What Equipment Have You Tested?

[buckpillar]

On 3/16/2024 at 12:45 AM, Preeway said:

I have the Project X in my JPX 921 Tours. Great combo 

I just took the 921 forged out the bag for some Takomo 101, thinking about changing out the nippon shafts and going back to my all time favorite DG S300

[Preeway]

47 minutes ago, buckpillar said:

I just took the 921 forged out the bag for some Takomo 101, thinking about changing out the nippon shafts and going back to my all time favorite DG S300

Not familiar with that shaft not it have to look into it. 

[3Putt4Double]

Went to Oakwing golf course about a month ago and got to use the Callaway AI smoke with a stiff blue tensei shaft.. Compared it to my trusty Sim2 Max and while it did give me a few more yards on mis-hits, just didn't hit the fairways or feel as good as my driver..Sim2 Max stays in the bag!

[Donn lost in San Diego]

9 hours ago, unccross said:

I just read the mygolfspy article on this putter from an email I received this morning. I had never really heard about counter balanced puttters, but had me intrigued!  My putting is so bad, I’m looking for any help I can get!

Try cross handed with a face balanced putter.  Spyder type, fang type, you choose, but find a face bal you like, spend a few hours practicing.  Look at left Brian Harman, or the LPGA rookie winner last October Hae Ran Ryu.  A fat grip helps.  I place my front (left) hand almost totally below the right hand, index finger on the shaft.  Mt right index finger and thumb barely touch the pad of my left palm.  I think Billy Horschel does also.  I see more pros, men & women, on TV like this.

[buckpillar]

12 hours ago, Preeway said:

Not familiar with that shaft not it have to look into it. 

Dynamic Gold Stiff flex,

Nippon Pro Modus stiff flex

Edited April 19 by buckpillar

[Preeway]

1 minute ago, buckpillar said:

Dynamic Gold Stiff flex,

Nippon Pro Modus stiff flex

Of course. Should have known that. LOL

[buckpillar]

Just now, Preeway said:

Of course. Should have known that. LOL

 lol

[cksurfdude]

On 4/18/2024 at 8:15 PM, Donn lost in San Diego said:

I see more pros, men & women, on TV like this. [left hand low]

Do you know... is that for all putts, or usually just short putts, or __?? Thx

[TJ Hall]

6 minutes ago, cksurfdude said:

Do you know... is that for all putts, or usually just short putts, or __?? Thx

I putt left hand low for everything…but I also play left handed…

[Donn lost in San Diego]

3 minutes ago, cksurfdude said:

Do you know... is that for all putts, or usually just short putts, or __?? Thx

Long and short.  I never see a combo.  But Matt Fitzpatrick putts and sometimes chips cross.  For me, the longer the putt, the better I like cross handed.  Short putts are where I need the right comfort level of size, weight, grip to make a straight hit, no twist.  For some reason I find it easier to hit longer putts , maybe it is more head speed keeps the inertia of the putter going straight , where as on a short putt, there is less energy moving forward, so it is easier for a small unwantd wrist mvmt to ruin the putt.

[cksurfdude]

A few reduced taper grips, including...

• JumboMax STR8 Tech x JMX Ultralight XS
• JumboMax STR8 Tech x Comfort Wrap XS
• Golf Pride MCC+4 Midsize

Full post is at...

 

 

[cnosil]

2 hours ago, cksurfdude said:

Do you know... is that for all putts, or usually just short putts, or __?? Thx

Players that I see typically play the same grip for all putts.    For lead hand low,  people will often say that distance control is harder to get used too.   When I putted left hand low I didn't have that much of a problem because I power my stroke with my left  (non dominant) side.   

[Donn lost in San Diego]

I just posted a new thread, my step by step guide to cross handed putting.  In Member Community General Q&A.  I put a bit of time into writing down my switch and what I think works.  I hope a few of you find it helpful.  I now use and Odyssey "R" Ball with the Stroke Lab steel and graphite shaft.

[Rob Person]

On 4/20/2024 at 3:58 PM, cnosil said:

Players that I see typically play the same grip for all putts.    For lead hand low,  people will often say that distance control is harder to get used too.   When I putted left hand low I didn't have that much of a problem because I power my stroke with my left  (non dominant) side.   

