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

[BallsLeon]

Picked up my driver shaft and 3-wood from proshop this morning. Had them trimmed and re-grip with Star Sidewinder grips.
Took 1" off both shafts, with the 3-wood regular flex shaft getting tipped 0.5". Finding this length a lot more comfortable, and the 3-wood playing a touch stiffer. Asked for the grips to be taped to reduce taper like MCC Plus4, size feels right. 

Feels good into the net, but need to get out to the range to see how the flight is looking.

[Michael.Sandoval33]

4 hours ago, Nemac said:

Golf Pride Reverse Taper putting grip – Preliminary Review by Nemac

By popular demand here is a preliminary review of the brand new Golf Pride Reverse Taper Grip. A little background on me first. I am a 58 year old male who has recently retired from full-time work. I am married to a wonderful wife and have two fantastic kids who have fled the nest now. I have played golf since my teens but, for the vast majority of my working life, I played less than 10 times a year which, as you all know, damaged any chance of consistency/improvement. Probably my most inconsistent areas during that time were driver and putting, followed closely by chipping. My iron play has always been pretty good.

What changed I hear you ask? I purchased a Flightscope Mevo+ during Covid as well as a net and mat and started playing SIM golf in my drive pretty much every day. This one hour a day routine has improved my ball striking consistency no end, as well as knowing my yardages/data inside out, and as a result I am now regularly breaking 80. I am now playing a couple of times of week on the course as well as SIMing the rest of the time. I have always loved technology and analysing data and the advent of all this new technology in the golf arena at a more affordable price has just pushed me to new levels with the game and increased my enjoyment of it. 

The one area where SIM golf lets you down is in putting and although the rest of my game improved massively, my putting still needed some work. Given my need for consistency and love of new technology it is no surprise that I bought a LAB putter. I went for the LINK 1 as I prefer the blade style and the DF2 was just too much of a spaceship for me!! This allowed me to have much more control on my putter path than I ever had but I still needed to deal with distance control. I have spent more time on the practice green to dial this in but 6 months ago I bought the EXPUTT which has been transformational in my practice. I now practice 3-4 times a week by spending 30 minutes hitting roughly 100 putts at different lengths and on different stimps and given it is on a TV screen and has all the data I never get bored of it. As a result I have now improved the consistency on my distance putting quite considerably. There is still green reading to perfect but basic aimpoint works okay for me. 

I first saw the new Golf Pride grip discussed on MGS at the beginning of the month and then saw it reviewed by several YouTubers such as Coach Lockey, who tested all three grips and compared the data on a SAM puttlab, as well as the reviews by James Robinson and Chris Dennis which were all really positive.

The Golf Pride concept is that the Reverse Taper grip is designed with a larger lower hand to reduce hand tension and help create extra stability for a more square face at impact. 

 

This concept intrigued me and when I saw the data from Coach Lockey’s review I thought I would give it a go as any incremental improvement is definitely worth having. Given how new this product was there was nowhere to physically test and feel the product beforehand. The only way to get hold of it this early in the release was from online stores such as Adore Grips or Golf Clubs for Cash. The Reverse Taper grips are available in 3 shapes (Round, Flat and Pistol) and 2 sizes (Medium and Large). I went for the pistol grip in medium just purely because I always enjoyed pistol grips in the past and I never like my grips to be too large given I have a M/L glove size. The grip was £29.99 incl delivery (roughly $38).

First impressions: 9 of 10

On the aesthetic front I really like the black, white and red colour scheme and this works really well against the black shaft of my LINK putter. This is purely personal and the colour scheme will not be for everyone. The downside for me is the lack of colour choice which does impact the brand compared to a competitor such as SuperStroke which has a huge variety of colourways. What I will say is that the grip feels absolutely amazing in hand. The pistol grip fits perfectly for my traditional putting grip of left hand above interlocked right. The top of the grip has a flat part on the side that fits perfectly into the fleshy part of my top hand.

 The bottom taper is extremely comfortable and definitely dampens down your lower hand. 

The textured surface of the grip is also really nice and soft and offers really good feedback to the golfer. 

Performance: 10 out of 10

The putter just feels so stable when you take a practice swing and appears to go over the same point on the ground time and time again. I have just started using the grip and have not even taken it out on the course yet. Saying that the preliminary data I have seen from my EXPUTT is very encouraging. 

 

I have tested this initially at distances of 25-40 feet from the hole as this is where I get increased dispersion in my putter launch direction. With my old grip, which was the standard LAB Golf simple midsize grip, I was getting maximum dispersion of up to 2.5 degrees left or right. With the new grip my maximum dispersion on my first 100 putts was only 1.8 degrees offline which is a significant improvement. 

Anecdotally I saw many more putts at 0.0 degrees with the new grip than with my previous grip and more of my putts just missed the hole than I have typically seen in a session.

Historically I have holed out about 10 putts in a hundred in this 25-40 foot range so a 10% success rate. With the new grip I managed 19 putts out of a hundred yesterday which again is a significant improvement. 

