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  1. Weights in the grip will make the heads feel lighter, yet.

    If you want to feel the heads, you should slap a few pieces of lead weight on the head. 

    Or properly increase the shaft weight by inserting the additional weight below the grip in the shaft, but this might also increase the chance of ripping the fiber of the graphite shaft.  Especially the light weight shafts with thinner wall.

    I'd start by applying a few wraps of lead tape just below the grip.

  2. On 6/9/2023 at 5:48 AM, RookieBlue7 said:

    No there’s not a universal screw because the manufacturers use different thread pitch and screw sizes. Hence the variable torque ratings. 

    This !

    Even the wrench fits the set screw, the actual thread pitch might be slightly different.

    You do not wish to mess up the thread because you'll be looking to get a replacement adaptor.

  3. 9 hours ago, AmateurStatus said:

    So I've been reading a lot about using a 3.0 swing tempo (i.e the backswing taking 3 times longer than the downswing) and have tried putting it into practice.  For wedges and short irons it seems to be really easy and the result is pretty good, consistent ball striking and predictable results (only tried on the driving range so far but will try it on course as well).  For longer irons the tempo seems to take a bit longer, maybe 3.1-3.2 but where I'm really struggling to hit the 3.0 tempo is in the driver which ends up being around 3.4.  Not sure if it's because the club is longer/heavier or what but the backswing takes much longer (from about 1.1-1.2 seconds with an iron to about 1.3-1.4 seconds with the driver) while the downswing stays the same for pretty much all clubs around 0.37-0.39 seconds. 

     

    Should I try to take the driver back more quickly or should the backswing go back less (i.e. rotate less)? I believe there is merit in a 3.0 swing tempo so would like to get my driver in this range.

    The driver is the longest stick in the bag and the wedge is the shortest of all full swing stick.  To maintain the same tempo of your core speed, the head of the driver will have to travel at a greater speed than the wedge.  

    Instead of trying to figure out the numbers which is easy to compile and understand, try just accelerate through the golf ball at your personal best.  

    Breaking down the sequence will help you understand what is, not a guide line for must.

  4. 1 hour ago, Patpott said:

    While I love listening to music I don't want it on the course.  I play on a public course and the occasional group will have it blaring so it can be heard as they play the hole behind.  I would hope people wouldn't find yelling on the course acceptable, so why would playing music at a loud volume be acceptable.

    Call the club house to have them send someone down to baby sit the group, or to give them the instruction of how to behave on the golf course.

    We had golfer asking to join our group on the golf course because they could not stand their pairing who curse loudly on every bag golf shot.  And we could hear this guy grumping a fairway away.

    We really should provide a brief 30 minutes lesson for the new golfers to learn the etiquette and proper behavior on the golf courses.  When something becomes more popular, their be a larger presence of unwanted elements.  What we could do is to educate and minimize the inappropriate element.  

  5. On 7/24/2023 at 8:37 AM, Frozen Spy said:

    Ok, I don't have music so loud that anyone outside of my space hears it, it's about respect for others, I understand and practice that.  What I've never understood are people who need complete silence to swing a golf club, especially on a public course.  The course I grew up on is in the middle of the city with a few holes next to a busy road, people would honk during your back swing sometimes, I guess it trained me to tune out the noise, so it doesn't bother me.  My biggest problem with music is not singing and dancing😁

    We all need to learn while enjoying our freedom and our rights, not to invade or intrude upon the others who are entitled to the same as you do.  

    We know this "me" generation will have issues decades ago, when parent s tried to be their children's best friend instead of being a parent.

    It is not difficult to act appropriately for the place you're at.  Golf course is not a place to have broadcasted music or even continuously loud conversation.  

    I have no problem with golfers using earbuds to enjoy their time, Not looking to socializing between the golf shots on the golf courses.  

    But please, don't be that guy blasting their earth shattering bass in the traffic with their windows rolled down.  That kind of behavior is for the young who had not learned their lessons yet.

    If one is not considerate enough to realize to respect the others, then they will have more issue in life than not being welcomed on the golf course.

    Think of the music could be an invading instrument when not wanted.  Especially on the golf course.

