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Posts posted by Wedgie
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You always suck me into these conversations @russtopherb. I agree, they look a lot better than the first version which I purchased for my son. He has moved on from them but I played a few rounds with them. The feel compared to the Launcher HB irons was horrible but they were dead straight for me. Ultimately I went the one length route and again, the feel of the first version got to me and that usually isn't a thing.
When the new Cleveland's XL Halos came out I purchased them and my scores dropped immediately. I think it was part the clubs and part me being bored with my old set. When we stopped playing at the end of last year my buddy combined my one lengths with the Halos. I go to Florida in two weeks with 8-SW single length (Cobra) and 4-7 the standard Cleveland Halos so we'll see how that goes.
If the LP2s feel better than the originals and I get similar numbers I'd consider the jump but I always felt the Clevelands just performed better overall for me.
In regards to the Triad, marketing aside, I picked up a dozen last week. The ball feels great off all clubs. Playing on my SkyTrak I hit three more fairways, 5 more greens and sank 3 more putts. Okay, not really but I did see the ball speed was about 4 MPH slower than the TF Gamers I had sitting around and a hair slower than the DUO professionals that were ice cold.
Isn't it time you make the move?
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Just now, cnosil said:
It is my understanding that you would need MYSLOPE and a launch monitor. You get your data from your launch monitor and enter your data. The MYSLOPE app then gathers all the known weather information about the shot your face on the course and computes what club you should hit based on your launch parameters and launch parameters capture from other people’s sessions on trackman. I don’t see anyhthing about the R1 capturing the data about your performance.
I think what it does is very educational as it helps a player understand how to make appropriate club adjustments based weather conditions.
Yes, that is my understanding as well.
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Just now, russtopherb said:
Do I have 2 guitars on consignment right now so I can pick up a set of these over the winter?
Maybe...
Just pull your kid out of college.
If you are ever in my area you can hit them on the SkyTrak. The graphite might be on the light side for you but once you get used to them you will never go back.
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After trading a bunch of crap in I got a set of Halos in regular graphite. My 4 rounds before I got them were 89-89-86-91. My four rounds with them are 84-80-79-85. The 4 rounds with the Halos have been really windy as well. My observations are they spin a ton. With a 15-20 MPH wind at my back I backed up a Wilson Duo from about 160 with a 6 iron. Our greens have been receptive but I am getting my shots to stop about a foot from their ball mark with every club in the bag. I have averaged a hair over 2 birdies a round with these in the bag because I can literally go after any pin because they stop so fast. 2 birdies a rounds is a lot for me. When I dumped my HB Launchers for single length irons my handicap was 6.3. Now I am at 9.5 and trending downwards with the Halos.
This weekend I am going to remove the Halo 8-G and replace with my single length Cobras and see how that goes. Adjusting back to shorter "short" clubs is where I have struggled the most with these. I highly recommend people try these.
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1 hour ago, russtopherb said:
I'm still hot on some Launcher or Launchpad irons. Warmed up on the range the other day next to someone with the first gen HB Turbos and everything he hit was high and dead straight. Gonna have to see what the market is looking like in the winter when prices traditionally come down a bit for gently used clubs from folks who always like to have the latest & greatest. My tennis elbow hasn't acted up at all in quite some time, so I may consider steel again if the price is right.
Try Rock Bottom Golf. They are offering a 50% trade in bonus if you have anything sitting around to get rid of. Turns out I had over $1,300 worth of crap laying around. I printed a label and shipped my old clubs back on a Wednesday and had a store credit by Friday late in the day. Ordered the new Halos that night and had them the following Wednesday.
I got my son the Launch Pad irons when he outgrew his junior set. So of course I hit them and played a few rounds with them. I'd say go Turbos. They feel much better and were longer. Both were equally as straight. The Turbos I had held up a million times better than the Launch Pads.
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Just now, russtopherb said:
So this makes me ask - headed back to the Launchers, or sticking with the OLs to groove them?
