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    Built a beast.

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    The weight change in the LST has been a game changer! I’ve switched to a 6 gram weight instead of the standard 16 gram, and have seen an exponential improvement! Best of all I’m having no trouble closing the face, and my dispersion has improved along with hitting my preferred shape more often.

    16gram LST:

    158 mph ball speed/ 106-109 mph  club head speed

    6 gram LST:

    165 mph ball speed/ 110-114 mph club head speed 

    PING i59's

    in Golf Clubs

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    12 hours ago, GolfSpy_APH said:

    Sorry if I missed this answer already, but why go to the i210 with the 4 iron? Does it profile as a more forgiving iron then then i59? 
    I mainly ask because I have the i210's and do love them still (thank you MGS for that testing opportunity), but will admit I was under the impression the i59 was a more forgiving iron overall. I actually even moved away from the i210 4 iron to a 4 Crossover from Ping which helped get me the numbers I was looking for. 

    MOI on the i210 and i59 are virtually identical, I just wanted a larger head and the stronger loft (22 vs 23.5) for the 4. It bridges the gap between my U510 3 iron and the i59’s nicely.

    PING Custom Iron Orders

    in Golf Clubs

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    Nothing worse than paying upfront and then having to wait! I ordered a set i59’s(5-W) and an i210 4 iron with project x LS 6.0 shafts and arccos grips on 9/20. Received 10/23…. 
    I was in shock when the shop called to say they were in; I figured it be at least until Christmas before I got them. I’m glad I didn’t deviate from stock shaft/grip options as I think that’s what’s delaying a lot of orders…

    Should I be looking for an x-stiff driver shaft?

    in Golf Balls/Shafts/Grips

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    When I was fit for my driver shaft (Tensei ck pro white 60g) I was swinging 118. New swing, I’m down in the 106-110 range and hitting it farther than before. Same shaft, much slower swing speed, but higher ball speed and lower spin. I’ve tried some non x-stiff shafts and no dice, I just can’t control them. If you find something that works for you, I’d hold on to it. By all means, try others, but don’t sell your #1.

    The elusive Fairway Wood Unicorn

    in Golf Clubs

    Posted

    On 6/28/2021 at 7:33 AM, Kenny B said:

    Just curious.  If you hit your 3W "pretty well off the ground" and have to hit your 3W as a tee shot, why use a tee when you have trouble hitting it off the tee?  You should have, or can create, a perfect lie on the tee box without a tee.

    BTW, my wife has the same issue.  LPGA player Laura Davies never used a tee, even for her driver.  She created an indentation in the ground and placed the ball on the resulting slight upslope.

    This!!! 
    Hitting my 3 wood(G410 LST) off a tee just makes it spin more. Noticed a 23 yard disparity off a tee vs off the deck. Once I realized I hit it longer and straighter off the deck, I just started skipping the tee. 

    Built a beast.

    in Golf Clubs

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    I just bought 6, 10, & 20g weights for my Ping G410 LST.  Very interested to see how lighter and heavier versions will affect my swing speed , ball speed, dispersion and backspin numbers. 

    DQOTD: Altering Swing Weights?

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    @MiddlerGot any data for us to look at?How heavy is the shaft in your driver? Where on the face is your typical impact? Do you hit up or down on the ball with driver?  With my old swing, I was swinging left and down with a face open to path. (7 degrees left 2-5 degrees down, and a club face 4-7 right of path) all that equaled a fairly straight iron shot. Until late in the round when I would start squaring the face to the path and start hitting shots dead straight left. With a driver it was similar, but more exaggerated due to lack of backspin. Changing my swing path was the cure to this issue for me. Try hitting the exact opposite shape shot that you usually hit. For me, this moved my strike out towards the heel and made my miss a toe-y knuckle ball that would fall out of the sky. This was so different from my usual cut/power fade that I was encouraged to keep trying. Eventually I found the center of the face and my driving has gotten so much better over the last 25 rounds.  I think Martin Hall said, “keep doing what you’ve been doing, and you’ll keep getting what you’ve been getting.” 
     

    The most dangerous golf swing thought I ever adopted was that my driver swing was supposed to be “different” from my iron swing. Might have wasted 2+ seasons on this idea of trying to maintain 2 different swings.

    PING i59's

    in Golf Clubs

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    18 hours ago, fixyurdivot said:

    Those look great and only 4 weeks ARO... go buy a lottery ticket or dozen 😄. I just marked 11/29 on the calendar... PING Demo day at Desert Hills 👍.  I might get a chance to test them before that if Mesa Del Sol has them in the kiosk but either way, it's going to happen.  What's up with the lack of paint fill on the 4i?

    Let us know how they perform.

    The 4 iron is an i210…

    PING i59's

    in Golf Clubs

    Posted

    On 10/16/2021 at 10:21 PM, Thin2win said:

    Have you gotten any eta info on them? 

    Have not: I honestly have tried to forget about them for about 2 months, haven’t even called the shop yet. Was quoted 6-8 weeks…

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    How'd you play?

    in The Daily

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    Love fall golf: my wife shot her all time low of 87 Sunday, and I was no slouch myself! I took a bogey on 18 for a tidy score of 1 over on the day. Short game was on point all day including going 7/7 on up & down opportunities. Followed that up with a roller coaster round of +2 that included 2 doubles and bogey against 3 birdies. Why does it always take all season to score well? And then it snowed here today…

    More fairways = more greens/better scores?

    in Lessons, Drills, Mental Game, and Fitness Tips

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    I see no correlation in my game between hitting more fairways and scoring better. But hitting more greens? Absolutely. If I hit 9+ GIR,  I’m gonna break 80. For me to gain a tangible accuracy increase, I have to club down to 3 iron, so hitting 3 out of 4 fairways comes at a cost of 30-50 yards. Like everyone else, I’m much more accurate with a wedge than a 7 iron; whether it’s in the fairway or rough is of almost no consequence to me. I want to hit my tee shot as far as possible, and give me the shortest approach shot possible.

    PING i59's

    in Golf Clubs

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    @fixyurdivot

    just got back from my iron fitting: the I59 are legit! They are plenty forgiving for such a compact blade like shape. Feel? Amazing. Great launch and spin numbers as well. The only club in the running against it is the Titleist T-100.

    And since the project x ls 6.0 is a no up charge shaft in the ping, but not in the T100, for me the price difference 4-W would be $140. If comparing stock offerings the difference is $60 a club… but for what I’d be getting, (I210 4i, I59 5-W) vs T100(t100s 4i, 5-W t100) it’s $1629 for the Ping and $1490 for the Titleist. Granted, what closes the price gap is shaft up-charge, but $140 isn’t the end of the world for a set of irons you love.

    The 2021 Ryder Cup at Whistling Straits

    in Tour Talk

    Posted

    As far as why this cycle of current players favors team Europe, I think it’s more about familiarity with match play. Don’t know about the rest of you guys, but I’ve never played match play with my golfing buddies. If euros grow up golfing in this style, I’d say it is a natural advantage. Will that advantage continue with a new generation coming up for the American side? I’m hoping no…


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