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  1. Appreciate it gents. Golf trip is this coming weekend!
  2. On the range whether practicing or warming up I’m picking two targets to call the fairway. Trying to keep it between the two. On the range you can lay a blanket over 98% of them. My shot is either a straight ball or a little fade with all clubs. My course driver ball is a GIANT block slice- like a fairway over it off the course.
  3. Hey y’all. Been a couple years since I’ve been active here but trying to get back. In my hiatus from MGS I didn’t get better. I’m probably not alone but who struggles from the range to the course? I used to be pretty good, and still am usually, but I have MAJOR driver issues (tee ball in general). I can pound driver on the range and never miss one and walk to the first hole and hit 14 balls that never smell the fairway. It’s maddening. Have gotten lessons for the same thing to happen. It literally is costing me 10-12 shots per round and I’ll shoot 85 with the trouble. Anyone know a good psychiatrist?
  4. Edwin Watts is nice if you know for sure you’re buying a club like you said. UFit is nice if you just want to try something but until they can match the majority of a golfers specs, you will be left unsure if the club totally matches what you need. I think they will get there, they have to in my opinion for the program to be successful, but right now it’s not Sent from my iPhone using MyGolfSpy
  5. It says very clearly that shaft options will be available in 2019. Go hit the clubs it selected for you though, im gonna bet you won’t be as dissapointed Sent from my iPhone using MyGolfSpy
  6. I think ideally you would want to work it in both directions. Initially they have it configured that TGF drives you to Global and we have reviewed that and the kinks it has. The next step is expanding to the other companies and working backwards. Have them put on their sites or in stores a link/banner/ad to go to TGF to find your fit, and then driven back to the site to buy/test/etc. it’s probably not enough to have TGF that will need its own marketing to become aware that the site exists. If they are gonna drive people to Global and the Utry program, Global has to drive people to TGF (and then back). Sent from my iPhone using MyGolfSpy
  7. I’m a pretty experienced golfer, played a ton over the years and played competitively in college but growing up I was never a tech junkie or equipment junkie. My family was on a budget, I played the clubs that my grandpa could get from the pro shop or something we found discounted. I played stock everything. So even now, I don’t know a ton about clubs, how the compare differently for each player, shafts etc. I mean I only found out last year I should probably play 1-2 degrees up on my irons and have only been on a real launch monitor once. THe great part about TGF for me is it offered 2 heads that I may never have considered In the future, if/when TGF adds some shaft options it’s going to be a real game changer. As I said in my review I’m lost when it comes to shafts, I know I’m stiff, maybe XS but there’s so many ever changing choices so I can feel your friends pain! Sent from my iPhone using MyGolfSpy
  8. Well I can certainly say that I’ve had my eye on the F8+ just from the reviews and conversations on this forum. Had I went the traditional route I would have definitely wanted to at least try it and could see myself ending up with. That’s not to say there isn’t a driver out there that would reduce my spin, narrow my dispersion and add distance that isn’t a cobra. As for the shaft I want to get fit to see if there’s a shaft that suits me Better. Global was limited in their shaft options obviously and had we not been with MGS I’m not sure I could’ve got a stiff shaft from them and honestly I probably need an XS. So to answer your question...I’m not sure but I could def see myself ending up with the Cobra as an option Sent from my iPhone using MyGolfSpy
  9. This is a nice idea. For me it felt like as soon as I got the club I was getting emails that my trial was about to expire so it felt really short. However, I have to look at this like a consumer. For us testers we obviously started this process in October/November. Knowing my golf season it wouldn’t be very wise for me to order a club with a trial period in winter. I would obviously be more interested in spring and summer and while I was very excited to use it the weather didn’t cooperate a ton. I got a windy cool day to hit the range and a frozen greens day to play lol So while I feel like 2 weeks wasn’t enough, if I was ordering this on my dime and would’ve been more anxious to get out immediately and would’ve ordered during golf season and when I knew I was playing and probably felt like 2 was plenty. They shipped it very quickly and I got my club in about two days which is great for planning. That would’ve easily allowed me to schedule a couple rounds/range sessions during the trial I said all that to say this, I think 2 weeks is probably fine. An extra charge would be a great idea to keep for an extra week or so. **by no means am I complaining about the time we are going through this lol. Just trying to show difference if I were a consumer versus a tester of when global gave us this opportunity! Sent from my iPhone using MyGolfSpy
