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

[tehuti]

Can’t wait to hit this:

 

[TR1PTIK]

I recently had to switch my irons and was able to purchase some Bridgestone J40 CBs through the MGS classifieds. They needed and still require a bit more TLC, but I'm pretty happy overall. I'm sure I'll be looking to replace the X100s sometime in the future, but they'll get the job done for now.

 

[Buffly]

The CHA Fairy has sprinkled some pixie dust in my coffee a few times recently. 

I purchased an outdoor hitting mat from eBay that reveals the strick and ground interaction with some sort of felt. It looks to be a rip off of the Acustrike Impact Training Mat. The price was right and USPS will be delivering it soon. At around $16 I had to buy 2 of them. 

The eBay mosquito bug bit me real good when I bought a Ping ISI Tour (laminated maple) Driver with a graphite shaft which is R flex (I play stiff)... So, CHA pixie dust MUST be to blame! About $58 was more than I wanted to spend, but I have been looking for one of these for a while. 

Then, if that wasn't enough, I got a set of Cleveland TA3 Form Forged 3-PW irons. They have Sun Valley Graphite R Flex 400 shafts - WTH is the CHA Fairy thinking???!!!??? I guess $65 was too good to pass up. 

Now I need to buy a set of shafts and grips to reshaft the irons ... Golfworks, here I come.

[juspoole]

Been on a bit of a spree lately - ordered another 3 Rhoback Quarter Zips after wearing the first one so damn much.  The material and fit are awesome.  Also, after a little back and forth, finally found out that the print and solid ones are the soft material that I like.  Ordered a few of the stripe and they are more of a cotton feel that was not as nice in my opinion.

Also, bought everything needed to have the full simulator set up. 

Skytrak

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Country Club Elite 5 x 3 Mat

[ChiefMikeOfficer]

1 hour ago, juspoole said:

Been on a bit of a spree lately - ordered another 3 Rhoback Quarter Zips after wearing the first one so damn much.  The material and fit are awesome.  Also, after a little back and forth, finally found out that the print and solid ones are the soft material that I like.  Ordered a few of the stripe and they are more of a cotton feel that was not as nice in my opinion.

Also, bought everything needed to have the full simulator set up. 

Skytrak

Net Return Home Series Net

Net Return Home Series Screen

Projector

Country Club Elite 5 x 3 Mat

Rhoback is one of my favorite brands right now. Contacted customer service twice and they were great each time. The quarter zips felt a little on the bigger side to me (actually considered trying a Small, which is a size i haven't worn since middle school), and there's something about the sleeve cuffs that looks slightly odd to me, but that hasn't stopped me from picking up a few different colors. Their polos are great too, and the hoodie they released recently is my new favorite piece of clothing - I made the mistake of sizing up, as I always do with hoodies, but it fits very similar to the QZs (that was one of the customer service interactions). 

The free koozie was always a nice touch - looks like they might have replaced that with stickers though. 

[azstu324]

When MGS did an article in these earlier in the year I thought that Cleveland had lost it. The pictures did them no favors at all.

In person, the premier line is a stealthy killer! The color is more of a graphite than an ugly blah grey that the pictures show. The lettering all done in black. The shaft is also black and it comes with a sweet Lamkin SinkFit pistol grip.

It's also heavy which I really like.

the more I practice, the luckier I seem to get..

[MattWillGolf]

I just received my clubs from the club builder with my newly installed BB&FCo ferrules. They look fantastic. They may not improve my game but at least after a bad shot I can look at them and feel good.

[Lacassem]

6 minutes ago, MattWillGolf said:

I just received my clubs from the club builder with my newly installed BB&FCo ferrules. They look fantastic. They may not improve my game but at least after a bad shot I can look at them and feel good.

Those are sharp very nice, good choice 

[puttnfool]

I "bought my kid" a Mevo for Christmas.  I finally got it out on the range yesterday for our maiden voyage together.  I think I'm going to like this.  Hoping I can use it to help me lower my launch angle a bit before our "playable weather" arrives.

It's definitely brutally honest with the distance, too.  Not sure if that's good or bad because I won't be able to inflate my ego anymore.  Haha...

