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    Cobra King Tour MIM Irons

    in Member Reviews

    Posted

    Love it - just what I was hoping (and expecting) to hear. I am planning to buy a set and keep for 3 years (and love to overanalyze all my big ticket purchases anyway), so will wait to hit all the new releases in the next couple of months, but leaning strongly towards these. They really do seem like a goldilocks product with no need to create a combo set.

     

    Cobra King Tour MIM Irons

    in Member Reviews

    Posted

    @chisag how are you getting along with these a few months in? Have the recent press releases coming from Titleist given you a wandering eye or are you sticking with the MIMs? If you could make any changes with the Cobra design team for their "King Tour 2.0", is there anything that comes to mind (outside of maybe a cleaner cavity which as you noted is purely aesthetic and not fully necessary)?

    Got Problems?

    in The 19th Hole

    Posted

    Not a serious problem in the scheme of things, but I completely melted in my two day tourney this weekend and it sure feels like one! My brother and I turned heads winning our flight in round 1 by 3 strokes with a net 64; we had a perfect ham-and-egg day and a couple of big par saves and lucky bounces. We had low expectations coming in, played loose, and it showed.

    Then on Saturday when expectations and pressure were turned up, I contributed on literally two holes as we shot a net 72 and came in 4th, when a 68 would have won it all and a 71 would have tied for 3rd. Everything from burning edges 3x inside 8', to lost tee balls (two 4-irons, a hybrid, and a driver, all left), to the big killer on three holes my brother biffed in an otherwise brilliant round: 3 brutal pull-hook 7 irons out of bounds, two from the middle of a fairway on par 5s and one from a par 3. While my home course is pretty tight with far too many white stakes, 7 balls OB set a new personal record.

    All in all, every area of my game that has been springing leaks over the last couple of months decided to come completely unraveled at the worst possible time and I have been fuming for the last two days. F'n golf! 

    Nothing but anti-left drills this week until a holiday round next Monday...get me back to the golf course!

    Titleist Launches the New T Series Irons: MGS LAUNCH INFO

    in Golf Clubs

    Posted

    9 minutes ago, TR1PTIK said:

    Not sure how I feel about this release. No doubt the performance is there, but I'd need to see these in person to draw a final conclusion on the looks.

    I am giving Titleist the benefit of the doubt that these look better in person but can see what you're saying. If we're judging just based on internet pics (since that's all we have), the i59 wins the 2021 looks crown IMO.

    2021 Upcoming Players Iron Releases - Heavyweight Bout

    in Golf Clubs

    Posted

    Callaway had a fitting day at my club yesterday so I stopped in. Apex pro still isn’t doing it for me in the 7 iron despite looking awesome. I really liked the x forged though. Longer blade length than my Cobras but still solid feeling, not hollow like the pros. More offset than I would like but I could easily get past it. 
     

    I did also hit the mb and wow does it feel amazing. Really wish I liked the Pros because the players combo (4-7 pro 8-w mb) would work nicely. No TCB on hand unfortunately, but those need to be ordered as a full set & probably wouldn’t work for me at the top end anyway. 

    Adding X Forged to my contender list.

     

    how often do you use 58* for partial shots?

    in General Q&A

    Posted

    This has been an interesting thread to read through - cool to see all the different approaches that people take. My 58 is the go-to, most used club in my bag other than the putter. I probably use it for 90% of my shots under 95 yards.

    If I am dealing with rough wind, a steep upslope/super fluffy lie, a longer bunker shot, or a tough lie chip that calls for some type of bump & run, I will go 54* (52* MIM Black if I am rocking my 3 wedge setup), but other than that I am pulling the 58 and not thinking twice. I even bought a backup SM7 when they went on sale so that I could have the exact same wedge for years to come.

    2020 Official Member Review: Titleist TSi Drivers

    in Forum Testing Reviews

    Posted

    On 6/2/2021 at 3:57 AM, Mi2vegasgolf said:

    I am new to Team Titleist with a TSi2 driver and am having issues cleaning the club face from ball imprints.   I have tried soap and water, Mr. Clean removal pads.   Any suggestions?

    Thanks

    Can't say I am having those issues with the TSi3, so not sure on a solution for you. A little water and my towel has always done the trick for me and I have put this thing through the paces over the last 8 months. Got any pics?

    Key to Winning: Switch to a Fade?

    in General Q&A

    Posted

    I spent most of the last decade hitting a consistent draw, with a swing flaw that didn't matter when my timing was solid, which it was for a good 4+ year stretch. Well, eventually my timing got messed up for a long enough period of time (this is in about 2018) that I got really sick of big pulls/pull hooks/overcooked hooks and decided I needed to switch to a fade. After two years of two way misses, fits & starts that ebbed and flowed with the amount of range time I put in and the types of courses I played, I abandoned that to return to my natural swing, but with two main adjustments: 1) course management:  I learned to hit a punch fade shot with my utility that goes 220 and is plenty of club for most holes with trouble left. 2) I work mainly on drills that mitigate my swing flaw (if properly applied) rather than really changing my natural swing. This is still a work in progress and my driver is not the same as it was a few years ago, but at least the worst is over. 

