Yeah just read a bit about them, looking forward to your review
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it takes a lot of skill and work to make it help you properly.
Unless your all in for it and willing to 100% trust it - I personally wouldn't bother. It's another skill in itself and you need to understand the math's/science behind it
I'm sure there is something in it but all I see when people do it on the TV is another way to slow down play, maybe it just looks that way as they aren't standing behind the ball working out the break in the traditional way but it looks like it takes longer, would probably annoy me on the course watching people in the group in front doing this as slowing everything up even more.
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I usually take a quick walk from my ball to the ball, and stand either side of my guessed line one the middle and close to the hole just to feel if I can feel anything different in my feet, saves me missing something when looking from behind the ball and then taking even longer having to line up another long putt
I think the bit that annoys me more about it is the standing all over the green, pacing up and down etc.... I don't think overall it takes more time when done properly than normal, it's just the additional stomping all over the green that frustrates me. Especially around the hole on like 3/4 ft putts etc.
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Courses are starting to play so much better here with the weather we've had. So much so, that I've managed to hit a new PB of 82 which could have frustratingly been an 80.
Front 9 was pretty forgettable starting off double/double so wasn't expecting much from the rest of the round. Got to the second half and finished +5 on the back 9 which could/should have been +3. Two putts on the 17th and 18th nearly had me throwing myself into the Forth.
17th par 3 - caught the front edge of the green and rolled back down a hill, chipped back up to about 6ft and had quite possibly the worst lip-out I've ever had which ended up a bogey.
18th par 3 - again, caught front edge and away back down a hill. Chipped back up to about 15 foot, took the putt and the ball was tracking straight to the hole and hit the flag in an odd way to stop my ball from dropping. Again, bogey
Millimeters away from an 80...
Front 9 was pretty forgettable starting off double/double so wasn't expecting much from the rest of the round. Got to the second half and finished +5 on the back 9 which could/should have been +3. Two putts on the 17th and 18th nearly had me throwing myself into the Forth.
17th par 3 - caught the front edge of the green and rolled back down a hill, chipped back up to about 6ft and had quite possibly the worst lip-out I've ever had which ended up a bogey.
18th par 3 - again, caught front edge and away back down a hill. Chipped back up to about 15 foot, took the putt and the ball was tracking straight to the hole and hit the flag in an odd way to stop my ball from dropping. Again, bogey
Millimeters away from an 80...
Talking about buying things...
I went to my local shop yesterday to pick up the next batch of gloves, as you do, and they've got a 'bargain bin' that's basically individual clubs with a lot of them being ex-demo 7 Irons so I perused them as I have a habit of doing and was very tempted by a Srixon ZX7 until I spotted a Mizuno Pro 241, so I bought it
Basically my thinking has been for a while that I'd like my next set of irons to be that 'not-quite-blades' but very much 'players' irons, pretty sure my swing/striking isn't good enough to warrant it but don't really want to go to a 'players distance' like the P790s as they just seem like a kinda half-step over my full game improvement Dynapowers.
Anyway, just went to the range and hit a bunch of balls including a fair few with the Mizuno. The good strikes did feel soooo nice and it really didn't feel too bad when I mishit it, obviously the looks behind the ball is completely different, it looks absolutely tiny compared to the Dynapowers, probably cause it is
But I like that tbh. Not sure I'd like it if I'm on the course having a bad swing day though
Distance wise was probably the biggest struggle, my best was ~145 carry apparently (R10 Launch monitor) but mostly closer to ~120. My Dynapower goes 145-160 ish. Obviously that's because of the 7 degrees of loft between the two '7 irons' but not like I'm smashing the ball a mile and can 'afford' to lose that distance.
Lovely club though, so nice.
I went to my local shop yesterday to pick up the next batch of gloves, as you do, and they've got a 'bargain bin' that's basically individual clubs with a lot of them being ex-demo 7 Irons so I perused them as I have a habit of doing and was very tempted by a Srixon ZX7 until I spotted a Mizuno Pro 241, so I bought it
Basically my thinking has been for a while that I'd like my next set of irons to be that 'not-quite-blades' but very much 'players' irons, pretty sure my swing/striking isn't good enough to warrant it but don't really want to go to a 'players distance' like the P790s as they just seem like a kinda half-step over my full game improvement Dynapowers.
