RBZ Stage 2 Fairway and Hybrid Forum Member Reviews!

[GolfSpy WD]

I'll say I have a solid initial impression of these clubs now. One thing in particular was not unexpected, but I didn't expect it to this degree.

 

As crappy as the weather has been, it does make for some interesting lie and terrible ground conditions that can only help our reviews!

[Super Tuna]

Dun dun dun.

 

Something wicked this way comes...

[Mr_Theoo]

Dun dun dun.

 

Something wicked this way comes...

 

What would that be?

[GolfSpy WD]

Tuna's unboxing is up!

 

http://forum.mygolfspy.com/topic/8518-do-not-reply/page__view__findpost__p__96801

[The Dansome]

Ooo Tuna has toys! We should get out

[fsav]

I'll say I have a solid initial impression of these clubs now. One thing in particular was not unexpected, but I didn't expect it to this degree.

 

As crappy as the weather has been, it does make for some interesting lie and terrible ground conditions that can only help our reviews!

Hey RP,

 

Nothing meant by that comment I was just stating the facts. I know each person has the free will to divulge what they would like.

[Super Tuna]

I'm leaving the details out until I get some time with them and do the full review, but interesting numbers on the trackman so far.

[GolfSpy WD]

Took my driver out of the bag on Monday and it's not going back in until my review is up.

 

I'm having the withdrawal shakes already...

[GolfSpy WD]

Broke down and installed mid size grips on the clubs. Now I won't feel like they're slipping out of my hands every swing. Clubs are now 43" and 40" respectively with much lower swing weights and closer to what I'm used to.

[GolfSpy WD]

I smell reviews coming in...

 

soon

[The Dansome]

I smell reviews coming in...

 

soon

 

Hurry up! I need newsletter content..

[Aotearoa_Brad]

Hurry up! I need newsletter content..

 

I'll write you a story, but you have to promise to include it without editing it at all lol

[Aotearoa_Brad]

Why, have they ever edited one of your posts?

 

 

Fairways & Greens 4ever

 

no, not on the forum. But newsletter probably gets some editing before its finalised I'd say. Heck, I wouldn't even let me write an article for a widely distributed newsletter without some form of editing lol

[GolfSpy_X]

RP...you've never made it in the newsletter?

[GolfSpy WD]

RP...you've never made it in the newsletter?

 

I'm not sure how that's possible... RP is the king of the forums.

 

Total aside, but from those of us with inside knowledge though, these reviews are going to be very interesting.

[Super Tuna]

Rickles review is up on the 1st page. Go have a look see!

[GolfSpy WD]

Here's the link!

 

http://forum.mygolfspy.com/topic/8518-do-not-reply/page__view__findpost__p__96791

[Jgolf]

Here's the link!

 

http://forum.mygolfs...dpost__p__96791

 

And it's a great read! Well done Rickles!

[Blade]

Good job Rickles! One of these days I'll have to try a 3w again.

[JBones]

Great review, Rickles.

[Rickles]

Man, I'm gonna go do some editing. I put this up at 10PM last night after a long night at church and I had a headache. Mad Typos!

Also if anybody has any questions just ask and I'll do my best to answer you.

[Walkerjames]

Great review Rickles!

[revkev]

Really nice review my brother!

 

It's funny but to me the head of the stage 2 three wood looks shallower than the original - sort of inbetween the RBZ and the R11s three wood. Also the head on the hybrid looks so large but you seemed to be able to handle it fine.

 

I have to get this in there sometime, somewhere so I'm making my confession here - I like the white crown. I have very sensitive eyes and the Florida sun just kills me off of a traditional head - not the white - I love the look of my R11s driver and can't wait to pick up a RBZ and put that head on my current shaft so that I have what my fitter wanted me to have - I killed that combo in my fitting.

[Rickles]

Really nice review my brother!

 

It's funny but to me the head of the stage 2 three wood looks shallower than the original - sort of inbetween the RBZ and the R11s three wood. Also the head on the hybrid looks so large but you seemed to be able to handle it fine.

 

I have to get this in there sometime, somewhere so I'm making my confession here - I like the white crown. I have very sensitive eyes and the Florida sun just kills me off of a traditional head - not the white - I love the look of my R11s driver and can't wait to pick up a RBZ and put that head on my current shaft so that I have what my fitter wanted me to have - I killed that combo in my fitting.

Thanks for the kind words. I like the three wood so much I would definately like to look into an RBZ Stage 2 driver as a custom fit option. I just have no money right now. Maybe after you buy my clubs.

[Aotearoa_Brad]

Agreed, great review Rickles! I'm looking forward to the others now too! you've set the bar pretty high - good work!

