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    Range Finder vs. GPS

    in General Q&A

    Posted

    I use a rangefinder most of the time. If playing a course I'm not as familiar with I'll use app called skydroid. Even then I'll use rangefinder to confirm things if I can.



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    in The 19th Hole

    Posted

    Random here we go.
    I've been staying away until golf gets kinds back to normal for us.
    One of those it's me not you deals lol.
    I've played 5 rounds this year. 3 of those in last 3 weeks. I know probably selfish and childish not to participate until I could actually play, but Tazz is back [emoji1][emoji1]



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    2019 Official Forum Member Review-Tommy Armour Atomic Irons

    in Forum Testing Reviews

    Posted

    Great stuff guys.

    Sorry I wasn't able to get out this week. Lil thing called work caused issues lol.

    Tomorrow we are set to play a notorious windy course.

    With these clubs wanting to go high, tomorrow could be a true test.

    Last weekends round I posted a -2 under net score. The front was horrible and you'd think I forgot how to play. Luckily I remembered on the back.

    Making 4 birdies in a round is something I've NEVER done. One maybe 2 is what I usually can do. Was it the clubs? Or me?

    I'll say 50/50 [emoji23]

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    Tazz

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    Southeast: KY, TN, NC, SC, AL, GA, FL

    in Introduce Yourself/ WIYB (What's In Your Bag)

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    1. How long have you been playing golf?   Since I was six years old.   

    2. What do you love about golf?  Competition - no matter if it’s another player or just the course itself.  

    3. What brings you to MyGolfSpy?    I enjoyed reading the 2019 golf ball review.   

    4. Where are you from?  Collierville, TN transitioning to Florence, AL

    5. What are the best and worst things about golf in your region?   Best - virtually year round golf.   Worst - wet and slow bent grass greens in the middle of summer in the south.  

    6. What do you do for a living?  Self employed CPA

    7. How’d you pick your user name?  First name + profession = username 

    8. What’s your home course?   Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail - The Shoals


    Glad ya found us neighbor lol.
    Love the Shoals. Also like Blackberry and Cypress. Our group will be back down there in the fall for a golf trip.



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    2019 Official Forum Member Review-Tommy Armour Atomic Irons

    in Forum Testing Reviews

    Posted


    As they say. Rubbing is racing and if you're loose you're out of control. I sprayed it all over in my match on Sunday. Distance was ugo. Accuracy was ugo and my score would make it 3 for 3.

    Next round is Sunday to practice before our club championship.

    Thankfully the problem wasn't the irons lol.

    My Sat round was spot on with everything. Guess I just used up all the good stuff.

    I'm still thinking of regripping again and this time added more tape to build them up. The karma grips are holding up nicely just thinner than expected. Guess one companies size isn't the same across the board.

    But I am loving these irons. Just shows you you don't have to get a second mortgage to have quality clubs.


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    2019 Official Forum Member Review-Tommy Armour Atomic Irons

    in Forum Testing Reviews

    Posted

    Day 1 of our match play tournament and these irons are surprising me.
    My distances are all steady once I get comfortable. So far I'm loving the 7 thru A wedge. The control I've got with these irons is something I'm not used to on a regular basis.
    The 4-6 irons are still in a courtin phase with me.
    The grips I swapped with are doing well also for a not big name grip.
    Side note. Last week's round. I birdied the par 4, 2nd hole from 103 yds with the A wedge [emoji106]
    Tomorrow we'll be playing the second half of the tournament at one of my favorite courses. Hopefully the rain doesn't hurt us.
    Keep ya posted on how the courtin goes 🥰[emoji106][emoji107]🤞



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    2019 Official Forum Member Review-Tommy Armour Atomic Irons

    in Forum Testing Reviews

    Posted

    Stage Two – Tommy Armour Atomic Irons

    by BigtazzGOLF Oct, 2019

    Hello Spies, let me start off that I would like to apologize for the delay in getting my stage 2 posted for you guys. I’d like to thank MyGolfSpy and Tommy Armour (DSG) for the chance to review these irons. I started off hoping not to make it a competition between what I currently gamed, TM Speedblades, and these, but it just didn't happen. A month into the test and I was putting them against each other. Sadly to say I loved them equally and can’t pick a winner.

    I will say with 100% honesty that these clubs are very nice and I think anyone from 10ish handicap up would really like these clubs and at the price point, you really can’t compare them.

