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And for the record...listening to some 90’s rock (Oasis & Live) while drinking a cold beer is a great environment for installing ribbed grips 👍🏼

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Just now, bens197 said:

And for the record...listening to some 90’s rock (Oasis & Live) while drinking a cold beer is a great environment for installing ribbed grips 👍🏼

Is there any other way?

i prefer the tunes of skid row and the like but to each his own rock

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1 minute ago, Lacassem said:

Is there any other way?

i prefer the tunes of skid row and the like but to each his own rock

If it gets the foot going then it’s all good 🤘🏼

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Great stuff deejaid! Love the video.


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23 hours ago, bens197 said:

Grips are installed...in the words of Wayne & Garth...Game on!

 

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Are those the sonar wraps?  I’ll be needing a review on those from you! Haha they were on my list of grips to try out before I got the sonars for the #CCC4.

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7 minutes ago, B.Boston said:

Are those the sonar wraps?  I’ll be needing a review on those from you! Haha they were on my list of grips to try out before I got the sonars for the #CCC4.

Yup!

I will make it quick and easy for you 😊. I was using GP Tour Wrap 2G’s for years. Last year I received a demo Sonar Tour from Golfworks under a promo. I loved the feel, mostly as I prefer to play without a glove. While loving the feel, I still preferred a wrap grip. This season I see Lamkin release these and it was a marriage between two great grips. Add to that a rib and I couldn’t be happier. Super good traction, moderately soft squish, just enough to remain comfortable without feeling like you’re holding a pillow. 
 

It’s barely been half a season so I have no comment on durability. So far, I see no reason to try anything else. 

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Took my PW out to the backyard today for some pitches and short chips. No complaints about feel from me. This has a really nice impact sound as others have shown with their videos. I was limited to what I can work on but I foresee a lot of positives from this set. 
 

One item that I am planning on focusing on for the coming weeks...sole width on the 8-P and how the widening of that sole compared to the Ft. Worth 15 will hopefully improve performance on mis-hits. 
 

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1 hour ago, deejaid said:


Thanks man! You don’t know how hard that was for me because I don’t like being in front of the camera. I just wanted to try to make something entertaining.


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It was sooooo good!  You came across vey giod.  Very natural snd sincere, not full of hype. 
 

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20 hours ago, deejaid said:

Well, like I said in my last video, I was not looking for distance gains with the Players Combo set but I’ve gotten it.

I have 5 range sessions with the Hogan’s now. Today was the first time I left my regular gamers at home and just took the Hogan’s. After yesterday’s session I finally felt comfortable with the Hogan’s.

Previous club distances (Pedersen’s with club lofts)

3-iron (22*) 195
4-iron (26*) 185
5-iron (30*) 175
6-iron (34*) 162
7-iron (38*) 150
8-iron (42*) 138
9-iron (46*) 125
PW (50*) 110-115


Hogan Players Combo

4-iron UIHI (22*) 210
5-iron (26*) 195
6-iron (30*) 180
7-iron (34*) 170
8-iron (38*) 155-160
9-iron (42*) 145
PW (46*) 130-135


Comparable lofts the Hogan’s are flying 5-10 yards farther. Clubs are same length but the Pedersen’s have Precision Rifle 5.0 steel shafts and the Hogan’s have the Recoil F4 stiff graphite. I’d attribute it to the 40 gram or so lighter shaft increasing swing speed.

I’m also not seeing any big distance gap between the Icon 8-iron and the PTx Pro 7-iron. The gaps seem consistent. I had two shots, both with the 6-iron where I seemed to catch a hot part of the face and both shots went 200 yards or about 20 yards further than expected.

I am now seeing a big gap in the short end of my bag so had to go ahead and order a 50* and 54* Equalizer wedge today. emoji16.png


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Wow, Deejaid , you’re setting the bar so high, I can’t even see the stand the bar rests on... 😟

 

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Here’s another view of a difference between 8 irons, in the PtxPro set -vs- the Icon, in the combo set. The PtxPro’s are in my other set... 

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may I add - that the Icons are on the Recoils, and the old PtxPro’s are on the KBS V-tour steel shafts. To say the Icon 8 on the Recoil feeling is like a warm nugget of caramel, that just melts between your teeth, just still doesn’t quite capture the gooey softness... But a puppy does!

