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re-learning to use mine. My last fairway was a Cobra AMP 15 ad it was my favorite club off the tee and fairway, but i snapped the shaft and even after getting the same replacement, was never the same. i have a 15 degree Launcher FW that I have been working with, but if i'm off that day, i'll usually dial down my F7 hybrid to 16.5 and use that as my long club.

Love my CBX wedges so much, just ordered a 46 bent to 45 to replace my PW. Sent from my iPhone using MyGolfSpy

Half Moon Bay Ocean course..... sand traps in the middle of fairway, because, well, why not ????? Sent from my iPhone using MyGolfSpy

Well, I didn't get a P2, but I have a Press Grip which is designed for a 3 degree delofting of the putter face, comes standard on the Directed Force putter, but the owner sent me one to try after meeting him at a golf expo. Anywho, I rotated it 90 degrees to decrease my lie angle 3 degrees and have a flat side..... and it's been money. Guess I should just get the putter lie angle bent 3 degrees, but with putting, if it's working, don't mess Sent from my iPhone using MyGolfSpy

Damn, how did I not get in in this earlier. Great reads gents Sent from my iPhone using MyGolfSpy

And my last lesson, my instructor had me take several baseball level swings using my previous baseball swing and just snapped in my hands sooner versus later like you do when swinging a bat, then Transition that into the golf swing. Works awesome for me! While there is a more “Golf” way to do it, got to use what you know. The Golf swing is analyzed and broken down into 1 million different parts… down to smallest minutia. If using a “baseball-based” swing gets the ball where you wanted to go, that's all that matters Sent from my iPhone using MyGolfSpy

sweet write up Dave. Looks like a beauty and the detail from the head to the grip are spectacular.

Wait!!! The Mojo is the official golf ball of the Honey Badger Classic (honeybadgerclassic.blogspot.com) ..... it is NOT a hard rock....... it is a stone Sent from my iPhone using MyGolfSpy

Looks damn good on my Elevado Sent from my iPhone using MyGolfSpy

They teased one on IG and mentioned and they may have a release of stuff for Open week...... however not sure if US or British. I pulled the trigger on a mallet cover and 9 pack of tees so I can be sure to have them for my next round on 6/16. Definitely interested in a hat Sent from my iPhone using MyGolfSpy

Just ordered the MGS mallet head cover for my Cleveland Elevado and a 9-pack of tees. just in time for my Father's Day Weekend round

Thanks for the heads up. There is 1 place that carries them, but it's really off my path he. Might have to run out at lunch and give them a try. Sent from my iPhone using MyGolfSpy

I'm thinking my 385g Honey Badger wide body blade could use one of these. I have a counterbalance Grip on my 38 inch Elevado and love it and have been bouncing around with grips on the HB. It's 34.5 inches and I don't like the super fat SS style, but do the mid slim, any recommendations gents? Sent from my iPhone using MyGolfSpy

Contacted the owner through InstaGram and was able to get this a little early from Rose & Fire Sent from my iPhone using MyGolfSpy

Hmmmm, me thinks the tour guys are onto something Sent from my iPhone using MyGolfSpy

