Toura Golf Irons Build Test: 2024 Forum Review

[Josh Parker]

1 hour ago, JRDuck40 said:

Full cord = 

Haha. Oh I like corded grips but had wanted to try out the star. I ordered a set of Royal Grip full cord. 

[David Leighton Reid]

On 6/13/2024 at 1:51 PM, azstu324 said:

Question for the other testers.. has anybody continued to use the grips that came with the set? 

I've been using them and they're pretty decent, BUT I'm thinking a change to my preferred Royal Precision full cord might be a good move. Something about these grips seems a little off for my preference. Maybe they're a little smaller than I'm used to? Not quite sure. 

I think I'll swap them before my trip 

 

I am still using the Toura grips and like them.  I did add a couple of layers of masking tape under the grips to make them a little bit bigger.  

[David Leighton Reid]

Okay golf fans, my Final Review is posted on the first page.  After my last few rounds with the CB irons, they have earned the first team starter position in the bag.  The pairing of the heads with the Recoil 95 graphite regular flex is really working well.  So I am now a legitimate Toura convert.  If you have any questions about the build or testing of the Toura CB irons, please do not hesitate to ask.

@azstu324, @ctg44, @JRDuck40 it has been a pleasure and an honor building and testing with you on this project.  You guys rock!

And a big shout out to @Toura Golf and MyGolfSpy forum for making this project possible.  

Edited June 16 by David Leighton Reid

[Rob Person]

42 minutes ago, David Leighton Reid said:

Okay golf fans, my Final Review is posted on the first page.  After my last few rounds with the CB irons, they have earned the first team starter position in the bag.  The pairing of the heads with the Recoil 95 graphite regular flex is really working well.  So I am now a legitimate Toura convert.  If you have any questions about the build or testing of the Toura CB irons, please do not hesitate to ask.

@azstu324, @ctg44, @JRDuck40 it has been a pleasure and an honor building and testing with you on this project.  You guys rock!

And a big shout out to @Toura Golf and MyGolfSpy forum for making this project possible.  

Nice review!  I think I cam speak for everyone when I say following these builds was really fun and exciting!!!

 

[David Leighton Reid]

21 minutes ago, Rob Person said:

Nice review!  I think I cam speak for everyone when I say following these builds was really fun and exciting!!!

 

Thank you, Rob!

[ctg44]

I posted my final review on page 1 yesterday morning.  Like @David Leighton Reid, I'd like to thank @Toura Golf,  @azstu324, and @JRDuck40 for making this such a fun process.  I'd also like to thank @GolfSpy_APH for facilitating this Build and Review test. 

I'm heading the course soon with the Toura CB irons in the bag to play 18 with my wife, and maybe our younger son will join us later on for the back 9, though that's doubtful because he and his brother drove in from a USA Hockey officiating camp in Colorado last night and didn't get home until very late.

Without further delay, here is the link to my review:

 

Edited June 16 by ctg44

[Josh Parker]

10 minutes ago, ctg44 said:

I posted my final review on page 1 yesterday morning.  Like @David Leighton Reid, I'd like to thank @Toura Golf,  @azstu324, and @JRDuck40 for making this such a fun process.  I'd also like to thank @GolfSpy_APH for facilitating this Build and Review test. 

I'm heading the course soon with the Toura CB irons in the bag to play 18 with my wife, and maybe our younger son will join us later on for the back 9, though that's doubtful because he and his brother drove in from a USA Hockey officiating camp in Colorado last night and didn't get home until very late.

Without further delay, here is the link to my review:

 

Great job!  All of y'all killed it on the builds!

[ctg44]

On 6/16/2024 at 7:56 AM, Josh Parker said:

Great job!  All of y'all killed it on the builds!

Thanks @Josh Parker.  I mean, your own @Toura Golf build was pretty stellar too, so let's give it some props:  

 

 

Did you end up keeping the Toura irons you built as gamers or sticking with your Srixons?  Those MBs looked sick, but they were probably a handful to play if I were to guess...

[Josh Parker]

3 minutes ago, ctg44 said:

Thanks @Josh Parker.  I mean, your own @Toura Golf build was pretty stellar too, so let's give it some props:  

 

 

Did you end up keeping the Toura irons you built as gamers or sticking with your Srixons?  Those MBs looked sick, but they were probably a handful to play if I were to guess...

Thanks!

I throw the 7-pw in the bag from time to time still. They are rockets off the face and I love the feel. 

I take them all down to the range and hit with them as well. 

[ctg44]

Well, despite there not being any real reason for them being slow, the 2 groups in front of us were sloooooooooowwwwww yesterday, and well, I suck at golf when I have to wait around.  If the tee time "real feel" temperature wasn't already 100°, my wife and I would have walked like we normally do on a weekend morning round, but with me having worked multiple hockey games both Friday and Saturday, and her having hit balls Thursday, Friday, and Saturday (after not playing at all since the last week of May - she's an AP US History teacher who's been grading AP tests all month or doing training for other teachers when that was done), I knew that wasn't going to be a great option for us.

