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

[Rickp]

So Christmas this year is a bit of a hodgepodge for my wife and I with going on vacation right after Thanksgiving and my job situation. I got my wife a few things and we decided to head to Manhattan after Christmas and do some shopping. Despite this she found the one putter that I have wanted since I got into Cameron’s over 20 years ago. Today a new in plastic Inspired by Brad Faxon arrived at my house and she could not wait to let me open it.

A little of a back story. When I first started getting into Scotty putters this was the one I always wanted and when they were available I never had the funds available. Over the years I just let it pass and never looked to buy one. Somehow my wife (not a golfer) remembered this and ordered it for me off eBay knowing how much I always wanted one. I think she may be a keeper after close to 20 years of marriage.


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Does she have a much, much older sister
Seriously that’s awesome, Congratulations


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[Jmikecpa]

Does she have a much, much older sister
Seriously that’s awesome, Congratulations


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Thanks. She is the oldest of her siblings unfortunately.


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[mr.hicksta]

Fancy ass MGS/Fujikura alignment sticks are in hand and in the bag!

 

[Jmikecpa]

Fancy ass MGS/Fujikura alignment sticks are in hand and in the bag!
 

Nice. Mine arrived this morning as well.


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[cksurfdude]

Holy Rocket Launcher, GolfMan!

 

TEE EXS 3W/HL (17° so kinda like a 4W). This thing has a *solid* THWACK on impact and wow sends the ball! Has a Tensei CK Blue shaft which seems to fit me (have the same shaft in my F8 driver).

 

Strongly suggest anyone remotely curious about Exotics woods try one! They're clearing out older models for under $100, too.

[GolfSpy MPR]

I keep tweaking my wedge setup. On the SkyTrak, I have a persistent issue hitting the 100-115 gap. My SW (at 54°) tops out around 90-95 on a full swing. But I struggle to get my 50° GW to go much further. My PW (in the G700) is typically good for 120.

There may be a SkyTrak issue here, but there's at least some support for this gap on the course. Here's my accuracy numbers for the last 15 rounds I tracked from 125-150 yards:

Not awesome, but relatively consistently in distance control. But here are the numbers from 100-125:

While in both sets of data, I'm missing 13% short, the plotting of the shots on the 100-125 seems to indicate that the short shots are missing shorter.

So in my continued quest to fit myself by examining my data and figuring out what should work, I ordered a used (very good) Cleveland CBX 48° wedge to replace the 50°. With a discount code, it was under $70 shipped, so I think it's a good risk. This should make some sense in terms of set makeup. The G700 PW is 44°, and the G700s are rocket launchers. Given that, going 44°/48°/54°/60° should provide some pretty consistent gapping.

[THEZIPR23]

Won some money playing FF this year. So I bough my self a Christmas present.

[sirchunksalot]

Won some money playing FF this year. So I bough my self a Christmas present.

That is awesome! Have fun with it and can't wait to hear what you think of it.

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[Wedgie]

Won some money playing FF this year. So I bough my self a Christmas present.

Cool, enjoy! I got one for the “family” and fired it up for the first time yesterday. It was a 5 beer setup with the net and the mat I got. Hit about 100 balls and it is a ton of fun.


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[THEZIPR23]

1 hour ago, Wedgie said:

 

Cool, enjoy! I got one for the “family” and fired it up for the first time yesterday. It was a 5 beer setup with the net and the mat I got. Hit about 100 balls and it is a ton of fun.


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Awesome. Got any pics?
Mine will be a little bit before I get full indoor setup. Looking at retractable screen due to the fact that the only ceiling tall enough is in same room as front door. 

[THEZIPR23]

On 12/12/2019 at 10:11 AM, THEZIPR23 said:

Big Moss Augusta green. 

Got this all setup. It rolls sweet!!

[edingc]

10 hours ago, sirchunksalot said:

That is awesome! Have fun with it and can't wait to hear what you think of it.

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I'm very curious to hear your review, especially since a lot of the comments I've seen is that it's inaccurate with higher swing speed players. Of course, that's assuming you have a big enough room to swing driver in...

I keep hoping there will be some new release at the PGA show that will either drive the Skytrak down in price a bit or offer a $1k alternative with the same features.

