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    Shankster Gets Fitted: A Story

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

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    10 minutes ago, THEZIPR23 said:

    Glad you got fit and the results were good! How do you keep a ball on the green with those apex and spin #'s? My ball would be spinning 40 feet off every green. 

    Oh, with the irons I got from you, the land angle is even steeper.  Like 53-55° I think… so my 7 iron is coming in like a lob wedge. Haha.

     

    For the 48 and 54, I’ve honestly not used them at that distance lately.  Using the set “PW” at half throttle for 100 and in mostly.  For two reason, keeping the ball on the green, and prepping myself for wind.  
     

    trackman had the 48 backed up 9 yards and the 54 8 yards.. I’d have to aim at the back of the green.

    Shankster Gets Fitted: A Story

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

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    4 minutes ago, D Mackey said:

    I played KZG ZO blades for 15 years the ZO stands for zero offset.  I highly recommend them.  They feel like butter and can do it all.  Check them out online.  Hit them and fall in love!

    I’ve looked at them.  Definitely look nice.  I wish more companies would make a zero, or constant small offset iron.  Progressive offset sucks.  Especially if you draw the ball, with a crap load of offset in the long irons I would boomerang it around and hit myself in the back of the head.  

    Chipping from 50 yrds in

    in Golf Balls/Shafts/Grips

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    1 minute ago, ParFore74x said:

    One if my favorite things to do during a solo round when the course isn’t busy is to try different shots when I get in close.  Anything from an 8 iron through a 60° wedge can come into play. Lots to learn about the clubs in your bag by doing this. 

    I even practice a hybrid chip at 50 yards.  Basically a putt… for when I get to Scotland.

    Shankster Gets Fitted: A Story

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

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    I also figured out I have a predicament at the 3/4 iron spot.  3 iron and 4 iron both carry around 228, 3 iron rolls out more.. 

    top of the bag carry yardages

    Dr: 280+
    Hy: 250

    3i: 228

    Should I find a 240 club?  The 3 hybrid would probably fill that, or the UDI.  But I don’t know when I would ever use that.

    Didn’t have any DI’s to test today…

     

    Chipping from 50 yrds in

    in Golf Balls/Shafts/Grips

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    I have a few different ways to get to 50 yards.  All carry 54° wedge, 80/20 48° wedge, and various other clubs depending on the lie/conditions.

    There are some great tips here, but getting out on the course and trying some different set ups to find out what works for you is the best option.  

    As always, Seve Ballesteros is a good model here.  Old techniques, but they work wonders.

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    Shankster Gets Fitted: A Story

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

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    Alright, so today was about as much fun as I’ve had at a driving range setting in my life.  Brandon at Knighthawk Golf Center is a stand up dude.

    Irons tested:

    Titleist CB, T100, and T100s.

    Mizuno 223 (I couldn’t stand the JPX at address) 

    Taylormade CB

     

    Hybrids tested:

    PING G425 2

    Titleist TSi3 

     

    Drivers:

    Titleist TSi4

    Callaway Rogue ST Triple D

     

    After some serious conversation about my preferences and whatnot, this is what he recommended that I try.

    Warmed up with my clubs for a few minutes while he did a quick regrip.  When he walked up he said “swing speed”…

    So after we got the warm ups out of the way he handed me the Mizuno 223, just like the JPX it made me cross eyed.  I hit it well but it felt dead and the top line looked like a SGI. Yuck.

    Moved into the Titleist CB, and I would have Stopped right here.  I was hitting it so good that I didn’t want to try anything else. Average with the 7 iron was around 170 I believe with nearly 8k on the backspin with several different shafts. Around 120’ apex.. 50°+ land angle

    Tried the T100 next, nearly identical numbers to the CB.

    Tried the T100s next.  I compared them side to side with my T100s’, and they look to have figured out a way to hide the offset, it’s just a better looking club.  181 average 7 iron with around 5500-5800 spin, 110’ apex and 49° land angle average.  He said that this can’t be beat for distance and stopping power.  
     

    The shaft we ended up going to with these 3 models was the Project X LZ 6.5. Which is weird because it was the lowest launching and most controlled out of the lot.  I had these in the Blueprints and absolutely hated them, but in 6.0.

    Moved into the Taylormade CB, beautiful club.  Top line like a hybrid though… bye bye.

    Iron specs ended up being, T100s Standard length, 2 degrees flat, PX LZ 6.5 shafts.  2 flat really calmed down my lefts.  So beautiful in flight… 

     

    Hybrids: first rip with the G425 set 1° flat in 17° of loft was 255 carry, 278 total… absolute bomb.  This is where the dropping the 3 wood conversation began.  While he was inside getting the drivers ready, I hit my 3 wood just to see what trackman had to say… 266 carry 291 overall.  The TSi3 hybrid was pretty good, but the PING G425 won this battle handily.  

    Specs: 1° flat, Tensi Orange X

     

    Driver: well, you already know the outcome, but I was not expecting it.  My PXG could not muster over 262 carry today.  I was hitting it as best I could too.  Around 3800+ spin.  Next up was the TSi4… what an odd duck. Weird shaped.  270 carry was the best this saw, and around 2500 spin, really high too.

    The Rouge ST ♦️ ♦️ ♦️ was an absolute monster.  I could not believe it.  It sounds perfect. Looks great and it instantly gained 20 yards of carry.  Only an idiot would hold my grudge any longer. So rather than average 270-280 with roll out, I’ll be landing there… crazy….

