golf4life
Grip n rip
Well, on Saturday OEM and I hit the local Golf Galaxy after our round got rained out. And low and behold, they had an R11 6 iron there for hitting. Strangely, they had one with a shaft +1/2 inch, so I just choked up a little to compensate.
Overall impressions of the look: The head looks better than I thought it would. I wasn't sure about the red in the pictures but it works in hand. I found the head size to be very similar to the R9s, and the KBS stock shaft is a nice offering.
I got a chance to take about 15 swings with the 6 iron in the simulator bay. Overall, pretty impressed with how the club performed. Plenty of forgiveness, and based on the simulator numbers, plenty of distance too. The sound of this club was fairly muted in comparison to my TM MCs, but not unpleasant. But I think the muted sound really affected how I percieved the feel of this club to be (more muted than the R9 or MCs I play today). But again, I was pounding them out there. On the last couple swings when I was warmed up, I really let loose and got a couple to carry about 220 yards. I know they must juice the simulator a little to sell clubs, but even if it was really about 200 yards in reality, that's pretty long for a 6 iron for me. I definitely want to give these a longer look down the road, they are worth a second look.
Overall impressions of the look: The head looks better than I thought it would. I wasn't sure about the red in the pictures but it works in hand. I found the head size to be very similar to the R9s, and the KBS stock shaft is a nice offering.
I got a chance to take about 15 swings with the 6 iron in the simulator bay. Overall, pretty impressed with how the club performed. Plenty of forgiveness, and based on the simulator numbers, plenty of distance too. The sound of this club was fairly muted in comparison to my TM MCs, but not unpleasant. But I think the muted sound really affected how I percieved the feel of this club to be (more muted than the R9 or MCs I play today). But again, I was pounding them out there. On the last couple swings when I was warmed up, I really let loose and got a couple to carry about 220 yards. I know they must juice the simulator a little to sell clubs, but even if it was really about 200 yards in reality, that's pretty long for a 6 iron for me. I definitely want to give these a longer look down the road, they are worth a second look.