  6. 17 minutes ago, Frozen Spy said:

    I love having music in the cart, if someone is bothered by it I'll turn it off, or down.  Generally, respect others and keep it at a respectable level.  That being said, I don't understand anybody who needs complete silence when swinging a club, I mean I take the game seriously but if music is throwing off your rhythm, or someone talking in the background, your gonna need to learn to deal with that and ignore the noise.  Even the pros don't get total silence and there is a benefit to learning to play with distractions but complete silence, I don't get it.

    Behave appropriately at any place.  Golf course is not a concert hall, whether you understand it or not.   Basically, you're invading the space of the others while you enjoy your music.  If you can hear the conversation from the next fairway, your speaker will be invading the space of the others.

  7. On 7/10/2023 at 5:24 AM, Bill Lemke said:

    I am good with music on  the course! Started a few years ago and find it relaxing. We always ask our playing partners if the mind music and we keep the volume down. There are times we have music in each cart!

    If you can hear the music so could the others and a fairway over.  Golf course is a quiet space, and music could travel far.

    Use an ear bud, You can crank it up as loud as you enjoy.

    remember you are in a shared space where everyone is a paying customer.  The golf course is not your living room, so be respectable.  Not to invade the space of the others while you enjoy yours.  I don't know if any membership club allow for music on the golf course.  Most will even take away the cellular phone from their guests upon entering the gate. 

  8. On 5/9/2023 at 1:13 PM, Eds said:

    Could anybody help me to find a supplier that sells Whipping 

    Any craft store will have both the shinning nylon lines or the waxed linen lines ( for older clubs )  in vast selection of sizes and quantity.  $2-$3 will get you enough to 3-5 whipping need.  

  9. Tapered tip, but, Ping usually use a modified tapered section.

    Most the after market shafts comes in as paralleled tip.  If you saved the original shaft ( or the tip section of it ),, measure with a pair of caliper to note the tapered section so you could modify the paralleled tip to fit.

    Even if you purchase a tapered tip shaft, most likely, you'll need to modify the tip for the Ping G30.

    Trick is to sand/dry fit, repeat, and repeat.  Keep note on the insertion section of the OEM shaft, measure and dry fit the new shaft to match.

    Might take a bit longer for all the extra measuring and dry fitting.  Unless you pull one out of another G30 hybrid.

  10. On 6/23/2023 at 5:35 AM, JoeLooper said:

    thank you for the post.  these are good points.  I wound up in light graphite shafts, in an A flex, a tad longer and irons 2° upright.  and ultralite shaft in driver (<50g).  so i am hopeful we addressed the topics you raise. tx again

    It's a starting point anyway.  There is no one fix solution in golf swing nor golf equipment.  There is no permanent fix either.  

    I assume this young lady is a relatively new golfer?  Being Young ( fit) and relatively new in the game, she will feel having more control over a heavier and stiffer golf club.

    It will change after they acquired control of their golf swing to be able to advance the golf ball in a general direction with some idea of where the club head is and what it is doing.  

    It sounds like this young lady is quite tall for the gender which you have to fit her in an upright lie and longer length.  You might try men's regular flex in graphite if she is taller and fit.  

  11. 22 hours ago, AlexJ Rey said:

    thanks...I'm looking to replace my steel  ' Crankshafts '  with graphite Driveshafts....but before 

    I purchase the Driveshaft.....I was wondering if that could be done?

    Most if not all after market graphite shafts for irons and hybrids come in parallel tip.  I normally turn down the 0.370 tip for 0.355 application.  I have a set of Air Bear irons which came with graphite shaft, should be somewhere in the garage.  If remembered correctly, the graphite from the 80s and the 90s were a bit softer than today's.  

  12. There is a good reason why the rules allow 14 golf clubs in the bag for competition.  Changing loft and lie should be a method for fine tuning, not trying to change the character of one club to be the next.

    We're also using a quantitative measure to justify the ever changing element of golfer and the golf swing produced by the same golfer under different parameters.

    There is also a good reason why we all have the basic reasoning and logic built in from birth with training we could adjust and fine tune between the static measurement to the application of the measurement.