     Looks (9 out of 10 points) 

    I really love the look of these irons from the top. If you look at the bottom, you’ll notice a wide sole that may put you off. So to fix this, I didn’t swing the club upside down 😃

    In my opinion you can’t see it from above or when addressing the ball.

    For looks I give it 9 only because the sole will be noticed when the club is in your bag and it may make you think bad things, like why is this shovel or hybrid in my bag.

    Rest easy, you’ll be fine.

     Sound & Feel (8  out of 10 points)

    These irons sound crisp when hitting the sweet spot and as expected, off center hits have a different sound. Not clicky just not the pure sound you are supposed to hear. They are forgiving on these mishits and feel really good during the swing. The club feels well balanced to me and if you ever sliced butter with a knife, then you know how these clubs feel on well hit shots.

    Basic Characteristics (17 out of 20 points)

    When I first started testing these irons, short irons were the first ones to get dialed in and to be honest I’m still having issues with the long irons, 4-6 but that isn’t the irons, that’s me. I injured my knee at the beginning of the season and since then I’ve swung the club to try and protect and guard against the pain and not put so much torque on my knee. This has caused a bad over the top path and we all know what happens then.

    Distance, I had a mixed bag. I figured with the jacked lofts it would mean and increase in all my irons, but it didn’t happen that way. I did see an increase in some and none in others.

    My trajectory is usually high because of a flaw in my swing and I’ve learned to play to it. I didn’t see any difference in the ball flight compared to the Speedblades. Just nice high long shots that would go a certain distance then drop from the sky like a duck shot during the season. Some will understand that metaphor.

    At my skill level, working a ball and controlling a ball are accidental not purposeful. But I’d like to say that once I got used to how the ball would react I could depend on the flight and dare say “control” it.

    Maybe you noticed my post earlier about making a bird from 103 yds with the wedge down at Ole Miss.

    I’ve had on more than one occasion some very nice shots. Was it the club? Me? Ball? Dumb luck?

    Who knows?

     On-Course Performance (25 out of 30 points)

    This is where it all matters; I’ve mentioned the good and what to me could be bad. Playing with confidence is part of golf and if you have it then you’ll likely play better. After a week or so in my hands I was oozing confidence with these irons and didn’t worry about what would happen.Sometimes with new clubs you’re hesitant on pulling the trigger to use it in a pressure situation. With the Tommy Armour irons, I wasn’t worried. I just pulled the trigger and let it go. 

    With these irons, what pleased me the most is the ease of getting used to them and how smooth they feel when playing from various lies. On the other end of the spectrum is the lack of customization. I mean you get what you order and ordering options are very limited. Here lies the curse of a big box store selling golf equipment. You really can’t have it your way, you have to have it their way for the most part.

    Final Performance Comments:

    • Overall, how did it perform? 

    These irons performed great for me and I really enjoyed hitting them

    • Did it help improve your scores? By how much?

    Not really improve, but with new sticks in your hands, it didn’t hurt me either

    • How, if at all, did this product change your overall impression of the OEM?

    It really opened my eyes to Tommy Armour and I could only imagine how clubs built by them  really performed during the companies peak.

    • What feature would you change or eliminate from the next generation of this model?

    Find a way for the consumer to get them ordered with more options, ie grips, shaft options.

    • What features do you really like, and would most like to see continued or evolved in future models?

    Love it as is, don’t change a thing except to give the golfer some options

     

    Miscellaneous (5 out of 10 points)

    Here is where DSG is lacking and needs to improve, but the lack of grip or shaft options really hurt in my opinion. Then again, maybe these irons are marketed for golfers who care about this and stock is good for them. If that’s the case, then one of us doesn’t know the golfing audience like we think we do.

    Play it or Trade it? (17 out of 20 points)

    I will play these irons for the time being and will continue my search for a grip I like. Then will re-grip these again (3rd time) and hopefully the last time until the grips are actually worn.

     Conclusion

    My conclusion on these irons if you read nothing else is if your a mid capper or high capper and are looking for something new that won’t bankrupt you, then really look hard at these irons. You will be surprised and if able to demo them, please go do so and compare them to your own.