  10. Was coming to post today but just hadn’t had time. I got to play today. Weather didn’t get above 50 until 18...so it was a cold, heavy, cloudy day. This was my first day on the course in 2.5 months and first with the Cobra F8+. I had the driver set to 9.5 deg draw, trying something new bc my miss is right. Warmed up well, hit a little heel cut down 1 and off we go. Long story short, I made 3 bad swings today with the driver. I know they were bad swings bc I felt them immediately. Sometimes I just get lazy swinging the club. I’ll reinforce what I said in my stage 1. This driver spins less, which is exactly what I need. One of the bad swings was my typical big balloon right ball and although it was still bad, it didn’t go nearly as far right as normal. 12,13,14 i hit the ball really well but just hadn’t it going a little left so on 15 I set the face to neural and BOOM! Longest drive of the day. I hit it well on 17, 18 too. What I’ve learned: It spins less It sits great Good feel and is forgiving What I haven’t learned: Based on the weather it was hard to tell if my distance is consistent. My solid drives felt great and looked great, maybe a touch spinny I’m still interested in getting a legitimate shaft fitting to make sure I’m maximizing the shaft/head option Regardless, today was one of the better driving days in quite some time. Still about a B- but progress Sent from my iPhone using MyGolfSpy
  11. I was finally able to get a halfway decent day today although the wind was really up. I warmed up about as quick as I ever have so I could get straight to the F8+. First swing...BAM! Straight and loooong. Let me preface by saying I am a range savant. I’d be top 10 in the world if there was a PGA tour for range golf. I hit quite a few balls just to get used to it not really comparing it to my Ping. With no data whatsoever to back me up I will say I felt like I noticed a couple things: A much tighter dispersion, more accuracy than normal. Lower launch Less spin Those are things I felt were happening. There were quite a few shots that I felt with the left to right wind that were able to not spin with the wind and sort of fought against it. I tend to fade the tee ball. I’m hoping to play Friday and if so, I can fire up the Arcoss that came with it and really get some data Sent from my iPhone using MyGolfSpy
  12. I hope that’s the same case for me. I’ve struggled for a long time with the driver but it’s definitely the “Indian and not the arrow” situation. Unfortunately I haven’t got to hit a single ball with it and I’m dying to. The weather has been just terrible for weeks Sent from my iPhone using MyGolfSpy
  13. Stage Two - The Review 12/15 2,000 words or less Cobra F8+ – Official MGS Forum Review by Eric Seay Intro Welcome back to another round of reviews here at MyGolfSpy! Again, we must start by saying thank you very much to the MyGolfSpy peeps for allowing me this opportunity to test! East TN, not typically known for bad weather, decided that it was going to play a huge factor in this testing by limiting the amount of time that I to get out and test this club...unfortunately, we are working on two range sessions and ONE, sadly just one, round of golf. my first range session was a cool, windy day and depending on which way the wind had switched could give real fits to the shots that I was hitting, which for testing purposes, I really liked! The one round of golf I was able to play was a very cool day, frost delay in the morning, (not sure the greens ever thawed out) overcast, not much wind, and a little damp. perfect for ball flight and distance, right?! With that said and the scene being set, let’s start this show! Looks Describe the following: The general shape of the club is appealing to the eye in my opinion. Fairly round, looks like a large/oversized head and has that appearance like you aren't going to be able to miss the clubface. Looking down it feels like it has some depth to it and that from the sole to the crown is a large area. With the crown and the top of the club there is a lot going on. The back half of the club is your new age / modern carbon fiber look, the front portion has a fairly large Cobra logo that works as an alignment aid and from heel to toe you have raised lines for aerodynamics similar to my Ping G30. Essentially three different “pieces” all on the top. With the black model all of this really blends in together and you barely notice the carbon fiber on the back half. The face of the driver has the CNG milled face design that doesn't draw too much attention but one item that I found appealing is the large circle at the sweet spot. At setup it almost acts as a 2nd alignment aid to know if you are setting up off of center or not. Overall it has a really nice design and although you have multiple pieces such as the raised edges, carbon fiber crown, the logo and the giant circle on the face, the whole look fits together really nicely. Up close al these items are different and unique but when looking down at setup everything is subtle and allows you to focus in on the shot and the alignment Coming from the Ping G30 its a much different looking club. While both have the raised lines on the crown for the aerodynamics, the Ping has a flat black look, no real alignment aid, and limited lines/grooves on the face. The Ping has a more simplistic design to it while the Cobra, much like its foremost brand ambassador Rickie Fowler, has a little more swag. Some will like the looks of one more than the other, myself, I can enjoy both looks and therefore the Cobra gets a solid scoring from me in the looks category. (9 out of 10 points) Sound & Feel Describe how the driver sounds and feels The very first thing that I noticed when taking the F8+ to the range was the sound it made on