    Chasing the Holy Grill is fun, I admit that I had gone through the journey myself.  Quote from an old timer 4 decades ago when he was dabble into the Champions Tour ( originally known as the Senior PGA Tour ).  He said, after a lifelong experiment with changing the spec of his golf clubs, 99.999% of all golfers could do well just playing the OEM spec.

    I did not agree with his statement back then, and it's been a long but fun journey.  

  13. On 4/20/2023 at 4:35 PM, GirlDadGolfer0204 said:

    So I posted this on another forum and the ppl said to just do it myself. 
    I have a set of 2021 t300s in Aldila NVs 65gram regular flex. I just got fitter for a driver and my average s.s. Was 105.7 and I hit my 7 iron 170-175 yards. So I obviously outgrew my iron shafts. 
    mid like to keep the heads just reshaft with a steel 105 g stiffs 

    anyway I was told to just reshaft them my self is that a horrible idea for someone pulling graphite and has never done anything like that? So is it easy enough that someone with alittle handy skills could do it fine

    The way I look at this , If you're a hands-on person, doing most the chores around the house can change oil/filter on your vehicle..... you can do this.

    Investing in a nice graphite shaft puller will pay for itself after the first task of pull a whole set of graphite shaft , then you have the tool for the following years.  Tools also have value, so you probably won't loss your initial investment down the road.  

    Had you bought some of the tools a decade ago and took good care of them, you could easily break even or profit from selling them now.

    A decent manual puller/extractor is around $60-$70 and a hydraulic puller starting at $130.  I would up for the hydraulic puller if you could swing it.  The critical point of pulling graphite shaft is to separate the heat from the shaft ASAP right after the epoxy breaks down.  The hosel/adaptor will still be hot enough to toast the tip if not removed promptly.

    The hydraulic puller will apply constant tension which will drop the head when the epoxy let loose. 

    Get the one which you could change the hydraulic unit by loosening a couple of nuts ( unit is not completely welded onto the frame) in case you'll need a new hydraulic pump in the future ( $40-$60).

    By saving the shafts and resell/ reuse, could pay for a portion of the tool purchase.  Mathematically, if you are a hands-on person, and will stay with the game for the foreseeable future,  get the tool.

  14. On 6/6/2023 at 9:03 AM, JoeLooper said:

    Obviously, woman's clubs tend to be shorter, more flexible, and lighter swing weights.  But height and wrist-to-floor specs should produce similar club specs regardless of male or female.   And she has had more success with men's clubs than women's. 

    One aspect which often being neglected is the overall static weight.  She likes the heavier and stiffer man's spec but could she use those spec for a whole round?   Same as a few golfers told me that they could swing XS flex, sure, for a dozen shots on the driving range perhaps.  Not for a round of golf on the golf course nor for a whole bucket of range balls.

    Unless she is physically  built like a man with the similarity; I would modify a females spec to suit her.  Or, at the most, use a senior spec.  I had seen some very fit female golfers use men's regular in general with success and very few exception with them using specs in the men's stiff.  

    Remind her, it is not just swinging the golf clubs a few dozen times.  It is not a long drive contest with a few swings.  She must feel comfortable swinging the golf clubs every shot, all day.

    It is for you as an observer, and direct communication with the end user will get the best fit possible.

     

  15. For the hobbyist who will only turn down a few graphite shaft for your own use, I had always turn it by hands.

    The critical step is to check the progress and check it often .

    First use a caliper to measure the original OEM shaft, determining the length of the tapered tip ( 1/8th" - 1/5th " no more than 3/8th" normally ) .

    Score off the paint on the tip of the new shaft to expose the graphite.  Tape off the length of the tip which needs to be turned sown to 0.355" from 0.370";  Use a fine grid sand paper.  cut to strips to fit the section and hand turn it slowly.

    Trick is to take your time and check often, because you want the layers to be taken off in Unisom, and not over sanding.   Dry fit after a few turns and check more often after the initial thickness had been removed.  It really does not need to be taken off a lot to go from 0.370"-0.355"  Many will use a linen belt to remove the material, I prefer to take my time and hand turn it with frequent dry fit.

