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OK, so the range session was pretty DARN good to say the least. When comparing them to my old gamers I was really awe struck. I'm going to have to get used to distances. My old 8 iron distance was 155 carry, now I knew these Z-Stars were stronger so I played the 9 iron like my old 8 iron. Confusing right......
Anywho, The Z-Star 9 iron was 170 carry!! I'm going to contribute that to the KBS C-Taper shafts. The shafts felt awesome, the launch wasn't amazingly lower like most have had, but they were lower than the S300's and Project X. The main thing was spin reduction which also lead to increased yardage.
So as of right now, these are permanently in my bag. I will be playing 18 tomorrow, so I will really be able to put them to the test.
More to come,
Wes
Thanks for the update Wes, sounds like you were killing them right off! I'm interested about the C-Tapers, you say they launch even lower than the S300s? That's interesting. Are they expected to do this or is it a 'for your swing' type of thing?
They are expected to be lower. I drive down on the ball very hard which probably equates to the high ball and high spin I get. At the range last night it was windy! I struggled a little bit, cause I wasn't used to the wind and in the Coachella Valley it blows hard in the night. In a standard 5-10mph wind these cut through pretty well, but last night was a 20+mph wind and I had no clue what I was doing. I don't know if I was just not squaring the club face up, or if the range balls were to blame, but I'm going to go to the range after the wife gets back from the gym. Hopefully I will figure out what I was doing wrong last night.
Sticks feel great. Here's #9 at Indian Wells Celebrity course.
Caught up with this thread today. Seriously beautiful setup you have there. Makes me want to hold on to my C-Tapers as that satin finish is just freakin awesome!
Great sticks and sounds like they're playing nice for/with you. Thanks for the write up!
Hey bud, did you get yours shafted up yet?
No, I haven't yet. I'm still pondering what to put them in. I'm very hesitant to put them in the 2.0's as I believe the stock shafts are what makes those things as wicked as they are.
How are you liking them?
Well another round down and I think its time to make some adjustments. I'm so used to std. clubs that this 2 degrees upright is not working for me. So I think I might go to 1 degree upright before I make the decision to go back to std. Anyone have any thoughts on this?
Were you fit for them at 2* upright?
Quick update:
Well after reading through the The keys to The Effortless Swing thread, I purchased the book on amazon for my phone. I read through it last night and it got me right back on track. Tonights range session was AMAZING!!! I know I will need to keep practicing, but it gave me new hope for these sticks. Flying 9 iron 170 yards is pretty sweet, if I turn on the PW it'll go 165, but there's no need for that. I like the smooth 9 iron at 160 though, it's just so DANG effortless. I was bombing 3 wood as well. The driver was a little different for me, so definitely need some practice there. It either goes really far or it just flares off and goes nowhere. Playing 18 tomorrow morning, so I will post some results after the round.