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Cleveland Mashie Review - Testers Thread

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Hawk said:
Were they part of the Mashie iron set? Those have a different shaft. Unless it was a DST or something.
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No, they were stand alone. They were on the Cleveland Golf rack, right next to FL Woods and some drivers. The shaft itself just said "Cleveland Mashie". I was pretty taken aback. First I'd heard of the stock being anything but the Miyazaki...
 
Hawk said:
Were they part of the Mashie iron set? Those have a different shaft. Unless it was a DST or something.
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I saw these also and they were stand alone -- Looked like it could be a newer model but said "Mashie" real big on the shaft......thought it was strange for sure!
 
Wonder if it was something cleveland did with dicks?
 
Cats04 said:
I saw these also and they were stand alone -- Looked like it could be a newer model but said "Mashie" real big on the shaft......thought it was strange for sure!
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Yes, those are the ones. And I'm not sure its a Dick's collaboration with Cleveland. I was getting ready to pull the trigger on this purchase via amazon, but they have a "graphite" shaft as the shaft option listed. I've contacted customer care to ascertain if its the Miyazaki, otherwise I'll have to hold off for now

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I saw the clubs you are talking about tonight at Dicks. If they were Miyazakis I think they would be marked as such. Personally, I'd pony up for the 2012 version.
 
Hawk said:
I saw the clubs you are talking about tonight at Dicks. If they were Miyazakis I think they would be marked as such. Personally, I'd pony up for the 2012 version.
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I would too if I had the means, but I'm operating within a budget that ensures that I can only spring for yesteryear's clubs...

And I'm sure the 2012 Mashie is the better club, but for me, anything more recent than my old 20.5* Cleveland launcher would be an upgrade. In fact, I'd ideally actually love a launcher DST of the same loft! That's what I had my eye on, but its about the same price as the original Mashie, which led me to this thread

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^^ The 2011 Mashies and the 2012 Mashie+ are both on sale for 99.99 unless your buying used.

In regards to the "Mashie Original" shafts - I called cleveland to get some verification on this - these are in fact part of the iron set. Dick's just is selling them as stand alones apparently.

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Additionally I thought I would note (and this may already be stated somewhere in the 300 pages) - but with the reduced shaft weight and increased swing speeds - it may be beneficial to look into stepping up shaft stiffness. For example, my swing speed puts me just barely into the stiff flex threshhold. I choose to game regular flex as I get worn out as I play and my swing speed after a few holes (or extended warm up on the range) often drops slightly below the threshold and back into a R flex.

If you are in a situation similar to mine - I highly suggest taking the higher flex - I gamed both a R and S - I hit the stiff flex consistently straight, while occasionally hooking the R flex. I ended up going with S flex in these and have not had any issues with going to the right. I think the lighter shaft keeps my swing speed in the S flex range in this specific club.
 
I prefer the Kua 59 in stiff as well, Cap. I've still yet to hook one this year with the Mashies.
 
Hawk said:
I prefer the Kua 59 in stiff as well, Cap. I've still yet to hook one this year with the Mashies.
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I have not hooked the S flex 2012 Mashie yet either. It really is an amazingly versatile and confidence inspiring club (which has been a long journey - for me at least - to find a hybrid I can say that about).

When I played the R flex 2012 though I did have a few issues with hooks - but I truly feel it has to do with the comments I made above.

Just have to make sure to get the flex right due to the faster swing speeds and you wont have any problems in my opinion.
 
I still think going with the M5 over my 5 iron was the smartest damn thing I did this year.
 
As a follow up to my earlier posts, I went ahead and purchased the original Mashie M3 in stiff flex, last week. I've been out a few times, and I'm really enjoying hitting it! It's longer than my old Launcher 2009, and has the same slight high draw to it. The only complaint I have is that the pom pom thingy on the head cover fell off on the 2nd outing, which really rustled my jimmies. I don't even know if its possible to fix it! Ugh. So not a fan of the new head cover. Much prefer the 09 and DST ones.
 
Mashie 7 wood has still been money from the deck

Trying to get the m3 back on track off the tee
 
I'm gaming last year's M4 but it truly is a love-hate relationship. A smooth, I'd say underpowered, swing and it is a high, soft, straight 180-185 carry. But if I try to get more distance and swing a wee but harder it transforms into a pretty wild hook. It is hard to hit consistent knock downs and punch shots so I often carry a 4 iron in the bag as well. I'm committed to working wth it but I wonder if I should have picked up the 83g vs 59g shaft version.
 
What's the difference between the mashie and the tour version?
 
Barberakb said:
What's the difference between the mashie and the tour version?
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As I understand it, the regular Mashie had a slightly closed face which gives the draw bias. For many people, these were hook machines. The tour version is slightly more open/neutral at address and it solved many of the hooking issues that people had with the regular version.
 
mcook77 said:
As I understand it, the regular Mashie had a slightly closed face which gives the draw bias. For many people, these were hook machines. The tour version is slightly more open/neutral at address and it solved many of the hooking issues that people had with the regular version.
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More than anything it was offset. The tour has/had MUCH less offset than the regular version.

I'm one of those freaks that too much offset just screws with my head. It shouldn't, but it does.


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mcook77 said:
As I understand it, the regular Mashie had a slightly closed face which gives the draw bias. For many people, these were hook machines. The tour version is slightly more open/neutral at address and it solved many of the hooking issues that people had with the regular version.
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I have the tour Mashie and have not had any issues with hooking at all.
 
Hmm, so maybe I would want the regular mashie since I tend to slice if anything?

Is there a difference in offset between last years mashie and the latest one in terms of offset?
 
I have no measurements, but it appears so. Pretty tough to slice the old ones, but it can still happen.
 
Well gentlemen, I am now part of the Mashie team.

Bought the M3 and so far it's a lot easier to hit than my Speedline 3 wood. It's also easier to hit out of the rough. I could hit the Speedline off a tee but hitting off the deck was a nightmare. I avoided that club as much as possible because I rarely had positive results. Now I now have a lot more faith in my 3 wood than I did before.

Got it Thursday, played Saturday and Sunday and I immediately took the old Speedline out of the bag for good. Couldn't be happier.
 
I was dissapointed to see that I pull the 2012 mashie hybrids. I returned them. Pondering Adams a12 and RBZ.
 
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I just got a 2011 Mashie M3 and had my first range session with it today. I think I'm going to love this club. Off the tee, I was hitting a high draw, a little too high, but still really solid. Off the deck, though, WOW. As long as I remember to make a nice easy swing as I do with my mid/long irons (going at it produces the snap hook like some others have struggled with), the ball just takes off. I was hitting them straight or with a slight draw, great ball flight (even slightly thin shots get up pretty good), wonderful turf interaction, strong distance. For the first time, I have a hybrid I feel comfortable with off the deck. Really great club, so here's hoping it's not just a honeymoon thing for me...
 
I picked a 4 Mashie the other day, I believe it is 23* I went looking at different clubs but ended up with one of these for $99. I like it so far, I hit it well inside and on the range, have to blame the mental game for how I hit it on the course.
 
I played my first round today with the Mashie in my bag. I only used it 3 times, by my goodness am I impressed. The first was a low punch shot to get under some trees. No problem. Then 2 others were just lay-ups on par 5s. The first I caught REALLY thin, so it didn't get up in the air, but still got up enough to travel about 185 or so down the fairway. The second I caught perfectly and it went about 210 with a nice high soft draw. I've never been successful hitting hybrids off the deck, but this thing is easy. Great, great club.
 
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