    Final Score: (81 out of 100)

    2019 Official Forum Member Review-Tommy Armour Atomic Irons

    in Forum Testing Reviews

    Posted

    Stage One – Tommy Armour Atomic Irons

    by BigtazzGOLF August, 2019

     

    Intro

    Hello Spies,

    I’ll be reviewing the Tommy Armour Atomic Irons from DICKS Sporting Goods. Normally in past reviews of products I’d do a product vs what I currently play. I’ll do this review from scratch and do my best not to compare it the irons I currently play.  

    The Personal Stuff

    My story is similar to a lot of others here. Late getting to the game then once I did I fell in love for it hard.

    Living in Memphis, I usually get to play year round. I’ve been playing for maybe 20 years and golf has a love hate relationship with me weekly.

    I’d like to think of myself as an average golfer, maybe a hair above at times. I carry a 13 USGA index and play in a local handicapped league called the GolfNuts. We play all over Memphis and always have a little side money involved in the game. Nothing crazy, but it seems to add spice to our matches.

     The Golf Questions

    • Handicap? 13 (12.7 last revision for those keeping track)
    • Swing Tempo Freddy Couples? I’d like to think so lol
    • Strengths/Weaknesses of your game? This has been a revolving door for me the last 5-6 months. One weekend, my tee box game is stellar and around the green game is weak. Then the next week, just the opposite.
    • What are your currently gaming? My current irons are the Taylormade Speedblades I really like these and they feel great to me. They are stock off the shelf except for the grips. One day I plan to do a full bag fitting and tweak things to see if I’m able to squeeze out a few more strokes or at least eliminate some excuses 😃

    Posting some video's of my swing, hopefully they come thru.

    Slow swing

    Swing from front

    Swing from behind

     

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    First Impressions

    My first impressions of these irons right out of the box was how they all looked like hybrids. They have a wide sole but from above it really isn’t noticed.

    The grips are standard Lamkin Crossline 360, which I’ve been in an internal battle in finding grips to replace the Lamkin R.E.L. ACE 3GEN that were discontinued (for some unknown crazy reason). The Crossline 360 feels good, but only come in standard and I play midsize and oversize. I blew them off and replaced them with some Karma grips that I hoped would give me the feel of the Lamkin’s, a few range sessions and it isn’t looking good. Could be just the humidity from going from inside to the Memphis heat, but I’ll dive more into that later.

    Below is my last session at the range using the Toptracer launch monitor to track my shots. I'm getting more comfortable with the wedges up to the 7 iron. The 4-6 is still touch and go.

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    One thought of why the 4-6 are causing me issues is they are a little longer than my normal irons. I'll put some thought into this when I get back to the range this week and before our league match play event this up coming weekend. 

    I'll continue to update stage 1 as I also work towards stage 2. Hope you guys enjoy the ride and holler if any questions. 

    Tazz

    What Have You Bought Lately? (CHA - Club Ho's Anonymous)

    in The Daily

    Posted

    Tommy Armour Atomic Max Irons 4 - GW

    I hit them several times at Dicks and had to have them!   Dayuuuuuuuummmm  these irons are hawt and so easy to hit. I love [emoji7] the look, and the feel = soft, ball flight = high, and they have some serious distance.   I'm an old fart and no doubt I have found the Mother Lode in irons.   The MAX" version have wider butts and are a SGI iron.   I'm lusting these babies like a farm bull sniffing a happy heifer! [emoji230]

    Can't wait for these to arrive so I can do the review of them.
    Pretty jacked up about them. Even more after reading your thoughts.



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    What equipment are you thinking about?

    in The 19th Hole

    Posted

     
    Which putter? I've been eyeing a Spider X after rolling a bunch of putters while killing time waiting for the commander to finish at the salon and I can't stop talking about it.

    To test the waters. I bought a ray cook mallet off rockbottom last year. Think for $25
    It looks like the Taylormade long legs mallet.
    Just looked and you can get one now for $20 plus shipping lol
    Sr500 model is kinda like the one I have.




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    How'd you play?

    in The Daily

    Posted

    Played yesterday at Marion athletic club. Great course but the land is flat and nothing to break up the wind. The wind is always blowing and most of the time it's a 2 club wind. Front nine goes into the teeth of a southern wind. Back 9 is a little more shielded with trees and apartments
    Front I posted a 48. Back side I rebounded with a 41.
    Two of the holes were short par 4's dead into the wind with 200 yd force carry over water. Bogey both but cleared the water with 20 yds to spare [emoji23][emoji466]️🏌️
    Next week is our league open championship. Hopefully I can muster some magic and help the team win the trophy



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