Caper
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I recently went to Golf Town on my trip to Toronto. I had roughly an hour and a half to kill before the Jays/Yankees game so I thought I would hit some balls. I went with the main intention to try a few hybrids and woods. I also hit a couple of drivers at the end. Here is how it all went down.
I walked onto the small, un-busy store and found a staff member standing by the hitting zone. I asked him if I could hit and he asked me what clubs I wanted. I said I would be wanting to try mostly hybrids and woods and that I didn't have much time. First up was the Mashie and the Rescue 11. I got them both in stiff shaft with the 21* mashie and the Rescue 11 4H. I hit the Mashie and the first 3 went straight and then drew left. An odd shot for me. I NEVER miss left. So I opened my stance a bit and the ball started flying pretty straight. After a few balls I was warmed up and decided to swing as I usually do. I caught it perfectly, hit it dead straight with a baby draw, and it carried 260, rolling out to 274 yards!!! At that, I knew there was something wrong with the Launch monitor. I don't know the stats, but my swing speed was something like 89MPH. I continued to hit an average of 235-240 carry with the Mashie with one more rolling out to over 270. Odd numbers!
With the Rescue 11 I hit the 4H and hit it about 10 yards less than the Mashie on average, but did put one over 260 carry. This is with a 4H! I was not as consistent with the Rescue 11 in the store, but when I hit them at my demo day I literally did not miss one target in about 15 shots. I like the look of the 11 over the Mashie at address. I do not like the finish of the Mashie either, but the way I was hitting it was fantastic. I would really like to get it out on the course with the Rescue 11 and see how they perform there, especially after seeing the gaudy numbers on the LM.
I also hit the 910H and liked it, but it was not in the class of the other two for me.
I moved onto 3 woods next and tried the Launcher, R11, 910F, and the Adams ? (had slotline). I HATE the Launcher. It felt way too light and I hit a huge slice with everything. Just no confidence with it in my hands. The Adams was a thumbs down too. Just did not feel right. The 910F was a solid wood. I hit that one well most of the time. The clear winner for me was the R11. I hit it solid almost every time and the ball flight was consistent and repeatable. The odd part was I was only hitting the 3 woods about 10 yards more then the hybrids, and that was when I really hit them. The hybrids were actually longer than the woods on average. I smoked one with the 910F and expected close to 300 yards considering what I was hitting with the hybrids and it only went 250 carry. It was at this point that I lost all faith in the monitor.
Next was the drivers. Here is my beef with indoor LM's. NONE of the tees they have are the right size for me. The "Driver" tee is way too high and the wood/iron tee is too low by about 1/4-1/2 inch. With the small tee I hit it on the bottom of the face and with the driver tee I hit it on the top/sky it. To make matters worse, the tees here were not mounted under the turf, but you had to chase them after ever shot.
My first drives were with the Launcher and none went over 250. I immediately dropped it and picked up the 910D2. The second ball I hit, the tee went under the screen and the guy had to get it. This happened a few more times, and once we looked for it for 3-4 minutes before finding it. This must have thrown the screen/projector off because my next 7 drives did not register and I hit 2 of them really well. I went through a few drivers at this point including the i15 and Razr Hawk Tour. I was SO frustrated! I asked him if it was my ball flight being too low, and he said it was the screen after looking for the tee! HE WATCHED ME HIT 7 THAT DID NOT REGISTER AND DID NOT FIX IT!!! My longest drive went 270 with a ss of 107.
Boarding the plane...more to come!
PS - Sorry it is so long.
I walked onto the small, un-busy store and found a staff member standing by the hitting zone. I asked him if I could hit and he asked me what clubs I wanted. I said I would be wanting to try mostly hybrids and woods and that I didn't have much time. First up was the Mashie and the Rescue 11. I got them both in stiff shaft with the 21* mashie and the Rescue 11 4H. I hit the Mashie and the first 3 went straight and then drew left. An odd shot for me. I NEVER miss left. So I opened my stance a bit and the ball started flying pretty straight. After a few balls I was warmed up and decided to swing as I usually do. I caught it perfectly, hit it dead straight with a baby draw, and it carried 260, rolling out to 274 yards!!! At that, I knew there was something wrong with the Launch monitor. I don't know the stats, but my swing speed was something like 89MPH. I continued to hit an average of 235-240 carry with the Mashie with one more rolling out to over 270. Odd numbers!
With the Rescue 11 I hit the 4H and hit it about 10 yards less than the Mashie on average, but did put one over 260 carry. This is with a 4H! I was not as consistent with the Rescue 11 in the store, but when I hit them at my demo day I literally did not miss one target in about 15 shots. I like the look of the 11 over the Mashie at address. I do not like the finish of the Mashie either, but the way I was hitting it was fantastic. I would really like to get it out on the course with the Rescue 11 and see how they perform there, especially after seeing the gaudy numbers on the LM.
I also hit the 910H and liked it, but it was not in the class of the other two for me.
I moved onto 3 woods next and tried the Launcher, R11, 910F, and the Adams ? (had slotline). I HATE the Launcher. It felt way too light and I hit a huge slice with everything. Just no confidence with it in my hands. The Adams was a thumbs down too. Just did not feel right. The 910F was a solid wood. I hit that one well most of the time. The clear winner for me was the R11. I hit it solid almost every time and the ball flight was consistent and repeatable. The odd part was I was only hitting the 3 woods about 10 yards more then the hybrids, and that was when I really hit them. The hybrids were actually longer than the woods on average. I smoked one with the 910F and expected close to 300 yards considering what I was hitting with the hybrids and it only went 250 carry. It was at this point that I lost all faith in the monitor.
Next was the drivers. Here is my beef with indoor LM's. NONE of the tees they have are the right size for me. The "Driver" tee is way too high and the wood/iron tee is too low by about 1/4-1/2 inch. With the small tee I hit it on the bottom of the face and with the driver tee I hit it on the top/sky it. To make matters worse, the tees here were not mounted under the turf, but you had to chase them after ever shot.
My first drives were with the Launcher and none went over 250. I immediately dropped it and picked up the 910D2. The second ball I hit, the tee went under the screen and the guy had to get it. This happened a few more times, and once we looked for it for 3-4 minutes before finding it. This must have thrown the screen/projector off because my next 7 drives did not register and I hit 2 of them really well. I went through a few drivers at this point including the i15 and Razr Hawk Tour. I was SO frustrated! I asked him if it was my ball flight being too low, and he said it was the screen after looking for the tee! HE WATCHED ME HIT 7 THAT DID NOT REGISTER AND DID NOT FIX IT!!! My longest drive went 270 with a ss of 107.
Boarding the plane...more to come!
PS - Sorry it is so long.