my first swing, or lack of real sound. It had a smooth, soft feel like cutting through butter while the sound was just the ball just simply launching off the clubface. There wasn't a loud “tink” or a sound of ripping through a piece of paper, it was a soft sound. No one will hear you hitting this club from 3 holes away. Something that i really noticed on impact was how it felt like the ball stayed on the clubface. It seemed like the when the club and ball met they rode with each other through the swing for about a second in the ball jumped off the face into the air. After a long enough range session I was able to catch a couple off the heel and I still have to give it solid remarks. Any shot that I hit off the heel still felt solid. You obviously noticed that it was hit off the heel as it was able to give you feedback but there was not any ringing, rattling, shaking, vibrating, etc. A little bit of a cut spin but otherwise your hands were still intact. Some drivers feel like you are hitting a baseball with an aluminum bat in 40 degree weather off the handle. Not the Cobra. Any mishits felt forgiving off the clubface and seemed to have a forgiving ball flight and end result. (9 out of 10 points) No perfect score because I wasn't able to feel one off the toe! Range Performance Because of the lovely Tennessee weather that we had after receiving the club I was only able to get to the range two times. The good news is I was able to hit a lot of shots and get a good feel for what the F8+ could offer! To preface, not to toot my own horn, but Im a range wizard. I look like i’ve played this game for a long time, which I have, and I look like I know what i'm doing, which is always debatable, when i'm on the range After beating some balls off the cold mats with the irons just to loosen up it was time to bring out the driver! First 10 or so swings were just to get a feel for the club. At this point I had the F8+ set to 9.5 degrees loft with the draw setting. Usually I do not adjust a club and change the settings on it but because I had to change out the shaft after Global sent me a R flex, I decided to set this to a draw setting. The adjusting portion is super easy and Global Golf actually does a great job of offering videos on all their clubs how to properly adjust. Just watch out for that loud click! When I twisted the screw in on the last turn I thought I had snapped the shaft into 2 pieces! The club felt great with every swing. Even with just a stiff flex shaft it doesn't feel whippy or too light at all. I was able to consistently hit my target on the first range session only hitting one really bad miss. My miss is a high block slice that is really just a result of a really bad swing. I get lazy, fall to my back side, dont swing the club and it ends up way right. Even making that one bad swing I was able to quickly tell that with that bac swing, the Cobra was going to be more forgiving for me. Typically I hit this ball 2 holes over or out of the county, the F8+ kept it from being only 30 yards off target rather than 60+. 1 Bonus point for the Cobra! My distance seemed average compared to my ping, hard to tell on the range if I was gaining 5-10 additional yards or not but without question the spin had been reduced. As I said in my intro, the range session was very windy with the majority of the wind coming from left to right and a little bit into me. My typical ball flight is straight or with a minor fade so the ball flight should have been riding with the wind. It was easy to tell that the ball was actually cutting through the wind and fighting against it to not go right. There was a boring, low, fighting trajectory with the Cobra that was really great to see. With this style of ball flight it was easy to tell that the Cobra f8+ had reduced a lot of my spin. I really really wish I was able to get onto a LM to see just how much my spin had reduced from the ping to the Cobra. And if it hasnt...so be it, but it feels like it has and looks like it has and that makes for higher confidence on the tee box! with a few of the mishits that were all off of the toe the ball flight and traj didnt change much. I think this is a very forgiven club. I would say with the heel shots that distance was affected obviously but still very accurate to the target and not extraordinarily penal. My typical range game after warming up with the driverer after warming up is to pick multiple targets, usually two flags, or with my local range a building with a metal roof off in the distance, and hit the ball between the targets while not worrying about distance. I rotate between my different targets forcing me to hit at different directions on the range for 20 shots. This range day I was 14-20 hitting within my target. This is on par or slightly above average for compared to other range sessions with other drivers. (18 out of 20 points) On-Course Performance I would really have loved to have more play with the Cobra than just one time but that’s all I was able to get. It was black friday, the weather was going to be about 50 degrees for the high (it never got there) and golfers were dying to get to the course. I played at Avalon Golf Course which is one of my favorites but isn't superb for a driver testing. The course is a little tight and on the front 9 you wouldn't really hit driver a ton if you feel a little erratic with the driver as I usually do. BUT! Im there to test the F8+ so I was going to let it fly ALL DAY LONG. At this point i’m still adjusted to 9.5 degrees with a draw face playing the shorter tees, 6300 