What have you bought lately? (CHA - Club Ho's Anonymous)

[Jtom2012 111]

Ping heppler tomcat 14

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[xOldBenKenobiX 4,789]

The long awaited new putter is here. 

It had no cover, so order one from etsy. 

[Jmikecpa 13,060]

The PXG isn't working for you?

Hasn’t all season. The one club I got fit for that I actually really don’t care for. I don’t like that it launches so darn flat and hot. I like a three wood that launches high that I can knock down when I need to.


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[txgolfjunkie 2,250]

Baby #3 coming and I need to get bag ready for the next 3+ years of no golf purchases...

Selling (all Lefty):

Toulon Garage Atlanta

Ping Vault Arna Slate

Ping Glide 3.0 Stealth Wedges

Mizuno 919 Forged

Cobra F7 3 Wood

Arccos Sensors

Garmin S60 Watch

Buying:

Either Ping Arna Sigma 2 or Toulon Vegas H7

Cobra F9 Tour 3W

Ping Glide 3.0 or Mizuno T20 Wedges

Mizuno JPX921 SEL (Already in the works...found a mint set used on Global Golf plus an additional 15% off...and if I don't sell most of my stuff soon to cover most of the cost of the new irons, well...I'm off to meet my maker!)

 

This might be the biggest ho job I've ever tried to pull off. Everything will change except the driver, 2Hy, and 4Ut. 

[chisag 13,507]

... After my full bag club fitting I made a few changes. I bought a SIM Max 10.5* head and found a Diamana Limited 55 R Flex shaft on eBay I paired with it. Yesterday was my first round and due to 45+ mph winds I can't make any comparisons to my Cobra Xtreme as far as performance. I hit a 330 yd drive with the wind at my back and considering I usually drive the ball in the 240-260 range I think we can safely say that was an outlier LOL. I was very reluctant to try a R Flex shaft in my driver as my S Flex seems to work well on the course. But I had zero issues with dispersion and actually hit some of the most accurate drives of the season only missing 3 out of 11 fairways where I used driver. And the 3 I missed were just a little off. So I am really looking forward to playing this combo in normal conditions. I also installed an Even Flow Blue 85 hy R Flex shaft (tipped 1/2") in my UDi 2 iron and with that silly wind hit 2 shots longer than my normal driver on those holes.  

... Also playing it at 44.75" I had to add some lead tape inside and around the stock weight to get it to D1 so I just bought an aftermarket 25gm weight to replace the stock 18gm weight and that should get me to my preferred swing weight of D1. I am also a little surprised by the sound/feel of the SIM Max that is very dense and muted reminding me of my GBB Epic using 2 weights. I have picked up another SIM adaptor from Golfworks and will install it on my Tensei Orange S Flex, my go to shaft and see if the performance is better than my R Flex Diamana. I have to admit at age 67, a lighter and softer flex shaft sounds like something I can appreciate if it continues to work for me. I was a little shocked to see no ballooning into that strong wind yesterday, something I was expecting with a softer and lighter flex. 

[HeathS16 1,775]

The long awaited new putter is here. 
It had no cover, so order one from etsy. 

This is such a great putter! Been in my bag since testing it last year!!


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[chisag 13,507]

..,. I just wanted to add that many are chasing nirvana numbers with their drivers searching for that high launch low spin combo. And if you have the club head speed it is certainly a worthwhile goal but more than a few, especially older players are not generating enough spin with their drivers. My fitting was producing around 1800-1900 spin and at around 95 mph that is not enough to maximize my distance. I will say I have never felt like I can swing indoors like I do on the course and the yardages bore this out with my normal 160yd 7 iron consistently registering 145-147, but some patterns were undeniable. Dropping to a R Flex with a softer tip with the SIM Max compared to my lower spin Xtreme, I got my spin numbers up top 2400 and was carrying the ball 15-20 yds longer with equal role out. 

... So I would advise everyone to know their swing tendencies before trying out a new low spin head or low spin shaft when you may actually need the opposite. We obviously have some young studs on MGS that do need less spin so of course there is no one size fits all and as many here advise, if you have not been fit, it would be in your best interest to do so. 

[dlow206 8,152]

8 minutes ago, chisag said:

..,. I just wanted to add that many are chasing nirvana numbers with their drivers searching for that high launch low spin combo. And if you have the club head speed it is certainly a worthwhile goal but more than a few, especially older players are not generating enough spin with their drivers. My fitting was producing around 1800-1900 spin and at around 95 mph that is not enough to maximize my distance. I will say I have never felt like I can swing indoors like I do on the course and the yardages bore this out with my normal 160yd 7 iron consistently registering 145-147, but some patterns were undeniable. Dropping to a R Flex with a softer tip with the SIM Max compared to my lower spin Xtreme, I got my spin numbers up top 2400 and was carrying the ball 15-20 yds longer with equal role out. 

... So I would advise everyone to know their swing tendencies before trying out a new low spin head or low spin shaft when you may actually need the opposite. We obviously have some young studs on MGS that do need less spin so of course there is no one size fits all and as many here advise, if you have not been fit, it would be in your best interest to do so. 

