Jaoffo
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And speaking of awesome reviews. I was playing golf club shuffle with the spare club sets I have for friends to use when they come to visit. I remembered I had an XR16 in the one bag that I played the first year I got back into golf after a 5 year break. The set is like new and I keep it around so my son or friends don't have to drag clubs on a plane.
I remembered I hit that driver pretty good and decided to pull it out and hit a few shag balls into the lake. The old #3 tee box is across the cove from my backyard and it ranges to 225 yards to the nearest shoreline and it's fun to try to hit the tee box.
I know get to the point. Well the XR16 came with a Red Fujikura Speeder 565 regular flex shaft that I thought might look good with the B 21 and since I hit the XR 16 pretty good I thought I would give it a try in the B 21. The red shaft and red accents on the club head look really good together.
I went to the range today and after a little warm up I started hitting the new combo and surprisingly it is great. I did tweak the optifit back to stated loft and draw bias because the speeder was launching much higher than the RCH 45 did. The biggest take away was not a single slice in 45 balls. A few mini fades, a few draws but for the most part very straight mid/high launch drives with considerable roll out. This club head continues to amaze me.
I got an added bonus today. The gentleman next to me commented on what a good looking club I was swinging, so of course I had to tell him all about THP and how I came about swinging it. I'm sure he will at least be lurking here soon. I had him hit it a few times and his comment was, " I could hit that all day".
The added bonus was he was a former San Diego Golf Academy student that went on to teach in California and later in Georgia until he retired. I got probably one of the best impromptu golf lessons I've ever had and as a result I am now hitting the B 21 not only straighter but several yards farther than before. Looking forward to league play on Thursday to compare line and distance with familiar reference points. I will update again that afternoon.
All in all a very productive day. New shaft combo, better swing mechanics and hopefully a new golf buddy, and at my age the later is just as important as the former two items.
Thanks again Klein, (sp) and I hope we cross paths again soon.
I remembered I hit that driver pretty good and decided to pull it out and hit a few shag balls into the lake. The old #3 tee box is across the cove from my backyard and it ranges to 225 yards to the nearest shoreline and it's fun to try to hit the tee box.
I know get to the point. Well the XR16 came with a Red Fujikura Speeder 565 regular flex shaft that I thought might look good with the B 21 and since I hit the XR 16 pretty good I thought I would give it a try in the B 21. The red shaft and red accents on the club head look really good together.
I went to the range today and after a little warm up I started hitting the new combo and surprisingly it is great. I did tweak the optifit back to stated loft and draw bias because the speeder was launching much higher than the RCH 45 did. The biggest take away was not a single slice in 45 balls. A few mini fades, a few draws but for the most part very straight mid/high launch drives with considerable roll out. This club head continues to amaze me.
I got an added bonus today. The gentleman next to me commented on what a good looking club I was swinging, so of course I had to tell him all about THP and how I came about swinging it. I'm sure he will at least be lurking here soon. I had him hit it a few times and his comment was, " I could hit that all day".
The added bonus was he was a former San Diego Golf Academy student that went on to teach in California and later in Georgia until he retired. I got probably one of the best impromptu golf lessons I've ever had and as a result I am now hitting the B 21 not only straighter but several yards farther than before. Looking forward to league play on Thursday to compare line and distance with familiar reference points. I will update again that afternoon.
All in all a very productive day. New shaft combo, better swing mechanics and hopefully a new golf buddy, and at my age the later is just as important as the former two items.
Thanks again Klein, (sp) and I hope we cross paths again soon.