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

[Josh Parker]

20 hours ago, jacobtwood said:

having not been into golf for long I picked up the cheapest muscle backs on marketplace to get me started, since then have picked up multiple wedges, a hybrid, a driver and some woods. stand out club in the bag though is my smith works 60 degree, the full face of grooves and the 10 degrees off bounce make it a dream to hit even for myself as an inexperienced high handicapper, it has beautiful weighting on it as well, this is brilliant as its just heavy enough that when chipping green side you get a beautiful feel for the ball. honourable mention is also my Callaway x2 hot 3 wood which is my go to fairway finder on any day, windy no worries can smash it low so easily, need to clear a tree of off the tee no worries. the control off of the face is impeccable.

Welcome to the forum!  

[Josh Parker]

10 hours ago, Marlin Dave said:

 

Nice!  Concept driver?  

Any details on it?  I saw you said you didn't hit it well.  What shaft is on it currently?

[BallsLeon]

10 hours ago, sirchunksalot said:

That's pretty cool! I like how it has the adjustments for the gates. 

Although I will say that black panther in the background of your photo looks ominous.

Haha he is a little bit ominous at times! He's like a sour patch kid, sometimes he's sour sometime he's sweet lol.

Plan to do an unofficial review for this training tool once I've had time to practice with it more.

[berkeleybob]

On 1/11/2024 at 10:19 AM, berkeleybob said:

I got these late last year. It was one of those “oh no, my feet are soggy!” on-the-course moments, so I found these while on a trip.

After buying them, I started to wonder, “Does Callaway actually make decent shoes?”

I suppose I’ll find out in a month or two when the weather is better.

 

Sadly, I ditched my Callaway Solana TRX v2 shoes after a couple rounds. They fit fine in the store and are clearly a fine shoe on the course, but I was lucky to be riding because they turned out to be too tight. Walking nine holes would have been murder, let alone 18. Looking back on some reviews it turns out that Callaways can run half a size small. Frankly, it’s embarrassing to tell people that the reason for my terrible round was on account of uncomfortable shoes. 

DSG had a really nice sale, so I picked up a pair of FootJoy Tour Alpha 2022 shoes just before heading out for a round. 

With the amount of water and mud on the course, let’s just say these guys handled the baptism very well. FootJoys are always so reliable.

[zayackylepga]

On 2/8/2024 at 5:19 PM, Owengeorge13 said:

I’m going to find out all about the Mevo starting tomorrow…I’ll keep you posted.  2hrs to charge!  

How did you like it? Seems like a nice price to get some of the numbers most people would like to know. 

[Owengeorge13]

14 minutes ago, zayackylepga said:

How did you like it? Seems like a nice price to get some of the numbers most people would like to know. 

Big fan so far, using it again today.  It’s on sale and you can find 15% off codes.  I do wish it had a speed training mode on it.  I saw that it did swing speed and assumed there would be a way to speed track on it.  Still trying to figure out away to make that work. 
 

so far it’s been great to look at some numbers.  I haven’t used the stickers that go on the golf balls yet, but the numbers seem to be spot on.

[Guest-0]

20 hours ago, Marlin Dave said:

Ooohh I like it!!!! I think he has a $ stamp too maybe I could get the head stamped with the green fill???  Between putters, guns and watches I could open a mall

So oddly enough after you made this comment I got a pop up from some obscure grip company that makes a bunch of cool stuff. This one got ordered immediately

[Guest-0]

11 hours ago, Josh Parker said:

Nice!  Concept driver?  

Any details on it?  I saw you said you didn't hit it well.  What shaft is on it currently?

Josh, It came with a Kuro Kage LE Tini 50. (S) which was super whippy and to me more like a SR flex it's advertised as a low spin head but my shot were to the moon and left  w.ith terrible spin rate of like 4200. I didn't have a shaft with a Titleist adapter around and wasn't going to make much  effort as I hated the feel and have no desire to compromise at all. Makes a cool thing to hang at the bar as they only made 1500 and you can't tell it ever been hit. So I think Taylormade and Titleist were gunning for a piece of that early PXG audience TM with their Tiger irons for 3500 bucks and Titleist with this thing for 1100 and I think they both realized that isn't their market

[Javs]

34 minutes ago, Marlin Dave said:

So oddly enough after you made this comment I got a pop up from some obscure grip company that makes a bunch of cool stuff. This one got ordered immediately

Nice can’t wait to see the final look of the putter!