    Make sure the size is turned down enough for the tip to be fully seated in the hosel, -check with the OEM shaft for the original insertion depth.  It will take some elbow grease and some time. but it'll be the only way if you're not doing this with volume.  With your first try, may take up to 20 minutes for each.  

    OEM has those tip prep machine which will taper the tip in seconds.  

  16. Barney or any of the old crew members will not be involved?

    Then, it is a re-branding or a spin-off after the merge.  Still Taylor Made, maybe a secondary line from the same group.  I'll keep an eye on the development.  Still using the Adams Pro hybrids.  The Speedline Tech also finds its way to the bag often.

  17. On 2/21/2023 at 7:52 AM, cnosil said:

    I’d also add that they are widely used on professional tours so people think there is magical dust that makes them better so they want one. 😁.  

    The manufacturers been playing the same cards since day one.  Prop up the initial pricing ( perhaps to recover the cost from sponsoring the Tour players).  Make some noise in the market to announce the presence, either the action received the attention from the consumers or it'll fade away but comes back in another name later.

    They play the cards where the golfers favor to seek solution in the equipment.  Why?  Because it's a promise to provide a quicker solution. I believe the industry is gradually shying away from depending on using the image of the professional to sell their products.    This is one of the questions appearing over and over again in various golf related survey, whether the consumer's purchasing be influenced by the branding of professional golfers.  

    To survive in this highly competitive and involving players with endless financial backing.  The Boutique outlet will need to find a way to safely expand into the next stage or they will be crushed either doing badly or even successfully ( when supply could not meet the sudden increase in demand, which will kill the business as there was no demand ).

  18. 35 minutes ago, cnosil said:

    This was the knock on PXG and they seem to be doing pretty well and are appearing in more average player bags.   For those deeper into the details of golf equipment there is probably less Tour influence, but from my discussions and what I hear about golf sales, the pro tour has a direct influence on what people actually buy.   The buyer that walks into the store and buys what Tiger or their favorite player plays is probably greater than most people think.   

    You are probably correct in your observation. However, does this rule apply to the majority of the golfers who will be the majority of the consumers spending and supporting the equipment industry?  

    How many average golfers do you know who will tee up with a new ProV1 golf ball every round?  They all like to use the equipment which the professionals use, but would they be able to benefit from it and most of all affordable ?  Lets not forgetting the majority of the golfers are retired folks with fixed income.  hey golf because this is where they allocated their disposable income, not because they have plenty to spend.

    Most the golfers I know ( public facility golfers ) are budget conscious.  

    Yes PXG had been seen on the public golf course instead of being an endangered species.  Why?  The special deal with the military personnel especially with the retired veterans.   I have no idea if that sweet deal is still available, but BOGO deal prompted many to get it and sell the second set to recover some of the cost involved ( yes, even at a deep discount it was still out of reach for some of them ).

    One local group has many of the retired vets and they all turned around and resale their free second set.  The resale value of the PXG has dropped significantly since a couple of years ago.  The myth of holding the value had been busted.  It is, just another piece of golf equipment although it is of good quality and well made.  

    Question is, Where is the balance point for reaching out to most of the golfers for price point/affordability and profitability?  Since you brought up the example of PXG, now we start to see many of the boutique golf equipment companies mushroomed up in the last few years and it is a 2 billion dollar industry now.  Whether these smaller companies could sustain the necessary cost to finance the R&D for future expansion?  Or would they all use the stream line solution of the vendor in China who has access to use the super computer for computer Aided Design and production?  Pay a set of research fee and they will come up with options, select the preferred options and order the minimum quantity of components.  Assemble the golf components here as most of the large OEM had been practicing.

    This out-sourcing will shift the R&D to outside of this country.  It will take years to bring it back if there is ever a need.

    Do all the OEM see the end of the R&D since the current equipment has achieve near the conforming limit set by the U.S.G.A. ?  If so, then there is not much excitement left  in the future release of new models?

    Taylormade had broken the mold of releasing new equipment every 2-3 years to keep up the interest level of the consumers .  Like having a meal in a restaurant, instead of bring up a dish or two every 10-15 minutes, It spread out everything on a buffet table.  Basically killed the market but gave it a supercharged start.