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yet the good old PtxPro 8 iron is also a very satisfying strike- just different is all.

 

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1 hour ago, Sluggo42 said:

Here’s another view of a difference between 8 irons, in the PtxPro set -vs- the Icon, in the combo set. The PtxPro’s are in my other set... 

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may I add - that the Icons are on the Recoils, and the old PtxPro’s are on the KBS V-tour steel shafts. To say the Icon 8 on the Recoil feeling is like a warm nugget of caramel, that just melts between your teeth, just still doesn’t quite capture the gooey softness... But a puppy does!

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yet the good old PtxPro 8 iron is also a very satisfying strike- just different is all.

I would not have guessed that much of a size difference... cute pup too! haha

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OK gentlemen!

First round with the new clubs yesterday. Let me start by saying that I have been battling my swing as of late so I naturally had some loose swings which are absolutely no fault of the clubs unless these are supposed to have AI built into them....and they are supposed to swing themselves.  Sadly they do not. 😝 

Shot a 40 on the front missing three putts that I thought I made. Two tap in birdies on 15 and 16 thanks to great iron shots sealed a 78 for the day.  
I was secretly hoping to get Deejaid like improvement in my yardages. Alas....the yardages are almost identical to my Mizunos which is helpful for scoring. 
The feel on a solid hit is muted but pure. This is a great set of golf clubs. I honestly don’t know why these are not grabbing a significant share of the marketplace at their price point and quality. Playing again on Sunday. More thoughts to come!

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On 7/16/2020 at 3:59 PM, deejaid said:

 

Fantastic Video mate, really natural and very entertaining!!

Do you think you will be able to just ignore the number on the bottom of the club and just hit the loft you need? Also do you feel that it will take a change in mindset for you to truly accept these clubs?

 

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First range day today and I was really pleased.  Anyone who is familiar with the Nippon Modus thread knew that I really really really loved that shaft and how well it has worked for me this season.  Moving back to the KBS Tour-V was an adjustment and honestly, I may end up putting these KBS Tours in an older set of i5's and putting Nippons in my Hogans.  So as you can assume, that would mean I really like these heads.

Here are my takeaways from today.

The PTx head is a forgiving and kind head.  This is exactly the kind of club that I need for my game when I have my meh type of swings.  The ball doesn't balloon and maintains a nice penetrating flight.  Feel is good and as others have posted, the sound is a solid thwack.  

Speaking of balloon, the UiHi...well guess what, it doesn't.  The predecessor to this club the Ft. Worth HI was the EASIEST long iron to play that I have ever swung.  It went up and flew straight but for some golfers, almost too high.  Take the UiHi, add that same easiness to get the ball airborne but add a slightly lower ball flight.  If you were in the market for a head that didn't launch your ball into the stratosphere, this is something worth looking at.  Hogan just added an 18* and 26* to their line to complement the 22*...

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Got this email today.


Maybe they are????

Thats what this review is all about......
 

Stay tuned. 

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Well I went to the range this morning and again it was toe side city. Couldn’t hit the center of the face if my life depended on it. Very frustrating.

 

Today was the Cobra demo day at my club so after a bit of frustration with the Hogan’s I went to the Cobra tent and was talking with the rep. He asked me what I was playing and I explained to him I was testing the new Hogan’s but I wasn’t really getting on with the shaft. I told him it was my first time playing graphite and I didn’t think the Recoils at 87 grams were working for me. He then proceeded to put a KBS $ 120 shaft in a Cobra Forged Tec 7-iron for me and I was just smoking it. Back to my regular tempo and I had no problems. 170 yards and right at the target.

 

I was a bit discouraged to say the least. I did have the rep hit my Louisville Smart driver I refinished with a Fujikura shaft and he seemed to really enjoy it.

 

 

Anyway, decided even with the discouraging range session I’d still go out for an evening 9. First hole is a 460 yard uphill Par 5 and after a perfect tee shot I had exactly 200 yards to go. I hit the UIHI 4-iron perfect and ended up on the front edge of the green, two putting for birdie. OK, nice start.

