[What Have You Bought Lately? (CHA - Club Ho's Anonymous)]

It took about a month, but it finally arrived! Taking it to the lab tonight; I love the blue on blue!

[How'd you play?]

Windy today but a gorgeous, 77 degree spring day. Also, I shot 77: 7/14 Fir 10/18 gir 2/7 up & down 34 putts.

[What Have You Bought Lately? (CHA - Club Ho's Anonymous)]

Picked up a dozen each of:

Z-Star diamond

Tour BX

CS xls

They’ll all go head to head to see which ball will be my gamer. Also in the mix:

ProV1x (last years gamer)

Mtb-x (2020 ball and my winter/off-season ball)

[2022 Most Wanted-Players Iron]

I’m not surprised that the i59 did well: Ping makes good stuff, period. I’m amused by the complaints about price, as I know I’m not the only club ho ‘round these parts. On a forum this hard-core, with the level of knowledge on display in most posts/threads, how many of us are playing “stock” or “no up charge” shafts? Those of us playing semi exotic shafts are more insulated against sticker shock. I wouldn’t  expect some rando off the street to pick i59’s over less expensive, quality sets from Titleist, Calloway or TM.  But for a ball striker looking for spin control, or front to back dispersion, in a non shiny, sexy as hell players shape? The i59 might be for you: But, as with everything else, the consumer will dictate the market. Personally, I couldn’t be happier with my i59’s; I’m a club ho and a total golf fanatic! Price was not a consideration for me, and I appreciate anyones situation that makes price a priority, but who among us wouldn’t buy them if they clearly out-performed other OEM’s cheaper offerings for you?

[Regional Mid Atlantic Outing-Open To Everyone Regardless of Location.]

What’s the humidity/temp like in august there?Hot’s fine, but humidity…

[Unofficial Review: Titleist Pro V1/V1x RCT Radar Optimized Golf Balls]

Good stuff @edingc! I’ve been using the rct ball all winter at an indoor studio using trackman, but I just stumbled on this thread. My take is that the trackman accurately captures spin about 95% with the rct ball. Like you, I find that at my 2 iron ball speed and up the accuracy declines, and I’ll start to see italicized spin numbers. As far as durability; both myself and my buddy that I split the membership with both have new irons( i59’s for me and p790/770 for him) so we split the first ball after about 2 weeks, and used a new ball every 3-5 sessions( each session was 2-3 hrs) My opinion? Worth it for anyone using a Doppler-based(radar) launch monitor.

[How'd you play?]

46 and windy today: played horribly. 11 over 83: 4 Fir 9 gir 37 putts Finally got my back warmed up 4 holes in, but my putter stayed cold the whole round. 

[Anyone try going with a lighter X stiff driver shaft?]

What head do you play @Tincup_19? Hzrdus smoke yellow TX was a horrible shaft for me in my Ping G410 LST, but the blue RDX TX was far and away the best shaft for me in the cobra LTDx LS. 

[How many different shaft models in your bag?]

Driver shaft - handcrafted Hzrdus smoke blue RDX 6.5

3 wood - Fujikura speeder evolution 7 tx

2 iron - Hzrdus smoke black 6.0 80 gram

irons - PX LS 6.0 

Wedges (vokey) and putter (Mizuno m-craft) are off the rack.

[2022 Srixon Z Star Diamond Official Release]

Definitely interested, the Zstar was a little too soft, and I hated the XV around the green. So I’ll add the diamond to the list of contenders:

Tour BX

Chromesoft XLS

-Prov1x

Mtb-X

[NFL thread! What are you thinking?]

So excited about the Broncos: the way we draft I don’t mind giving up picks for a serviceable QB. We won a championship with a shell of Peyton Manning, excited to see what we can do with a QB with more tread left on the tire.

[FS: Ping G410 LST 9 degree: choice of shafts!]

Bump! Price drop

[How'd you play?]