[Fongle]

My new irons finally arrived!

Bit tired after a very long day of work, so just hit the one bucket of balls, but they feel incredible so far. The MB's especially are just ridiculously pure, and it's crazy how easy they are to shape the ball. Was hitting fades, draws, high, low, straight on command and it felt effortless. I also love the 10 iron, for reasons I can't quite explain 

[MattF]

11 hours ago, Marlin Dave said:

So oddly enough after you made this comment I got a pop up from some obscure grip company that makes a bunch of cool stuff. This one got ordered immediately

I have the Ohana from Sweet Rollz and really like it.

[DiscipleofPenick]

Well after getting another email flyer I pulled the trigger on 2 dozen Snell MTB Prime X. Even with shipping and tax it's $25/dozen. I really liked the pervious MTB-X, so the hope is that this is a very similar ball. Don't know if it will unseat my gamer, but still looking forward to it.

[Kevgolf]

Just Purchased a brand new set of Takomo 101 Irosn, played them two rounds already & love them, working on getting them fitted to me now, & will change the grips on them myself, it's something that i am getting into now, even offering to change them for friends or family. it's a fun side gig. 

[Rob Person]

5 hours ago, Fongle said:

My new irons finally arrived!

Bit tired after a very long day of work, so just hit the one bucket of balls, but they feel incredible so far. The MB's especially are just ridiculously pure, and it's crazy how easy they are to shape the ball. Was hitting fades, draws, high, low, straight on command and it felt effortless. I also love the 10 iron, for reasons I can't quite explain 

This may sound weird to most if you seasoned golfers, but what is a "10 iron" ?  I've never heard of it before.  Is it just a substitute for the PW, but not called a wedge?

[GolfSpy_BEN]

Just now, Rob Person said:

This may sound weird to most if you seasoned golfers, but what is a "10 iron" ?  I've never heard of it before.  Is it just a substitute for the PW, but not called a wedge?

It is a PW. Calling a PW a 10 iron or a GW an 11 iron is popular with JDM clubs in Japan. Callaway has “borrowed” the naming convention for marketing purposes.

[TJ Hall]

6 minutes ago, GolfSpy_BEN said:

It is a PW. Calling a PW a 10 iron or a GW an 11 iron is popular with JDM clubs in Japan. Callaway has “borrowed” the naming convention for marketing purposes.

Had a set of Harvey Penick irons that had 10 and 11 irons…always got some strange looks from people!

[Kevgolf]

In traditional golf terminology, there is no recognized club called a '10 iron.' Golf clubs are typically numbered from the driver (1 wood) to the wedges (pitching wedge, gap wedge, sand wedge, and lob wedge), with each number representing a different loft angle and distance potential. If someone mentions a '10 iron,' they may be using a non-standard or informal term, or possibly joking.

 

hope this helps! 

[hoppman]

I saw 10 iron in sets many years ago, 80s and 90s or so, just another name for a PW. 

[TJ Hall]

This is similar to the set that I had growing up…3-11, SW, LW

[tdroma98]

Demo'd a Titleist TS2 Rescue yesterday and used it again during this morning's round and loved it.  
19 degree Rescue, with Tensei 70 gram Stiff Shaft. The ball just jumps off the face.  It was really windy today and used the rescue club in place of the driver on most holes.  Very impressed with the club, so I bought it.  

The TS2 Rescue will replace the Callaway 5 wood Razr Black 19 degree, which has occupied my bag since 2014.  Excited about updating the clubs in my bag.  

Going to keep the setting at the stock 19 degree for a week, then try a stronger setting at 18 degree. 

[Dead Solid Bogey]

2 hours ago, GolfSpy_BEN said:

It is a PW. Calling a PW a 10 iron or a GW an 11 iron is popular with JDM clubs in Japan. Callaway has “borrowed” the naming convention for marketing purposes.

My 1960’s MacGregor VIP’s came with a 10 iron. 

[Rob Person]

2 hours ago, TJ Hall said:

This is similar to the set that I had growing up…3-11, SW, LW

Nice!!!  

Depending on who you watch, follow, or listen to, they stop at a  9i , (some even stop at 8i too!)and switch to degrees of loft for club selection right down to before the putter. And perhaps this is the hardest part in wanting to even select newer clubs. 