    TL;DR: I am now in the camp of don't go for a wholesale change unless you are willing/available to put in a ton of work/reps over months/years. 

    2021 Upcoming Players Iron Releases - Heavyweight Bout

    in Golf Clubs

    Posted

    16 hours ago, cnosil said:

    Been testing players irons the past few weeks and some of my favorites are:  ZX7, Titleist 620 CB, Sub 70 TAIII, Wilson Staff CB, and Honma T20V.    In general most everything in this category is good and I would game any of them as the differences are subtle.  Some have a little better look, some sound a little better, etc.   

    Did any of them surprise you with their forgiveness level? In my mind the 620 CB & TAIII are more demanding than I would be looking for (I.E. no more forgiving than my Cobras), but admittedly haven't hit the TAIII, Wilson, or Honma.

    2021 Upcoming Players Iron Releases - Heavyweight Bout

    in Golf Clubs

    Posted

    Couldn't agree more re: combo sets. I love that blended sets are getting to be more standardized beyond the old cb/mb combo, too. Srixon seems to have executed this the best so far, in my view, but you have basically all the big OEMs creating combo-able iron sets that have a similar aesthetic and an offset/size progression that makes sense, vs. just a couple of years ago when you had a hard time creating a combo set due to loft differences and/or major differences in topline/offset/aesthetics.

    2021 Upcoming Players Iron Releases - Heavyweight Bout

    in Golf Clubs

    Posted

    1 hour ago, ejgaudette said:

    Totally agree they look too slim for the the i210 replacement and might be a hollow body blade (is it a balde if it's hollow 🤔) to replace the iblade

    Do you have retro specs on your i500s? Might be able to just pickup the 7-w in the i59s when they come out. I'm guessing blending would be an issue if they were power spec'd but the pics look like they would blend nicely with the i500... 

    If the King Tours get released in black I will definitely just buy them in 4-6 to combo with my CBs and save some scratch. Seems unlikely since they already came out in copper, though.

    2021 Upcoming Players Iron Releases - Heavyweight Bout

    in Golf Clubs

    Posted

    1 hour ago, Kansas King said:

    In this category there is one thing that is almost certain in this category and many don't like to hear it but it's that there probably won't be any measurable performance improvements in new players clubs from the prior generations. Player's irons are too small dimensionally for manufacturers to actually make any material improvements on design. There are no other available metals that can be used on golf manufacturing that is denser than tungsten to move weight around and if a manufacturer isn't using tungsten in their design, it is difficult for them to be maximizing forgiveness in their compact player's head designs. This is why the Titleist T100 (and prior AP2s) has done so well. They are one of the few manufactures actually trying to maximize performance for the small head profile by using tungsten in the toe and heel. Some of the hollow-head designs help but the MP20 HMB is really the only hollow design that is close to having a true player's head profile. I'm not saying the other forgings are bad but if you want maximum forgiveness for the given head profile, look for clubs using tungsten on the perimeter.

    Agreed, if you have a current model T100 for instance, you aren't likely to see much improvement by upgrading to the upcoming replacement. Lucky for the golf companies, that doesn't stop many of us from buying! 

    For those who might be coming from a GI, PD, or blade-like offering, it's a different story. In my case I have a very small players CB that, while relatively forgiving for what it is with the use of tungsten plugs in the toe and sole, is still really small! I think I can find measurable gains with a new set, at least in the 4-6 irons where a longer blade length and more liberal use of tungsten would give me a bit better dispersion when I miss the dead nuts center of the club face.

    2021 Upcoming Players Iron Releases - Heavyweight Bout

    in Golf Clubs

    Posted

    2 hours ago, juspoole said:

    I'll likely be in the market later this year/next year.  Will be moving from my Mizuno MP 18 SC.  On the fence since I'm a Lefty, I don't think Mizuno offers the split cavity any longer which I really enjoy.  I'll do the club champion fitting most likely to have all shafts/heads available and do my best to diary everything afterwards.

    I hit the ZX7's for the first time yesterday and was a bit underwhelmed by the feel compared to my current gamers.  The shaft was not the right fit either with a modus 120 stiff, my numbers were not optimal.  I'll give them another run, but through about 20 shots, I didn't think, "I have to have these".   I actually liked the Callaway irons I hit the other day at a demo day a bit better.

    Ah, lefty adds an annoying wrinkle I'm sure. I am not a Modus 120 guy and disliked both the King Tour and the ZX7 when I demoed with that shaft, but liked the feel of both heads A LOT more with other shafts FWIW. I don't know enough to say exactly why, but in the Modus family the 125 line seems much better-suited to my swing than the 120.

    @SlikHands Nice! It's great to have a clear winner coming out of a fitting. I played the iE1s before my Cobras but I never got fitted for them so unfortunately never gave them their best chance to stick in my bag (bought on eBay in my pre-MGS enlightenment days). Now I am looking for a goldilocks between the tiny Cobras and the more forgiving iE1s.

    @ejgaudette I don't know anything for sure but would agree the i210 seems likely to stick around as the i59s look like more of an iBlade replacement:

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