 

Thus, we rode and waited and waited and waited.  The round still only took 4 hours, but when you can easily play 18 as a twosome in under 3 hours on a course, that extra hour equals almost an extra minute waiting on every shot, which is simply painful, even when my wife and I do get along great and were having a good time getting her used to her new Mizuno 923 HM HL clubs.  She decided as a 50-year-old hockey mom that she was not about to spend hours practicing golf but still wanted to be good at it when she played, so the Mizunos fit that bill for her.  At any rate, she shot an 83 (down from an average of an 87 lately, so progress for her), and well, I shot an 87, up from an 81 the last time I played a full 18 on that course.  Surprisingly, this wasn't due to driver issues this time, as I was pumping that club in the 280-300 range, depending on if I was into or with the wind. 

 

Now, this occasion it was unfortunately approach and short game play where I suffered.  I could not hit a long iron, short iron, or wedge close to the target to save my life, which is crazy to me, as I was striping the ball on the grass range at PGA Frisco on Friday and with all of the irons off the mats at our club's range on Saturday.  My VoiceCaddie SC300 shows I was hitting the 5 iron just over 200 yards on average, and that was with limited-distance range balls...on Sunday, on the course, I couldn't get a ProV1x (2023...straight out of the box) to go 200 with the 4 iron...

 

Not sure if my legs were tired and causing issues with being unable to get the Toura CBs to the bottom of the swing right, but I was getting my driver there just fine, and it's loaded w/ like 25-30 grams of extra weight (19 gram Billy Bob slider weight and a bunch of tungsten tape) on a 70 gram TX Tensei AV White shaft, so it's not like I wasn't generating clubhead speed since I was blasting that thing with literally the perfect 14° launch angle and a tiny amount of draw spin to get just the right amount of roll out.  No idea why I couldn't then hit but about 3 decent iron shots all day...

Edited June 17 by ctg44

[JRDuck40]

Played the @Toura Golf irons again last night.

Hot hot hot in MKE. 90+ degrees and humid. Did not have a ton of iron shots as we played the front 9 at New Berlin Hills, which is quite short. But, did have some nice shots. One thing that I am noticing quite a bit is that any shot out of the rough has zero spin on the ball. This was not the case with my prior iron sets. Case in point, on the 6th, Par 4 - 410 yd. I ended up hitting my drive just off the left side of the fairway. Had 160 to the pin and ended up hitting my 7i. Ball flight was normal but the ball ended up rolling thru the green and left me a nasty downhill chip short-sided. Outside of that particular shot, I will have to say that the CBs performed very well. 
Final hole of the evening was the Par 4 9th, playing 315 yd last night. There is water to carry, roughly 240 to cover, as there was a significant breeze, I decided to go with 4 iron off the tee and left myself 130 to the pin. Hit an easy 9 iron into the green and stuck it to 10 feet. FINALLY made bird, missed the 4 prior tries. (Might be time to address the putter. hahaha). 

All in all, I love the thin top line look. The feel and turf interaction is ideal. I will have the full review up later this week but all indicators point to @Toura Golf CBs in the bag and my Takomo 101Ts out. 

Onward. 

[azstu324]

Yesterday I played the 1st of my final 2 rounds before I conclude my testing of the Toura K-Cut MB's. The course that I played was really the ultimate test of the versatility and ultimate "player's" characteristics of these irons. Pacific Grove Golf links is located right at the tip of the Monterey peninsula. The front 9 is fairly standard but with a few blind shots and shorter placement par 4's that don't require driver, but do reward you with some precise iron placenta shots. The fairways are lined with tall cypress pines and they are quite narrow. The back 9 however is a complete polar opposite of the front. It's completely exposed to all of the elements that are characteristic to a peninsula coast. Namely wind gust in all directions and cooler temps. The back 9 also is a true Scottish links style design. It has small greens that have very little definition separating them from the fringe and fairway grass. There is also a lot of natural growth and native sand patch areas. The greens nearly all have a false front or sides so shot placement and distance consistency is crucial. The hard part is trying to figure out how many extra clubs are needed based on the wind. Flighting the ball lower is helpful if you obtain the skill to do so. A few holes I got complacent and just hit the shot instead of pay attention to the wind. Seeing a 6 iron carry 135 yds instead of the normal 185 is quite humbling. 

 

I figured it was important to explain the course and conditions being that it throws every obstacle imaginable at you. Well these clubs performed masterfully! One thing I just can't get enough of is how great the turf interaction is. In conditions like these, the blade just cuts through the turf like butter. The forged feeling of these clubs is like nothing I've ever hit. It's intoxicating but also very confidence inspiring. After the first few holes and gaining my footing, I just couldn't seem to hit any punishingly bad shots. Finding the face and getting the ball in the air is so much easier than the profile would suggest. That has continued to be the case each time I take these out. 

