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Companies focus on them, you aren't going to get them publishing all kinds of stuff like that, it's just not realistic IMO.
Yea it wouldn't really serve much purpose for them, because it would be written off as bias immediately anyway. The Maltby's and Wishon's can get away with that type of thing still, but even they get called for bias.
exactly...but is there reason to believe there's bias if you're comparing his TMaG results versus Callaway? If it's biased, it should atleast be relatively biased, no? You'd have to be a fool and see the MPF and say "wow, i should buy Maltby's clubs since they're tops". It still doesn't mean you derive useful information out of it. Ideally, I'd love to see a test like this published from someone unbiased, like THP...but in lieu of that, beggars can't be choosers.
That completely depends if you put any validity at all to his "testing". In all of my research I have ever done on this subject (and sadly its hours wasted), there is not a single "expert" that put any stock at all into it and have science to back up their argument. This includes people in the industry, those out of it and those retired that know the system very well.
Very true, but this is also because you and I have very different swing characteristics, so my results with a Ping Karsten (as an example) might be very different from yours. In the end, it's still going to be better for each of us to give various makes/models a run to find a good fit. This is why I don't pay much attention to the overall rating, but might look at a couple of individual measurements based on a typical miss for me.There doesn't seem to be a correlation from the MPF to actual play. Sure, there is an equation that shows that cavity backs will end up with some higher number than blades… but how does the differences in the numbers translate between clubs falling into a certain range to an on course swing, that's still a mystery.
Having said that, the biggest things that jumped out at me were the XTDs and the Apexes. Having held the XTDs in my hand, and having an idea about what Maltby seemingly likes, I'm the most surprised by that number. That's his second most forgiving class (SGI) and it is in a club that doesn't look particularly forgiving to me at first glance. Granted, I have not hit them, so maybe they're easier to play than they look (which is kind of the point of the MPF).
With respect to the Apex, I'd need to look at the individual measurements to understand why. While I don't think these would get Ultra Game improvement, or even SGI, I'd think they'd at least be similar to the X2Hots. At first glance, that's a head scratcher, though Callaway's non-SGI offerings have been moving steadily down in the MPF over the last couple of years.
Rye, I think you're thinking about the XTD forged and not the regular XTD. Different beasts.
Pointless statistics, buy clubs you hit the best. Play golf..... Enjoy.
Something's are just over analyzed.
I'm really surprised by how low all of Wilson's offerings are.