 

2nd hole is a 230 yard carry of a creek so playing persimmon I decided to lay up. It’s 219 to the creek but the tee box is elevated so I hit the PTx Pro 6-iron. I hit it perfect and ended up about 10 yards from the creek. Great! Another perfect shot with Hogan’s. Maybe things will be better than this morning. Well, that’s when it began to fall apart.

 

I only had 150 yards to the green so I pulled the 8-iron and proceeded to hit it off the toe and it ended up pin high but missed the green to the right. A perfect flop over the bunker and I saved par.

 

#3, Par 5. Same thing. Good drive, UIHI 4-iron that I hit toe side but still got about 200 yards out of it leaving 125 yards to the pin. PW this time but again, toe strike leaving me missing the green to the right. Once again though a perfect chip, this time to within 3 inches and I saved par.

 

I should mention, these wedge shots were with another new club, a Tour Edge Rally wedge which is a Callaway PM Grind style wedge. This is the first round with this wedge and it really saved me today. Great wedge.

 

So here I was at -1 after 3 holes and it felt like the least satisfying three holes I’ve played in a long time.

 

#4, missed GIR, bogey.

 

#5 Par 3 170 into the wind and actually hit a green, though a bit short. Good lag and a Par.

 

#6 Long drive but ended up in a fairway bunker. After hitting everything toe side I aimed further left and clubbed up and of course ended up in a green side bunker on the left, ended up bogeying.

 

#7 short Par 3 of 133 yards. Again, PW toe side ended up missing the green 15 yards right. Again I had to flop it over a bunker and again rolled it right next to the cup for a par save.

 

#8 Par 4 perfect drive but again 7-iron to right. This time I wasn’t so lucky as I was under some trees. Had no shot to the green so a punch out chip on and 2-putt for my first double bogey of the round.

 

#9 Par 4, probably my best drive of the day, dead straight carrying the fairway bunker that sticks out from the left hand side. Again, 8-iron misses right, ends up in bunker. Now the Tour Edge Rally wedge didn’t save me as the bunker shot went long and I scrambled for bogey.

 

 

So I ended up with a +4 40 for 9 with one of the worst iron days I’ve had in a long time. Again, the Hogan’s are the same length and lie as my Pedersen’s and I hit the Cobra Forged Tec 7-iron with the KBS $ 120 shaft perfect at the range. The variable to me seems to be the Recoil graphite shaft. I mentioned before the testing started that I was concerned about going from a 127g shaft to an 87g shaft with a more active tip section. I’m thinking a shaft swap might be in order.

 

On the other hand, that Tour Edge Rally wedge is money. It saved my hide today on so many holes. And the Cobra rep and another guy at the range loved my persimmons and both said they’d like to send some clubs my way for a refinish, so I got that going for me, which is nice.

 

 

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You guys are killing me here - nice job with the reviews thus far

The idea of gamier short irons while keeping the forgiveness in the middle is extremely intriguing to me.

Keep up the good work


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7 hours ago, deejaid said:

Well I went to the range this morning and again it was toe side city. Couldn’t hit the center of the face if my life depended on it. Very frustrating.

 

Today was the Cobra demo day at my club so after a bit of frustration with the Hogan’s I went to the Cobra tent and was talking with the rep. He asked me what I was playing and I explained to him I was testing the new Hogan’s but I wasn’t really getting on with the shaft. I told him it was my first time playing graphite and I didn’t think the Recoils at 87 grams were working for me. He then proceeded to put a KBS $ 120 shaft in a Cobra Forged Tec 7-iron for me and I was just smoking it. Back to my regular tempo and I had no problems. 170 yards and right at the target.

 

I was a bit discouraged to say the least. I did have the rep hit my Louisville Smart driver I refinished with a Fujikura shaft and he seemed to really enjoy it. emoji16.png

 

 

Anyway, decided even with the discouraging range session I’d still go out for an evening 9. First hole is a 460 yard uphill Par 5 and after a perfect tee shot I had exactly 200 yards to go. I hit the UIHI 4-iron perfect and ended up on the front edge of the green, two putting for birdie. OK, nice start.