Ultimately I'm so extremely impressed with how these simple blades performed under the most demanding conditions that I can imagine. Tomorrow I'm playing Poppy Hill. I'm really excited to see how these clubs will help me navigate a nearly 7,000 yard championship style course. 

My final score 77/70. 7 over par on this course to me is like shooting par. I'll take it! 

Here are a couple of the famous peninsula deer that you'll see pretty much everywhere. 

On the right is the historical and iconic functioning lighthouse. It's been functioning since 1853. 

 

 

 

Edited June 19 by azstu324

[TJ Hall]

56 minutes ago, azstu324 said:

Yesterday I played the 1st of my final 2 rounds before I conclude my testing of the Toura K-Cut MB's. The course that I played was really the ultimate test of the versatility and ultimate "player's" characteristics of these irons. Pacific Grove Golf links is located right at the tip of the Monterey peninsula. The front 9 is fairly standard but with a few blind shots and shorter placement par 4's that don't require driver, but do reward you with some precise iron placenta shots. The fairways are lined with tall cypress pines and they are quite narrow. The back 9 however is a complete polar opposite of the front. It's completely exposed to all of the elements that are characteristic to a peninsula coast. Namely wind gust in all directions and cooler temps. The back 9 also is a true Scottish links style design. It has small greens that have very little definition separating them from the fringe and fairway grass. There is also a lot of natural growth and native sand patch areas. The greens nearly all have a false front or sides so shot placement and distance consistency is crucial. The hard part is trying to figure out how many extra clubs are needed based on the wind. Flighting the ball lower is helpful if you obtain the skill to do so. A few holes I got complacent and just hit the shot instead of pay attention to the wind. Seeing a 6 iron carry 135 yds instead of the normal 185 is quite humbling. 

 

I figured it was important to explain the course and conditions being that it throws every obstacle imaginable at you. Well these clubs performed masterfully! One thing I just can't get enough of is how great the turf interaction is. In conditions like these, the blade just cuts through the turf like butter. The forged feeling of these clubs is like nothing I've ever hit. It's intoxicating but also very confidence inspiring. After the first few holes and gaining my footing, I just couldn't seem to hit any punishingly bad shots. Finding the face and getting the ball in the air is so much easier than the profile would suggest. That has continued to be the case each time I take these out. 

Ultimately I'm so extremely impressed with how these simple blades performed under the most demanding conditions that I can imagine. Tomorrow I'm playing Poppy Hill. I'm really excited to see how these clubs will help me navigate a nearly 7,000 yard championship style course. 

My final score 77/70. 7 over par on this course to me is like shooting par. I'll take it! 

Here are a couple of the famous peninsula deer that you'll see pretty much everywhere. 

On the right is the historical and iconic functioning lighthouse. It's been functioning since 1853. 

 

 

 

Nice round and those are some nice views on the course!

[ctg44]

Well, I decided to throw a wrench into the works and play a round with my TaylorMade P7MC irons today, with the MG4 48° as my PW. It's going to be hard to swap anything in the bag out after shooting a 78 this morning. What didn't hurt this morning was that I was pounding the driver. Hit several absolute bombs out to over 300 yards on soft fairways and even got 280+ into the wind. I only had 2 balls from bad lies, which is a big help, and 1 of those was from hitting 3 wood through the fairway on a dogleg par 4.

We're playing again Friday afternoon, so maybe I'll swap back to the Toura CB irons and see if I can't replicate the sub-80 round.

[ctg44]

As you can see by my stats below, I hit the ball better off the tee.  The only really bad shots I had were on 2:

• A ripped P790 UDI 2 iron through the fairway to the left, costing me an unplayable penalty with a ball up against a tree
• A ripped, but faded 3 wood through the fairway on the dogleg left par 3 into heavy rough.

#7 was a tough lie resulting in bogey, but it was again a drive hit too far through a dogleg left

The only saving grace that might get the Toura CBs back in the bag is the Par 3 scoring.  I did not hit the green on 3 of the 4 par 3s, which is something I've be MUCH better at lately w/ the Touras.

I was feeling bored last night so I threw a grip on my old Scotty Cameron Newport Studio Series 2 putter.  It's beat up, looks like crap, and well, probably bent a bit from a tantrum or 2 my son threw when he had it between my dad giving it to him and me taking it over because he's not a blade putter...man did I miss the feel of a good old blade putter...look at all those 9-11' 1-putts!  I had no 3 putts either, even with a couple of less than stellar wedge or approach shots that left a looooong 1st putt.  I mean, I had a +10 relative handicap with 3.8 strokes gained just from putting alone.  However, the -33 relative handicap on short game and -11 on approach both continue to kill my scoring.