[cksurfdude]

On 1/7/2021 at 1:22 PM, tehuti said:

Can’t wait to hit this:

 

Looks nice! Let us all know what you think after it does get a chance to get out.

I see you have an HL4 iron-wood .. I'd tried, and sorta liked but them sorta dumped, two I'd tested. Was taking a look at the new E521 i-w...
("club ho"? what is a "club ho"? }

[tehuti]

Looks nice! Let us all know what you think after it does get a chance to get out.
I see you have an HL4 iron-wood .. I'd tried, and sorta liked but them sorta dumped, two I'd tested. Was taking a look at the new E521 i-w...
("club ho"? what is a "club ho"? }

Today I finally got to swing the E521 hybrid for the first time. I only used it on 3 holes and I went out cold, no warmup. I am a naturally short hitter and my first two attempts came up short, but the 3rd was pin high. The good news is, it seems really easy to hit and I hit the ball straight with it. It is very light though, and shorter than I thought it would be.

Beautiful club. Even with the weird white shaft. The sock headcover is nice.

As for the HL4 ironwoods, I only had those because I could not hit hybrids. Now that I have hybrids I can hit, the 5 has been replaced.

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[PMookie]

The Srixon head that I bought on eBay wasn’t as nice as the pictures, so, on the recommendation on my shaft guy, I bought a Titleist 905r last night on eBay to use instead. The head is pristine! The owner of Xphlexxx told me that the 905r was one of the most STABLE heads one could get because of the 2” bore through depth of the shaft. He says when a shaft goes that deep, it keeps the head super steady, resisting twisting. So he’s now going to load this one up to 210-215g on the XXX Busa shaft, and have it play 45”. Going to be a fun experiment!!!!!

[sirchunksalot]

37 minutes ago, PMookie said:

The Srixon head that I bought on eBay wasn’t as nice as the pictures, so, on the recommendation on my shaft guy, I bought a Titleist 905r last night on eBay to use instead. The head is pristine! The owner of Xphlexxx told me that the 905r was one of the most STABLE heads one could get because of the 2” bore through depth of the shaft. He says when a shaft goes that deep, it keeps the head super steady, resisting twisting. So he’s now going to load this one up to 210-215g on the XXX Busa shaft, and have it play 45”. Going to be a fun experiment!!!!!

Have fun with that one, it's beautiful. Almost looks like it's new old stock it's so pristine. I've never hit one of the older Titleist drivers, but have thought about trying to find one to match the era of my Hogan's. 

[PMookie]

3 hours ago, sirchunksalot said:

Have fun with that one, it's beautiful. Almost looks like it's new old stock it's so pristine. I've never hit one of the older Titleist drivers, but have thought about trying to find one to match the era of my Hogan's. 

I played this years ago. It’s a great head! Very forgiving, solid driver.

[chisag]

6 hours ago, PMookie said:

The Srixon head that I bought on eBay wasn’t as nice as the pictures, so, on the recommendation on my shaft guy, I bought a Titleist 905r last night on eBay to use instead. The head is pristine! The owner of Xphlexxx told me that the 905r was one of the most STABLE heads one could get because of the 2” bore through depth of the shaft. He says when a shaft goes that deep, it keeps the head super steady, resisting twisting. So he’s now going to load this one up to 210-215g on the XXX Busa shaft, and have it play 45”. Going to be a fun experiment!!!!!

 

... I don't wanna burst your happy bubble PMookie, but the bore thru adds no more stability, just trouble installing shafts. If it did, everyone would still be making a bore through head.   The "hot set up" on tour was to go up one flex and only install 1.5" which took out the guessing of how weak a shaft to go a full 3" in bore thru depth. You could not just pick a shaft and install it, especially with any kind of active tip shaft. The YS6 and YS7 were very popular shafts in the 905r, which is a Hall Of Fame head in my opinion. But Robo or your club fitter can give you advice but I would pick the right shaft flex and install 1.5". We drilled out quite a few of those heads to a 1.5" bore depth and left the other 1.5" of whatever shaft was in there for a clean install. 

