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MrBandit

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    Rockwall, TX
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  • Age
    50-59
  • Swing Speed
    91-100 mph
  • Handicap
    8.8
  • Frequency of Play/Practice
    Weekly
  • Player Type
    Competitive
  • Biggest Strength
    Short Game
  • Biggest Weakness
    Approach
  • Fitted for Clubs
    Yes

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  1. White Shaft, strong tip, same length as my current shaft, CP2 Standard Grip. TM Sleeve.
  2. Shaft has arrived. Unfortunately range is closed and it's going to rain tomorrow.. so it will have to tested out in play on Sunday.
  3. TF shaft is out for delivery hope it gets here before the evening I can get out to the Range and give it a test drive before putting in play on Sunday. Saturday is a wash here, down pours expected all day.
  4. Took it out to the range this morning. 1st thing I notice how bright the numbers show in the screen and how easily is to see from 5-6ft away with no issues. Remote control super useful, just point and change the club, carry/distance, practice or just swing speed. NOW, I struggle to get position correctly, it says 5ft behind , it was having a hard time a first picking up the shots. Towards the end I figured out where to stand and swing away and it started to pickup the shots much better. The App on the phone syncs with the device and this gives you all the data plus spin rate(question how they get this info) but non the less the Data is there. I will take out again on Sunday.. since its going to be a down pour tomorrow. And see if the numbers improve or stay consistent.
  5. Well I have broken down and purchase the VC Swing Caddie 300i. I have been looking into this for awhile, but I finally did it. Looking forward to testing out tomorrow at the range. https://voicecaddie.com/products/swing-caddie-sc300i
  6. Continued my 3 times a week chipping and putting ritual. This is getting pretty consistent now. This was chipping from 25-30ft..
  7. Looks Like the TF Yellow+ was money.. Ball speed up by 5mphs compare to the other stats. Club Speed, Carry/Total. all look like a step up. I agree the fact that there was no specs to compare made it skeptical but this is by designed, so you don't automatically assume you belong on a Red (expecting that is like X-Stiff shaft). I wish I had to those numbers . Yikes.., impressive. Looking forward to getting mine soon.. hopefully in the next few days. I like to take to the course for a test drive before putting into Tournament play on Sunday.
  8. During the Fitting yesterday.. Colin did mention a couple of items of interest. 1. There is a new a Blue shaft coming out soon, this is supposed to be in between the White and Orange. 2. PGA Player - Collin Morikawa - is schedule to get fit in the next week or so. This could be interesting to see this shaft on the PGA in the near future.
  9. @Scottd88 Welcome to the area.. my home course is Buffalo Creek (even tho I don't play there as much as I should, but I do used the practice area almost everyday) Lets get in touch and play a round.
  10. I have the X5 Watch, and the band of the watch pickups the tag on the clubs, you don't have to TAG it manually. That is the one thing I love that, I don't even think about it.. it automatically does it.
  11. @tdc1 Apparently, once your data is collected on the pressure plates (its like a DNA for your swing) and according to Colin that Data will not change once you get into the Terra Forza shafts.
  12. Good Evening. Today I completed my fitting this afternoon at Tour Prove Golf with Colin Hamilton. Colin explains how they use the "Ground Reaction Forces" Data to determine the shaft that best fits your swing. As it takes into account your body weight, body turn, shift between your feet, plus other Data that calculates what shaft would best work for you. One thing that Colin pointed out was that they don't advertise on the site what is the flex of each shaft ie. regular, stiff, x-stiff. Because they want the "Ground Reaction Forces Data" to determine the correct shaft and not to be based on the flex of the shaft. After getting warmed up, Colin set up the pressure plates to begin gathering Data. My Drive is TM Qi10 MAX set at 8.5 Loft with Fujikura Speeder NX TCS 50. What I found interesting was that we only took 4 shots with my current setup to collect the algorithm. Colin explains because all users swings are unique the Data collected is like a DNA for your swing. I asked if he needed it to get on the plates again after getting the information on the recommended shaft. He said no because the Data would not change. After the Data was collected, it was suggested between the Orange and White. Colin explains that I was right at the borderline between the Orange and White shafts. We started testing with the Orange Shaft, 1st thing I noticed was how light it was specially in the tip. Even thou, the shaft weighs at 65 compared to my 50 of my gamer. The swing felt loose on the down swing and didn't feel stable almost whippy. And this was do to the soft tip of the shaft. Because of this we moved into the Yellow Shaft, this was stiffer and felt better, but still not as comfortable with this shaft. Moved on to the White Shaft with a stronger tip. This had the desired feel and the ball speed and smash factor numbers jumped up. Tweak the loft a few degrees up and down, but at the end we came back to my current settings of 8.5. At the end the ball speed jump from 135.2mph to 139.8/140mph with the White Shaft. Carry Distance jumped up from 194 yds to 211.7 yds and total distance from 221.8 yds to 227.5 yds One of the things I had noticed was that when I put my game shaft back on my driver it felt much heavier than with the Terra Forza. Colin wanted to know why the big difference and we found out that even though my shaft weighs 50 the swing weight is set at D8. Versus Terra Forza White Shaft weighs 65 but the swing weight is set at D5. Colin is getting the White Shaft built and will have shipped hopefully by the end of the week. After the fitting I decided to go play a practice round at a course and am planning to play in a tournament on Sunday. This way I can compare the numbers on the course if I get the new shaft before Sunday. Ironically , I drove the ball great at the course, and missed 3 fairways (just in the first cut). Average and longest drive, doesn't compare to the Trackman numbers distances. So now I am really curious to compare these numbers with the numbers of the new shaft.
  13. Played yesterday for the first time in a month. Not a bad round, decent front nine but I could tell I haven't played in a while. Got tired and was forcing the swing a bit. But I like what I was seen from my practices coming along. Maybe by the summer they will be inplace.
  14. Range session yesterday.. working on my irons and making a conscious effort to move my lower body first on the downswing. It's harder than it seems. Getting better, timing is off right now. But did see some improvement.
  15. I mean base on my 4/2 trackman numbers the bar is already low. It can only go up. Carry Distance Swing Speed Smash
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