I do have some X100 (the Tour Issue Onyx versions) wedge shafts coming so I can throw those in the Edison 2.0 wedge heads I got a couple of weeks ago.  Between my improved driving and putting, if I can get rid of my double bogeys and 1-2 of the bogeys become pars, I'm going to be consistently shooting the scores that I feel I'm regularly capable of, rather than feeling like I'm giving away so many strokes...

Having SwingU remind me just how BAD my short game and mid-iron and in approach game has been can be hard to stomach...

 

[Josh Parker]

@azstu324 the royal cord grips just got in and swapped them all out.  Hoping to get a round in this afternoon to see how they do. 

[JRDuck40]

Final review

 

Holy COW! It’s been almost two months since this test launched and it feels quite a bit longer than that. Kids + Summer Vacay = Dad sweeping the dew yet again to sneak in a round or two. If you are just joining us, I was one of the very lucky testers to be running with the Toura 4 – PW Japan Forged CBs.

Below is a quick rundown of a H2H I ran on the Toura CB vs my current iron set, Takomo 101T. Toura in Red, Takomo in Green.

Initial Thoughts / Review (18.5 / 20)

Only deductions I do have against the Toura, is that we you are not able to have heads bent to our specifications (-1 point). This did set me back an additional $40 and change to have heads set to 2 degrees upright and 1 degree stronger for my setup. Also, the ½ point deduction was for shipping. Not a huge fan of USPS or Canada Post as I do buy and sell quite a few clubs / components online and I have had nothing but horrid luck with both. All that aside, the heads, shafts, grips and other components were packaged immaculately. Each head was packaged with, a plug on the hosel, wrapped in a plastic bag, which was inside of bubble wrap sealed bag then inside of yet another Toura labeled velour bag. (talk about an Inception themed flashback!) Wow. Not a chance these were getting damaged by anything in transit. Hence why they used government funded shipping. Lol. They also turned out pretty darn nice if I say so myself. 

The CBs performed very well on the sim test and initial range sessions. The dispersion was very tight compared to the 101Ts. Yardage was a little better as well. (I did have each head bent to 1 degree stronger). Also my mishits still travel well and do not fade hard, which does occur with the 101Ts. Feel off the face, ground interaction, overall look and feel were all on par if not better than what I currently have. 

On Course Review  

My first actual round with the Toura CBs was at one of the highest rated venues in all of Wisconsin, let alone in the Midwest. Lawsonia Golf – The Links. This course has hosted quite a few amateur events over the years and is always in the top rated courses in WI. The one thing that is NOT highly rated here is their driving range. Or as I call it, the sand pit. I did hit the Toura 7i a few times, along with the 5i and PW for warm ups. I did use a club brush after each shot to remove excess sand / dirt from the faces, but the balls and sand pit did do some wear to the faces. Mind you, I did the same with my other gamer set (Takomo 101T), and the Takomo finish held up quite a bit better than the Toura. Mind you the Takomo has a chrome finish where as the Toura has a minimal coating / finish on the raw heads. Which I do appreciate from an anti-glare prospective.

The Toura did perform quite admirably for the test. Unfortunately, because of my handicap and this particular event and the way things were set up, I was tossed to the back tees at nearly 7K yards which meant not a ton of iron shots for me. It was driver – hybrid or at best, driver 5i almost all day. Which I have no issues with. The long irons 4 thru 6 performed great. I had little to no issue getting the ball in the air and landing softly. The one thing that I will need to get used to is the check / backspin I receive from the Toura VS Takomo. Because of the higher launch angle and spin rate, I am finding myself needing to go after a lower launch angle or clubbing up because of the backspin on some shots. For instance, on the par 4 - 9th on our 3rd day (Lawsonia – Woodlands course) I had 155 yd, uphill to the pin. I decided on the 6 iron because of the spin I was generating on prior shots. This shot is a typical 7 iron for me. The 6 landed just past the pin, roughly 12-15 feet long, stuck and sucked back about 10 feet. Yes, I missed the bird. Haha. One other forgiveness example was from the same round, on the Par 3 13th, playing around 140 that day. I hit a very easy 8 iron, again landing just past the pin off to the right and ended up missing the green just right because of, you guessed it, spin. Mind you, we did get rained on all day Saturday, and the greens were quite receptive and soft.  My final shot that really knocks this home was at a league night, final approach on the 9th hole, Par 4 playing 340 yd this night – New Berlin Hills GC. Hit 4 iron with around 125 left to the pin. Uphill shot with a breeze into the green. Ended up hitting 9 iron pin high and again sucked it back below the hole. Mind you, again the rain deluge that is Wisconsin 2024, but 20 feet of spin is crazy. Especially with how furry / slow the greens were that particular day.

