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HighFade  

HighFade

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So here's why I am no longer bagging the cool new SLDR.

 

Tournament day last Saturday. I decided to regrip my cool new SLDR. But alas, because of work commitments I couldn't pick it up Friday after work. So it's 10pm Friday night, I tee off at 8:15am Saturday morning and I have no driver!

So I went to Sports Authority (the only place open late) to possibly rent or buy a club. I had no real plan...

I told the kid who usually sells shoes and baseball bats my dilemma. He said the best he could do was sell me a driver from the rack. Resigned to buying a POS and hoping it didn't break on the first tee, I looked at what they had. Off brand crap for $79 was the best I could find. But he found me an RBZ in my specs for $99. So I pulled the trigger.

 

Tournament Day:

I took the wrapper off the driver on the range and hit a few. Not bad...

 

I played with a guy I had played a few tournaments with before. I remember him as being a decent player, but 20 yards longer than me. With the RBZ I out drove this guy all day by 5-10 yards.

With the exception of the 18th hole, I never missed a fairway, and I added 20-25 yards. I'll keep the SLDR, but I'm gonna bag this RBZ until it goes cold.

There is no spoon.

WITB
TaylorMade M3
Callaway Diablo 15°
Callaway Diablo 18°
Callaway Steelhead XR Pro 4-W
Mizuno TP-4 50, 54, 58
TaylorMade Rossa Monza Spyder

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HighFade  

HighFade

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I was just hoping to keep it in the fairway. But this thing's legit. The kick point is a little low for me, so I'm sure it won't do well for me in the wind, but with a different shaft, it's a gamer. And only $99 brand new!

There is no spoon.

WITB
TaylorMade M3
Callaway Diablo 15°
Callaway Diablo 18°
Callaway Steelhead XR Pro 4-W
Mizuno TP-4 50, 54, 58
TaylorMade Rossa Monza Spyder

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Mr_Theoo  

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Not at all! I thought you were going to say you tried the latest something or other and it beat SLDR. I was curious what it was. RBZ was unexpected.

M. Knight Shyamalan couldn't have written a better twist.

Driver:   :callaway-small: Epic 10.5 set to 9.5 w/ Tour AD-DI 44.5

FW:   :cobra-small: F6 baffler set at 16º

Hybrid:  NONE
Irons:   :taylormade-small:  3i 2014 TP CB  4-PW 2011 TP MC w/ TT S400

Wedges:   :nike-small: 52º :nike-small: 56º  :edel-golf-1: 60 º w/ KBS C-Taper XS Soft-stepped

Putter:   :ping-small: Sigma G Tyne 34 inches Gold dot

 

 

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fozcycle  

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Just goes to show you that the newest, best & brightest may not be the bestest.

Driver: image.png.6ba1c8a254ad57aa05e527b74c2e04ba.png0311 XF 10.5* w/Project X Cypher 40 gram Senior shaft or 0811 XF 12* w/Evenflo Riptide CB Senior shaft

Fairways:  image.png.80321f01fc46450b6f428c7daf7b3471.png0211 5W & 7W w/ Evenflo Riptide CB  regular shaft and Tour Edge E521 9W w/Fubuki HD50 regular shaft

Hybrid: None in bag at the moment

Irons: Titleist T300 5-PW w/Fubuki MV Senior graphite shafts w/Golf Pride Tour

Wedges: Edison forged 49*, 53* and 57* wedges with KB PGI Senior shafts(80 grm).

Putter: 33” Evnroll ER6R or  ER2 or Bellum Winmore Model 707,   or Nike Method Core Drone  w/Evnroll Gravity Grip

Bag: Vice cart bag(Black/Lime). 