on this cold, frigid day. First shot of the day a little of the heel but straight, safe, and left with about a 9i into the green. Similar to my range session the driver remained forgiving all day long and excluding a couple of bad swings by me, I would say the F8+ had a solid first showing. As many of you know the Cobra comes standard with the Arcoss Cobra Connect sensor and the free download with the app. This was my first time using it but I really like the idea of it. I would occasionally forget to leave it in my pocket, a requirement in order for the app to know when you’ve hit a shot, and where you hit your next shot from but I was excited to see my post round results. I hit 7 Fairways out of 12 swings (Only measures the first swing from a specific location. i.e. if your in a bunker for 4 shots it cant track all the swings). Missed 3 Left, missed 2 right. What it doesnt tell you is that I made two AWFUL swings where Charles Barkley would’ve laughed. Pulled the head way up and out, swung open with the hips, and was lucky to make contact. My long drive of the day was 281 and my average distance was 260. For the weather that we had, frigid, damp, etc. these numbers are pretty accurate and comparable to my Ping. However, distance is not my issue. My issue is finding the fairway (or really the golf course in general). I was in play all day long minus one shot, good looks at the hole and no real penalizing shots. I didn't spend my entire day mowing down high grass or chasing my balls in the woods with the squirrels. But this is where it really gets fun and another reason why I wish I had a few more good weather days to try the club. After making the turn I hit really solid shots on 12, 13, and 14. All three though drew about 15 yards left of my target, all in play, but all with the same ball flight. All three of these holes have trouble down the left but I was in play. I’m not used to hitting a ball with a draw and if we are being honest, these shots are really taking left hand turns versus drawing or hooking left. Obviously, if that was going to be the consistent shot one could aim more right of the target but that’s not me. So in the middle of 14 fairway I changed the setting on the driver to a neutral face. It’s really simple, loosen the screw, lift the head out, turn the head around the shaft and click it back in. Hole 15 is really straight, a little narrow, really elevated tee box and plays about 320. The first swing with the new setting is where I hit my longest of the day, 281. Left me with just a flip wedge onto the green for an easy par. Hole 17 is a really neat hole. the tee box again is elevated and the tee ball is all carry over water. the green sits on the left side of the view and the fairway/green runs perpendicular to the water. The further you can hit the tee ball the more at the green you can go. If you go directly at the front portion of the green you have to hit it around 275 carry to cover the water and then a easy chip up. i usually aim, because i'm conservative, about 30 yards right of the green to leave myself another flip wedge. That way if I block it i'm hitting a short iron and if I pull it I have enough carry usually to still be on land. I hit another rocket, right on my target, and launched it. easy wedge, easy par. Finally 18 hit another great drive that I was really pleased with. Now im just kicking myself that I didn't leave it neutral to begin with! (35 out of 40 points) I dont think i gained any distance but the forgiveness and accuracy are a great bonus. Play it or Trade it? and the results are in! After 2 range sessions and one round of golf we have a winner! As I move forward into 2019 the driver in my bag will be……..the Cobra F8+! It’s a really solid option for a driver, its forgiveness, feel, accuracy are all great assets. I think with the right shaft it will only get better. I think this is great driver all around that anyone could see benefit out of but especially someone that has too high of a spin rate with their current club. That has been the key element that I have taken away is the anticipated spin reduction rate that I have with the Cobra. I dont think there’s a driver on the market that can really provide me a large gain in distance but I do think this one has narrowed in my dispersion and my misses and that makes it a winner for me (19 out of 20 points) Conclusion I’m going with college rules here and for me this driver is an A. I would love to have more sessions with it and I plan on getting fit for a shaft asap to see if spin can be reduced further but as is, i’m pretty happy with it. i believe that TGF was able to hone in with the data that I provided to offer me a product that would reduce my spin rate while keeping my distance or gaining. As I said, i'm not positive that I was able to gain additional distance without getting on a LM and comparing side by side but I do know that my dispersion and spin was down. After making the change from the draw face to neutral, my confidence soared with the last three swings i made (and probably my last swings of 2018). I’m really anxious to get out there in 2019 and check out some shafts and see if I cant become dangerous with the driver again! I just want to thank MyGolfSpy one last time and say i’m a believer in TGF as I think it figured me out correctly. I also want to thank Global Golf for allowing us to test/try out their U-Try Program. Check out my stage 1 review if you want some information on how it worked and some of the kinks they have! Final Score: (90 out of 100 points)!!!