But I do have to say that with the CBs, I do feel that I have the ability to go after more greens than before. They have a silky smooth feel when you strike the ball. Even better with turf interaction VS my Takomo 101Ts. The blade like leading edge promotes more of a ball strikers feel. The top line either bodes confidence or gives you the shakes. One of my competitors even asked if these were beginner blades. I thought that was a great comparison. The top line does not give off confidence. It’s thin, blade like look, makes you think on your shot. Which I like. I need to reign in the mindset and hone in about what I’d like to do. Also, the lack of bounce on the irons does promote more of a ball strikers look and feel. This is good for full shots. Not around the greens where I typically like to use a 8i through all of my wedges 52 thru 60 depending on the lie / pin placement / runout, etc. This is where my Takomo set did out perform the Toura for the time being. With the more rounded edge and higher bounce on the sole, the Takomo 8i through PW does perform better chipping at this point than the Toura. But I’m sure a few 3 hour sessions at my home track will knock that out… Just need to ask permission from the ‘better half’ on that one. Haha.

I am loving the fact that each club is easy to hit. My shot shape is straight with a slight fade. On miss-hits, it still goes and the overall forgiveness of the irons is fantastic. Much easier to hit and keep online than my 101Ts.

On Course Score – (18/20)

Only 2 point reductions. The raw face is getting a little beaten up. But nothing I cannot live with (-1). The overall feel around the greens for chipping. The lack of bounce does bring up a little issue for me. But I am starting to get used to the 9i and PW. Have not tested the 8i all that much for chipping. Will be sure to keep that in mind for the ongoing review / test. (-1).

The Good / The Bad / The In Between….

So the good – The look. Wow these irons scream SMOKESHOW. I cannot tell you how many people came up and asked about the irons, where I got them, how they can they purchase, if I would build them a set. Almost everyone was shocked that the shafts were not graphite. When I said they were painted True Temper they flipped. The heads are holding up well. Also they’re now getting a little patina, especially on the stampings which I love. The turf interaction and the ability to launch the ball is nothing like I have ever played with previously. With prior sets, I did have issues from time to time with getting the ball to launch, especially with 4 and 5 irons. With the @Toura Golf CBs, zero issue. They are rockets. Love that.

The bad – because they are a raw iron, they do have a tendency to wear out…. And I mean quickly. As previously mentioned, the range session did wear in my 7i pretty quickly. It’s a new club, and yes it interacts with dirt, sand, mud, etc… I know it’s not going to be new for all that long, but 7 rounds and it looks worse than my normal gamers? Really? All of that being said, the grooves do clean up very easily, the face has some very ‘light wear’, the sole of the head also has a tendency to scuff up, but this is something I can easily live with. The other bad, at the moment, is the greenside play with 8 thru PW. I do use more than just my wedges for chipping and the leading edge and lack of bounce on the 8 thru PW on the Toura set does lead to some issues on quite a few of the courses I play. Not too many tight lies in and around SE Wisconsin. Typically light rough or thick grass greenside here. Not a deal breaker, just need some time to dial them in for my short game.

The In-Between…… Long irons / 8 through PW. With my 101Ts, I am a surgeon from 145 in. They have just enough spin to hold greens, check or back up when needed. I can work shots and my yardage is dialed. With the CBs, I am still finding my yardages with a few shots and having troubles with the spin rate with the center of gravity on the heads so low. Again, it is a cheat code to get the ball in the air. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t hate this. But on windy days, it is a problem. The last few rounds I have seen quite a bit of improvement with the CBs and have little to no issues with the 9i and PW. Just need a little more time with the 8i.

On the other hand, the Toura 4i thru 6i are so forgiving / launch the ball, it should be illegal and the USGA should seriously look into these cheaters… Haha, I kid of course. But in all seriousness, Toura vs Takomo 4 thru 6, I give the full edge to Toura. Well done Toura. Very well done indeed.  

G/B/IBT – (17/20)

Play it / Trade it.

They are in the bag. Zero question about it. The ability to hit a solid long iron, improved launch, soft landing and dialed back side spin rates vs my Takomo 101Ts, I would be stupid not to make the Toura CBs my daily gamer.

The plan for the remainder of the 24 season, I am going to play the Toura CBs to give them a fair shake. Blanks that I got to customize? Yes please! I mean, who gets to say that every day? Also, the long irons are just a pleasure to hit.

Lastly, to speak to the cost of the clubs themselves, for a fully customizable, DIY set of clubs, you cannot beat what Toura has to offer. If you truly want to stand out, make it your own, this is your one and only option IMO. They are a clubmakers dream set. That all being said, heads only option for $800 can seem a little steep for some. But if you look at what you will get, blank heads, forged from Japanese steel, it is as good as it gets. Also, if you do order the heads only, you get 8 sweet little Toura “money pouches” for each of the heads. I’m currently using them as tee pouches. Love it!