Anyway, just went to the range and hit a bunch of balls including a fair few with the Mizuno. The good strikes did feel soooo nice and it really didn't feel too bad when I mishit it, obviously the looks behind the ball is completely different, it looks absolutely tiny compared to the Dynapowers, probably cause it is
But I like that tbh. Not sure I'd like it if I'm on the course having a bad swing day though Distance wise was probably the biggest struggle, my best was ~145 carry apparently (R10 Launch monitor) but mostly closer to ~120. My Dynapower goes 145-160 ish. Obviously that's because of the 7 degrees of loft between the two '7 irons' but not like I'm smashing the ball a mile and can 'afford' to lose that distance.
Lovely club though, so nice.
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Eh, I thought the '1' model (e.g. 221, 241) was the MB - so very much a traditional blade
Eh, I thought the '1' model (e.g. 221, 241) was the MB - so very much a traditional blade
Hmm, for some reason I thought/assumed they were a hollow-bodied muscleback but you're right, I think that's the 245 and the 241 is just a blade
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Just took a quick trip up to the new Scottsdale Store in Birmingham. Very impressive. Especially as they've the Taylormade Tour Truck outside currently.
Makes me want shinny new toys now
Makes me want shinny new toys now
In what sense? New grips / shaft or actual face fixing etc?
everything really..i can get my local course pro to do shaft and grip.. its mainly the club head refurb im struggling to find here in Aberdeen.. most are down south!
Played the last three days and back on the mediocre golf train after my crazy Saturday
I decided though, as I don't really carry my 5 iron often, to put the Mizuno Pro 241 7 Iron in the bag and see how it actually is on the course, not used it a huge amount but actually hit some really nice shots with it. Even distance wise yesterday I used it off the tee on the 8th of my local and it was 160 yards total, I'd be happy with that with my Dynapower 7 iron which has 7 degrees less loft Today I even hit one that was waaaay off the toe but still went straight, did lose a bunch of distance obviously but still went straight, forgiveness wise they're actually a whole lot better than expected.
Probably nowhere near good enough to go for blades properly though. Probably.
I decided though, as I don't really carry my 5 iron often, to put the Mizuno Pro 241 7 Iron in the bag and see how it actually is on the course, not used it a huge amount but actually hit some really nice shots with it. Even distance wise yesterday I used it off the tee on the 8th of my local and it was 160 yards total, I'd be happy with that with my Dynapower 7 iron which has 7 degrees less loft
Today I even hit one that was waaaay off the toe but still went straight, did lose a bunch of distance obviously but still went straight, forgiveness wise they're actually a whole lot better than expected.Probably nowhere near good enough to go for blades properly though. Probably.
fair enough - very few places normally refurb stuff these days as most people just buy new sets...
Fairly costly to refurb stuff....
Seen some good reviews for putter refurbs but not club heads.
well..managed out to the net for about 80 minutes today.. first time hitting the new clubs..unfortunately the "standard" GP grips are too skinny for me, so I have a 13 piece set of "midsize" grips coming tomorrow from Amazon.
Will be taking to my course pro to get sorted so I can get back onto my course this week coming.
I have noticed with the forged (what I expected though) is a lose of yardage but the consistency of distance and tighter dispersion is quite reassuring..but the course and net is a different beast..
Will be taking to my course pro to get sorted so I can get back onto my course this week coming.
I have noticed with the forged (what I expected though) is a lose of yardage but the consistency of distance and tighter dispersion is quite reassuring..but the course and net is a different beast..
So after a week a few weeks of thinking about it purchased some new wedges. I originally was just going to get a 50 but I found a set of Cleveland 588 RTX (black) 50, 54 and 58 yes used but much cheaper than some of the others. They will do until I get proficient with them. Now looking to find a 3 wood to complete my set.