KBS Tour PROTO Hybrid Shaft I now it's a looooooooooooooong time coming, but here it is! There were a few miscommunications and a crazy busy fall and winter for MGS, so after chatting with the mods, we got this thing up and running (Since this review was initially written, I have changed my entire bag with the Get Fit Like a Pro Event with Cleveland Golf. Here's the thread on that, which I will be updating again soon) Howdy, everyone! First off, I'd like to thank MyGolfSpy and KBS for the opportunity to test out these shafts. I've been very curious about them ever since their launch, as I played KBS Tour shafts in my irons and Hi-Rev 2.0s in my wedges. I am a high (unofficial) capper, usually shooting in the 90s-low 100s and for me it comes down to consistency. My long game is typically my strength, I “can” do well with my woods, hybrid and longer irons, but 75 yards and in tends to be my weakness. I tend to go for it on longer holes and approaches, even though I can usually play my 9i and PW very consistently. My ball flight is typically mid-range height and relatively flat with a good amount of roll at the end. When I miss, it is either a banana slice or a hard pull left, that goes straight, but at about a 10-11 o'clock line. I love golf for the personal challenge it is to get that tiny white ball into a 4.25 inch hole, be it from 100 or 550 yards away. I love being outside, walking the course and appreciating the work from the designer to the grounds crews to make this park into a place that we can get together with friends for fun , money or to challenge ourselves. I've been playing 24 years, only really taking it seriously since early 2011. I was down to bogey golf in the summer of 2012, but when my twin daughters came 5 ½ weeks early, my priorities, finances and time focus shifted. Currently I get to play a few rounds a year and thanks to a recent conversation with my wife about my golfing priorities, I'll be getting more early morning 9-hole rounds in, as well as some more full 18s sprinkled in. I've always been athletic, playing sports growing up, doing the typical soccer, baseball, basketball and some summers of golf at the local (now closed) Sunset Whitney Country Club in Rocklin, CA. I played football and baseball in high school and football in college, and now am married with 3 munchkins and working as a physical therapist in Sacramento. I play out of the Sacramento region, usually rounding at public/muni courses, with the very rare treat of playing Pacific Grove Municipal, Yocha Dehe, and Winchester Auburn. We can usually play year-round out here, except when it rains, so last Winter/Spring were rough thanks to El Nino. As for adjusting clubs, I don't mess with professional fittings, so my irons and driver are set to what tested out best in my fittings. As for my hybrid and wedges, I find myself tinkering, especially when I don't get a chance to play. Just prior to being selected for this, my irons had been Mizuno JPX 800 PRO 4i – PW with KBS Tour X-stiff shafts that have been soft stepped once. They are 1 inch over length, 2 degrees upright. My wedges were Mizuno MP T11 52.07, 56.13, 60.05, but bent to 50.05, 55.12, 60.05 as I rarely take full swings. They are all the same length (thanks Big Stu) and 2 degrees up with KBS Hi-Rev 2.0 in X stiff, so as you can see, I've been a big KBS fan. Now, let's get to what this review is actually about: my hybrid set up. Prior to getting selected for this, I was playing just 1 hybrid, a Wilson FG M3 Tour set at 21-up with an Aldila RIP Phenom Tour X 85 shaft. The RIP Phenom Stiff was stock, but since I'm “soooo knowledgeable” and played X stiff iron shafts, I figured I needed something bolder, so after perusing eBay, I picked up the Tour X 85 and guess what?????? Moderately big mistake. It was waaaaaaaay too stiff for me, like literally swinging a club with minimal feeling of flex or loading.. The ball would go straight, but I could only get it to go about the same as my well struck 4i- 5i, so not much use for me. Since we were receiving 2 shafts for this testing, I felt that I would be doing a great disservice to both KBS and MyGolfSpy to only test for my current hybrid, so just for you and the sake of research I decided to “invest” in a 2nd hybrid and ended up with a Cobra F7 16-19 hybrid with the Fujikura Pro 75X shaft (picked it up the day before the Most Wanted Hybrid results came out, I swear). In order to give a good comparison, I ordered a spare shaft adapter so I could swing the Fujikura Pro and KBS hybrid shafts on the same head side-by-side. I know that their weights, stiffness and launch profiles differ, so it's won't be a Golden Delicious to Fuji apple comparison, but it's the best I could do. I tried to pick up a Wilson adapter so I could do the same for the Phenom 85TX, but since the club was 3-4 years old, not even Wilson had it anymore and I didn't want to pick up a whole other club just the cannibalize the adapter and try to sell off the other parts for scrap. Picking up the Cobra in the 16-19 loft range would also give me the opportunity to trial the shaft in a full progression from my 4i, to a 3 Hybrid to a 2 Hybrid, since I know some people like my Father-in-Law choose to play a low loft hybrid instead of a fairway wood. For the KBS PROTO Hybrid shaft selection, I called KBS to get their take and it was suggested to do the 95 Stiff+ shaft as my irons are soft stepped X-stiffs weighing in about 130 grams, and since I wasn't looking for a higher trajectory, the 95g would keep it most similar to my irons. (At the time of this review, the 105 gram shaft was not available). I like to play my hybrids off the grass (even in the tee box ), when I need to place it around the opening of a dog leg if it's 210-30ish, if I am having issues with my fairway wood that day, or if the grass is a bit thicker. I will use it for punch outs as well. Set up First off, this shaft is damn sexy, I will cover this more in the looks area. For the build, I used what I had in stock at my house as follows: Wilson: trimmed to 39.5 and added a beautiful bright pink PURE Wrap with 2 wraps underneath as it closely matched the Golf Pride Tour Wrap 2G Midsize on my irons, plus allowed me to just blow the grip on versus taping in case I had to make more butt-trimming adjustments. Cobra: trimmed to match the Cobra F7 spec length of 41.25 and I added the Jordan Speith Super Stroke S-Tec grip with 2 extra wraps underneath to fatten it to be close to midsize. (Man, this is a nice, tacky and soft grip and the grey on black looks pretty badass as well). I was also able to just blow this one on without tape and it hasn't shifted. I could immediately feel the difference between the KBS Hybrid shafts and the previous Aldila and the Fujikura Pro on the practice