I will be playing it! (20/20)

In summery, I was shocked that the @Toura Golf CBs did this well. I thought I was locked in on my 101Ts and I was dead wrong. The CBs look and feel great. I am coming around on the short game after a few practice sessions over the past few weeks and very much have my yardages dialed in. Very excited to play Blackwolf Run this coming weekend and will for sure have some additional photos and updates for the thread.
I am really not trying to be overly positive for the review, but the CB 4 thru PW are cheat codes. They are quite easy to launch. The long irons land soft and stick. They look phenomenal and perform just as well. I love the crisp interaction and the feel with the turf is a hot knife through butter. They did a great job engineering this set and I would highly recommend these to anyone looking at either building a set themselves or purchasing them built from Toura. If you are looking for something that isn’t from the big 4 and you want that top quality, you need to put Toura on your short list of DTC.

www.touragolf.com

Overall Score (91.5 / 100)

Lastly, I would just like to say a BIG thank you to @Toura Golf and MyGolfSpy.com for this opportunity. It was a blast to build these from the ground up and I hope you run this test again and again. The interaction with all the fellow spies and readers was a treat. It was great to learn a few new things from the other testers and to see what everyone was up to. Club-making is an artform and I think that all of us, @azstu324 @ctg44 and @David Leighton Reid really brought their A game for this test. It was an honor to participate. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!

[JRDuck40]

And of course the rain train is scheduled to stop in WI yet again. Of course it's not for a round at the local dog track, but a tourney I have tomorrow am at Blackwolf Run. If anyone needs rain in their neck of the woods, please let me know and I'll pack some up for you and send it UPS NDA. 

[azstu324]

On 6/20/2024 at 9:30 AM, Josh Parker said:

@azstu324 the royal cord grips just got in and swapped them all out.  Hoping to get a round in this afternoon to see how they do. 

What do ya think about the grips? 

[Josh Parker]

6 minutes ago, azstu324 said:

What do ya think about the grips? 

They have worked great for the 2 rounds so far. Much more tack and grip than the stars for the 100* weather. 

[azstu324]

Ok I was able to play another 18 at probably my most favorite course Poppy Hill. Every inch of this track is absolutely pristine! 

I thought that yesterday's round would be the easiest of the 2 that I played on my trip but I was wrong. As is customary here on the Monterey peninsula, the temps were lower at about 53° (F) and the air was very damp and chilly. Most of the round I was seeing the ball carry 2-3 clubs shorter than normal. This really becomes a problem when you get to one of the many 200+ yd par 3's and you run out of club with the 4i that should easily carry 205+ in normal conditions. This wasn't so much a club problem as it was a planning issue on my part. GIR's missed was primarily due to coming up way short. Clubs were struck very well and flew straight but just didn't hit the number most of the time. Luckily my wedges game was air tight yesterday and I was able to scramble my way out of quite a few situations, including about 5 separate greenside bunkers to within 5 feet from the hole. 

I'll leave the scorecard out of this one but just for reference, I hit 4/18 GIR's and was pretty much playing par bogey patty-cake the whole round to finish with a shoulder shrugging 83. 

I'll admit that I may have been in a little over my head yesterday and that maybe bringing my TS3's to have the option for some extra yardage may have been the move. I kind of just felt like I was treading water most of the round. Again, not a problem with the clubs so much my poor decision making. 

I will say that Toura may have an order being placed though by a gentleman that I played with. I let him try the clubs on numerous holes and he absolutely fell in love (no surprises there). 

Here are some more pics of the round from yesterday. Poppy Hill, until we meet again next year! 

This guy was making fun of us all on one of the holes. Just cawing away in our back swings. Kinda rude but whatever

 

[JRDuck40]

So the round on Saturday at Blackwolf Run - Meadows Valley course was.... Miserable. No joking, it rained like I have never seen before. There was ponding on the fairways, greens. Bunkers were turned into concrete messes. Anything that was elevated had a river running down it. The event organizers said, "As long as there is no lightening, we are playing." Sooooo ok... FUN! 

A few highlights for the @Toura Golf CBs. 

3/4 Par 3 Greens hit with a big WIN on the closet to the pin challenge. Hole 15, Par 3 - 153. VERY much playing into the wind so hit a choke down 7 iron and stuck it to 10 feet. Wanted to keep it below the hole, but ended up hitting slightly above the pin, but was able to make bird. 

Hole 3 - Par 3 - 148 yards. The rain was POURING down at this point. When I say pouring, think of the scene in Forest Gump where the troops are walking through the jungle and he is narrating the monsoon season in Vietnam, it was like that, but worse. There was ponding on any low lying area and 2 out of the first 3 holes were under water. Like the cup was filled with water and the area around the cup was under at least 1 inch, if not more standing / pooling water. But yet, we were told to press on. 

Back to the shot, ended up hitting 8 iron into the green and left our team around 15 feet for birdie. My 3 partners ended up missing short. I decided to hit my putt much more firm and the ball, I kid you not, floated over the cup. Alas, it did not go in, so no bird for us. UGH!  