2 over 74 today: still waiting for my new driver , so I went without the big stick today. Didn’t miss it: 6/14 Fir 10/18 Gir 4/7 up & down 29 putts.

[What/How Did You Practice Today?]

Worked on the main points of my lesson this week tonight at the studio. This off-season has been an obsessive quest to hit nothing but draws: my theory being that if I play a cut/fade when I play, but practice drawing every club, my game swing will naturally become  more neutral.

set up: trying to keep my weight more centered: my tendency is to pre load my right side. My stance has gotten slightly narrow, so I worked on keeping my ankles under my shoulders.

swing: as i’ve worked on my takeaway and eliminating early wrist cock, shallowing my downswing had some unintended consequences: mainly a lateral hip sway away from my target. So I worked on the feeling of keeping my weight on the instep of my back foot, feeling like I’m screwing my leg into the ground. 
 

Saw a jump in ballspeed and carry: back to what I used to see when I was playing my AP3’s.

[Changing balls]

I try the same 4 balls every year, but I keep going back to the prov1x. Snell Mtbx is my cold weather/winter ball, and if I liked how it putted I’d be playing it year round.

[Back to Team Cobra]

8 hours ago, jon12 said:

Which shaft did you go with in your Cobra?

Hzrdus smoke blue RDX 6.5 60 gram

[Back to Team Cobra]

The new LTDx LS just kicked my ping g410 LST out of the bag. It was hands down the best driver I tried at my fitting!

[2022 Cobra KING LTDx Driver and Fairway Woods Official Launch]

LTDx LS ordered today! Went with the limited edition Hzrdus RDX blue tx 60 gram. Blue head and blue shaft

[2022 Callway Rogue Driver Line Official Launch]

Rogue max LS was a close runner up in my fitting: blew my gamer out of the water. Love the matte finish, and how it sits at address. 

[FS: Ping G410 LST 9 degree: choice of shafts!]

Up for sale as a finished club or just components is my used Ping G410 LST. Prices include shipping to the lower 48, PayPal or Venmo accepted.

Head only $175

W/ project x even flow 6.0 stiff 75 gram: add $30

W/ Hzrdus Smoke Yellow small batch 6.5 tx 60 gram: add $50

W/ Mitsubishi Tensei Ck pro white tx 60 gram: add $150

Open to reasonable offers: more pics/info available on request.

[What Have You Bought Lately? (CHA - Club Ho's Anonymous)]

Cobra LTDx LS with the limited edition Hzrdus RDX blue 60 gram x stiff was the winner of my fitting today! Close 2nd was the Callaway max LS. Didn’t think anything was gonna beat my g410 LST/ Tensei white set up, but almost every new driver did . There’s bomber set up for every club ho on the forum this year I think…

[2022 Mizuno ST-X and ST-Z 220 Official Driver Launch]

Can’t wait to hit all 3 at my driver fitting: the Z has me especially intrigued! Don’t know if anything will beat out my G410 LST, but on paper the Z is a strong contender!

[ESPN+ PGA Tour Coverage]

I happened to tune in today as Sam Ryder addressed the ball on 16…. Pure magic. The comments about how over-served the crowd was while pelting the green with beer bottles and cups after witnessing the 1st ace there in 7 years? Also gold. 

[Need a practice plan]

For free? Not that I’m aware of….

arccos has a section after your round about what helped and hurt you, and also rates your ability across a section of sub-categories according to sg again starting your handicap. 
 

 

[Swing Weight Question]

Was at my golf studio the other night, and some guys in the next bay over had an assortment of golf stuff: what caught my eye was a swing weight scale. I could’ve sworn my driver setup (Ping G410 LST/Tensei white tx 60 gram) was D6; ended up being E7.  I didn’t even realize the scale went past D. Question is, how heavy is too heavy? I’ve read before that D5 is the “ideal” swing weight for most golfers, but I’ve never felt like my driver swing weight was holding me back. Thoughts?