[PMookie]

1 hour ago, chisag said:

 

... I don't wanna burst your happy bubble PMookie, but the bore thru adds no more stability, just trouble installing shafts. If it did, everyone would still be making a bore through head.   The "hot set up" on tour was to go up one flex and only install 1.5" which took out the guessing of how weak a shaft to go a full 3" in bore thru depth. You could not just pick a shaft and install it, especially with any kind of active tip shaft. The YS6 and YS7 were very popular shafts in the 905r, which is a Hall Of Fame head in my opinion. But Robo or your club fitter can give you advice but I would pick the right shaft flex and install 1.5". We drilled out quite a few of those heads to a 1.5" bore depth and left the other 1.5" of whatever shaft was in there for a clean install. 

Thanks! I’m going to go with the extensive experience of my shaft guy. I’m fully confident in what he says about stability and the 2” bore through. I appreciate the insights. The guy’s been doing this a LONG time, and has extensive experience in shaft design, etc.

You probably didn’t see my post on what he’s building for me to test. Very stiff XXX shaft, 45”, 215g+ head. He has 5 guys with it, one at Ping HQ, one at Cobra HQ, two long drive guys, and him. Going to be fun!!!

 

[Buffly]

8 hours ago, tehuti said:

Today I finally got to swing the E521 hybrid for the first time. I only used it on 3 holes and I went out cold, no warmup. I am a naturally short hitter and my first two attempts came up short, but the 3rd was pin high. The good news is, it seems really easy to hit and I hit the ball straight with it. It is very light though, and shorter than I thought it would be.

Beautiful club. Even with the weird white shaft. The sock headcover is nice.

As for the HL4 ironwoods, I only had those because I could not hit hybrids. Now that I have hybrids I can hit, the 5 has been replaced.

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Nice! Get those birdies!

[Jedaigeki]

13 hours ago, PMookie said:

The Srixon head that I bought on eBay wasn’t as nice as the pictures, so, on the recommendation on my shaft guy, I bought a Titleist 905r last night on eBay to use instead. The head is pristine! The owner of Xphlexxx told me that the 905r was one of the most STABLE heads one could get because of the 2” bore through depth of the shaft. He says when a shaft goes that deep, it keeps the head super steady, resisting twisting. So he’s now going to load this one up to 210-215g on the XXX Busa shaft, and have it play 45”. Going to be a fun experiment!!!!!

Ironically speaking to the Titleist rep whose a member at my club, this was one of the heads used as inspiration for the TSi shape. 

[edingc]

18 hours ago, seeking70's said:

I "bought my kid" a Mevo for Christmas.  I finally got it out on the range yesterday for our maiden voyage together.  I think I'm going to like this.  Hoping I can use it to help me lower my launch angle a bit before our "playable weather" arrives.

It's definitely brutally honest with the distance, too.  Not sure if that's good or bad because I won't be able to inflate my ego anymore.  Haha...

One thing to watch with the Mevo and range balls is the spin numbers it reads. Mine, especially off mats and with worn range balls, will read absurdly high or low amounts of spin sometimes. I've found that it can affect the distance estimations by quite a few yards as a result.

Over a 10+ shot sequence (the web interface is great for displaying the averages, though the app can do it too), I've found the Mevo to be ridiculously accurate for its price. And the automatic video clipping feature with ability to shout out a specific metric is a godsend. Enjoy!

[chisag]

9 hours ago, PMookie said:

Thanks! I’m going to go with the extensive experience of my shaft guy. I’m fully confident in what he says about stability and the 2” bore through. I appreciate the insights. The guy’s been doing this a LONG time, and has extensive experience in shaft design, etc.

You probably didn’t see my post on what he’s building for me to test. Very stiff XXX shaft, 45”, 215g+ head. He has 5 guys with it, one at Ping HQ, one at Cobra HQ, two long drive guys, and him. Going to be fun!!!

 

... Yup, I saw that. You are in a category of stiffness I have no experience with. The 905r is a 3" bore though, which you can easily measure. Maybe he is inserting the shaft only 2"? Not that it matters, as you said he has a ton of experience with shafts and higher swing speeds, he knows your swing and you trust him.