The only GIR on the par 3s that I did not make was on the 17th. Nasty little Par 3 - 185, with a ton of cross winds. All of my partners ended up hitting their tee shots either short or nowhere near the green. Wish I would've taken a photo of this hole, but here it is from their website. 

The pin was damn near illegal, just 3 paces off the left side of the green with wind coming in hot blowing right to left. Ended up hitting a 5 iron over the tree shown on the right / front of the green. Was hoping the wind would bring it back but I just stayed straight and ended up missing pin high just off the green. 

At this point of the day, it was finally drying out a little and we were able to remove any and all rain gear. My phone was still acting up a little so I was not chancing taking it out / snapping more photos as my Bushnell GPS Watch was a glorified ball mark at this point. We finished in 8th place at -4. The winning team was at -12. But didn't walk away with nothing. Ended up winning $50 for the closest to the pin contest. Woo hoo! The irons held up very well. But man oh man, the rain made the petina on the heads accelerate like crazy! I have raw heads on Cleveland Zip Core RTX wedges and they did rust a little. The Touras took this to a whole new level. But with a little soap and warm water, along with a little bit of steel wool, they did clean up quite nicely sitting next to the fire for 2 hours to dry out my grips. 

FYI - SuperStroke grips are a sponge. My Scotty was soaking wet and it took all day Sunday for it to dry out properly. 
League night it tonight. Will have more testing to report on soon. 

Onward. 

[Rob Person]

12 hours ago, JRDuck40 said:

So the round on Saturday at Blackwolf Run - Meadows Valley course was.... Miserable. No joking, it rained like I have never seen before. There was ponding on the fairways, greens. Bunkers were turned into concrete messes. Anything that was elevated had a river running down it. The event organizers said, "As long as there is no lightening, we are playing." Sooooo ok... FUN! 

A few highlights for the @Toura Golf CBs. 

3/4 Par 3 Greens hit with a big WIN on the closet to the pin challenge. Hole 15, Par 3 - 153. VERY much playing into the wind so hit a choke down 7 iron and stuck it to 10 feet. Wanted to keep it below the hole, but ended up hitting slightly above the pin, but was able to make bird. 

Hole 3 - Par 3 - 148 yards. The rain was POURING down at this point. When I say pouring, think of the scene in Forest Gump where the troops are walking through the jungle and he is narrating the monsoon season in Vietnam, it was like that, but worse. There was ponding on any low lying area and 2 out of the first 3 holes were under water. Like the cup was filled with water and the area around the cup was under at least 1 inch, if not more standing / pooling water. But yet, we were told to press on. 

Back to the shot, ended up hitting 8 iron into the green and left our team around 15 feet for birdie. My 3 partners ended up missing short. I decided to hit my putt much more firm and the ball, I kid you not, floated over the cup. Alas, it did not go in, so no bird for us. UGH!  

The only GIR on the par 3s that I did not make was on the 17th. Nasty little Par 3 - 185, with a ton of cross winds. All of my partners ended up hitting their tee shots either short or nowhere near the green. Wish I would've taken a photo of this hole, but here it is from their website. 

The pin was damn near illegal, just 3 paces off the left side of the green with wind coming in hot blowing right to left. Ended up hitting a 5 iron over the tree shown on the right / front of the green. Was hoping the wind would bring it back but I just stayed straight and ended up missing pin high just off the green. 

At this point of the day, it was finally drying out a little and we were able to remove any and all rain gear. My phone was still acting up a little so I was not chancing taking it out / snapping more photos as my Bushnell GPS Watch was a glorified ball mark at this point. We finished in 8th place at -4. The winning team was at -12. But didn't walk away with nothing. Ended up winning $50 for the closest to the pin contest. Woo hoo! The irons held up very well. But man oh man, the rain made the petina on the heads accelerate like crazy! I have raw heads on Cleveland Zip Core RTX wedges and they did rust a little. The Touras took this to a whole new level. But with a little soap and warm water, along with a little bit of steel wool, they did clean up quite nicely sitting next to the fire for 2 hours to dry out my grips. 

FYI - SuperStroke grips are a sponge. My Scotty was soaking wet and it took all day Sunday for it to dry out properly. 
League night it tonight. Will have more testing to report on soon. 

Onward. 

When we pay to play, we must play!!!  

[JRDuck40]

12 hours ago, Rob Person said:

When we pay to play, we must play!!!  

Funny thing was that my group was sponsored by a vendor and we didn't pay a dime. Haha.... .But yeah. It was insane. Never played in rain like that before. The crazy thing was any other course would've been shut down for the entire day. Kudos to the course management team at Kohler. The fairways / green complexes all drained very, very well. Bunkers, not so much, but what are you going to do about that? 

If you ever find yourself in WI and want a top notch track to test you, I cannot say enough good things about any of the Kohler properties in and around Sheboygan. 