 

2nd hole is a 230 yard carry of a creek so playing persimmon I decided to lay up. It’s 219 to the creek but the tee box is elevated so I hit the PTx Pro 6-iron. I hit it perfect and ended up about 10 yards from the creek. Great! Another perfect shot with Hogan’s. Maybe things will be better than this morning. Well, that’s when it began to fall apart.

 

I only had 150 yards to the green so I pulled the 8-iron and proceeded to hit it off the toe and it ended up pin high but missed the green to the right. A perfect flop over the bunker and I saved par.

 

#3, Par 5. Same thing. Good drive, UIHI 4-iron that I hit toe side but still got about 200 yards out of it leaving 125 yards to the pin. PW this time but again, toe strike leaving me missing the green to the right. Once again though a perfect chip, this time to within 3 inches and I saved par.

 

I should mention, these wedge shots were with another new club, a Tour Edge Rally wedge which is a Callaway PM Grind style wedge. This is the first round with this wedge and it really saved me today. Great wedge.

 

So here I was at -1 after 3 holes and it felt like the least satisfying three holes I’ve played in a long time.

 

#4, missed GIR, bogey.

 

#5 Par 3 170 into the wind and actually hit a green, though a bit short. Good lag and a Par.

 

#6 Long drive but ended up in a fairway bunker. After hitting everything toe side I aimed further left and clubbed up and of course ended up in a green side bunker on the left, ended up bogeying.

 

#7 short Par 3 of 133 yards. Again, PW toe side ended up missing the green 15 yards right. Again I had to flop it over a bunker and again rolled it right next to the cup for a par save.

 

#8 Par 4 perfect drive but again 7-iron to right. This time I wasn’t so lucky as I was under some trees. Had no shot to the green so a punch out chip on and 2-putt for my first double bogey of the round.

 

#9 Par 4, probably my best drive of the day, dead straight carrying the fairway bunker that sticks out from the left hand side. Again, 8-iron misses right, ends up in bunker. Now the Tour Edge Rally wedge didn’t save me as the bunker shot went long and I scrambled for bogey.

 

 

So I ended up with a +4 40 for 9 with one of the worst iron days I’ve had in a long time. Again, the Hogan’s are the same length and lie as my Pedersen’s and I hit the Cobra Forged Tec 7-iron with the KBS $ 120 shaft perfect at the range. The variable to me seems to be the Recoil graphite shaft. I mentioned before the testing started that I was concerned about going from a 127g shaft to an 87g shaft with a more active tip section. I’m thinking a shaft swap might be in order.

 

On the other hand, that Tour Edge Rally wedge is money. It saved my hide today on so many holes. And the Cobra rep and another guy at the range loved my persimmons and both said they’d like to send some clubs my way for a refinish, so I got that going for me, which is nice. emoji16.png

 

 

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This is going to be my only criticism thus far.  I am not convinced that DTC should or could be limited in shaft offerings as a matter of cost.  These irons are SO GOOD that it's worth asking why limit themselves to four shafts including just one graphite offering. 

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  • Srixon Z-Star XV 

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https://forum.mygolfspy.com/topic/63483-testers-announced-ping-s159-wedges/

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https://forum.mygolfspy.com/topic/60456-titleist-t-series-irons-2023-forum-review/

 

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7 hours ago, deejaid said:

Well I went to the range this morning and again it was toe side city. Couldn’t hit the center of the face if my life depended on it. Very frustrating.

 

Today was the Cobra demo day at my club so after a bit of frustration with the Hogan’s I went to the Cobra tent and was talking with the rep. He asked me what I was playing and I explained to him I was testing the new Hogan’s but I wasn’t really getting on with the shaft. I told him it was my first time playing graphite and I didn’t think the Recoils at 87 grams were working for me. He then proceeded to put a KBS $ 120 shaft in a Cobra Forged Tec 7-iron for me and I was just smoking it. Back to my regular tempo and I had no problems. 170 yards and right at the target.

