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Nice, quite hot but rolls true and stable...
Can't wait to get it off the carpet LOL.
 

Cobra Speed-zone 9degree turned to 7.5 /tensie white pro 60g tx @ 45.5
Cobra F9 tour 3w turned down -1d /tensie white pro 70g tx @ 43
(interswappable)
Cobra Speed-Zone 5w hzdr black 6.5 70g stndr
P790 udi 2iron /w PXLZ 6.5
Cobra King Tec Hybrid /w mmt 80g (will probably find a tx in 90+)
p790 6.5 pxlz p-4
Cobra MIM pxlz 6.0 50,54,58
Taylormade tp patina juno
 

Me too lol

As you probably can guess by the pictures, my bag has basically gone unchanged for the last 15+ years.  This isn’t one of those old school WITB posts where someone is just getting back into the game, so their clubs are ancient. I just really (really) like this setup and have struggled to find any reason to replace it.  That being said, I am sure I am well beyond the point of wearing every club in this bag out and am way overdue for a proper full bag fitting.  Enjoy!
Driver – Cleveland HiBore XL Tour 10.5* with Aldila VS Proto 70S, tipped 1”
When I say “if it aint broke”, I mean it… the only reason I ever put this driver in the bag is because the face on my Titleist 983K finally cracked back in 2006 (God I loved that club) and that forced me to get fit into something new.  I know that is ancient in terms of driver technology, but this driver still seems to fit me very well and I trust it to do exactly want I want, so it’s hard to want to change it (this is basically a theme throughout my entire bag and golf career).  It sits slightly open, but I can still comfortably draw it and my launch conditions seem essentially right at what I’d be looking for in a new driver.  
Fairway woods – 15* and 19* Titleist 980f with TT S300s
Other than my putter (from around 2001), I have been playing my fairway woods the longest.  I have had these 980fs with S300s in the bag since 2003.  I have tried countless times over the years to replace them when my buddies tease me about playing steel shafted old school fairway woods, but I have never found fairways woods I can hit as consistently and control as well as these (plus, they go plenty far and I like how they fit in my yardage gapping).  When I have tried to replace them over the years, nearly every modern fairway wood I have tried feels extremely light (and the heads look huge to me) and I struggle to hit them high and to shape them, particularly off the deck.  
Irons – Mizuno MX-23 (3-4) and MP-32 (5-PW) with Rifle 6.0s, bent 1* flat
I have had these in the bag since around 2005.  They feel amazing and do exactly what I want them to do, but they are definitely wearing out after so many years of playing and TONS of practicing off of mats in the MN winters.
Wedges – Mizuno T4 54* and 60*, bent 1* flat
These are the newest clubs in my bag, but they are completely beat up and absolutely need to be replaced.  I put these in the bag around 2014 and the grooves are beyond worn at this point.  Just waiting for the snow to go away so I can do some outdoor testing on grass and find some new wedges. 
Putter – Studio Design 1.5, 34” with Ping blackout
I have played around with other putters over the years, but always come back to my gamer.  It is from 2001 and has been refinished once before (I wipe it with a silicone cloth anytime it gets wet and occasionally otherwise to try and keep it from rusting up).  I have pretty much always used a ping blackout for the grip.  The hosel is bent slightly flatter than stock and I have a small amount of hot melt in it, so the club is a little heavier too – this club basically swings itself and it feels incredible. 
 