    There be new golfers and those wannabe who will buy the same equipment the professionals use, but that will be the minority of the golfers in general.  Not many golfers I know would make the same golf ball used by Tiger Woods woks for them.  Cheap fantasy for $60.

     

     

  19. Average golfer don't get the equipment at no cost/low cost as the sponsored professionals.  exposure on the professional tour has little to do with the average golfers.  As pie in the sky.

    If we ask the "average golfers" to shell out $500-$1200 for a golf shaft, they must be either have plenty to spend or they'll budget the sum from other places in their plan.  No one I know will not spend this kind of money ( their monthly budget for golf ) for a golf shaft without blinking an eye.

    If they're trying to expand into a broader segment of the golf industry, they must secure financial backing in the first place.  Or they'll be selling off cheap to someone just as they had eaten the putter company.

    Best to concentrate either on the top 0.01% of the market at a high range price point of mass consumers at the 80% of the lower price range.  I don't think they have the ability to take on both at this point of time.

  20. 8 hours ago, Tom the Golf Nut said:

    Well the proof is in the pudding! My handicap was 3.5 after 30 years of playing. Now it is currently .8. This change is due to the fittings and equipment changes. So everything is clicking with this set up for me. I did all this over the last two years or so.  The G400 driver I got as a year old left over based on the MGS reviews and got fitted. I waited a year and picked one up. The 699 Pro Irons were last year from a wonderful testing opportunity from MGS which got me out of game Improvment irons and into players distance irons.

    I had never disputed the modern equipment help the game.  If the softer driver ( longer length ) fits you, then it fits you.  It'll probably not because of it fit in the general term but you.   Have you tried regular flex also with the shorter sticks ?  Probably should.

    I had seen golfers swing the driver differently than other sticks.  Not that I had seen your golf swing on video or in person, apologize for the assumption here.  If you look into the data collected from the given information ( as it may not be all truthful), most the professionals , showed different.   Not disputing your case, by the way , congratulation on the scratch status,  maybe you'll go to the plus side if you get fitted each new season ?

    Out of curiosity, how many rounds of golf you had played/ season while maintaining the 3.5 index , and how many rounds of golf you averaged to get to the 0.8 ?    Maybe, you deserved the scratch status long ago, had you had the same playing /practice time ?   35 years of golfing, qualifies you as an official golf nuts, and there are lots of us around but not many had achieved the single index status. 

    I'll check around when I have time to make sure my opinion on the stiffest flex one could handle on the driver shaft for better result, is still true these days.  Maybe the new golf shaft technology combined with the new head design will allow for tighter dispersion pattern for the drivers.  Honestly, I had no hands on with the new drivers in the last 4-5 years now.  Didn't see any improvements for the professionals except for the average distance are up in numbers.   

    One of the guys tested the New Ping G400 driver when it came out and he was very impressed of how straight the driver was.  He is still holding the same index after the purchase but, the distance and the fairway hits were improved from his other old ( 6 years ) driver.  Obviously technology worked, 

  21. 10 hours ago, puttnfool said:

    Dude, I said no hard feelings.  You can let it go.  You're not the first person I've see refuse to back up their assertions.  Have a great day.

    LOL, go play with kindergarten kids.  You, need to let it go and not post on my thread if you don't want to see a non-favored respond !

    Back up with what ?  If you want digital response, go get on the spread sheet.  You can input any number you wish and live the lie.

  22. 9 minutes ago, puttnfool said:

    It's cool if you don't wanna stick around and explain why that theory doesn't work in practice.  No hard feelings.  I just don't think many would do well with a bag where each club was stiffer than the next shorter club.  It just doesn't make any sense.

    It's common knowledge, and you're not my children . So sorry, do your own part.  I'm also not obligated to extend the conversation since I'm not on staff with the site here to generate traffic.

  23. 2 minutes ago, puttnfool said:

    First, what does that have to do with my comment whatsoever?

    Second, I'm not old enough to have followed Bobby Jones, Ben Hogan, or Jack Nicklaus, but I can be 100% certain, Tiger was never the longest hitter on Tour.  Maybe he outdrove a few guys here and there and maybe he led a tournament once or twice, but he never led in driving distance for a season.

    Read your own reply, we can only tell by what you stated.

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