Both! I picked up the new Launchers last Friday and the first ball I hit with them was on number 1 on Saturday. Round one was my best round in a month and my second round tied my low score for the year. Tomorrow I will be using the Cobra single lengths in the 8,9,PW and G wedge slots to do more flag hunting. The new Clevelands will round out the rest of the bag. I've been garage golfing all week on SkyTrak and haven't had any issue switching between the two but we will see what happens on the course. The Cleveland gapping is a little wonky for me in the shorter irons and I love the single length "short" irons so this may work.
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I had an aha moment when I tested the Cleveland Launcher HB irons. The moment was when I realized I couldn't hit 4 or 5 irons consistently in a traditional Gi set. With the Launchers my gapping improved dramatically over 160 yards and instead of coming up short a bunch I was on or close to the greens helping me get up and down way more often. I went from around a 13 to a 9ish during the 6 or so weeks of forum testing. Got down to a 6.3 with that set but went to single length and my handicap is creeping back up for the same reasons mentioned above.
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I'm no lawn expert but here is what I do know. First, make sure you have a mulching blade on the mower. This will make a huge difference in how fine the clippings will be and the smaller they are the easier it will be for them to find the ground beneath the grass. Second is never mow more than 1/3 of the grass height. For example if your grass is 4" long don't cut it below 3". This will help with the not only with clipping size but won't stress the grass as much. Never mow when it is wet. This is the only time I ever get clumps of grass when mulching.
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I've been putting heads up for 3 or 4 years now. Since I live in New England I spent a winter practicing on my bedroom carpet before I took it to the course. I am at the point where my regular playing partners pretty much give me anything inside 5 feet. The real key for my success with this type of putting is I have to stayed very focused on every putt. I mean to the point where I am staring directly at a spec or scratch on the flag stick. When I keep my focus the results are amazing and everything just seems to come instinctively. I look at the flag stick every putt regardless of break but if my mind wanders at all the results are bad.
Often times it is just weird that you think you mishit a putt or had a bad read and it goes in. I don't drain everything but man it has made me a way better putter. Speaking of putters I rotate maybe 3 or 4 different ones and the results are always the same...if I keep my focus on a single point I make more putts. Just focus on a point and everything else should fall into place.
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I have a SkyTrak setup in my garage and for the most part I think it’s close enough in regards to the numbers I get. What I do know is it’s a blast to play courses whenever I want. Never get a rainout and can play 18 in 30 minutes. I bought a new house in the spring so I let a buddy use it for 4 or 5 months and my handicap went up 3.5 strokes this summer. So maybe it will help your game without even trying.
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3 hours ago, russtopherb said:
I for one absolutely love the looks. These things scream "confidence" to a 17 hdcp like me. I also really appreciate the graduated sole design as someone who misses fat far more than thin, I think that's a strong idea. Based on @GolfSpy Barbajo's writeup with how well received the previous two iterations were in testing, I think these will be VERY strong performers. Especially if the distance creeps up while the forgiveness stays the same.
That guy at PGA Superstore is a clown. He should talk to someone like @Wedgie who really dropped his handicap with this line of irons.
Yep, the original HB Launchers were the best clubs I've ever owned. Looks like I'll be headed to Golfer's Warehouse on the 20th to check these out. Even the guys at True Spec couldn't find a better club after 2 hours of trying. After they gave up they tried to get me to hit drivers.
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Check out Essilor Definity lenses. They are progressive lenses for golfers. I’ve been wearing them for maybe three seasons without any issues. No distortion, can see for distance and reading. But find a very good optometrist for these and preferably one that plays golf and understands what you need.
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Just now, peteco said:
Top Flite Hammers for me. Buy a stock of them when on sale, less than $1 a ball. Maybe someday when I get to the mid teens (I hope) I will upgrade to something better. But they work great for me at this point.
The TF Hammer used to be the D2 Feel. I shot the second best round of my life with that ball. My best was with a Duo. When you are ready to upgrade balls just go back to Dick's and try the TF Gamer. It's a little longer than the Hammer and provides more spin.
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Get the grill really hot, spray with white vinegar, cut an onion in half, stab the onion with a grilling fork and scrub away. This is the best way I have found to clean my gas grill grates.
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I'd like them to do a "what's in their bag" and include the ball they game.
