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HAC

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  1. Ordered a DF3 (left-handed!!!!) yesterday. Got it in black with the B alignment aid. Got a black Accra shaft. Got fitted on a SAM machine. Putted substantially better than with my current putter, even though I was using a Mezze stock to fit me that differed a bit from the custom DF3 I ordered with my specific measurements. Cannot wait to get the putter.
  2. That certainly is where I am leaning. I know what I think I need but I may be wrong. Frankly, I need help. I think right now that the only place to get there is with PXG, but I started this thread to see if there are other alternatives. I recently bought some PXG hybrids that I really like. While I was there getting fitted, I played around a bit with the putters after the fitting. I thought what they did was interesting, so I started this thread to help me decide whether to go back to PXG or whether there was another putter company I should consider. If I were right handed, I really would be thinking about Evnroll, but I am not so this is not a solution.
  3. Here is where I am right now. I have a light arc putting stroke and seem to like a plumbers neck shaft. But, I also llike a mallet putter. Cannot find too many of these off the shelf. Saw one by TaylorMade but did not seem to like putting it. Some companies have putters where you can mix and match heads and shafts (and get fitted for them) but the only one I see that does so for left-handed persons like myself is PXG. Might go for PXG (they have a fitting place about an hour from my house) but thought I would come here to see if there are other options. I have seen so are Edel and Evnroll suggested, and they would be great if I were right-handed. But, I am not and they don't offer this to a left-handed player. A couple of people suggested LAB, but from everything I have read center-shafter putters work best for people with straight-back, straightforward putting strokes. I could get fitted for a LAB putter on line, but cannot try one because the stores locally that stock LAB putters don't stock them in left-handed putters. So, my options for getting fitted where I can get a head AND shaft that work best for me seem to be limited to PXG.
  4. According to their website, Edel does not make Left handed putters.
  5. So far, the only one I can find who does this for lefties is PXG.
  6. I can see paying the price of a LAB putter if I got to try it and knew that I loved it but it is hard to do that when I have not tried one or even tried any center shafted putter. Which LAB putter do you own.
  7. Don't even know if I prefer or hate center shafted putters. Have never seen a left-handed one.
  8. I would like a mallet putter but I don't have a straight back and through putting stroke. Most mallet putters are face balanced and, through experience, I am not sure they are right for me. I have seen when I got fit for PXG hybrids recently that with PXG putters that it possible to put different types of shafts on each of the putters that they make. I also have been told by one of the pros at my club that with Calloway putters this type of interchangeability is not available - that I can only choose between the options that they make and sell for different putters - being lefthanded, for me this is a much smaller set of options than for you right-handed guys. Which is more typical? When I look at the big box stores, there just seem to be a fixed number of putter options - a small number for left handed golfers. Are there other putter companies (possibly some of the major ones where I can actually find the putters) where I can get fit like with the PXG putters? At the big box stores? At smaller fitters? [Please don't recommend Club Champion. I once looked there and their options for left handers was pitiful.] Or, should I just be thankful PXG has what they have and run there and get fitted - they have a fitting place about 1 hour from my house. Thanks for any help.
  9. I don't see on the specifications on the website the amount of offset and the bounce on the various irons. Has anyone seen this data?
  10. Adding to my answer, to me the most innovative clubs of all time were: Ping Anser Putter - heel and toe weighted putter Ping Eye 2 Irons - perimeter weighting TaylorMade's original rescue clubs - hybrids were brand new Big Bertha Driver - first oversized driver XXIO clubs - really light clubs for women and seniors This is a bit different answer that what were the best clubs of all time. But these clubs to me moved the ball forward and moved us in a large way to where clubs are today. I am sure I am missing some very innovative clubs and am interested in the thoughts of others. Unfortunately, I have never owned any of these.
  11. Is the T350 a replacement for the T300?
  12. Great play. I see you go down with the HDs through pitching wedge. Do you like them as well for shorter irons as for longer irons? I have been thinking about a mixed set as indicated above, but would love to have your thoughts.
  13. I am a senior golfer (almost 68) currently is a 12.5 index so am in a similar boat to you. I have gotten less consistent with my 6 and 7 irons over the last few years - kind of have a love-hate relationship with them (as soon as I am ready to replace them, I hit them really well). I have been thinking about replacing these two irons with hybrids but have never been comfortable enough to do so. Now I am thinking about getting Stealth HD 6 and 7 irons as a compromise. A TaylorMade rep came to our club a couple of weeks ago and I hit a 7 iron some on the range. Boy was it easy to hit. Really flies high. One of our pros said to me that he would order a 6 iron for me to demo and that I could either keep it or they would use it as a demo. I am thinking about this but want to try a few other things first when the manufacturers come to our club. My biggest issue is making this fit into my set. My 25 degree hybrid and my irons are about 5 years old. Although I am a much better player now than I was then (retirement is wonderful), I am pretty sure I would be fit for irons with lighter shafts than I was then. I think the HD iron I tried was lighter than my current hybrid and irons. [The TaylorMade rep recommended a Fujikura Speeder NX Red IR regular shaft.] I may be able to stay with slightly heavier clubs for my 8 iron on up, but likely would want a new 25 degree hybrid. I have Titleist irons now and like them so I likely won't make a decision until later this summer when (based on rumors I have read) Titleist comes out with new irons. Could replace my hybrid and all of my irons, Could replace just the hybrid and 6 and 7 irons. Could do nothing. We will see. I play in a senior group at my club every week where the prizes are shop credit. We have about 100 members who are part of the group and only about 30 play week to week, so there is a good chance of winning more credit (most events are based on net scores, with A, B, C, D teams, etc. so giving everyone a chance to get money - generally 12 players win something each weel). Because of something else also, I am already over $100 in shop credit and can almost buy an HD 6 iron for shop credit. So, waiting until I am comfortable to decide will make the clubs cheaper.
  14. 5. Pitching wedge and gap wedge (48 degrees) came with my iron set. Then 52 and 56 degree Ping Glides. Then 58 degree Volkey that I use as a lob wedge. 58 degree wedge has a steel shaft so if heavier than others (all graphite) making the difference between the 56 and 58 degree better. Next time, I would buy a 60 degree wedge with a lighter shaft, but I had the Volkey before the 56 degree wedge, which I got because I wanted a club with more bounce. It was supposed to replace the 58 degree wedge, but I found that for certain shots I wanted something with less bounce.
  15. Get fitted for everything, but take some lessons (plus at least two weeks after your last lesson) first. Do you have any idea if your lie angle is correct? Playing irons and wedges that are too flat could be causing your shot going right. Or the cause could be something else - your swing, playing irons that are too stiff or heavy, etc. Have someone good work on your swing, then help you select clubs.
  16. Thanks for your thoughts. I am a senior golfer and wonder about something like the HDs to replace my 6 and 7 iron. [I currently play a 7 wood instead of a three or four iron and a 25 degree hybrid instead of a 5 iron.] I have toyed with the idea of converting to hybrids instead of the 6 and 7 iron but then play well with them and decide to keep using them. I have a friend who plays Cleveland Halo irons but I am not sure that they are for me. The HD seems to be a cross between staying with irons for the 6 and 7 and converting to hybrids. Would it be the best of both worlds or the worst? I guess I would have to demo them at some point to see if I could find out. As for ego, that goes out the window every time I hit my 7 wood. Often get comments of good shot. Never have received a comment of how the shot did not count because I did not use a 3 iron.
  17. HAC