Ball: Snell MTB Prime X, Maxfli Tour/S/X CG, Titleist Pro V1x or Titleist TruFeel

Using Shot Scope X5 and Pinned Rangefinder

 

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revkev ‎

revkev

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This is not what any OEM wants to hear. :)

Taylor Made Stealth 2 10.5 Diamana S plus 60  Aldila  R flex   - 42.25 inches 

SMT 4 wood bassara R flex, four wood head, 3 wood shaft

Ping G410 7, 9 wood  Alta 65 R flex

Srixon ZX5 MK II  5-GW - UST recoil Dart 65 R flex

India 52,56 (60 pending)  UST recoil 75's R flex  

Evon roll ER 5 32 inches

It's our offseason so auditioning candidates - looking for that right mix of low spin long, more spin around the greens - TBD   

 

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fozcycle  

fozcycle

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One our Budy a Trip guys broke his 7 yr old driver shaft on the 2nd day of the trip last week, so he asked the pro shop to give him a deal. He bought the Callaway Optiforce for $150. He is hitting it very well. I have not read much about it.......has anyone famed it?

Driver: image.png.6ba1c8a254ad57aa05e527b74c2e04ba.png0311 XF 10.5* w/Project X Cypher 40 gram Senior shaft or 0811 XF 12* w/Evenflo Riptide CB Senior shaft

Fairways:  image.png.80321f01fc46450b6f428c7daf7b3471.png0211 5W & 7W w/ Evenflo Riptide CB  regular shaft and Tour Edge E521 9W w/Fubuki HD50 regular shaft

Hybrid: None in bag at the moment

Irons: Titleist T300 5-PW w/Fubuki MV Senior graphite shafts w/Golf Pride Tour

Wedges: Edison forged 49*, 53* and 57* wedges with KB PGI Senior shafts(80 grm).

Putter: 33” Evnroll ER6R or  ER2 or Bellum Winmore Model 707,   or Nike Method Core Drone  w/Evnroll Gravity Grip

Bag: Vice cart bag(Black/Lime). 

Ball: Snell MTB Prime X, Maxfli Tour/S/X CG, Titleist Pro V1x or Titleist TruFeel

Using Shot Scope X5 and Pinned Rangefinder

 

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jpcgolf  

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Uh oh, I just got a sldr, but I think I gained a lot of distance from my 913 d2.

Driver:  Taylormade 2017 M2 9.5 degree head played at 8 degrees.  Fujikura speeder evolution tour spec x flex shaft tipped 1/4 inch.  

 

3-Wood: 15 degree M2 tour.  Fujikura pro 73 tour spec X flex shaft.  

 

Mizuno H5 2 iron.

 

4 iron: mizuno mp h4 4 iron dynamic gold s300

 

5-pw iron: mizuno mp 54 dynamic gold s300

 

52, 56, 60 wedges: cleveland 588 rotex cavity

 

putter: 34 inch nike method 00 half circle mallet putter

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TheHacker  

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I fear to think... do you know what this implies?  :o

 

There's no more "extra yards" to be yielded from the latest and greatest! 

 

I was on the verge of pulling the trigger and buy an SLDR, now this changes things a bit  :D

Now in my bag:

TM SLDR 10.5 Deg with Matrix Ozik 6Q3 S flex

TM VSteel 15 deg 3 wood

Cleveland Launcher Hybrid 18 deg Diamana Red Board Stiff

Titleist ZB Forged Iron 3-PW DG S200 Steel Shaft

Cleveland CG15 46, 52, 56, 60 Wedges

Scotty Cameron California Del Mar

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hckymeyer  

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That's funny Jon, but glad you found something that works even better.

 

I'm still gaming mine, haven't changed it or tinkered at all since the fitting.  I don't really feel like I'm any longer than I was before, but I feel like I have more control with it and I'm hitting more fairways. 

Driver: :taylormade-small: SLDR w/ Fujikura Ventus Black

3w: :taylormade-small:'16 M2 hl w/ Diamana D+ 82

5w: :cleveland-small: Launcher HB w/ HZRDUS Yellow

Hybrid: :cleveland-small: 22 deg. Launcher HB w/ HZRDUS Black

Irons: :cleveland-small: 5i - gap Launcher CBX w/ Nippon Modus 3 125

Wedges: :cleveland-small: 54 CBX & 58 Zipcore w/ Nippon Modus 3 125

Putter: :odyssey-small: Red 7s

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xxio  

xxio

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The original RBZ also had the weight low and forward. It just wasn't marketed based on that technology. It was marketed on the technology of being white. Strangely the original RBZ Tour did not have weight low and forward.

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