El Chivo
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What's helped you? Medium tempo. About 123 SS. I'm at my whits end with 2900 spin.
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Has anyone had good experience going against the recommendations.
1. Using a rounded full grind on a firm dry turf?
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2. Using a sharp leading edge low grind in soft conditions?
Recommendations are usually the opposite....
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1 minute ago, BIG STU said:
Yep the 37s need a lot of lead tape especially if one took the hosel weights out-- My 33s were covered and my 68s are too. Mizuno blade heads are light as heck
I'm so glad I saw this! I was thinking of adding some tape to my Original Arnold Palmer....wonderful putter from 5'....but its so light for today's greens I need some more heft.
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1 hour ago, Golferplus1 said:
I am not just a lead tape guy. My weird playing lengths not only require lead tape, but also require weight to be pulled out of the 9,PW, and down. 9 and PW weight is pulled from the hosel, so it is invisible. Short wedges I had to drill out the weight.
What do you mean pulled from the hosel? You get a thinner or shorter hosel?
So I use it on all my irons and wedges to feel the heads more....with the woods its to prevent face closure.
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1 hour ago, Golferplus1 said:
I am not just a lead tape guy. My weird playing lengths not only require lead tape, but also require weight to be pulled out of the 9,PW, and down. 9 and PW weight is pulled from the hosel, so it is invisible. Short wedges I had to drill out the weight.
That is so damned unique! I love it!
On 9/14/2021 at 3:29 AM, BIG STU said:In the old days they did not have lead tape as we know it--- The old club makers used to heat lead and pour it on the back and hammer it to compress it. What I do on vintage clubs is to apply the lead tape and maybe hammer it some with a jewlers ball peen hammer to give it the hammered look. Now if you are like me and play the same set the lead tape will tarnish and get bag chatter too over time. Now I do not do it for looks but for function. Even though I have a Swing Weight machine I do not SW my personal clubs with it I go strictly by feel. I do not check my clubs and if the truth is known my SWs are all over the place but I do not care. I play with weight and bottom end shaft kick all the time.
WOW! I never knew that!
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Not sure how this affects me as a low spin. Mid Speed(116) player. Thanks,
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# 10 at Disney's Magnolia 5 iron 205 out. Spent all 5 minutes thinking it was in the dang bunker even though it flew out of the intermediate cut perfect with zero curve. Go figure.
Finally did it again. Courtesy of using Decade Golf app. Absolutely unreal. The previous lowest round for me was 75 this year. Did the work and found that driving and putting were the two areas I would gain the most in. Hitting greens became automatic once I learned to ignore the dang flag. Home course though let's see if it travels. Did it at Disney's Palm course.
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Thanks for your responses!
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1 hour ago, RickyBobby_PR said:
Why’s that a bit funny? There’s all sorts of copying of clubs of different sorts in the golf industry. Has been that way for awhile.
The muscle part was the only thing I saw....hollow bodied design is where the game changed for me. These are gorgeous and I imagine outperform most blades.
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A bit funny Ian(TXG) posting how similar it looks to the Nike irons.
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Whats your next major factor is picking that ball outside of price, lets stick to performance.
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49 minutes ago, CarlH said:
Interesting question for a new poster. The answer is neither has influence on selection.
"New" lol....interesting for a sophomore.
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Let me know, For those who have tons of posts....what is your post rate....7x a week?
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IMHO.
I'd say its more nuanced than "get fitted" most fitters wont fit you outside where the less forgiving models will either outshine the GIs or show that you need a little help. Its all about turn interaction and your eye at that point. the only thing indoor fittings get you when it comes to irons is shaft and dispersion which may get tighter or wider with actual turf under your feet.
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So What's in my bag! I'm the admin for a Trevino fan page!....He needed one so I made one!
Well So my journey to a TM bag started with getting gifted a few clubs like my putter and a stand bag at a fundraising tournament in a raffle.
From there I just started to fill out the rest of the bag with TM stuff (partly because growing up like many my age TW is king). But harsh reality I cant practice as much as the GOAT and I'm not 6'2 and built like a small Wide Receiver. So my bag is a mis match of me figuring out where the clubs can help me get some help and some results. The only things I've been fit for are my woods. The irons,gonna take something special to knock them out of the bag (maybe T100s??).
Driver: SIM MAX - Set @9.75*,CK PRO WHITE X, I came from a 2016 M1 and the aligment was surpisingly similar to that. My favorite part of this club has been my off center hits dont cost me like they used to. Instead of a reload or getting stymied by a tough lie next to the amazon rainforest, I have maybe one tree in the way I can easily navigate around. But since I changed my swing to a figure 8 Trevino style deal those are becoming a thing of the past. The shaft is so darn stable that if I really want to hit up on it....yep, Lefty style bombs that dont plug here in Orlando(rains alot in the summer).
3W: SIM MAX - Set @15.0*, I have always stuggled with some height ever since starting the bowed wrist thing and flattening out the swing a bit....but this thing (pardon the cliche) is my rocketballz cannon. I remember having mis-hit a drive when I was first starting to make some changes and I came to a par 5 where I skied a drive and this club got me on the green from 258 from a scruffy lie....needless to say Birdie (the group had a collective groan) LOL. The best part of TM's industrial design team is really onto something because even though it indeed is 15 degrees this thing looks like a 7 wood to me....big bonus, it definitely earned the VSteel sub-heading.
3Hy: SIM MAX - Set @19.0* - THIS! Changed my whole world view on Hybrids. Pre swing change everything hybrid used to give me hook nightmares! This from 240 is a gem. I may never get rid of it! The beauty of this thing was I can hit it higher and softer than my 3 irons(which I still use depending on conditions)....call me crazy but the 3 comes out after shower when I need something a bit trappy. In general I'm not sure how much the speed pocket plays into my enjoyment of the club but the speed pocket acoustics are nailed on this one....the only way I can describe it is a solid, deeper tone. One to consider now that its a cycle behind now.
