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Les / NJ 15.6 Cleveland Launcher HB 145

Les New Jersey TaylorMade White Smoke IN-74 Fronline Elevado Slant Neck

Les/New Jersey Handicap - 14.6 Current irons in Play - Cleveland Launcher HB The carry distance of the your 7 iron - 145 Whoever is lucky enough to win will be testing a great set of irons from a great company.

I've had the HBs 5 - PW for about 8 months. Only regret I have is that I didn't get 4 - PW, an error that will be corrected in the next few weeks. It took a while to get used to lining them up square, but now I love em.

Les - NJ Current putter - alternating between Odyssey Havok and Rossie Right hand I like the feel of the Rossie but the rounded back and 3 sight lines makes it difficult for me to focus. The Havok's shape is more rectangular and is more appealing to my eye. I find the 370 gram head to be a bit heavy and the 3 dot sightline doesn't work for me. The slightly lower head weight and the single sight line looks like it might be exactly what I have been looking for.

Les New Jersey Odyssey Havok Weakness

Actually the reviews of the Launcher HBs on this forum were very influential in my purchase of them the end of last season. The reviews were very detailed and subsequent feedback I got after the purchase was very helpful.

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Les from New Jersey. Currently use Sun Mountain 3/4 sleeve rain jacket. No rain pants, put on too much weight for the ones I had. Got caught in a summer storm a few years ago furthest point from the clubhouse. Thunder, lightning and torrential downpour. Had to hide in an extremely dense forest area to avoid the lightning. Didn't have rain gear with me, that will never happen again.

Played 9 yesterday close to 40* and windy. If straight is your primary goal, these are your irons. Took me a while to get used to the face alignment, but other than that they were a good choice for me.

Sitting here waiting for the first monster storm of 2019 to hit the NE. November, most of December and all of January have either been extremely wet or cold. Was just getting really used to the HB Launchers in the few nice days we had in December. Waiting for some warm 35+* weather. They do have wide bottoms but are definitely not hybrids. Although not the longest irons out there they do what I wanted, very forgiving eliminating many of the thins and the fats.

Played last week during a warm but very wet day. Have to pay attention to clubface to make sure it is square not open. Conditions were poor but iron play is improving. Unfortunately, I am watching the snow fall with almost 3 inches down already. Don't know when I will be able to play. Monitoring of the irons will be on hold for now.

Finally had some decent weather today and played in an outing. Was very impressed with the HBs. Slight misses only lost marginal distance or were off line minimally. They are very forgiving and solid feeling. It seems that the problems I was having with them early on was what appeared to be a square clubface to me actually wasn't. I have never been a fan of hybrids and don't consider these a set of hybrid irons. They do have wide bottoms but they are and play like irons not hybrids. All in all I feel a lot better about my recent purchase and will provide a more detailed update after another round.

Gonna give it a few more rounds, weather permitting. Hit some really nice shots yesterday. If it continues, I will adjust 1 club. Good advice, thanks.

I have been able to get 2 more rounds in and am starting to see improvement. The trajectory and distance are good. My only issue at this time is the line is off to the right. My miss with my prior set was a pull or a hook. It will take some more time to get used to the HBs, if no improvement I might need to have the lie angles checked and possibly altered.

Semi-fit from same rep at two different demo days. Only modification from standard was + 1/2" in length. It made sense to me since prior set was 1* upright. Hit the range yesterday, I'm awesome off of mats. I will keep updating my progress even though the temperature has dropped to the 40s and low 50s.

Took them out yesterday for their maiden run. Will take some getting use to. Ground was still very soft and a lot of bare spots in fairways. Didn't play well in general, operator error not the tools used. Started hitting them better towards end of round. Will post update after some range time and another round.

Finally got my HBs today 5 to pw. They get their initial trial tomorrow am.

I went with the regular graphite.

It's is almost 3 weeks since my pro ordered the Launcher HBs. 4-pw was ordered with the understanding that if I didn't want the 4 iron no problem the pro shop will keep with rental clubs. Its pouring rain outside and the temperature is dropping in NJ. Hope they arrive before it really gets cold. Just wanted to keep the thread alive and promise to update once they arrive and I get a chance to use them.

Based on ole gray and Wedgie's reviews, thanks for all the details and feedback by the way, and my limited demo day experiences I just ordered a set of HB irons. Hopefully my results will mirror that of yours gentlemen.

Not much, there is a thread over at golfwrx, most info is on the drivers.

Sitting here with some courses closed due to amount of rain we have received, I'm wondering how well these work in damp conditions?

Does anyone have any info on Ping G410 line?

I was very skeptical of these irons since I have a love/hate relationship with my hybrids. The HBs play totally differently than my hybrids. I'm 68 and hit my 34* 7 iron mid 140s. These were just so much easier to hit. Probably go back to hit them again and order either 5-pw or 4-pw and get rid of both my hybrids..