 

I was a bit discouraged to say the least. I did have the rep hit my Louisville Smart driver I refinished with a Fujikura shaft and he seemed to really enjoy it. emoji16.png

 

 

Anyway, decided even with the discouraging range session I’d still go out for an evening 9. First hole is a 460 yard uphill Par 5 and after a perfect tee shot I had exactly 200 yards to go. I hit the UIHI 4-iron perfect and ended up on the front edge of the green, two putting for birdie. OK, nice start.

 

2nd hole is a 230 yard carry of a creek so playing persimmon I decided to lay up. It’s 219 to the creek but the tee box is elevated so I hit the PTx Pro 6-iron. I hit it perfect and ended up about 10 yards from the creek. Great! Another perfect shot with Hogan’s. Maybe things will be better than this morning. Well, that’s when it began to fall apart.

 

I only had 150 yards to the green so I pulled the 8-iron and proceeded to hit it off the toe and it ended up pin high but missed the green to the right. A perfect flop over the bunker and I saved par.

 

#3, Par 5. Same thing. Good drive, UIHI 4-iron that I hit toe side but still got about 200 yards out of it leaving 125 yards to the pin. PW this time but again, toe strike leaving me missing the green to the right. Once again though a perfect chip, this time to within 3 inches and I saved par.

 

I should mention, these wedge shots were with another new club, a Tour Edge Rally wedge which is a Callaway PM Grind style wedge. This is the first round with this wedge and it really saved me today. Great wedge.

 

So here I was at -1 after 3 holes and it felt like the least satisfying three holes I’ve played in a long time.

 

#4, missed GIR, bogey.

 

#5 Par 3 170 into the wind and actually hit a green, though a bit short. Good lag and a Par.

 

#6 Long drive but ended up in a fairway bunker. After hitting everything toe side I aimed further left and clubbed up and of course ended up in a green side bunker on the left, ended up bogeying.

 

#7 short Par 3 of 133 yards. Again, PW toe side ended up missing the green 15 yards right. Again I had to flop it over a bunker and again rolled it right next to the cup for a par save.

 

#8 Par 4 perfect drive but again 7-iron to right. This time I wasn’t so lucky as I was under some trees. Had no shot to the green so a punch out chip on and 2-putt for my first double bogey of the round.

 

#9 Par 4, probably my best drive of the day, dead straight carrying the fairway bunker that sticks out from the left hand side. Again, 8-iron misses right, ends up in bunker. Now the Tour Edge Rally wedge didn’t save me as the bunker shot went long and I scrambled for bogey.

 

 

So I ended up with a +4 40 for 9 with one of the worst iron days I’ve had in a long time. Again, the Hogan’s are the same length and lie as my Pedersen’s and I hit the Cobra Forged Tec 7-iron with the KBS $ 120 shaft perfect at the range. The variable to me seems to be the Recoil graphite shaft. I mentioned before the testing started that I was concerned about going from a 127g shaft to an 87g shaft with a more active tip section. I’m thinking a shaft swap might be in order.

 

On the other hand, that Tour Edge Rally wedge is money. It saved my hide today on so many holes. And the Cobra rep and another guy at the range loved my persimmons and both said they’d like to send some clubs my way for a refinish, so I got that going for me, which is nice. emoji16.png

 

 

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Are you contemplating possibly swapping shafts at some point? Are the heads themself kosher for you just the shaft is throwing you out of rhythm?

Yes, I am very much thinking of swapping out the shafts. After 6 range sessions and one 9 hole round hitting the ball consistently a 1/4-1/2” inch towards the toe with the face staying open I can honestly say these shafts just don’t work for me.

I said in one of my earliest post before the clubs were even delivered that if I was ordering the clubs for my current game strictly based on performance, I would have ordered the KBS Tour V. But, because of some recent elbow pain I wanted to approach the review as a guy that has played steel for 35 years and is now looking at his first set of graphite shafted irons. It just hasn’t worked.

Now the heads I think are very nice. The Icons have a nice shape and the sole width is perfect with the v-sole. The PTx Pro feel solid, not like hollow head, and again, good size and shape. The UIHI I am not loving though. If I had it to do again I would order the regular PTx Pro 4-iron. I think the PTx Pro heads are forgiving enough that the UIHI isn’t really necessary. In fact, I feel like the PTx Pro 5 and 6 are easier to hit higher than the UIHI.


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