[edingc]

Gapping session a few weeks ago showed I struggle to get the needed launch on the Maltby PTM 4 iron. Fitter recommended trying a hybrid at the same loft (22 degrees), which should give me more launch and distance and improve the gapping between 3 wood and 5 iron. 

Found the F8 head new in plastic from ProClubs on eBay for $50, and I knew I liked the SteelFiber profile from my iron fitting, so I went with a 95 gram iron shaft. At 39.5", it will work out to play at D2. Also, Star Sidewinders are amazing.

Between the head, matching headcover (eBay), shaft, grip (already had) and collared ferrules (eBay), I think I have about $110 invested. Not too awful considering the shaft is not something I would have found in a hybrid otherwise. I had looked at Titleist 818s and they still run about that much used, and building something from Golfworks wouldn't have been a ton cheaper either.

The 4 iron would almost have never been used at my home course anyway (once?), the hybrid is much more versatile and could potentially be used for five shots a round.

It's all epoxied now and will be heading to the range Saturday morning for its maiden voyage. 

[Wedgie]

Awesome. Got any pics?
Mine will be a little bit before I get full indoor setup. Looking at retractable screen due to the fact that the only ceiling tall enough is in same room as front door. 

I’ll try to remember to take some pics tomorrow. I looked at The retractable screen but went with just a net and no screen with a monitor. I hit about 500 balls today and I am so much better after drinking beers. Instead of hitting the range before a round I need to hit the bar.


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[sirchunksalot]

I’ll try to remember to take some pics tomorrow. I looked at The retractable screen but went with just a net and no screen with a monitor. I hit about 500 balls today and I am so much better after drinking beers. Instead of hitting the range before a round I need to hit the bar.


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Tomorrow.....


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[Wedgie]

Tomorrow.....


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No such luck. Walked 9 at Pebble Beach. Game on THEZIPR23.




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[THEZIPR23]

29 minutes ago, Wedgie said:

 

No such luck. Walked 9 at Pebble Beach. Game on THEZIPR23.




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This whole waiting for delivery thing is a bunch of crap. Why cant it just be here already!!???

And you sure you want to take me on?? How long did it take you to play 9 with 700+ shots?? 3 days?

[Wedgie]

This whole waiting for delivery thing is a bunch of crap. Why cant it just be here already!!???
And you sure you want to take me on?? How long did it take you to play 9 with 700+ shots?? 3 days?

Yep, the wait is the hardest part. I just figured out how to connect the Skytrak to my internet so I can play on courses. That is the closest to the pin challenge and I’m not sure how it calculates a score and I didn’t do well but I am the leader in the clubhouse.


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[russtopherb]

Bought 2 dozen Q Star Tours at the $19.99 clearance price with some Christmas gift cards.

When I can't play during winter, I tend to buy a lot of stuff... 

[Rickp]

Bought 2 dozen Q Star Tours at the $19.99 clearance price with some Christmas gift cards.
When I can't play during winter, I tend to buy a lot of stuff... 

I bought a few dozen Q Star Tours during the summer for the same price, they’re pretty decent.


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[Rickp]

Bought 2 dozen Q Star Tours at the $19.99 clearance price with some Christmas gift cards.
When I can't play during winter, I tend to buy a lot of stuff... 

I tend to buy golf stuff because it’s there. I have a leaky filter.


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[PAgolfer2017]

Not really a club purchase but found Danbury Mint made models of 9 golf holes. First of three arrived today. Just gotta find the other 6!


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[cnosil]

2 hours ago, PAgolfer2017 said:

Not really a club purchase but found Danbury Mint made models of 9 golf holes. First of three arrived today. Just gotta find the other 6!


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Pretty cool.   Looked them up after your post.  Found several on amazon:  https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+Danbury+Mint+Legendary+Golf+Holes&ref=bl_dp_s_web_0

 

[PAgolfer2017]

Pretty cool.   Looked them up after your post.  Found several on amazon:  https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+Danbury+Mint+Legendary+Golf+Holes&ref=bl_dp_s_web_0
 

Yea I found them there but don’t want to pay that price lol


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[mr.hicksta]

Edel E4 putter built to the same specs as the E2 I had for a couple years. 

