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pondering a SLDR minidriver for 125$...
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It really is a great club. On paper the 82g shaft shouldn't work for my swing speed, but for some reason it works better than almost any other FW I've hit for me, partially because it's very difficult for me to miss left with it. Most good shots are just mid flight boring bombs with a slight cut. Definitely not as forgiving as others on height and distance, but (1) I've never had trouble getting the ball in the air and (2) it seems more forgiving WRT line than other FW's, so instead of missing long and wrong (a la X2Hot) I miss a little shorter but straighter, which is good news.
I'd really like to get fit for a 913 at some point though, just to see what I could gain from the right shaft. Club is great, but if it got better it could be truly epic.
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I watched rbarthle17 pound his all day long at Purgatory in Indianapolis. I'm not sold on the mini driver in theory for me, but it certainly works for some.
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yeah I am not even convinced myself, but at this price...
I agree. A rather inexpensive experiment that if it pays off....?
I need one of these.
That is a sharp looking bag!
Tough to go wrong with either of those.
I have a set of 5 Scor wedges getting ready to post on the marketplace. I like them fine, but the customization of the Hopkins won me over (and that nobody would buy wedges stamped "O'Carroll").
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Im sure y you have a few groupies out there that would take those hopkins
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Apex 5-PW, with UST Recoil (F4)
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Also looking at X2 Hot 3W and 3H
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Saving coin to go get fitted for some apex or apex pro irons
Veryslowsnail25
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Odds are I'll be trading in my Rocketbladez for the Apex pros in the near future, which leaves me either needing a SW or sticking with two low bounce wedges (8* Cleveland 588 RTXs). Gapping would be:
45* (PW), 51* (AW), 54* and 58*
Add another wedge or a second hybrid/fairway wood? Thoughts? Not sure how severe the low bounce on the Clevelands would be for bunker play...
45* (PW), 51* (AW), 54* and 58*
Add another wedge or a second hybrid/fairway wood? Thoughts? Not sure how severe the low bounce on the Clevelands would be for bunker play...
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My cleveland has 6 degrees of bounce and works fine out of the bunkers. I would go for a new hybrid/fairway.
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I shouldn't be pondering anything, but I am still thinking about taking out my 4&5h in favor of my 4&5i and slipping a lower lofted hybrid in between them and whatever wood 3/5/7 stays in the bag.
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Pondering going back to a set of Combo Forged Cavity Back/Blades, perhaps Titleist 714 CB's/MB's or Taylormade Tour Preferred CB's/MB's
Would probably go 5 and 6 iron in the CB's and 7-PW in the MB's. I am looking for something that I can move both ways. My Razr X Tours are solid but my misses tend to be Right to Left and I think that it is due to the Offset on the Mid-Irons (5 and 6) and I have a tough time fading my Razrs (again I feel it is due to the offset)
I don't seem to have the same issues when I play my "Classic" iron set (Dunlop Maxfli Australian Blades circa 1978) but would like to have a set with more modern Lengths and Lofts.
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Played a combo set for a very long time but I have to say other than aesthetics there is really no reason. There is nothing a blade can do that a modern day perimeter weighted cavity back can't. I'm not talking SGI here but like you mentioned the 714 CB, Callaway Apex pro, etc
Would probably go 5 and 6 iron in the CB's and 7-PW in the MB's. I am looking for something that I can move both ways. My Razr X Tours are solid but my misses tend to be Right to Left and I think that it is due to the Offset on the Mid-Irons (5 and 6) and I have a tough time fading my Razrs (again I feel it is due to the offset)
I don't seem to have the same issues when I play my "Classic" iron set (Dunlop Maxfli Australian Blades circa 1978) but would like to have a set with more modern Lengths and Lofts.
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Played a combo set for a very long time but I have to say other than aesthetics there is really no reason. There is nothing a blade can do that a modern day perimeter weighted cavity back can't. I'm not talking SGI here but like you mentioned the 714 CB, Callaway Apex pro, etc
Well the ponder has been resolved as I was able to pick up a set of Taylormade RAC MB TP Smoke irons used but in great shape for $200, regripped them with Golf Pride New Decade Midsize grips and already managed to get a round in with them and they performed as I expected, no hook in the 5/6 iron even if I went after it, and easier to work the ball either way if needed. Just what the Doctor ordered for me!
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Works for me - will have a play around with it from the sand (or hopefully not) today.
I'm dealing with the same thing right now. Haven't gotten to the graphite ponder yet though. I'm booked up this weekend, so it will be more than a week between rounds. Hoping that gives it some time to recoup.
I made the move to graphite this season, for the same reasons. Yes, it is pricey up front, for a good quality set of shafts, but the physical benefit, for me, has been tremendous.
Just came into some extra money. So I am thinking of new set of irons. Something a little less offset then my Ping G-25's. I was thinking AP 1's, I 25's and maybe something from Mizuno.
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