6 iron. Honestly his bag looks a lot like mine could other than the shaft flex/weight and 6 iron - I use a ping G410 5 hybrid as my 6 iron it fits perfectly with the players distance irons that I game. I will be anxiously anxiously awaiting those thoughts on the S159’s - they have my full attention and I’m sitting on a $200 Dick’s gift card.
  14. It also speaks to the current cost of living, I think. Not nearly as much disposable income.
  15. The ability to hit long irons passed me by long ago even when I was a low single digit handicapper. But the pros and cons of each are pretty straight forward: Hybrid, flies higher and is generally easier to hit particularly out of the rough. It is also useful around the green for chips shots. The cons are that its harder to control in the wind and some people have trouble hooking it. Long iron launches lower and can be a great option off the tee on windy days or tighter holes. the negative is that it is not as versatile and because it launches lower doesn't hold well on firmer greens. I see that you live in TN. If you are playing hilly mountainous courses the hybrid would seem to me to be the better choice. Hard to get those long irons to run up a slope. Good luck
  16. Thanks for sharing this. In addition to being a well done video it touches on a topic that has fascinated me for some time. Golfers talk about feel all the time. But how does one quantify it? These engineers are busting their humps to do that. Plus the one guys back yard looks like mine.
  17. That's awesome - don't get discouraged if that doesn't hold on the course - just stick with what worked in the lesson - it takes a while for it to feel natural and under a little pressure it's easy to forget. (that advice is meant for me, too - I recently had a lesson that really helped but it also feels a bit unnatural and at times I'm reverting)
  18. Its a cheaper option than buying a new club. Good luck and let us know if it helps.
  19. Awesome - enjoy. I will look forward to a full report.
  20. You're going to learn everyone's favorite fairway wood, hybrid or long iron substitute - unfortunately their favorite may not work for you. I'd highly recommend that you consider a lesson focusing on driver - if you know of a good teacher - or that you go get fit for driver if you aren't already fit - you may find that's the best solution. Good luck.
  21. Actually, the poor trade in value on a premium item like this one makes sense to me. Most of the people who buy Miura irons are going to want to buy new, not used. Honestly I've never purchased golf equipment based on its trade in value, never even considered it quite honestly. Foolish or not I think that the piece of equipment that I'm purchasing will be the last one ever. Of course when I first started playing golf technological advances and new product releases were slow in coming. For example, my Ping Eye 2's were as good as anything on the market for a decade, too good I guess because the USGA fought in court to have them declared illegal, even though they had approved them for play - I can never figure that organization out, they are so reactive. At any rate I gamed those irons for over 15 years and the wedges longer than that - I still used the W from that set as my gap wedge more than 20 years after I purchased them. So that's my thought process when purchasing. Even when I buy a driver I'm thinking 5 years - I haven't gotten more than 2 out of the past several but 5 years is what I'm thinking. Whatever Miura's resale or trade in value might be I don't think it's fair to judge them on it - that's strictly a market driven matter. They have next to no control over it.
  22. Ditto And also there are fittings and fittings - was this really a fitting or a demo day? Big Difference there. I saw a respondent say he had a bad fitting at Golftec - I believe it because not all Golftec's are alike. I was fit at my local Golftec last year and it was a great experience. I particularly appreciated the follow up - by the time I had my driver in hand I knew it was what I was fit for. So that's another possibility of the OP - have you brought the driver in to be sure that you got what was ordered? The gap in technology between a R11 and Stealth 2 is so great that it is hard to imagine how you wouldn't see a benefit unless you were completely missfit, there were something wrong with the way the club was built or something has gone side ways with your swing - that happens too - I've been unhappy with a new set of irons that I purchased last summer - they were great at first and then I started having issued - had to be their fault, right? Not so fast there Indian, it was clearly me, I'm swinging much better and guess what. All of a sudden the irons aren't so bad as I thought they were. Actually there are pretty sweet - I'm glad I didn't sell them as I threatened to a couple of months ago. Any way - I'm wondering if the driver came in differently from what was ordered.
  23. Congrats on the milestone to a great forum member and contributor!
  24. Grace Lutheran St Pete - my church’s Field of 68 after dark Storrs Central None of those should be shocking to anyone who knows me.
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