Distance was an issue for me as well with cross handed when putting over 12'. However I had relatively good success when I practiced left side putting too. (I need to pickup a cheap left side putter again)

[Golf88]

Just bought the ping g430 10K 9 degree w/ tour stiff shaft.  Pretty good so far.    Upgrade for sure from my stealth 2 but I still prefer my Rogue LS.  However, I do notice about a 5-10 yard bump from my Rogue with a higher ball flight.  I tried my buddies Qi10 on the range and I did find it to be a huge upgrade from last years stealth 2.  I may venture to get one because I was liking the ball flight, accuracy and distance.

 

I just purchased the new copper 790 irons 5-PW and mini driver copper. Should be here this week.  I'm a little nervous because they appear to be more a players irons than im used to. I've always traditionally used a game improvement iron. 

[TJ Hall]

1 hour ago, Golf88 said:

Just bought the ping g430 10K 9 degree w/ tour stiff shaft.  Pretty good so far.    Upgrade for sure from my stealth 2 but I still prefer my Rogue LS.  However, I do notice about a 5-10 yard bump from my Rogue with a higher ball flight.  I tried my buddies Qi10 on the range and I did find it to be a huge upgrade from last years stealth 2.  I may venture to get one because I was liking the ball flight, accuracy and distance.

 

I just purchased the new copper 790 irons 5-PW and mini driver copper. Should be here this week.  I'm a little nervous because they appear to be more a players irons than im used to. I've always traditionally used a game improvement iron. 

You’ll need to post some pictures of the copper 790s…they were awesome looking from the pictures I’ve seen online so far.

[Jculp14]

Looking to upgrade from my Mizuno Hot Metal Pro’s as they just go too far on some shots so hard to judge distance. 
 

Testing some irons out this weekend but curious to hear any pros/cons anyone has on the MizunoPro lineup or the Titleist T150’s? Those are ones that have caught my eye so also open to any other suggestions on what to try!

[Golf88]

The coppers have arrived.  5-Pw 790s and then also added in the copper mini driver.  Going to give them a test drive tomorrow.  
 

I must say they are just as beautiful in person as they are on the website!

[TJ Hall]

24 minutes ago, Golf88 said:

The coppers have arrived.  5-Pw 790s and then also added in the copper mini driver.  Going to give them a test drive tomorrow.  
 

I must say they are just as beautiful in person as they are on the website!

I don’t even have the words to describe how pretty those are.

[Rob Person]

1 hour ago, Golf88 said:

The coppers have arrived.  5-Pw 790s and then also added in the copper mini driver.  Going to give them a test drive tomorrow.  
 

I must say they are just as beautiful in person as they are on the website!

Beautiful!!!

[Northern Monkey]

They are stunning! Struggling to find them in the UK

[JCole]

Unfortunately nothing, I am looking forward to playing my new Cobra F-max 22 irons and will give an update. DICK’S sports had them on sale

[Josh Parker]

On 4/26/2024 at 6:00 AM, Golf88 said:

The coppers have arrived.  5-Pw 790s and then also added in the copper mini driver.  Going to give them a test drive tomorrow.  
 

I must say they are just as beautiful in person as they are on the website!

Old school flair!  Like the new sticks

[cburins]

Taylormade Speedsoft Review

I recently bought the new Taylormade Speedsoft golf balls! I have been bouncing around from Bridgestone and Taylormade. 

First impression - I really like the overall feel of this ball. I went with just the blank white as the ink design might affect the look of my putting line, but I wouldn't be apposed to trying the inked versions as they look pretty cool. Not sure how they would work with on course visibility. I tend to look for softer golfballs as I find the feel of them coming off the face is more pure and revealing. 

Comparing current ball - I did notice that I was getting more distance than my usual Taylormade Distance+. Not sure if I was just having a good ball striking day or these golf balls were just compressing and giving more distance. It was a bit tough to gauge what club to use though and it somewhat threw my distances off. My 56 is my stock 100yd club and on a 110yd par 3 I carried it to the back fringe of the green. Would need to use these for another round and maybe different weather conditions to truly find out. 

Cons - The only downside to this golfball that I've come across is that my permanent marker line seemed to fade a lot more than other golf balls I've used in the past. Through 7 holes the line was very faded and I had to reapply the line to the ball. My initial markings were almost completely gone. This could be weather related as it was raining, but Ive never had this issue in the past. 