  14. Eseay32 Nov 16th 2018 The Personal Files Hello, fellow golf spies! I want to thank the Mygolfspy admins and mods, if it weren't for you, I wouldn't be here today...I would be here, but I wouldn't be a tester! my name is Eric and I am from the great state of Tennessee! Literally it is great and its great to be a Tennessee Vol! (now known as a basketball school, formerly a football school). I am 31, married for just over 5 years, high school sweethearts, and now parents to a spunky, adorable, independent 2 year old girl! I have fought with this game for over 20 years now picking it up in middle school officially. I had a family that golf was the lifeblood...remember in the movie “My Cousin Vinny” where Vinny’s girlfriend is on the stand and the state’s lawyer asks her how she is qualified to speak on being a mechanic? She says “my father was a mechanic, my uncle was a mechanic, my two brothers were mechanics…”etc., etc. Well, that's my family except golf, so I was going to start playing golf! I was fortunate to get just good enough at this game to earn a scholarship to play some small town college golf and had a blast doing it. Played pretty well, made a few tournaments, had a top 10, then sorta fizzled out but made some lifelong friends along the way. Fast forward to today and I'm basically a poor man’s Chuck Knoblauch when he couldn't make the throw from 2nd base or when Tiger got the yips chipping...the game is in there and sometimes it shows up but usually I'm just left wondering what is going on with some shots. I'm now a weekend golfer but more like every other weekend to once a month. Still love playing with my dad and I have a few buddies that I enjoy getting on the course with and always try to take a golf trip per year where golf is one of the last things on the mind. If I broke my game down into letter grades i would expect it to look something like this: Driver: D-, out of 14 or so fairways per round i hit 8...the wrong 8 but still 8. I hit the right once probably twice - hole 1 and hole 18 Wedges: A-, if I ever have a wedge into a hole with a look a birdie, I'm licking my chops! But typically i have already punched out and I'm just trying to save par. To master a skill it takes repetition and that's why I'm so good with my wedges....sometimes a wedge out from the junk and then wedge again onto the green! It’s science! Irons: B, lots of irons off the tee box for me because you don't get to spend that much time with your buddies when you’re hunting for your ball in the woods or tree all day! Putting: Meh, let's move on. With all that said, I love the game whether it loves me back or not. I quit worrying about score a long time ago, unless i make a birdie or two early, and just enjoy cutting up, getting away, or spending time with buddies or family. The greatest moments I’ve had in life were with my uncle, dad, and grandfather on the course. The Golf Questions - Just wait, the good stuff is coming. Over the years I have somehow worked my way into being a Ping loyalist...this wasn't by choice or design but I woke up one day and all of a sudden the bag is mostly all ping! including the bag! A quick rundown of what’s in my bag as it sits today: Ping G30, X Stiff factory shaft, 9 degree, neutral face setting, Midsize MCC Golf pride Grip (this grip is on all my clubs so I won't bog you down with telling you the grip on each club). Ping G25 3 wood, factory shaft. This 3 wood is a rocket and it has a magical face on it that through magic you can never, ever hit it poorly! Mizuno Fli Hi 3 iron Driving Iron… thank you to a fellow golf spy. Ping I E1 4-PW. Dynamic Gold steel stiff shafts Titleist Vokey 56 and 60 degree wedges and as of today…I don't have a putter! But its ok, my new Odyssey Fang 2 Ball will be here in about a week! All of my clubs come to me through different ways… the driver has been just a bunch of trial and error and there have been a lot of trials and a lot of errors and I am still searching for that magical driver. Once upon a time a long time ago, i walked up to the box, pegged the tee, busted one down the middle and walked off but now today. For the most part there isn't much science to why a choose a club as in no ways am I the next Bryson. I have a little bit of a mindset that I can hit any club so the majority of my clubs I bought new as a last year’s model, got on discount, thought they looked pretty, etc. Nothing high tech or fancy. I had never been fit or had a club worked on until last year. Two years ago when I bought the Ping irons I noticed that every solid shot I hit was off the toe. The ball flight was good, the distance and accuracy were right, but the shot was just barely out on the toe some. I set up a fitting with