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3 hours ago, Ben Joest said:
As this test is nearing the end, it occurred to me that we haven’t done an irons-only round yet. Since the make-up of each of our bags is quite unique, perhaps it would be more accurate to say the “7 clubs you’re testing for Titleist” round. What say you, @bens197 @ole gray @GregB135@Golfspy_CG2 @GolfSpy_APH ?
Also, the invite goes out to all that follow this thread or swing by to see how things are going. The more the merrier!
I should be able to after matchplay ends. before I am getting limited rounds in so it's much tougher to do.
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Not to mention getting a fitting is fun and it often gets you more excited about the products you end up ordering or gives you some added knowledge to make a better informed decision about you and your game.
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I'll be mia most of the day today.
Slept for 2-3 hours as the kids had other plans. Was up at 430 for work then played my tournament round. Went okay, but man it is a tough course. More on that later. Back to work then home to help with the kids and what I hope is a nice Long family nap.
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42 minutes ago, Jnoble89 said:
Taylormade released (or refreshed, however you want to look at it) the 2023 line of the Spider Tour putters this morning. I for one, game the Tour Platinum and absolutely love it. The pure roll insert feels fantastic and produces a great sound, it is very stable, and if I miss it is because I push or pull the putt. Roll is always consistent. Looks like two of the more traditional recent Spider shapes as well as a couple modified heads. Looking forward to seeing some reviews on this and how well they perform. I know the last iteration of the Tour line was very popular and believe Jason Day still plays the Tour Red.
https://www.golfdigest.com/story/taylormade-spider-tour-series-putters--what-you-need-to-know
TM putters are ones I've always wanted to like but never got on well with. These don't seem to move the needle for me. I much preferred their Spider GT series as far as looks at least.
However there is little dispute how well these have performed for so many others!
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55 minutes ago, cnosil said:
I am not a huge golf shoe person. I keep and wear the same pair until they wear out. That could be comfort, condition overall, or they aren’t waterproof anymore, I typically play once a weekish so 52 rounds a year and I’d say my last shoes lasted 4 years before I switched this year.
Shhh! Don't let @GolfSpy_Connor hear that! hehe
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16 minutes ago, cnosil said:
I definitely think there will be a different feel. When I play I want a different feel on miss hits. Being able to differentiate heel, center, toe is key in assessing a miss. If the face feels the same you have no idea if it was stroke or something else.
But then would't you feel like a putter striking king!! Joking of course, but I think what I was trying to convey is the really mooshy feel was not so well received and I think if it did go that route it wouldn't be as well liked. Having a firmer feel, but maybe a more audible response could be the preferred formula. Just my thoughts.
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@cnosil definitely agree with the face thickness part. Most certainly has something to do with it. Given how the whitehot insert is (this is also assuming it is in fact a white hot of sorts as Rahm has said many times how much he likes it) if there would be much of a different feel between the thickness areas. I know the microhinge white hot was super soft and pillowy while the whitehot regular felt more normal so to speak.
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18 minutes ago, cnosil said:
The AI designed face is where my interest lies. My current guess is that the tech is similar to EvnRoll sweet face, Ping TR grooves, or Bobby Grace HSM faces where ball speed is influenced based on ball impact location.
Which is more interesting as looking at the putter face in those photos it doesnt seem to have any grooves or anything other than being another white hot insert.
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13 minutes ago, bens197 said:
How did you fare on the off center hits?
Honestly good, very impressed. The feel is there to know where you hit it and there is normal height loss which in turn means less distance, but Line is normally still solid.
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Good morning all!
Was a late night with meetings and calls and early morning for work and then some private lessons (coaching for curling) however I managed to sneak over to the course inbetween and get 6 holes in at the 6 Hole Championship course at the course I have a membership at. I wasnt sure what to think, I had heard some decent things about it, but 6 holes is not a lot... just the thought of only playing 6 while not bad was a bit of a turn off.I was wrong. What a fantastic set of 6 holes. Maybe my favorite 6 holes on the property.
This is the first tee shot. Not that inviting at all truthfully, but managed to be in the semi rough and hit it to 6 feet before missing the birdie putt. Greens are still in some shape after being punched so I take the good with the bad. Either way a nice easy par on the first hole.