[downlowkey]

3 hours ago, GolfSpy_BEN said:

It is a PW. Calling a PW a 10 iron or a GW an 11 iron is popular with JDM clubs in Japan. Callaway has “borrowed” the naming convention for marketing purposes.

I always thought it was the marketing department subtly showing their predilection for Spinal Tap.

When you were thinking about hitting 10 iron but feel that you need that extra bit of peak height and spin… these clubs go to 11.

 

[Shrek74]

Well, I did a thing.

I don't hit drivers very well. Like, at all. I can hit my 3W just as far, due to the high spin rate of the driver. I'm guessing I do a lot of heel strikes on the driver, but I don't have a lot of data to back that up.

What I do do well, hit fairway woods and hybrids really well. I'm one of those strange people who love their fairways and hybrids so much, I wish all irons were hybrids (yes, I know there are some like Eleven that are all hybrids) or at least as easy for me to hit like hybrids.

So I figured, if I could find a BRNR mini, I'd grab one to give it a go. It's basically just a large 3W, and I love my 3W. I've been hitting a TM Stealth+ Rocket 3w off the tee at this point, so why not give it a go. If I can get more carry/total out of it while still being as accurate as I am with my 3W, it'll be worth it.

So I found one, and I bought it. Just came in today. I'm looking forward to getting it to the course, in a couple months.

[johngschulz]

5 hours ago, TJ Hall said:

This is similar to the set that I had growing up…3-11, SW, LW

I read Harvey Pennick’s Little Red Book annually! Always wondered how the irons were.

[Michael.Sandoval33]

5 hours ago, Rob Person said:

This may sound weird to most if you seasoned golfers, but what is a "10 iron" ?  I've never heard of it before.  Is it just a substitute for the PW, but not called a wedge?

When I first started golfing, my buddy brought up the elusive John Daly 0 Iron. I want one for reasons beyond me.

[TJ Hall]

9 minutes ago, johngschulz said:

I read Harvey Pennick’s Little Red Book annually! Always wondered how the irons were.

I really liked them…my dad put them together.  Started with just the odd irons with shorter shafts and then all once I got bigger.  They held up really well and really didn’t show any wear.  Had some Avon Chamois grips…first out they tore my hands up, at the end the LW was like a slick putter grip, but it still had superb tackiness to it.

[Guest-0]

13 hours ago, Fongle said:

My new irons finally arrived!

Bit tired after a very long day of work, so just hit the one bucket of balls, but they feel incredible so far. The MB's especially are just ridiculously pure, and it's crazy how easy they are to shape the ball. Was hitting fades, draws, high, low, straight on command and it felt effortless. I also love the 10 iron, for reasons I can't quite explain 

So Callaway and I just never really jived with irons I had a set of CF16s that I just never really got?? Never liked the looks but they hit it out of the park with those!!! To me that's the best looking iron of the year right there!! 

[Fongle]

28 minutes ago, Marlin Dave said:

So Callaway and I just never really jived with irons I had a set of CF16s that I just never really got?? Never liked the looks but they hit it out of the park with those!!! To me that's the best looking iron of the year right there!! 

I will admit to being something of a long time fan of the Apex lineup, I had the original 2014 Apex Pros from when Callaway took over the name from Ben Hogan and they were incredible, and then had upgraded to the 2019's which were good, but didn't have the same level of feel. The moment I saw a leak of the new '24 CB irons in Adam Svenssons bag last July though, I knew I'd be trying these out the moment I could. Actually did do a fairly extensive fitting and tested irons from virtually every brand, but these ones just performed the best for me still 

[Guest-0]

36 minutes ago, Fongle said:

I will admit to being something of a long time fan of the Apex lineup, I had the original 2014 Apex Pros from when Callaway took over the name from Ben Hogan and they were incredible, and then had upgraded to the 2019's which were good, but didn't have the same level of feel. The moment I saw a leak of the new '24 CB irons in Adam Svenssons bag last July though, I knew I'd be trying these out the moment I could. Actually did do a fairly extensive fitting and tested irons from virtually every brand, but these ones just performed the best for me still 

Yeah I just never really was a Callaway guy but I will be hitting these just to see if they feel like they look. My personal favorite all time driver was a Callaway. The original  GBB Epic not the flash just the GBB Epic was my favorite driver of any ive owned and it got stolen and when I went to get another I couldn't find one but that thing was lethal!!!