    Seven wood anyone?

    My #1 favorite spot for using my seven wood is on two holes (one a par 5 and the other the longest par 4 on the course) when I need a longer club and have a downhill lie and need to get the ball to carry over water. I find the 7 wood so much more reliable for getting the ball up in the air on a downhill lie than I did my 21 degree hybrid or do my 5 wood. Love the club.
  18. I have now tried the Bridgestone B X and the Bridgestone B XS. I did a personal fitting on line with Titleist and they recommended the Pro V1x so I tried it and the Pro V1 x left dash. What I found was that in the DC area March is a horrible time to try out new golf balls. Weather tends to be variable and windy. Greens are much softer than usual. There isn't much grass on the course and in the case of my course they put down sand in the fairway to help drainage during the season (we normally have clay soil here). So, it was really hard to tell differences. But, I found Bridgestone balls at $40 a dozen if one buys a three-dozen pack so bought 3 dozen B Xs. It will thus be my ball for the year and I will use up my various samples over time in bad weather or something. We will see how this works out.
  19. Curious. What were the parameters you changed to get the Maxfli score up?
  20. Thanks and yep. The Maxfli Tour for me was about a 91% match and the Pro V1 was only an 85% match.
  21. HAC

    Seven wood anyone?

    After getting a lot of feedback here and demoing some 7 woods, I got a PXG 7 wood last summer and love it. Hit it so much better than I did the 21 degree hybrid. Makes me wonder if I should next replace my 6 iron with a hybrid or something like the Cleveland Halo or TaylorMade Stealth HD. Always something to consider in my bag.
  22. Very similar to what I got. Got an offer by email from Ping for 25% off so it only cost $30. For that, I thought it was interesting.
  23. You get to do it five times and I have now done four of them making tweaks to my answers. In all four tries, the most recommended ball was the Bridgestone Tour B X (about a 96% match). Surprised me as I am 67 and certainly don't have a swing speed like Bryson DeChambeau. But, MGS recommended this ball as a balanced ball for mid swing speed people and the B XS as a balanced ball for slow swing speed players (it was my third recommendation in most the ways I did it (around a 92.4% fit). The balls I regularly play - a MaxFli Tour (2001) was 91% fit but the Pro V1 was only an 85% fit! Interesting. In one run, the Pro V1x Left Dash was the third recommendation at 93%. When I asked it to include some more value priced balls, it recommended the Wilson Triad (91.2% match) and a Srixon Q Star Tour (90.3%) match. In this run, the MaxFli Tour was only an 89.7% match. Even taking price into account, the Bridgestone B X was #1, but in this case (I assume it was downgraded on price) it was only a 91.7% match. So, I guess next stop is to try some Bridgestone B X golf balls. Anyone else do this? How have you liked the recommended balls?
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