Yes, the blade versus CB has probably been talked to death, lol, but I found this video doing a head to head comparison quite compelling:
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I've shot my best scores using blades. I can't explain it, but it is true.
To be fair to him. He has a successful youtube channel that he needs to be putting out video content on constantly. You've gotta throw out answers to questions no one asks occasionally.cool, so a scratch golfer has a tight dispersion. let's do this test with a 20-30 handicapper.
and this is why I despise Crossfield. he parades his data like it's disrupting the industry and pulling back the curtain on the wizard of oz. when in reality he has (intentionally?) constructed his test to answer a question no one asked, but presents the conclusion as if it answers the question that everyone asks. here, the question is presented as "does a cavity back offer better forgiveness on mishits?" but he isn't answering that question; the actual question he's answering is "does a scratch golfer with a high-quality repeatable swing benefit from maximum forgiveness over a large data set?"
mid to high handicaps are asking the first question, and literally no one is asking the second question. but he presents the conclusion in a way that is directed at the mid to high handicap asking the first question, and they'll walk away less informed and more misguided than before they watched his stupid video.
I wonder why he didn't test that blade against his Cleveland Turbo hybrid irons, that he speaks so incredibly high of.
Seems odd.
cool, so a scratch golfer has a tight dispersion. let's do this test with a 20-30 handicapper.
and this is why I despise Crossfield. he parades his data like it's disrupting the industry and pulling back the curtain on the wizard of oz. when in reality he has (intentionally?) constructed his test to answer a question no one asked, but presents the conclusion as if it answers the question that everyone asks. here, the question is presented as "does a cavity back offer better forgiveness on mishits?" but he isn't answering that question; the actual question he's answering is "does a scratch golfer with a high-quality repeatable swing benefit from maximum forgiveness over a large data set?"
mid to high handicaps are asking the first question, and literally no one is asking the second question. but he presents the conclusion in a way that is directed at the mid to high handicap asking the first question, and they'll walk away less informed and more misguided than before they watched his stupid video.
Guess it’s all in the interpretation. One could argue no matter the strike the blade is always in that 165-175 realm. To where the Mavrik can be anywhere from 155-180.Without his explanations (that great shots with Mav are WAY longer etc), I think this chart is super compelling...
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That's a pretty damn tight dispersion between distance and accuracy for a forgiving club, while the blade is all over the chart regardless of strike quality.
Hmmmmm
off a mat, maybe. Anyone who's hit a blade knows it's not like that though.Guess it’s all in the interpretation. One could argue no matter the strike the blade is always in that 165-175 realm. To where the Mavrik can be anywhere from 155-180.
off a mat, maybe. Anyone who's hit a blade knows it's not like that though.
Not sure about the shaft part of it but mark and others have videos showing all the other data points between same lofted blades vs cavity back ironsNo reference to swing speed differences between the two clubs despite comparing ball speed.
Unless I missed it completely, no reference to shafts used in each head (or whether they were the same) despite comparing spin.
Me thinks the data doesn't show what he thinks it shows. I'm no fan of this test because it doesn't show anything meaningful to most golfers.Without his explanations (that great shots with Mav are WAY longer etc), I think this chart is super compelling...
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That's a pretty damn tight dispersion between distance and accuracy for a forgiving club, while the blade is all over the chart regardless of strike quality.
Hmmmmm
interesting. I usually shy away from comparison videos because there's really only one viable way to do it... On grass, with exact same shafts and loft/lies, and identical swing weights.Not sure about the shaft part of it but mark and others have videos showing all the other data points between same lofted blades vs cavity back irons