Next hole is par 5, I did push my drive into the hazard which sucked but dropped, played a 7 iron to 115 yards before stuffing it to 3 feet and making the putt. So another par!Hole 3 is a sweeping dog leg right where you have to carry over some marshland area. Really fun and a choice of how much you want to chew off, played a bit conservative and ran through the fairway into the semi about 140 yards out. Hit a bad 9 iron and ended up short, but made a nice chip up and down for yet another par!
Hole 4 par 3 with elevated green, awful tee shot good pitch and 2 putt bogey. Oh well.
Hole 5 another par 5 and hit a good drive over some bunkers and was 220 yards out, played a 5 iron to the front right, pitch and putt for the first birdie and back to even par.
Final hole is the toughest. Cant hit driver as there is a hazard and trees about 250 yards right across, so hit 3 wood to 165ish yards just in the fairway infront of the trouble and then hit a skinny 7 iron to 2 feet for another birdie to finish at -1 for the 6 holes.
This set offers so many other challenges vs the other main course and was an absolute delight to play. I had a great playing partner Beat who gave me some good german lessons and really enjoyed the hour we spend playing the 6 holes.
What a great way to play the game of golf with a fun, challenging 6 hole course that only takes an hour ish to play.
A good lesson with some people afterwards and now home to spend some time with the kids before coming back to work for the evening!
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Congrats to the selected testers! This should be a fun test and looking forward to when your builds arrive and you start rolling some putts!
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https://mygolfspy.com/we-tried-it/g-fore-g-112-review/
Now sure exactly what it is about these, but I really like the look of them!
Read Conner's full review in link above!
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https://golf.com/gear/putters/jon-rahm-odyssey-putter-wall/
Some interesting stuff and it apparently looks like Callaway is starting to put some AI tech into the putter faces.
Will be great to see when they come market!
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2 hours ago, Ben Joest said:
I got out to the range at lunch for the mid-test club yardage gapping. A few caveats are worth mentioning: This is 6 shots with each club rather than 5. The Insight Report requires 6 for the club to show up on it. I have used the 6 I hit with each club and left the outliers intact.
Dispersion started to widen from the 8 iron on.
There are some head scratchers between the PW>9i>8i and between the 7i>6i. Although, looking at the average ball speeds may explain some of it. For today, the 8,7,&4 felt the best. The 9 felt fine and the dispersion was tight, but the distance was just a little short of the target. The 6 was just off, but nothing to get overly concerned about. The shot shape today was reliable, which I have come to expect with these irons, though Rapsodo says today’s shape was primarily a fade. Visual evidence would suggest that some of what it interpreted as a fade could easily be counted as straight as well.
Didn’t draw the ball as much today, but my natural swing seems to cycle between a draw and a fade, and something subconsciously starts correcting itself if I start overcooking the ball in one direction or the other. Like my body has its own swing equilibrium.
Thanks for the update!
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Testers Announced! @GolfSub70 Putters
Just because the seasons are changing doesn’t mean there isn’t still ample time to test and review golf clubs.
In MyGolfSpy Most Wanted Testing Sub 70 has performed well year over year and claimed third overall in 2023 Most Wanted Blade with the Sycamore 005 Wide Blade. Bolstering an impressive lineup of 16 putters they have an option that will surely appeal to any golfer.
Sub 70 says “Every Sub 70 putter is milled from a billet of 1045 carbon steel which leaves no welds, castings or inconsistencies in the head. This is the best way to make a putter head and you will not find a more solid, great feeling putter. Aesthetically each of the Sub 70 putters offers a clean, classic black and white color scheme with traditional alignment lines. We have purposefully made the heads slightly heavier than the industry standard as we feel it allows a more natural pendulum like putting stroke. “
Sub 70 also introduced a new graphite/steel putter shaft this year that offers more technology, feel and stability. Add in these Sub 70 putters will often cost half of what major brands sell for and there would seem to be perfect balance of value and performance.
Please welcome and congratulate our four testers!
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6 minutes ago, cksurfdude said:
That makes sense!