Im definitely in the need more spin category

[chisag 13,507]

21 minutes ago, dlow206 said:

Im definitely in the need more spin category

 

... I was a little surprised that my fitter says he has more clients that need more spin the those he fits that need less spin. And not only driver, but irons as well. 

[dlow206 8,152]

6 minutes ago, chisag said:

 

... I was a little surprised that my fitter says he has more clients that need more spin the those he fits that need less spin. And not only driver, but irons as well. 

Its a bit surprising but makes sense. There are the “WRX” folks that hit everything over 300 yards carry that need a rebar shaft to lower spin LOL, but that is a small proportion of total golfers. Then there are the heel slicers that need less spin i guess. Then there is everyone else who can probably use a bit more spin because we dont have tour level swing speeds.

For me, i picked high launch/high spin iron shafts to help me get both launch and spin up. Driver i still need to get that figured out, but i tend to launch low and spin too low (high toe miss), resulting in drives that get out there from roll on a dry day but not so far when the fairway is wet.

[Jmikecpa 13,060]

..,. I just wanted to add that many are chasing nirvana numbers with their drivers searching for that high launch low spin combo. And if you have the club head speed it is certainly a worthwhile goal but more than a few, especially older players are not generating enough spin with their drivers. My fitting was producing around 1800-1900 spin and at around 95 mph that is not enough to maximize my distance. I will say I have never felt like I can swing indoors like I do on the course and the yardages bore this out with my normal 160yd 7 iron consistently registering 145-147, but some patterns were undeniable. Dropping to a R Flex with a softer tip with the SIM Max compared to my lower spin Xtreme, I got my spin numbers up top 2400 and was carrying the ball 15-20 yds longer with equal role out.  

... So I would advise everyone to know their swing tendencies before trying out a new low spin head or low spin shaft when you may actually need the opposite. We obviously have some young studs on MGS that do need less spin so of course there is no one size fits all and as many here advise, if you have not been fit, it would be in your best interest to do so. 

 

Good point. Even is high swing speed guys need to adapt to the new equipment. I am playing my PXG 0811x at 10.5* compared to the 9* I played in my TS3 and Epic Flash SZ. The overall numbers with the PXG looked great on the LM but I can’t play golf with a driver that spins at 1700 RPMs. I wouldn’t keep it on the planet.

 

 

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[PingMD702 202]

When you go to Costco to buy groceries and walk by their sports aisle.... I doubt this will beat out my sm8s but debating whether to sell this or try them out! Whatcha guys think MGS fam?!?!


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[ncwoz 2,060]

8 hours ago, PingMD702 said:

When you go to Costco to buy groceries and walk by their sports aisle.... I doubt this will beat out my sm8s but debating whether to sell this or try them out! Whatcha guys think MGS fam?!?!


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It'd be a shame not to give them at least a few swings!

[cnosil 19,411]

When you go to Costco to buy groceries and walk by their sports aisle....[emoji1787][emoji1787][emoji1787] I doubt this will beat out my sm8s but debating whether to sell this or try them out! Whatcha guys think MGS fam?!?!


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You have to see how they perform before you dismiss them. Maybe they will beat out the Vokeys.

[rkj427 389]

26 minutes ago, cnosil said:

You have to see how they perform before you dismiss them. Maybe they will beat out the Vokeys.

 

Agree that you should at least try them out, even if they don't beat out the Vokeys you could post an "Unofficial Review" here with your findings and experiences with them.

[THEZIPR23 5,781]

On 10/12/2020 at 11:46 AM, yungkory said:

Interested to hear your feedback after you get a few sessions with it

Only used it a couple of times so far, but it is pretty good. Laser stays very visible, even in well lit areas. The tripod works well as it keeps it above the putter head so you are able to have it behind you. One thing that it does that I am having trouble incorporating is that when you remove it from tripod you can set it against putter face to check alignment. My issue is that it is hard to set putter head, keep it there and then move laser to face

[THEZIPR23 5,781]

https://www.prestonsputting.com/the-putting-experience

https://www.titleist.com/fitting/golf-club-fitting/titleist-performance-institute

Bonus season! Company had it's best year ever and with that my wallet grows. So I am going to go big! Full TPI golf evaluation and a half day putting experience. Should be super informative. Not until December but will do a write up when complete. 

[edingc 9,951]

My L.A.B. DF is in! Picking it up tomorrow. Will be doing an unofficial review thread to cover the basics of my fitting and ordering experience, and to give me somewhere to post about it next season. (I might get it out on the course once before winter - it was snowing on me at the range today... )

My wife also officially saw how much I paid for it (I saved for a while, plus am selling some stuff), and was totally supportive. She did think it was a bit much to spend on a putter, but I don't think she realizes how bad of a putter I am... 

[Chip Strokes 5,129]

i guess it’s time to get to the range...

[2puttbogey 331]

Taking advantage of the PXG sale. Have had a great experience with the driver I got early in the year so I'm going for the gen 2 irons now. Never thought I'd be a PXG guy , but the prices are good, and where I'm at it's the only way to get a real fitting done.