Overall - I think this might be the ball I use going forward. Great price point and great feel. My putting was amazing, most putts my weight was perfect and I felt the interaction with the ball was helping. Irons felt amazing as well, even with the mis hits it still had a good feeling and flight. The pic below was my drive off the tee of a par 5. Right down the middle leaving myself 175 to the pin! Felt great with the driver. 

Has anyone else tried these? 

[JY56]

Looking to freshen the top end of my bag.  Tried and fitted for Callaway, Ping and TM.  All the drivers worked well but for me it was close between TM and Ping 10k's with the feel edge going to the Ping after finding the right shaft.  3W was between Ping G430 Max and Callaway Smoke Max and hybrid between Ping G430 and Callaway Apex.  Gapping, ball flight and feel was more consistent with Ping for me.  There's going to be 3 new Pings moving in soon.

Edited May 13 by JY56

[Mlangdon23]

I was recently gifted a box of Vice Pro balls and put them in play during one of our annual 6-man scrambles. I am a long time Pro-V1x guy, with a brief stint With Callaway Chrome Soft (love the triple track 360), and honestly was super impressed with the Vice balls. I saw no noticeable differences in my game between the two. I think they'll have a spot in my bag for the foreseeable future

[CM12]

My driver is 11 years old now, and I'm finally looking to replace it.  I've been trying lots of low-spin drivers such as Darkspeed LS, AI Smoke triple diamond, Qi10 LS, etc.  With most of those I can get my spin in the 1800-2200 range, which is great.  But with some other low spin setups I'm still close to 3000.  Non low-spin drivers I'm closing in on 4000 and above.  The weird thing is that I hit up on the ball by about 3-5 degrees.  I'm not sure what is causing all this spin but I'd love to get it figured out.  I'll probably end up buying a low-spin driver, but it'd be great to figure out why I can't keep the spin down otherwise.

Edited May 14 by CM12

[warrenator8]

Bridgestone was doing a free ball fitting event at my local PGA Superstore yesterday and I tried the new Tour B X in their Mindset collection. I liked the ball pretty good, but I would like to do more testing with it around the greens before I give a full review of it. With the driver though, it worked really well for me.

[Rob Person]

On 5/1/2024 at 2:49 PM, cburins said:

Taylormade Speedsoft Review

I recently bought the new Taylormade Speedsoft golf balls! I have been bouncing around from Bridgestone and Taylormade. 

First impression - I really like the overall feel of this ball. I went with just the blank white as the ink design might affect the look of my putting line, but I wouldn't be apposed to trying the inked versions as they look pretty cool. Not sure how they would work with on course visibility. I tend to look for softer golfballs as I find the feel of them coming off the face is more pure and revealing. 

Comparing current ball - I did notice that I was getting more distance than my usual Taylormade Distance+. Not sure if I was just having a good ball striking day or these golf balls were just compressing and giving more distance. It was a bit tough to gauge what club to use though and it somewhat threw my distances off. My 56 is my stock 100yd club and on a 110yd par 3 I carried it to the back fringe of the green. Would need to use these for another round and maybe different weather conditions to truly find out. 

Cons - The only downside to this golfball that I've come across is that my permanent marker line seemed to fade a lot more than other golf balls I've used in the past. Through 7 holes the line was very faded and I had to reapply the line to the ball. My initial markings were almost completely gone. This could be weather related as it was raining, but Ive never had this issue in the past. 

Overall - I think this might be the ball I use going forward. Great price point and great feel. My putting was amazing, most putts my weight was perfect and I felt the interaction with the ball was helping. Irons felt amazing as well, even with the mis hits it still had a good feeling and flight. The pic below was my drive off the tee of a par 5. Right down the middle leaving myself 175 to the pin! Felt great with the driver. 

Has anyone else tried these? 

The TM rep at the golf course handed me 2 sleeves of these Tuesday.  I have not opened or played them yet. I may do so after I'm done with the Bridgestone balls.

[cburins]

2 hours ago, Rob Person said:

The TM rep at the golf course handed me 2 sleeves of these Tuesday.  I have not opened or played them yet. I may do so after I'm done with the Bridgestone balls.

Definitely give these a try! Did you get one of the inked colours? I would be curious to see what you think of them.