     

    By this time I was super tired, it was 88° and humid.  So I hit my two wedges, and a full swipe with the 48° produced around 13,000 backspin, and the 54° was right behind it at 12,500 at 113 yards.  He was good with the gapping between the PW, 48, and 54 but said I could add another if I wanted to. So that’s where my 52, 56 came in. Since I’m dropping the 3 wood.

    Brandon recommend that I go with the same shaft in the wedges, and make them all the same length as my PW. We talked about and even tried to lower my ball flight with equipment, but he said he would kill to have the stopping power that I do. Everything is around 100-120’ in the air.  
     

    So… when I get to Oregon I will be ordering the rest of the clubs.  Bag will look like:

    Driver: Callaway Rogue ST Triple D Tensi White X 75g (STD) setting 9°

    Hy: PING G425 2 hybrid Tensi Orange X 85g & maybe the 3…

    Irons: T100s Standard length 2° flat, Project X LZ 6.5 3-PW

    Wedges: SM9 48°, 52°, 56° 2° Project X LZ 6.5 (F, F, M grinds) all at PW length.

    Cannot recommended a proper fitting enough.  I’ve been to DSG and used their launch monitor… it is a waste of time. Everything had a 50 yard slice.  

     

    Shankster Gets Fitted: A Story

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

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    Fitting Day:

    Woke up feeling like garbage, allergies are killing me right now.  Pretty sore all over, since our bed was moved last week, we are on an air mattress….

     

    Hopeful Bag Outcome:

    Driver: Something that hits Bombs and finds 50%+ of fairways.

    Woods/Hybrid: Something that finds more than 50% fairways and hits Bombs.

    DI: Sniper rifle accuracy, and trajectory.

    Irons: The most forgiving Workable club I can stand to look at, with the least amount of offset.

    Wedges: Something that I have confidence in looking at address.  Nothing higher than a 57° unless they flatten it.

     

    Sounds easy enough right?

    Shankster Gets Fitted: A Story

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

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    2 minutes ago, Sluggo42 said:

    Btw, I’m digging the 770’s more and more. Might be partly the Ventus red shafts too, not sure. I think the shafts get me more spin, so it’s enough. The extra 10 yds drops a club from the Hogan Icon blades, so the spin almost equals out. As always, everything depends on how well ya strike it.

    Yes, I do have an alternative plan.  Bending the JPX Tours or T100s 2° weak should eliminate most if not all of the offset in the 6-PW, and it will be significantly less in the 3-5 irons.

    Shankster Gets Fitted: A Story

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

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    35 minutes ago, GaDawg said:

    We have close to the same handi-cap and I am certain you will find some excellent irons that fit your eye. I have 2 sets of irons due to being a Golf HO.

    1. I have the 2021 Titleist T100s 7 - PW & T200 4 - 6 iron. The T100s are small has you have stated you like and very little offset.

    2. I just purchased the 2022 Cobra King Forged Tec Irons 4 - PW with graphite shafts due to some pain I was having in my joints. They are excellent clubs too, but have more offset and the heads are a little larger than the Titleist.

    As you stated, the shafts are one of the most important factors.

    Good Luck on your fitting!

    I might do something stupid and just get a set of the RF irons.  I can’t stop looking at them.

    Liv Golf Central Thread: Events and News

    in Tour Talk

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    14 minutes ago, jlukes said:

    Brooks played 3 majors in 2021 and finished T2, T4, T6

    Yep.  Too bad we are losing him on the PGA Tour.  But I get it, less BS to deal with probably.  Can play the US Open and PGAC… and I’m sure he will get invited to the Masters, and somehow earn his way into the Open.

    If there are more people leaving, I would imagine they will get OGWR points at some point.

    Shankster Gets Fitted: A Story

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

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    7 hours ago, D Mackey said:

    I have only one regret from my last fitting.  I was worried I had been losing yards to aging.  I made the mistake of saying that to my fitter.  I didn't notice at the time but all the clubs he gave me during the fitting were stronger lofted.  I love the feel of hitting my PXG irons and they are longer than my previous KZG irons.  The issue is I have lost my stopping spin.  The ball rolls out on all my new irons.   It takes to many options off the table for me.  I can club up for the yardages or move up a tee box.  I can't replicate the control of the ball I had.  This week I pulled out my KZG irons and put them back in my bag.  The results were very telling.  I could attack pins again because the ball just hopped and stopped or spun back a yard or two.  I love the feel of the PXG irons but the roll out takes to many shots into the green out of my bag.  It is hard to notice on the launch monitor that the ball is rolling out 10-15 feet.   I was planning for this purchase to carry me for the next 10 years.  I need the less stiff shaft in the PXG irons but I want to go back to my 4 degree gaps and standard lofts at least up to 7 iron.

    Heard that.

    Im telling the dude I want the smallest club that won’t completely destroy a round of I am having an off day.  They will be coming in from Elonville (space) no matter the club, so it is going to come down to consistency and my personal preference.

     

    Aftter looking at those Rickie Fowler clubs everything else looks disgusting.  Even the Titleist blade has too much offset.  I hate the look of offset.  Hate it.
     

    I have an ancient Kroyden 2 iron that I practice with. It says offset, but it is nothing I can see. The RF blades remind me of it, just gorgeous.  


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