the local ping rep and while keeping my pings, we adjusted each iron. Side story...The adjustment was SUPPOSED to be 1 degree up and add .5 inch to each iron...a couple months after having them bent a couple started to rattle. I took them into my golf store and they pulled the grips off and checked the loft and lie and started to laugh. Nothing was bent correctly and the extra length that was put on were all different and based on the ping fitters handy work, they could pinpoint who did the work! As for my Ping G30, because the driver is what all of really care about today, I chose it because the idea of the low spin version I thought could really suit me as you’ll see once I start talking about my typical miss. The former Ping fitter ordered me an XS shaft after we noticed that my spin rates were extremely high during my iron fitting. the XS certainly brought it down some but I still hit a pretty spinny ball. Unfortunately, unlike many of you, when it comes to shafts and weights, tipping the shaft, etc. I am at a loss. Like I said before, I am not the next Bryson nor am I the technically savvy one when it comes to golf equipment. I can barely tell you the difference between carbon fiber and titanium and left handed and right handed! Which makes me actually think I am PERFECT for this testing opportunity! I am a 4 handicap these days but I don't think that will come down, maybe ever. I think that's about where my game will stay for quite some time if it doesn't go up in 2019. My tempo includes an extremely slow takeaway and fairly smooth transition on all of my clubs EXCEPT the driver. With the driver it really ramps up. This is an old video while swinging in the yard, sorry the weather has been brutal in Tennessee otherwise I would've loved to get some new video with the driver. As you can see, pretty smooth overall but this is not what I would call my driver swing. My driver swing speed is 110mph measured with trackman and as I said before pretty spinny. My typical miss is a high, spinning, way right ball that literally struggles to stay on the golf course. My second miss is the “don't hit that high, way, way right shot again” duck hook. If you could average those, I’m in the middle every time! Because of this my typical strength of my game is scrambling. I am fantastic at the low punch shot, high cut over trees, through trees, etc. I would be a Big Break legend! Watch out Tony Finau and Tommy two gloves! Your Fitting experience on True Golf Fit - The Fun Stuff Alright, alright, alright...enough about me and my sad little game. Let’s get serious for a bit and talk about True Golf Fit! I was fortunate enough to also be picked as a beta tester for the website so this opportunity was actually my 2nd chance to get to play within the website. In my personal opinion, the site looks great and is simple to use. It’s modern looking, great colors, has some animation and couple things just immediately jump out at you. The homepage has videos, very clearly defined area to immediately go to the fitting section or you can do some research on what you are getting into. I think it’s great! There isn't an area on the homepage that gets you lost or confused, it is very straight to the point and well defined. Tru Golf Fit was designed for the person that has never been fit, doesn’t know every parameter or data point of his/her golf swing and is looking for a starting point. Well...here I am! Even though I did have my one “fitting” last year, from the beginning of this website I thought i was the perfect candidate for it but here’s the best part about the site...Whether you have data points on every metric of your swing such as swing speed, angle of attack, tempo, True Golf Fit can guide you to make the selections that you should make. And if you still don't know, there’s Adam in video form to explain it all to you. For me, thanks to my fitting from last year on the trackman I knew my swing speed and my angle of attack although I wasn’t totally sure what my angle of attack was to the exact measurement. The first couple of questions were easy: Handicap - No brainer, the Golf Grint tells me that I’m a 4! (Expert Mode) Swing Speed - Another easy one...Trackman tells me that I swing it at 110mph. (Expert Mode) Angle of attack - Like I said, I’m not totally sure...I seem to remember that my AoA was 1.41 but I don't want to skew the results by entering in a number that isn't me. This is what’s great about the site. It simplifies everything and makes it easy enough for me to understand with a simple “Level? UP? or Down?” I know I swing up on it so I make my pick and move on. (Simple Mode) Lastly, Swing Tempo. This is one I really had to think through because for me, tempo is always your entire swing speed from beginning to end. Are you smooth like Freddy Couples, or violent like Daly or picture perfect like Adam Scott? I had to think about this one for a bit but then decided I should watch the video. The guys really break it down that this measurement is about your transition to the downswing and not your takeaway at all. For me, with the driver, I tend to get very quick and pretty violent from the top. Once I get to the top of the swing I have a little pause, a nod to the Gods because we are fallible, and then it’s game on. The video confirmed to me that my swing tempo is quick. (Simple Mode) With all that data I was 2 out of 4. 