[RoverRick]

Rickles, that was a really good review.

 

I do not even carry hybrids or fairway woods anymore, most of the time, because I just do not get dependable performance out of them. I, therefore, had no real desire to even read the reviews about them. Last weekend, for giggles, I hit a friends RBZ2 3 wood and was very impressed. So I thought I would read your review. I thoroughly impressed. You captured and kept my interest in a subject that I have very little interest in.

 

The first time I hit this club I got great results. The next time, however, I felt like I made a good swing and good contact but did not get the expected results. That is my gripe about the FMs anyway. I do not get consistent results time after time. 250 one time and 200 the next and 260 then next time. They are so dependent on the lie to me. I can get very dependable results with the 2 & 3 irons several times per round. Maybe not the distance of a FM, but if I can not reach the green with a 2 iron than I probably am better off hitting a 7 iron and wedge, so I would rather carry an extra wedge instead of the FM. Hybrids, like you said go left, bad left, really far left, when they miss behave and I fear that. Irons are short and a little right and more manageable misses.

 

Great review.

[Firstkart]

Awesome reviews by everyone, great pics (including Miss Upton). Job well done.

 

AJ

[Rickles]

Rickles, that was a really good review.

 

I do not even carry hybrids or fairway woods anymore, most of the time, because I just do not get dependable performance out of them. I, therefore, had no real desire to even read the reviews about them. Last weekend, for giggles, I hit a friends RBZ2 3 wood and was very impressed. So I thought I would read your review. I thoroughly impressed. You captured and kept my interest in a subject that I have very little interest in.

 

The first time I hit this club I got great results. The next time, however, I felt like I made a good swing and good contact but did not get the expected results. That is my gripe about the FMs anyway. I do not get consistent results time after time. 250 one time and 200 the next and 260 then next time. They are so dependent on the lie to me. I can get very dependable results with the 2 & 3 irons several times per round. Maybe not the distance of a FM, but if I can not reach the green with a 2 iron than I probably am better off hitting a 7 iron and wedge, so I would rather carry an extra wedge instead of the FM. Hybrids, like you said go left, bad left, really far left, when they miss behave and I fear that. Irons are short and a little right and more manageable misses.

 

Great review.

 

I think the incositency you are talking about is probably just the longer shaft. The longer the club the more likely I am to miss hit it too. And fairway woods have gotten freakishly long. I think you ought to do a test. I too fear the hook and so I went out and got a shaft specifically geared to make a hook less likely in my driver. You should get an old three wood you have lying around and rehshaft it at like 40 or 41 inches with a shaft that fights the hook. Heck, put a steel shaft that matches your irons. If you still hook the crap out of it, just kiss the fairway wood good bye forever.

[revkev]

Both of my three woods are half an inch shorter than standard what ever the heck standard is anymore - that suits me just fine - what happens if that occasional 235 comes when I wanted 215 anyway?

[RoverRick]

I think the incositency you are talking about is probably just the longer shaft. The longer the club the more likely I am to miss hit it too. And fairway woods have gotten freakishly long. I think you ought to do a test. I too fear the hook and so I went out and got a shaft specifically geared to make a hook less likely in my driver. You should get an old three wood you have lying around and rehshaft it at like 40 or 41 inches with a shaft that fights the hook. Heck, put a steel shaft that matches your irons. If you still hook the crap out of it, just kiss the fairway wood good bye forever.

 

 

Both of my three woods are half an inch shorter than standard what ever the heck standard is anymore - that suits me just fine - what happens if that occasional 235 comes when I wanted 215 anyway?

 

I agree it is partly the longer shaft. I have a long shaft in the driver, but then I am hitting the driver off a perfect lie every time. I generate a lot of spin with my R11 3 wood, and actually hit the 2 iron farther off the tee, I have a Titleist 909F that I hit father off the tee, maybe 10 yards, but it is pretty finicky about fairway lies, but the bottom line is that at these distances, I only use the 3 wood when I have not hit a very good drive or into the wind. So after considerable deliberation and testing, I have discovered that if I have to hit a fairway metal, than I really need to lay up to a perfect wedge distance. Phil and Tiger can fire at the flag from 250 but I need to hit 7 iron and wedge from there to have any real chance of getting in the hole in 3 more shots. Typically, if I missed the green but still hit a good shot I am in a more difficult bunker or side hill lie.

 

I have steel shafts in my hybrids, that I do not carry very often, and have tried them in 3 Wood. I simply do not get the distance and consistency out of every lie that I do with an iron. But I will say that I am a solid iron player. I have worked hard on that over the last year and have seen great improvements over the last month even. I am often hitting 14 - 15 GIR per round now.