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This whole thread has renewed my interest in going a step further and acquiring some playable hickory clubs Sent from my iPhone using MyGolfSpy

Yea it’s because my handicap is +2 and I have to add strokes for net competitions. In the equation it’s actually -2/2

Ended up firing 35 (-1) on the front today from the back tees. Course Rating = 71.8 Slope = 132 Handicap = +2 35-((132/113)x(-2/2))+(72-71.8) = 36.37 Sent from my iPhone using MyGolfSpy

This is way too good to not get in!! So I just finished putting together my bag (minus a sand wedge which I can hopefully pick up soon) and I will be playing my first round tomorrow. And yes I will be gaming a 1 iron for this!

I’m also always available if u ever need man.

I have done a little bit of testing personally and I am about 5-7mph faster with a 60 gram extra stiff driver shaft than a 70 gram one with minimal to no accuracy loss. I'm going to continue testing but assuming that the overall profile is the same or very similar I feel like there are some potential distance gains to be had with the lighter shaft for me.

All in with this. In a perfect world, a fitter would start with a static measurements build and then go from that point based on swing and ball flight

Definitely will do! Right now my plan is to go spend some time with another Golf Pro who has a boditrak system that can measure vertical ground force and pick his brain on how to possibly incorporate it into my swing as well as how I can incorporate it into my own instruction.

I'm all about this approach! Especially as we move into the off-season. Part of my off-season program is going to be similar with Superspeed training as well as investigating if/how I can better use the ground to generate club head speed.

After far too much delay my Review of the Honma TR20 is officially live!!

So I finally had a chance to get out on the course yesterday for the first time since making some adjustments to the TR20 and I would say the early results are pretty great.

I lofted down to 7.5* and moved the 9gram weight from the front to the back

Finally had some time to mess around with the adjustments and what I have settled on so far seems to possibly be a BIG winner for the few early range sessions over the standard loft and weight settings I started with. Should be getting its first on course run tomorrow and if all goes well it will get its first tournament run next week at Wine Valley GC during the NW Open.

Thanks for the Birthday wishes everyone! Got a chance to play a tournament on my birthday and even though I didn't play as well as I hoped it was definitely a great birthday

Had a chance to play one of the local country clubs yesterday and I feel like I’m really starting to get a good feel with the TR20 after making a few swing improvements. Hit 8/14 fairways with all but 1 miss being barely off the fairway. The 1 bad miss was because I misunderstood where I needed to aim and it resulted in a double bogey. Ended up finishing -4 for the day with 6 birdies. This was one of my better drives of the day

Spot on here Kory.

Only reason she possibly has played her last competitive round (And I don't believe she has) is if she is choosing too since she now has her first child and has said she hopes to have more. Even if you are right I don't believe she will be a "cautionary tale" because she still had a highly successful career and she has also talked about how much she appreciated her parents pushing her and even was quoted saying " I owe them everything" after winning the 2014 US Open.

Here is some swings from today with the TR20 on the range. 1st is a normal driver swing and the 2nd swing is a flighted driver. IMPORTANT NOTE: My driver may (and probably does) sound a little bit different than some of the other testers because I requested my driver to be build with a little bit of Hot Melt to bring the swing weight back up around D4 since the length is 1" short of standard.

Yes and no. Both are good quality but Ping is purely a manufacturer of club heads. They do help design the shafts for each model but the manufacturing is handled buy a 3rd party. Honma controls the entirety of the design and manufacturing processes for both their club heads and Vizard shafts Basically Honma is both Mizuno and Mitsubishi Chemical.

Only had a few range sessions and 1 round with it so far but it seems to be coming out of a similar window as my TS3. Possibly a little lower even. Distance wise it’s hard for me to compare right now. I value carry distance significantly over total because I can count on carry distance regardless of dry or wet fairway conditions. As the others have said, the Vizard shaft is definitely not a “Made For” product. I would put it right up there with some of the best quality shafts u can buy. Only difference is that it seems that Honma doesn’t sell their Vizard shafts on their own and the only way you can get ahold of one is with the purchase of a Honma club.

Hey I'm just a little guy at 5'7".

Well for reference my build is setup to be very low spin. Head is 8.5* with the 9 gram weight forward and a 70 gram low launch extra stiff shaft tipped 1".

Too early to definitively tell but it would seem that way. Hoping to get on GCQuad Wednesday or Thursday

Got my first few on course shots in yesterday with the TR20 after work. If the very early returns are indicative of the consistent performance then we have a knuckleball machine on hand. By the way this was into the wind and with zero warm up [emoji102]