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It really is a game changer to get the extra distance. However, i was getting punished on other shots because i was not accustomed to it. On a par 3, i pulled my 9 iron or PW a bit and didn't hit it flush so it was short. In my mind it was a safe landing area, it would be in the "rough" short of the green. In any other course that had green grass, I would have been in a great position just off the green. However, when i walked up to fine my ball, it was nowhere to be seen. there grass was also sparse in the area where my ball had landed, minimal grass and mostly hard brown dirt. My ball had rolled like 20 yards and into some bushes and my shot wasn't even thin or anything.

Being in LA the past couple of weeks and playing some lower end munis, i got a glimpse of what it is like to be a longer hitter. Back in the PNW, even up until June, it was abnormally rainy. So i am used to hitting balls all carry even with a driver and then plugged. In LA, the lower end munis, they fairways are cut short, but the grass gets brown and super dry. Had a 360 yard hole, hit a nice drive, was up the right side of the fairway. When i walked up to look for my ball, i was looking for it at around 250 yards from the tee and spent at least a minute looking, wondering how i could have lost a ball in the fairway. Kept walking farther and saw a ball, first questioned is that even a ball, and second questioned if that was someone else's ball from another hole where they hit an omega slice. Walked up to it, saw it was a Maxfli, knew no one else but me on that course is playing a current year Maxlfi Tour with the CG lines. Had 60 yards in. Distance off the tee is a game changer.

Sort of a good problem to have (those are solid distances). Wish i had that problem. How's the current driver setup working out compared to the autoflex?

Jlukes is a much better golfer than me, but I will give my opinion why i think the chipper will be a good fit for myself (besides the fact i like buying clubs). I chip like crap. The closer i get to the green, the worse it gets. I can execute ok sometimes with a high lofted wedge, but i know that my chances are better with a lower lofted club so i almost always try to do a putting style chip. I've been using a 5 hybrid quite a bit for chipping, but will also chip with anything from a 5 iron to a PW, but putting style. What I don't like about the putt chip is it gets the heel very off the ground. with the toe down, my chips tend to come out to the right of my intended line, i think primarily because my eyes get tricked by where the clubface is actually aiming when the heel is so much off the ground. sometimes it works well, but sometimes i aim really poorly. but my distance control is pretty good with this method. also, given my height and proportions, besides the putt-style chip, the best club i have chipped with is a 34" lob wedge. works pretty well for chips, but i don't like that length for anything more than a chip. so this Ping Chipr will be like having a 9 iron that is more upright and plays 34.5" (i ordered it -0.5").

You have had so many cool jobs in your lifetime. From my memory: DJ Actor Golf Instructor Quarterback (not a job but noteworthy) Anything else?

Me too

I always like early morning start, so im good with that

I'm down for Portland. @Vegan_Golfer_PNW

I haven't been able to make it to the PNW get togethers, but anyone from Western WA or maybe as far as Portland interested in a get together? Maybe one round some time this summer?

Watched this review on the Ping Chipr. The tester (the person testing after Sophie) they used is not the best at chipping, so its realistic.

if the forum demands a battle between chippers, i guess i cannot deny that test

I will probably just use the Ping Chipr and sell the Cleveland

The diamonds (or whatever you call that shape) on the right side where it says GSS don't look symmetrical

i ordered a cleveland smart sole 4 chipper last week without knowing the Ping Chipr was being released. after learning about the Ping Chipr, i also have a Ping Chipr on the way.

Forget about the swing issues and just buy some new clubs, that always makes me feel better...

LAGP, Fuji, MMT all have 0.355" options (in the case of Fuji it comes as a 0.355" and you have to tip trim to fit a 0.370"). the main putter shaft brand that i can think of that is only 0.370" is Accra. but yeah, definitely get what you are saying. its mainly Ping being Ping and having to have some different tip size and Scotty plumber neck's which use 0.355". pretty much everything else is 0.370"

you can sand down one of the aftermarket graphite shafts that fit plumber neck putters to fit that Ping. might sound like a lot to sand, but the tip material thickness on aftermarket putter shafts is so thick, you won't weaken it. i'm making the assumption your starting point would be one of the 0.355" aftermarket shafts if you going down the route of this project.

I think you need to explain what VHS is for some of the younger folks. They might not even know what a DVD is.

i'm on a family heirloom search

i am little bit bored right now, that usually means trouble...

are you talking about this shaft? made for TM ventus red shaft (although it has primarily black paint) specifically from the TM Stealth line

I would love for Fujikura to replace the breaks regardless, but there are two scenarios at play here: 1. The person who broke the shaft bought the shaft from someone other than an authorized dealer , such as buying second hand 2. If the person bought from an authorized dealer and is not getting the shaft replaced, the authorized dealer is not being persistent enough with Fuji on this. as a dealer, i got the "we don't normally warranty this type of break, but..."

Yes, I have seen a customer who broke his. But I took care of that and got him a replacement.

Not really thinking about new irons, but wanted to hit the Callaway Rogue ST Max irons, and I was at Roger Dunn in Santa Ana, so i was like a kid in a candy store. Man, those things have a thick top line, which i don't think is a bad thing, but holy cow are those things thick. I play JPX 921 Hot Metal which are definitely GI irons, but those Rogue ST Max and Max OS irons are a whole new level thick. No, i didn't buy anything. Won't buy new irons until I see whatever the new Mizuno GI iron and Ping GI irons are for late 2022 or 2023.

Played for the first time at a new course and it was a muni in the LA area. Overall, not a great score, ball striking was off for the first few holes. I was hitting my driver much further than normal because of how dry the grass was. Had to be at least 30 yards farther on average just due to the fairways been so dry. On one hole, 365 yards according to the scorecard (don't know how long it was actually playing), and my second shot I only had 67 yards in to the green. The reason my score was bad, two reasons. One was short game (chipping specifically). I've never had to chip off of such dry grass and dry bare dirt spots before. Figured it out by the end of 9 hole rounds though (9 hole course). Second was that misses that I thought were safe were definitely not safe. Pulled a shot about 10 yards left of the green, but I thought it would be fine, it landed where there should have been rough, but there was minimal brown grass and dirt, so the ball rolled like 20 yards and down an embankment. It wasn't even a thin shot, its just there was not really much grass to stop it.