swings. It felt firmer but not boardy, and after switching back and forth between the Fujikura and the KBS, the Fuji felt almost whippy and slightly looser, almost like a fairway wood shaft. It took several swings to get used to the feeling as the weight was different, but the bend/load felt much different than the Fujikura, but it was so much more fluid than the RIP Phenom TX First of all, I am very short on time and funds for golf, testing at the range in the wee hours of the mornings, thanks to Haggin Oaks, my 24 hour range on my way to work, and evenings and playing when I can, so trying to scratch up more money to utilize a launch monitor was not really an option for me for this review. Yes, I did just purchase a new King F7, but that was possible through a gift card. This does feel much more like an iron shaft than the Fujikura does and is very confidence inspiring. The flight trajectory is very similar to my irons, flat with middle range flight, staying about 20-30 feet off the deck with a good amount of roll. Where I can really feel the head when I either waggle moderately and on the downswing transition with the Fujikura, the heads on the KBS feel more a part of the club, but overly stiff like the Phenom TX, more like swinging an iron. For me, this translated into using a more iron-like downward swing versus a more sweeping fairway wood swing. On the par 5 18th hole of our charity golf tourney, I was back and forth between laying up and going for it with the F7 on a slightly downhill lie. Well, since it was the last hole, I decided to go for it and uncorked a perfect 230-240 yard shot that rolled just on the edge of fairway on a dogleg right to set up a soft wedge shot to go for birdie. On my January t trip to Monterey, I actually used this instead of a fairway wood as I was still getting used to my new 3 wood. I set it to 16.5 and it absolutely money for me. I used it off the tee box the most at Spyglass, usually landing within 15-20 yards of many of our threesome's drives. At Spanish Bay, I found my drive again, utilizing it less, but still effectively on most shots. Last month, I played Dark Horde, a narrow, mountainous course in Aubrun and I used this beast off the tee the most. It was a near driverless day (for me at least) and nearly matched my buddy's drives. It produced a mid-trajectory, boring flight and landed mostly where I wanted it to go. Between the Fuji (75X), KBS (95S+) and Rip Phenom (85 TX), the KBS has a more penetrating and flatter flight, whereas the Fuji was higher more arching with a softer landing and the RIP Phenom was just harsh. I really appreciated the firmer feeling of the KBS without it being too boardy, there was more slight feeling of the shaft loading versus the slight whip of the Fuji or the uniform of the RIP Phenom. As for this shaft, I felt that it lacked nothing. I really like how they have the S, S+ and X flex options, allowing someone like me to play it in the middle of the offering. I found this shaft to be everything as advertised, it truly performs like an iron shaft for me. Compared to the Fujikura Pro 75X and the Aldila RIP Phenom 85TX, this would be a go to shaft if I was looking for continuity from my irons down to my hybrid. I would love to try this in a Utility iron head, hopefully one of my fellow testers had this set up. I found it performed very well on the course for what I was using it for, tee shots, second shots that I topped to the front of the fairway, and longer approach shots. With how I hit the ball, with the flatter mid-range flight, I know that with the state of my game, it is a matter of practice to improve that ability, but for me, this shaft works for the hybrid to replace a 3-4 iron, and also as low as a 2 iron/fairway replacement. Also, depending on your weather and locations, this would be great for windy days when you just want to keep the ball down. Course Score: 60 Subjective Looks & Durability This thing is just badass in appearance. The matte black with the dark grey and red accents make you feel like you've got the sword of the Witch King from Lord of the Rings ( okay, nerd time over….for now) I could imagine any hybrid head would look absolutely magnificent on the end of this shaft, but the matte black and charcoal colors of the Wilson and the black Cobra F7 are dynamite! It's amazingly eye catching but blends in at the same time. It stands out that it is solid black and stealthy, but doesn't scream “look at me” like some of the other crazy shaft color options do. I'm a big fan of bold colors, but this just works perfect for me. Looks Score: 10 Likelihood of PurchaseAs a previous KBS shaft player, the Tour hybrid PROTO definitely feels like a very smooth transition from the irons to the hybrids. The way I hit the ball with more roll versus a softer landing, this is an awesome shaft for me. The shaft is a bit pricey at $175.95, but I use my hybrid quite a bit, so I could see this an investment in my game especially as I am looking to continue the same flight for my hybrids from my irons. I don't know if I could pull the trigger on a new hybrid AND upgrade another $176 for the shaft, but if I already had the hybrid that maybe I fell out of love with and wanted to upgrade the shaft, this is an awesome option. As KBS has grown and been a stock offering in more irons, hopefully they can offer this in some hybrid offerings from OEMs in the future. LOP Score: 25 Conclusion & Final Score Overall, this is a 95/100 for me, an awesome shaft that fit my needs perfectly and delivered on what it promised. I am very impressed with the KBS Tour PROTO shaft. They claimed that it would provide a seamless transition from irons to hybrid, and for me, it truly felt that way. The look is unbelievably cool, but the performance is what matters most and as I use my hybrid for more distance and roll (at this time) It is a winner. I will be keeping this in my Cobra F7 and my Wilson may be sticking around longer than expected. UPDATE: With my new Cleveland clubs, I didn't need the higher lofted Wilson hybrid anymore, so i pulled the head and sold it. At my fitting, I was fit for a x-stiff Miyazaki Kaula 7X hybrid shaft, weighing in at 75 grams with teh 19 degree hybrid. Well, with my current results, i was getting about 200-215 with both the 4i and the hybrid, so it wasn't gapping the 3W and 4i like we had hoped. With how well this KBS shaft has performed in the Cobra F7, I pulled the Miyazaki and installed the KBS. I also changed the grips to all match across my set for consistency, and damn they are sexy clubs First range session was good and i could feel the difference. My new CBX irons are DG S300 hard stepped 1x and i am love them, so this 95 S+ hybrid shaft is a good transition from the 4i to the 19H. I'll keep it updated as I go