[JRDuck40]

Another league night in the books. I do have to say that my yardages are getting dialed in quite nicely on the @Toura Golf CB 4-PW. Pretty much locked for the following yardages now. 

4 iron - 185 carry / 192-194 tot

5 iron - 175 carry / 180-182 tot

6 iron - 167 carry / 170-172 tot

7 iron - 155 carry / 159-161 tot

8 iron - 148 carry / 151-153 tot

9 iron - 136 carry / 140-141 tot

PW - 120 carry / 122-123 tot

I am very much digging the stopping power on each iron. I'm sure that will change when conditions finally start drying out at some point this summer. Not sure when that will be in WI, but for now, we press on. 

A few highlights from last evening. Outside of the massive shoulder pain that I've been experiencing, was able to swing well for the majority of the round.

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10th hole- ended up missing FW right and needed to go with my 18* hyb. Missed the U/D putt. 

11th - Ended up clipping a tree on the left side of FW and knocked me down with roughly 205 left. Again, 18* hyb and missed the U/D for par. 

12th - Missed the green just left. Hit 6 i pin high. Was able to get U/D. 

13th - FW off the drive, 3 wood just short and was able to get U/D for bird. 

14th - FW to 125 y to pin. Hit PW to 10 feet with a lovely little two bounce check and stop. I do love the feel on the Toura 7 through PW and the stopping power. Lipped out the bird and settled for par. 

15th - 5 iron pin high just missed green to the right. Missed the U/D for par. 

16th - Drive to 95 to pin. Chunky 52* and missed the U/D for par. 

17th - Drive to ~45 yd to pin. Punch 52* to 10 feet and two putt par. 

18th - Let's just say trees are not 90% air and no, you cannot go through, around, below or above them. Best to avoid them altogether. 

Overall, I am really liking the consistency with my distances on the irons. The patina is easily manageable and the heads clean up very nicely after each shot / round. Will attempt to sneak in another rounds this weekend at some point... Hopefully. Yes, there is MORE rain predicted for the greater MKE area. 

Onward.  

[ctg44]

Well, no.golf updates this week @Toura Golf fans. My wife (a very long time AP US History teacher) and I are in Boston for a long overdue vacation. We didn't get to take one last year, and she worked an extra month through the end of June between grading AP tests and an educational consulting position she has. I had a free hotel night voucher and gave her a list of cities we could use it in and she picked Boston so she could visit all the sites important to the early period of US History she loves to teach. 

Edited June 29 by ctg44

[Rob Person]

3 hours ago, ctg44 said:

Well, no.golf updates this week @Toura Golf fans. My wife (a very long time AP US History teacher) and I are in Boston for a long overdue vacation. We didn't get to take one last year, and she worked an extra month through the end of June between grading AP tests and an educational consulting position she has. I had a free hotel night voucher and gave her a list of cities we could use it in and she picked Boston so she could visit all the sites important to the early period of US History she loves to teach. 

There is so much history in and around boston that you cannot do it in just a weekend.  I grew up there and there are still places that I never got to visit that Have a rich history of colonial times

Enjoy yourselves. The clubs will still be there when you get back

[azstu324]

Hey y'all!

This has been an absolute honor and a blast to be a part of. I want to extend my sincere gratitude to @Toura Golf and MGS for allowing us to be a part of this one. 

As always, these reviews opportunities aren't possible without the forum Mods! Thank you guys for all that you do to help make this forum the best in the buzz! 

Final review is completed 

 

 

Edited June 30 by azstu324

[Donn lost in San Diego]

This is a huge thread.  Is price mentioned, or can MGS or a tester or Toura give us some price info?

I think it is a great idea, Pursuit of Happiness, entrepreneurship, taking Bob Parsons & PXG game plan to the next dimension.

I also just saw the latest TV commercial for Winn Grips, so I am expecting to go shopping soon for kitchen appliances, garden tools, tennis rackets and baseball bats, door knobs, and so much more all with Winn grips.  Will Winn team up with Henckel for cutlery?  Or Revereware and Calphalon for cookware?  Peloton for better grips on exercycle?  Nike for better grips on the tips of shoelaces? Fiskar scissors?  OK, I'm done.

[Josh Parker]

3 minutes ago, Donn lost in San Diego said:

This is a huge thread.  Is price mentioned, or can MGS or a tester or Toura give us some price info?

I think it is a great idea, Pursuit of Happiness, entrepreneurship, taking Bob Parsons & PXG game plan to the next dimension.

I also just saw the latest TV commercial for Winn Grips, so I am expecting to go shopping soon for kitchen appliances, garden tools, tennis rackets and baseball bats, door knobs, and so much more all with Winn grips.  Will Winn team up with Henckel for cutlery?  Or Revereware and Calphalon for cookware?  Peloton for better grips on exercycle?  Nike for better grips on the tips of shoelaces? Fiskar scissors?  OK, I'm done.

Click the link below for their website. 

 

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