My initial impressions are extremely positive on this grip and I hope to see the incremental performance on the course. This is why I said it does exactly what it says on the tin!!!!

It is still very early days on testing (with a very limited data set) and I need to try it on course a few times to get a much better feel. I will continue to monitor my EXPUTT data and update you with more detail in the coming weeks. 

 

 

Great prelim review. I decided to keep my current gamer over purchasing a new one, but I am in the market for a regrip on it. Can't wait to hear how it feels on the course.

[GolfSpy SAM]

Just arrived!! Already a little in love. LOVE the dark blue top, headcovers are classy. 

Really excited to get these out tomorrow!

[TJ Hall]

2 minutes ago, GolfSpy SAM said:

Just arrived!! Already a little in love. LOVE the dark blue top, headcovers are classy. 

Really excited to get these out tomorrow!

Those are sharp looking…I’ve never played Cobra, but they have some really nice looking clubs.  Hope they work well for you!

[StrokerAce]

2 minutes ago, GolfSpy SAM said:

Just arrived!! Already a little in love. LOVE the dark blue top, headcovers are classy. 

Really excited to get these out tomorrow!

Going to have to update that signature!! 

Have loved the last several version of the Cobra fw woods. Not sure why I venture away. Have fun. These looks gorgeous.

[G-Ram]

17 hours ago, Josh Parker said:

Holy smokes!  One of everything!

haha ya that was kind of the idea! My work allows some freedom of time, so this winter, when I wanted to try these new Freeflex shafts etc, there was literally no one in town that could fit them for me.

So I thought, hey, why don't I start a business doing that etc.. so ordered the tooling and supplies, and should be ready to launch it in a couple weeks! So I wanted some newer models of clubs on hand that I was able to fit the shafts etc into for people to demo. Trying to decide now which launch monitor to get, so people can see data, vs. "well I think it went further than the last one.." at the range.

[Javs]

26 minutes ago, GolfSpy SAM said:

Just arrived!! Already a little in love. LOVE the dark blue top, headcovers are classy. 

Really excited to get these out tomorrow!

If they play as great as they look then you will be a very happy man!

[Rob Person]

Those are beeeeee-yooootiful!

[chisag]

32 minutes ago, GolfSpy SAM said:

Just arrived!! Already a little in love. LOVE the dark blue top, headcovers are classy. 

Really excited to get these out tomorrow!

 

... Awesome pick up! Cobra just might be the most under appreciated OEM when it comes to fairway woods. I made the mistake of letting my 81 yr old pard hit my Aerojet 5 wood and he hit it so much better than his old Callaway. I put an Aldila DVS 55 A-Fex shaft in it for him and he is hitting not only straighter and higher but about 10 yds farther, so I gave it to him. I just started playing a Qi10 5 wood and the jury is still out. I prefer the feel of the Aerojet but performance seems to be very similar. The hot new fairway wood from Taylor Made just isn't performing any better than the Cobra and I think that speaks volumes. 

[Josh Parker]

34 minutes ago, G-Ram said:

haha ya that was kind of the idea! My work allows some freedom of time, so this winter, when I wanted to try these new Freeflex shafts etc, there was literally no one in town that could fit them for me.

So I thought, hey, why don't I start a business doing that etc.. so ordered the tooling and supplies, and should be ready to launch it in a couple weeks! So I wanted some newer models of clubs on hand that I was able to fit the shafts etc into for people to demo. Trying to decide now which launch monitor to get, so people can see data, vs. "well I think it went further than the last one.." at the range.

Nice!  Congrats and good luck!  What's the budget on the LM?  

[Josh Parker]

44 minutes ago, GolfSpy SAM said:

Just arrived!! Already a little in love. LOVE the dark blue top, headcovers are classy. 

Really excited to get these out tomorrow!

Those look sweet!  

[Javs]

I am actually thinking of trying the Edison Wedges in 55 and 59 degrees cut -.25 and bent 1 and a 1/2 degrees flat. However, I would like to get the TT DG Tour 120 shafts and Golf Pride MCC grips. I understand if I call they can do the custom on shaft and grips. Has anyone tried to call them about a custom order?

[G-Ram]

11 minutes ago, Josh Parker said:

Nice!  Congrats and good luck!  What's the budget on the LM?  

Undecided yet, probably in the $300- $10,000 range haha (cdn bucks). No space for a sim setup at the house, and my office is juuuuuust maybe big enough for one?

So I'd need a side standing model, like the GC's, uneekor mini,  skytrak etc.. not long enough space for one that sits behind like a full swing or trackman etc.

[MattF]

8 hours ago, skraeling said:

Don’t buy golf equipment really anymore as I don’t have anything I can add, but this is now in the brewery setup…. Mmmm deliciously styled glycol chiller.

I take it you use their conical as well?

[skraeling]

2 minutes ago, MattF said:

I take it you use their conical as well?

Yarp.  Had an SS but sold it.  It did work well for several years but I wanted the better valves and triclamps.

started on one of these out of college haha so I enjoy being spoiled.  Though it grew ecoli and not tasty tasty beer.