2 data points that I had “expert” data on and two data points that I was an amateur on. I think this is what makes this site user friendly to everyone and can be useful to any and all types of golfers. After entering all of my data and hitting the big scary finish button, True Golf Fit first spits out your metrics and here are mine and all in all, its pretty accurate! Without question my total spin numbers are much much higher on my misses and probably about 500 RPM higher on good shots but what if I were playing the right shaft and not just a standard factory shaft? Maybe the site knows something I don't! After getting your results it then shows you two options that are best fit to your metrics and shows you a yardage and accuracy increase. Ummm HELLO! Where do I sign up?! (more on that later) +13.14 yards! Nearly 20% more accurate?! That's like 4 trees closer to the fairway for me! My initial thoughts were very different. The Cobra F8+ has intrigued me for a long time. From being a member on this site i think 96% of the site plays the Cobra...That could be an exaggeration but so many people have raved about it and I have considered trying it multiple times but never have so I was very excited to see it. The Mizuno was a different story. Never in a million years would I walk into a pro shop or a retail store and grab the Mizuno DRIVER to swing, irons...that’s a totally different story, but never the driver. But what if? What if the Mizuno driver is something that could immediately go into my bag and change my game for the better? After all, isn’t that's what the site was designed for? It isn’t there to tell you specifically that you should hit the Taylor Made or Callaway. It’s telling you, based on allllll those swings and data points that are hidden somewhere in the cloud, these are the options that will be the best for your swing! personally, I had never (and unfortunately still haven't) hit either one of these clubs so I am so excited to test it out to see if True Golf Fit really can deliver on it’s promise. . Your Global Golf U-Try Experience - it's Christmas! And this is where all the fun begins…. I will preface by saying we understood this was not a normal method of ordering the equipment so we had some snags and delays that probably everyone else would never have. After a couple of weeks of back and forth between MGS and GG we thought this opportunity was dead, then alive again, then dead again. Then one day its full speed ahead…”hey guys, what driver are you choosing?” My eyes lit up to the size of basketballs reading that email! I told MGS that I wanted to try the Cobra driver for my tester but To make it feel the most like I was going through the entire process I went to the GG website and found the U-Try Experience. Overall the site is decent to use, point and click, not as intuitive or helpful as the TGF site but useful enough. The first thing I noticed was that the options are configurations were VERY limited. For myself, I was going with the Cobra F8+. Knowing my swing speed and swing style, I know that I am best suited for a XS shaft and at worst, a Stiff shaft. According to the website the Cobra only came in Regular Flex. Looking through some other options many of the choices were like this. If I were a “normal” customer Im not sure what my reaction would be to this. Here I am, just paid $7 to get a recommendation that will change my game forever and TGF gives me two choices and I’m ready to test these out to find out neither one comes in my specs? At that point I would have been back to square 1, back to demoing at the local golf store or picking one out and hoping with all hope lost. This would be a major problem that would have totally turned me away from the GG U-Try Program all together. But i was fortunate…What I'm about to tell you I cannot say with certainty would happen for a normal customer. Maybe if I called GG we could have worked this out, I don't know. Working with and through MGS I was not going to call them directly. Again, as a “normal” customer if GG didn't have my specs on