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Just now, russtopherb said:
Tempting, my good man, however those shafts never felt right to me the way they loaded. May take a few mins to peruse the 'bay, even though I know I shouldn't!
Club Champion built those irons and I think they used all 7 iron shafts and they were supposed to use 5-G shafts and cut to size. I'm thinking of taking the Edel shafts and putting them in there. If I do I'll meet you at the range.
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Just now, DechamBRO said:
Hmmm, interesting. I know that they changed to varying lie angles (originally had all the same) and one of the reasons was the ball flight. So instead of using the exact same shaft, they have started to hard step/soft step them to affect ball flight (higher or lower as necessary) and because of the changes in tip stiffness, the shaft bends different amounts at impact, hence the need for different lie angles. I might have to go back to Dicks tonight and mess around a little more, i like playing around and getting data too much
Yeah but how much toe droop am I really getting on 37.5 inch irons swinging at 82 MPH? I saw the other day Bryson D. still plays the original Forged Tech because they all had the same lie angles and offsets. I also read that Cobra came to these conclusions after watching regular dudes hit single length irons for the first time. I'm sure Cobra has studied this a lot more than I have and they know what they are doing but my personal experience is if everything is the exact same the ball will go straighter. I just need the forgiveness Cobra offers and over time you learn to work with what you've got.
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Just now, DechamBRO said:
So i just pulled data from my MEVO app, looks like my 7i and 8i swing speeds are between 85-91 MPH, with ball speed around 98-111 MPH (obviously based on swing speed and quality of strike). I thought one of the things with the one lengths was not moving the ball up or back in your stance, since they were all the same length?
One would think that but Cobra has different lie angles and offsets because they say you swing a single length 5 iron faster than a single length PW for example. I personally do not. To get around this I move the 5 and 6 irons forward about an inch and pw-sw are back a bit. I have a set of Edel single length irons that are all the same lie angles and no offset and are much straighter for me but lack the forgiveness of the Cobras.
I have a Skytrack and what is most interesting with the Cobra one lengths and my swing is what happens with the various lie angles and offsets. It is kind of opposite of what you would think. For example if I take full swings with my sand wedge I tend to hit it left and as I move to the gap wedge it is a little less left. The clubs gradually work their way right and by the time I get to the 8/7 they are pretty straight then the 5/6 are right of center. They kind of force you to move the ball around. With Edel it is one ball position all the time.
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Just now, russtopherb said:
Really wish I spent more time trying that out. Or just hitting the 7i longer LOL!
The clubs are just sitting in my garage. If you want to take another whack at them just let me know?
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My swing speed with Cobra one lengths in right around 82 and to elevate the 5 and 6 irons you need to move it forward in your stance about an inch. They will fly plenty high. I agree with others that the wedges are money and it would be hard for me to go back to variable length wedges especially for full swings. I have dabbled with a blended set of 5-7 in variable and single lengths for everything else but in the 2 rounds I've tried it I struggled with the variable length clubs.
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My average drive is 230 and I hit my 3 wood 200 so that is all I've got. As long as I play the proper tees for my game I can reach any par 4 up to 430 which I may see 2 or 3 times a year. At my club I use my 3 wood on two par 5's and 2 par 3's and that is it. I am much better at full swings so on par 5's I lay up to around 100 yards out and on long par 4's I am usually close enough and rarely in trouble that I have a decent shot at an up and down. About 10 rounds in this year and I've lost one ball so my goal is stay out of trouble by hitting clubs I can control.
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21 minutes ago, Rickp said:
We had a constant battle with those little buggers when we lived in CT
I’m telling you it is full time work for me. The pressure sensitive bars that shut off the food help but they do reverse chin-ups as a work around. My saving grace is it must be hell on their digestive systems.
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Not a great pic but the squirrel just took a shot of reality and didn’t even try the bird feeder on boarding process.
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Wilson/Staff Launch Pad 2 Irons - Will they be an improvement?
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Yeah dad, it’s time to pull the trigger. Might be worth looking at the Cleveland Turbo irons. I think there was a price drop with the new model coming out. To me not much of a difference between the two. Or, take your kid out of college and go big!