[MattF]

1 minute ago, skraeling said:

Yarp.  Had an SS but sold it.  It did work well for several years but I wanted the better valves and triclamps.

started on one of these out of college haha so I enjoy being spoiled.  Though it grew ecoli and not tasty tasty beer.

I'm a bit more budget and use a Blichmann 20gl kettle and a Fastferment conical.

[Hosel_Rockets]

1 hour ago, GolfSpy SAM said:

Just arrived!! Already a little in love. LOVE the dark blue top, headcovers are classy. 

Really excited to get these out tomorrow!

I may be a bit biased, but these are some of the best clubs out there! I'm going into my 3rd season with the LTD driver, and 2nd with 3 wood. So far they've been great clubs, I hope they treat you as well as mine have!

[ILMgolfnut]

Nice @GolfSpy SAM!

Got to Greensboro with some time before my hotel room was ready for check-in and headed to Golf Galaxy. Played around with the PAR Golf 2.1 putter for a while, drifted over and grabbed a pack of Flatballs after yesterday's attack of hitting the big ball first, then wandered past the club repair area and realized I have a wedge that REALLY needed a new grip. So I paid for the Flatballs, took them out to the car, got that wedge out of the trunk, brought it inside and got a new Winn DriTac grip installed in about 5 minutes.

[Michael.Sandoval33]

2 hours ago, GolfSpy SAM said:

Just arrived!! Already a little in love. LOVE the dark blue top, headcovers are classy. 

Really excited to get these out tomorrow!

I am entirely jealous. I look at the LTDx woods way more than a healthy individual should and the only thing holding me back is that I have no clue how to swing a 3 wood and my current 3 wood will attest to it  

Be-yu-tee-fullll! 

[Josh Parker]

So I now have the heads, grips and ferrules for my build. Shafts arrive Tuesday and I can't wait to build my first set. 

[Josh Parker]

3 hours ago, Javs said:

I am actually thinking of trying the Edison Wedges in 55 and 59 degrees cut -.25 and bent 1 and a 1/2 degrees flat. However, I would like to get the TT DG Tour 120 shafts and Golf Pride MCC grips. I understand if I call they can do the custom on shaft and grips. Has anyone tried to call them about a custom order?

I think @Josh Ross works at Edison and could prob guide you thru the process. 

[Javs]

Just now, Josh Parker said:

I think @Josh Ross works at Edison and could prob guide you thru the process. 

Thank you. I was doing a search earlier and he came up. I sent him a DM, but nothing back yet. 

[Josh Parker]

1 minute ago, Javs said:

Thank you. I was doing a search earlier and he came up. I sent him a DM, but nothing back yet. 

I know he mentioned in the Edison testing that they can do it. Hopefully he gets back to you quickly. 

[Josh Ross]

13 minutes ago, Javs said:

Thank you. I was doing a search earlier and he came up. I sent him a DM, but nothing back yet. 

Just saw your message! I was coaching baseball, about to get back to you now!

[Javs]

1 minute ago, Josh Ross said:

Just saw your message! I was coaching baseball, about to get back to you now!

Thank you Sir!

[Wheelieb]

If you’ve been following along the past day and a half, my putter is just not performing the way it used to. Whether that be me or the putter itself is to be determined. But I did go and test out some putters today and think if mine doesn’t start performing, I may go with either the Cleveland HB Soft milled or Taylormade TP reserve M21. We will find out what happens I suppose

[Javs]

2 hours ago, Josh Parker said:

I know he mentioned in the Edison testing that they can do it. Hopefully he gets back to you quickly. 

Josh Ross is great! I encourage everyone that is interested in the Edison Wedges and want something custom to reach out to Josh. He made the ordering process painless and exact. Great customer service! Now I can’t wait to put these wedges into the bag!!

[Javs]

1 hour ago, Wheelieb said:

If you’ve been following along the past day and a half, my putter is just not performing the way it used to. Whether that be me or the putter itself is to be determined. But I did go and test out some putters today and think if mine doesn’t start performing, I may go with either the Cleveland HB Soft milled or Taylormade TP reserve M21. We will find out what happens I suppose

Recommend giving the Odyssey AI Jailbreak a try. Also do a putter fitting. I know I learned a ton when I did my fitting. Learned I was using the wrong type putter that was too upright. The change has been amazing!

[Preeway]

6 hours ago, skraeling said:

Yarp.  Had an SS but sold it.  It did work well for several years but I wanted the better valves and triclamps.

started on one of these out of college haha so I enjoy being spoiled.  Though it grew ecoli and not tasty tasty beer.

Love that set up!!

[cksurfdude]

4 hours ago, Michael.Sandoval33 said:

... I have no clue how to swing a 3 wood and my current 3 wood will attest to it  

Just saying and of course it's up to you how you set up your bag, but .. there's no rule that says you have to carry a 3W...

Many ams, myself included, opt for a 5W .. a little more loft, a little shorter shaft length .. can make it easier to make contact and get the ball going.