I have played Japanese forged irons for the last 20 years or so.  I just had a full bag fitting at Club Champion because at 60 years old I have lost lots of swing speed.  When I was last fit 10 years ago I had a 114 mph driver speed now it is just 99 mph.
The fitter was awesome.  He noticed right away that feel is everything to me.  He saw that I played KZG irons and asked me what I would like in a new set of irons.  I told him that a soft feel is number one and number two was shot making versatility.  I told him I love the feel of Japanese forgings.  I told him I have owned KZG and Miura irons but I just wanted the best set for me and cost and brand didn't matter.  I wanted the best performing and feeling clubs I could buy.  He pulled down the PXG 0311P.  I looked at him funny and he said we will use this to figure out the best shaft for me to play and then we would figure out the best head.  I hit about ten shot each with six shafts and then we knew what shaft I needed.  To my surprise I would be playing a graphite shaft Fujikura Pro 75.  I hit Miura's newest, KZG's newest, a couple Mizuno's and soon I realized the best feeling club I had hit was the PXG.  I asked to see all the numbers and dispersion pictures and the PXG had the tightest dispersion and were longer too.  Honestly, When I asked him to let me hit it again he smiled knowingly.  I was getting tired and figured the yardage would fall more in line with the others.  It didn't it stayed long and felt great.  The biggest surprise was the dispersion  tightened.   When I said we had a winner he said my smash factor was so good with the PXG's he wanted to stop as soon as I hit them with the Fujikura shaft but knew I needed to hit the Japanese forged heads to be sure I would be happy with them.  
I am truly happy with them.  They feel soft as butter and fly like a gun shot, I regained the yardage I had lost to age and lost nothing in spin rate, landing angle or playability.  The simple fact is they are expensive.  That said I expect to play about 10 years or more with them.  The price spread over 10 years is less than I will spend on balls in the same time period.  Money well spent, and at my age I have it so why not?  I have been playing them for a few weeks and had improved scores and twice broke 70.  They are workable with draws and fades, high or low trajectory.  
 

... OK, I made several changes at the top of my bag. 10.5* Taylor Made SIM Max, 17* Callaway Super Hybrid and 19* Taylor Made DHy. Still playing my T100-S but changed shafts from Kuro Kage Tini 105 s-flex to Steelfiber 95 r-flex. I have a wedge fitting next week but do not expect any changes (he recklessly proclaimed before changing wedges 🤪) and I am still using my Scotty Cameron Newport 2.5:



 

I have a SkyTrak at home and the numbers on full shots mirror the Z Star that I compared it to the night I tried it in terms of spin.  The difference on the course is the Gamer is way better in the wind.  I swear the dimple-in-dimple crap straightens the ball out mid flight and the ball just seems to go farther.  I'm mid 90s with driver and around 80 MPH with irons so I'm not crushing the ball but this ball just seems to work for me.  That being said my best round ever was with the Top Flite D2 Feel at $12 for 15 balls so look at the source.  When the MGS ball test came out last year I committed to only playing urethane and my index went up so who knows what works.  I'm starting to think if I do the opposite of what I read online I am better off.

The white is very nice too, my 12 year old loves yellow, so the yellow it was the logical choice for me.

I could not agree more with your findings - This is the best combo of distance, accuracy and forgiveness that I could find.   Only I love the White with matte black model.
 
 

... Last I heard they are to be released sometime this fall:

Equipment tinkerer. Usually just play for fun/exercise, walk 90% of the time. Mixed bag of clubs I love to hit. Half the time I play a shorter set and kick the 5H, 7i, 9i, 53 and 60 out of the bag to lighten the load. 
 
Bag:
Jones Golf Original Stripeshow Carry Bag
 
Driver:
Cleveland Classic XL Custom 9*, Oban Devotion 8 04 flex 
 
1H
Adams XTD-Ti 16* with Matrix Altus Stiff
 
Utility Iron
Mizuno MP18 MMC Fli Hi 22* Aerotech Steelfiber 95i stiff 
 
5H 
Ping i25 26* with Oban Devotion 8 04 
 
Irons
Maxfli Revolution Black Dot 6-9 irons, KBS Tour Black Nickel Stiff
 
Wedges
47 - Scratch 8620 DS KBS Tour Black Nickel Stiff
53 - Scratch 8620 DS KBS Tour Black Nickel Stiff
56 - Titleist Vokey Spin Milled 2009 KBS Tour Black Nickel Stiff
60 - Scratch 1018 Forged Raw finish KBS Tour Black Nickel Stiff
 
Putter
Nike Method Midnight 006 - Superstroke mid slim grip
 
Just bought True Linskwear OG Feels... incredible shoes. 

... The Speedzone is almost like a MB iron as far as center contact and sound. It has a very small "dead center" of the face but sounds quite different than a really well struck shot just a little off center. I tend to hit mine a hair high and toward the toe which produces that louder sound but when I hit it dead center, it sounds and feels great. Fwiw, I did not find the F9 as finicky for sound and feel but of course the Xtreme is much more forgiving. For me at least it is a small price to pay but ymmv ...

Been in an Extreme 9.0 for a few weeks now - Total honeymoon comment, but best driver i have ever played. The White model looks great too.