[Jmikecpa]

My son’s bag is now complete. Got him an M2 19* hybrid this morning when I was shopping for some grips at Golf Galaxy.


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[Jmikecpa]

Bought a Scotty My Girl today thanks to pressure from my girls when we were in the golf shop killing time before our train. At least SWMBO was taken care of first....




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[THEZIPR23]

On 12/24/2019 at 1:43 PM, THEZIPR23 said:

Won some money playing FF this year. So I bough my self a Christmas present.

Finally!! Working now of course but tonight and this weekend should be a lot of fun!

[edingc]

This forum enables me, I swear.

First, a pair of 14 gram weights for my Spider Tour to replace the stock two gram weights. I rolled a new Stroke Lab 10 this past weekend and couldn't get over how much heavier the head felt, and how much better my distance control was with it. So much so that I considered buying it for my birthday present. I'm usually pretty good with reading lines and starting the ball on that line, but my distance control has always been abysmal.

I've never done a lot of research into putters before, but I found that my Spider Tour was very light swing weight wise, so the head feel was much different. It measured out to be something like C6. I experimented with taping pennies on until I found a weight I liked. The additional 24 grams of weight will bring the putter head weight to about 380 grams, total weight to 570 grams total and swing weight to around D4. I play the putter at 33" so that explains why it was so light to begin with.

I can't get much worse with the putter, so we'll see where this gets me come spring. And for $18, weights are a lot cheaper option than buying a new Stroke Lab.

Second, Tensei CK Orange driver shaft (the non-pro version available with TaylorMade drivers) and an adapter for my Epic Flash. I plan to pull the stock TaylorMade adapter and install the Callaway Adapter. Couple reasons for this purchase:

1) After swinging the Tensei White and then my HZRDUS Yellow, I realized how awful the Yellow actually feels. The Orange has a similar profile to the White but maintains the counterbalance found in the Yellow.  

2) I want to experiment with potentially shortening my driver shaft to 45" or 44.5". Based on my swings outdoors with a shorter driver, I seem to have a bit better balance through my swing with a shorter shaft. Again, something that will be tested this spring. I will leave the HZRDUS Yellow alone because despite how boardy feeling it is, I produce good numbers with it as is.

The Tensei+Adapter came out to be like $62, so there's not a lot invested in my tinkering.

[THEZIPR23]

34 minutes ago, edingc said:

This forum enables me, I swear.

First, a pair of 14 gram weights for my Spider Tour to replace the stock two gram weights. I rolled a new Stroke Lab 10 this past weekend and couldn't get over how much heavier the head felt, and how much better my distance control was with it. So much so that I considered buying it for my birthday present. I'm usually pretty good with reading lines and starting the ball on that line, but my distance control has always been abysmal.

I've never done a lot of research into putters before, but I found that my Spider Tour was very light swing weight wise, so the head feel was much different. It measured out to be something like C6. I experimented with taping pennies on until I found a weight I liked. The additional 24 grams of weight will bring the putter head weight to about 380 grams, total weight to 570 grams total and swing weight to around D4. I play the putter at 33" so that explains why it was so light to begin with.

I can't get much worse with the putter, so we'll see where this gets me come spring. And for $18, weights are a lot cheaper option than buying a new Stroke Lab.

Second, Tensei CK Orange driver shaft (the non-pro version available with TaylorMade drivers) and an adapter for my Epic Flash. I plan to pull the stock TaylorMade adapter and install the Callaway Adapter. Couple reasons for this purchase:

1) After swinging the Tensei White and then my HZRDUS Yellow, I realized how awful the Yellow actually feels. The Orange has a similar profile to the White but maintains the counterbalance found in the Yellow.  

2) I want to experiment with potentially shortening my driver shaft to 45" or 44.5". Based on my swings outdoors with a shorter driver, I seem to have a bit better balance through my swing with a shorter shaft. Again, something that will be tested this spring. I will leave the HZRDUS Yellow alone because despite how boardy feeling it is, I produce good numbers with it as is.

The Tensei+Adapter came out to be like $62, so there's not a lot invested in my tinkering.

Tinker away my friend. It is always fun. I took the HZRDUS out of my flash too, didn't realize how bad it actually felt because the results were there. Also when I replaced it I went 45" and haven't lost a thing.