I've loved the look of their stuff, did you get their irons or just spec'd to their set up? Sent from my iPhone using MyGolfSpy

Well, I didn't buy, but won on Instagram Nice touch with the signed card. Can't wait for the next round Sent from my iPhone using MyGolfSpy

Great review!!! Thanks for sharing, I've gained a lot of confidence with these versus my old blade wedges. Sent from my iPhone using MyGolfSpy

I have these too from the Cleveland fitting event and they have been awesome!! I came from a set of blade wedges that were great when I hit them right, and killed my scores when I didn't, which was most of the time. These are very forgiving and give great feedback, plus consistency has been fantastic. I've stopped going for the green on longer shots and have tried to set myself up in the 60-130 range because I feel confident with them Sent from my iPhone using MyGolfSpy

contact them about getting a MGS USA patch and then iron it onto any hat you like! I put one on my golf bag. I'm waiting for the putter covers to drop around Masters time

I picked up the Cobra F7 3/4 hybrid last summer and while the Fujikura pro 75X hybrid shaft was very good, the KBS Proto S+ 95 is unreal for me. The cobra head and rails have been a life saver, i have it dialed down to 16.5, but can go up to 19.5 as needed. Once i get my fairway wood back under control, i'll probably move it up a bit to fill that gap. I used the hybrid it instead of my driver and fairway at times during my last 2 rounds and it was a beast. but as others have said, go with what works, be the 3i guy, you'll probably intimidate your playing partners

thanks for the awesome review. I think the F8 or F8+ is going to take the MGS most wanted testing this year. i have a shaft i really like, would like to swap out my Fly Z+ head for an F8+ just for a trial, but then i might get myself in trouble with thinking it'd want to buy it.

Don't you just love it when they list a driver and set of irons from the mid 90s for like 300 bucks. Sent from my iPhone using MyGolfSpy

I remember we had a Member of the Month in the forum, but i know that tales a lot of extra work and tracking by the Mods. If that were resurrected, Mods or forum could nominate 3 members per month or quarter that you notice have a lot of contribution and then do a forum vote on the winner. MGS swag would always be awesome, i'm waiting for those new head covers to debut in the shop. Also doing a pick 'em for the Majors would be awesome. I love the idea of a caption contest