(..not that I'll ever get there .. unless I stop counting about halfway thru the back 9
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@GolfSpy_APH what do you think?
We can look at it for sure!
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2 hours ago, StrokerAce said:
Date 09/18/2023 Course Name Valley Country Club Gross Score 85 Course Handicap 9 Gross Strokes over/under par 13 Net Score to Par 4 Net Score 76 Net Birdies or better 3 Longest Drive 0 VCT Match Play Designate as Week 3 Match Score THIS IS A WEEK 2 SCORE.
The option for WEEK 2 isn't listed.
@Golf2Much Just to note this.
@StrokerAce no worries, just need to post in week 24, but we will take care of this.- StrokerAce, BNewton51, Jnoble89 and 1 other
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19 hours ago, Ben Joest said:You and me both. I have already done some preliminary work in regard to the club gapping between the T150 8 iron and the T200 7 iron where there is 5.5° difference. Also, the T200 4 Utility at 23° and the T200 5 iron at 24°. In each of those cases the delta between the 2 at the time was within an acceptable range (More detailed info available in previous posts
) However, I still want to run through PW - 4 U, with 5 shots each and see where it all lands. As a refresher, here is the 5 shot average for the T100s set that I moved on after selection to this test:
After a period of acclimation, I am interested to see how the "fitted blended set" stacks up against the "off the rack preowned set".
Very interesting to see ish how similar we are. Here are some Rapsodo screenshots to show my last gapping session. Keeping in mind I have T100 GW/PW then T150 9-6 and T200 5 iron. The T100 are bent 1 strong so they are 49 and 45 degrees vs the stated 50 and 46 degrees to help with my blending into the 54 58 wedges and 40 degree 9 iron.
So I have 2 different SW (54 degrees) a ping glide 2.0 and Mizuno S23. I really like both, but there is a good 8 yards difference between them with the Ping being a lot more powerful. Since I struggle so much with the top end (between longest iron and 3 wood) I often only have 12 or 13 clubs in the bag so for the time being I may actually carry both.
These were all with range balls, but there is something to say about the consistency though that I am seeing. In all the clubs minus PW and GW (which is likely more strike vs anything) I am between 90 and 93 apex height. The gaps are also pretty darn good seeing 11-14 yards between each club. The gap between the 5 and 6 is tighter, but I can chalk that up to absolutely being dialed with the 6 and the 5 just having a fewer missed strikes. It is likely closer to a 10 yard gap with some more consistency.
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Week 3 pairings for Distinguished Gentleman
@Jnoble89 and @CB Lobo 4 Life
@Berg Ryman and @GolfSpy_APH
Best of luck crew! We are still in it!- GolfSpy SAM, Berg Ryman and Jnoble89
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SEASON 2 - WEEK 24
VIRTUAL CHAMPIONSHIP TOUR
IS NOW OPEN FOR SCORING!!!
Picture of the Week from last week's VCT Thread:
(Image Credit: @buckpillar)
And remember.....
Use this week's VCT thread to enter your Round 2 Match Play Scores (use the custom field to designate the score)
Enter your scores, post your card, click on the custom field. We'll take it from there!
Also if you haven't already check out the main site article about the VCT and be sure to leave a comment on the main site please! Helps us gain some traction with HQ
https://mygolfspy.com/news-opinion/mygolfspy-virtual-championship-tour/
Tell us your experience, get the word out so we can make this even bigger and potentially bring more new and exciting things to the VCT!- GolfSpy_BNG, Cfhandyman, BNewton51 and 1 other
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Can't possibly do it for me. I just love my 3 wood too much!
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SEASON 2 - WEEK 25 MYGOLFSPY FORUM MEMBER WEEKLY VIRTUAL CHAMPIONSHIP TOUR (VCT)
in MGS Virtual Golf Tournaments
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Sorry crew just didn't have this week. Tried but to be honest just got burnt out and next to no energy.
The tee shots were great minus one hole but just didn't find the rhythm with my irons or wedges.
Being back on familiar greens made a world of s difference and had 3 or 4 lip outs.
Taking a break for a little while and will pick up a club again next week.