the driver TGF recommended I most likely would have tried it or ordered it from another site instead of calling them to work on things but this is how things worked out for me. After telling MGS that I wanted to test the Cobra I had mentioned that I wanted an XS or S shaft. I get a phone and guess who it is, its A Global Golf rep! The rep was super nice (sorry I don't remember his name) but he informed me that he didn’t have an XS shaft but could put a Red Tie stiff shaft in for me. If I still wanted to do the XS he said we could talk about other driver choices to make sure we found something. I told him the stiff would be great and to send it my way! AWESOME! I immediately got a confirmation email and tracking and it was coming in two days! I thought that was great, albeit, I'm in TN and they are in NC but that’s still very fast in my opinion. Nothing gets me more excited than coming home and seeing what you know to be a brand new golf club sitting on your front porch! I opened it up, checked everything out. Brand New, still stickered, wrapped in all the plastics was a shiny new Cobra F8+ with a head cover and tool. One waggle with the club and uh oh...something isn’t right, this thing has WAY too much flex. I turn the driver up and we have a regular flex shaft….I was devastated. lol I sent an email to Rob and the MGS boys and two days later I receive another confirmation email and tracking info. Within about 3 days I received a stiff shaft that I then installed. The shaft was the same that came installed the first time, Aldila 65g S instead of 60g R flex, but this got me thinking, why was I able to get a stiff shaft now and the website would not give me that option? And what happened to the Red Tie Stiff Shaft option? I still dont know that answer. I think Global still has some kinks to work out. I think they have to decide if they are jumping into this program with both feet or not to really offer a legitimate program that anyone can get what they are looking for. My shipment came with the club, head cover, and tool and was neatly wrapped and protected. It also came with two sheets of paper: One saying thank you for trying the U-try Program and detailing how the program works with returns/exchanges etc and another with instructions on how to get to their site to find instructions if you had a driver that had removable weights or face angle/loft adjustments. This was very helpful. As someone that has rarely messed with loft/face angle/weight changes I was a little nervous to do all of it. They had a 1 minute clip, sortable by brand, on how to make the adjustments. Really helpful in my opinion. The box also contained a return address label if decide to send it back to try something else. Enjoy some amateur photos below! To my disappointment, the weather has not allowed me to get out and hit it as much as I have wanted to. I'm willing to do 32 degrees and bundle up but not willing to do 35 and rain and wind. I really cant wait to hit it and report back if this process was a success! Hope you enjoy!
  15. Lol yes you can do that. It doesn't change the way I hit it. I would mishit my putter off of a tee box. Put me between two tee markers and there's a mental block Sent from my iPhone using MyGolfSpy
  16. It's rare I use it. I would like to use it more bc I hit mine pretty well. Ping G25 but it's rare I have 250 into a hole. I hit it great off the ground but miss it a little too often off the tee but if I have a par 5 with around 250 left I'm licking my chops Sent from my iPhone using MyGolfSpy
  17. https://media.giphy.com/media/BkkVdeEZxeQlq/200_s.gif This was me today...I might try pickleball of badminton or roller derby next. Sent from my iPhone using MyGolfSpy
  18. A hit a 3 iron to about 6 feet from 240 downhill. It was for like a unofficial/cheating 8 but whatever Sent from my iPhone using MyGolfSpy
  19. We played a college tournament there...I didn't qualify...so I didn't play. But everyone said it was great lol Sent from my iPhone using MyGolfSpy
  20. Man o war and arrowhead were great imo. Those are the only ones i remember from years ago Sent from my iPhone using MyGolfSpy
  21. I once had to eat dinner right handed. Took me 45 minutes to finish. Couldnt stab anything with the fork Sent from my iPhone using MyGolfSpy
  22. Then I'm in as well! Do everything left handed except for hit a baseball and a golf ball. I also kick right footed which is weird. My dad was a big sports nut so he loved the idea of me being a lefty but when it came to hitting stuff he only knew how to teach me as a righty. Sent from my iPhone using MyGolfSpy
  23. I suck....☹️[emoji58] Sent from my iPhone using MyGolfSpy
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