4-PW Rocketbladez Tour
(Sometimes 3-PW) : True Temper DG S300.These are my workhorses. I believe they were the last attempt TM had at trying to make something that could compete with Titleist's T-Series titans. The player-cavity sector I think ended here for TM and they went to greener and likely easier pastures with the hollow-body designs. It was a smooth transition back in the day to switch from the OG Ping S-56s. I get enough feedback from them but the vibration dampening is a plus for me, I dont need the extra buzz in my wrists or elbow if I dont flush one (flushing them more these days, thanks Lee!).
Hi-Toe Wedges: 50,56,60(Bigfoot). First off I love my shovels...I took Lee's advice to heart(although many others online have obvsiously said this) which was to play with more bounce. So these were such a dream while hitting on the launch monitor I grabbed em right away. Now usually you see the pros with more bounce on the 56 and less on the 60. For me more bounce in the 60 is more for the fluffy sand and the spongy lies out at "The Mouse" so immediately my chipping improved around the greens. The place where these wedges do it for me is in the partial swing shots, these wedges are in-and-out of the turf big plus if you love to keep the back of the left hand going down the target line as long as possible.
Putter: TP Patina Collection Juno - Superstroke Grip. I have never seen a bad looking anser putter.....now whether I can use them well or not is the question. I may be a dinosaur but I hated inserts for a long long time. This one I picked up off the table at the tournament over here at Isleworth....It just spoke to me. I wanted to see if it lined up well for me....it did. With a single line behind the topline really helped me hit get a better roll. The weights in the ports really complement the grooved insert which let me for the first time have great distance control and stability on offcenter hits....I wonder if they managed to get "TWIST-FACE" into the putters too haha....maybe thats what Morikawa was relying on at THE OPEN(yes I'm with DJ on this, I changed what I call it once I learned thats the real name of it)
Ball: ProV1x/Srixon Z Star XV- The Gold Standard, Its long and stable and it lets me knock a few sandies in to keep my rounds going. Theres a reason they earned their reputation. The 4 piece is perfect spin for my medium to low piercing Drives. The face that it keep its spin axis pretty tight also lets me hit those Trevino style "Burning Wedges" without spinning back off the greens like the old Strata(remember them?) balls used to.
Sometimes I used this when it's super windy, or when I've spent too much on the 19th hole haha....Solid ball I would recommend to all of the lower caps out there as well as the aspiring ones.
Thats it! Thanks for reading
-Flea Trevino(Few Pics of address below)
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As someone who bows their wrist without intent no matter how much I try to get rid of it....You need to see someone who is familiar with Mike Adams biomechanics. He will see what kinds of grips are best for you (or that you do naturally) then measure your forearm lengths and diagnose from there. My bowed wrist comes from a tightening of my left hand due to hardly and pressure in my right hand(right handed, trail hand)....
Are you holding the face off from hooking?
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1. Thin topline in blades usually match a thinner sole. Pros? Cons?
2. Are there any thin topline clubs with a wider more forgiving sole?
3. Seems like there were way more experimental irons in the 80s vs now? Remember Cast Blades?
4. Would you game them or keep em on display? I dont get that since its not like Fowler is Greg Norman or will amass that kind of record. But they look like the cousins to the original hi-to milled.
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Just now, RickyBobby_PR said:
People have been talking about them in this thread
Thanks deleting.
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1. Thin topline in blades usually match a thinner sole. Pros? Cons?
2. Are there any thin topline clubs with a wider more forgiving sole?
3. Seems like there were way more experimental irons in the 80s vs now? Remember Cast Blades?
4. Would you game them or keep em on display? I dont get that since its not like Fowler is Greg Norman or will amass that kind of record. But they look like the cousins to the original hi-to milled.
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On 12/4/2020 at 2:38 PM, Tom the Golf Nut said:
The guy who taught me how to play when I first started out made me work on the short game for months before he would let me move on to the 8 iron and up. It was all about putting, chipping, and pitching, and bunkers. He said if you can master that you will always be able to score well in the future. All I can say was, he was correct. It is still a very strong part of my game.
At the time I didn't appreciate it. All I wanted to do was hit the big sticks. But I stuck with it.
Gosh I frickin love that!
On 12/5/2020 at 2:39 PM, cksurfdude said:I've been working on my short game since I started playing 10-11 years ago - and I still suck! .. oops I mean: and I've been making good improvement, especially this year with my putting.
I'd started a series of full swing lessons a year ago, and have been making improvements there - so now chipping has become a (kinda glaring) weak spot in my game.... So switched it up to a short game lesson.
But what @El Chivo opened with...
.. that's the real keyword = Confidence.
Aint that the truth.
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Here's the difference - a combination between short game and confidence. Confidence I can get it up and down. Not getting worried about how many fairways or greens I can hit.
I changed from my avg being 1-2 birdies on a great day with a bunch of pars playing safely vs 6-7 birdies with a ton of bogeys playing aggressively . It was this way for several seasons until now. Now I can stay aggressive and go from 2-7 birdies with maybe giving 2 back.
Mine came is learning how to play overlapping gaps between irons. Either by choking down clubs or shortening swings to the winds properly.
My practice is now 85% chipping/putting/4 wedges.
Anyone else get a breakthrough in unexpected ways? Everyone says short game is the key but it didnt click till now for me and having a specific set of yardages and conditions to practice. And logging it.
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TXG have lapped basically everyone in the space exception Rick Shiels who relies on enthusiasm over data....They will close in on him soon enough. I think he fills the high hcp or mid capper space for creating club hype. TXG seems more for the low capper space on YT.
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