i need more time, but right now i’m in agreement with you. the pro 21 are sensational. i haven’t hit the standard 6 as often but when i’ve connected i’ve loved it. it’s a flatter flight for me, which is what i wanted it to be.
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i need more time, but right now i’m in agreement with you. the pro 21 are sensational. i haven’t hit the standard 6 as often but when i’ve connected i’ve loved it. it’s a flatter flight for me, which is what i wanted it to be.
I am becoming blown away with how absolutely straight these are. Doing some ball testing right now and nearly every shot is in straight line. The occasional hook or slice, sure. But overall these things just want to go where I want them to.
And I have no doubt that if I want to put a little shape on them, they will be up to the challenge and deliver with forgiveness and accuracy.
And I have no doubt that if I want to put a little shape on them, they will be up to the challenge and deliver with forgiveness and accuracy.
Still getting similar distance to the Mav pros?
Range session #2 today.... only hit ~25 full swing shots with 9i.... just flat out love the look and feel of these irons! Plan to add about 10-15 swings each range outing and do about 2-3 per week over the next month.... this puts me exactly where I want to be by end of March and I should have a good feel for clubs and distances by then
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Great to hear you are loving your clubs. Where does your set transition from Apex to Pro ???
You should have them within 3 days of the "being packaged" status.
It is the standard “mixed” set, as Callawy calls it. The transition to Pro is at 8 iron.
Same here! Hoping to see them by the weekend. Some reasonably warm weather coming up. Looking forward to some range time with these.
yes, i'd even say a little better distance than mav pro and exponentially more consistent. i keep thinking back on my extended practice session last weekend. i lasered one flag at 134. that was a little bit in between, so i hit the longer club and took some off. shot after shot, even those that i didn't strike perfectly, were hitting the number within a small margin of error. then i lasered another target at 188. again, shot after shot were hitting that target with a very similar margin of error as the 134 shot!
Looks like I'm going to get to take the new setup (Apex Pros and EPIC Max LS driver) out Friday morning. Going to be cold, mid to low 30s so not going to make a real assessment on distances, but just looking forward to hitting these off some real turf! Hopefully my back is better. I tweaked something at the gym last night and had to leave my workout early. Doing Arnold presses and trying to squeeze out a last rep in my last set and back tensed up and now hurts big time when I move a certain way (right lat) but seem to be able to make a golf swing motion, so we will see. Doing icy hot over the next couple days and taking some Tylenol to see if that helps out.
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Did a similar thing, once, doing vertical presses on a machine, trying to get that One Last Rep out. Tried to "walk it off" by just moving on to the next sets. Nope. Luckily, the place I was at, at the time, had whirlpools, steam saunas, and a dry sauna. Used the whirlpool and a shower to hit the area with alternate hot/cold, then gave the upper back a rest for a few days.
Yeah, I did an icy hot patch last night. Wednesdays are my day off from the gym, but I will be taking Thursday off as well and doing icy hot the next couple days to hopefully be good to go for Friday morning. Just have to stretch good. My generic orange whip trainer will be here today, so I will be using it fluently throughout the round on Friday to stay loose and hopefully be good to go. Sounds like a nice facility btw. My gym is pretty small and requires an extra payment on top of the monthly membership so I don't pay for that cost.
Le sigh. I want to go get a real fitting for these, but I don't. But I do. Hell, my birthday is coming up, I should treat myself, right?
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Of course you should! Totally worth it!
I don't understand the question.
Yes. Yes you should. I just scheduled a fitting for next week to compare against my Mizuno's.
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December can’t get here soon enough. Hearing this has me convinced I need them!
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Dude, once you get distances dialed in, you are going to be DANGEROUS!
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Since I moved to graphite shafts 25+ years ago my wrist and elbow have been pain free. Only my putter has a steel shaft and that will be changing in the not too distant future.
i think i mentioned in here that i had a lesson last weekend. we were going to focus on short game but wanted to do a quick full swing check in. i had been a bit over served the night before and was feeling the effects, but the swing was feeling ok. i hit less than 10 balls and my instructor was like “we’re good. let’s go work on short game.” i did feel like i was hitting it pretty well, so i asked him to send me a couple screen grabs from trackman of some decent shots. i’m a lower spin lower launch player, but we are working on improving those delivery issues. these were 8i with range balls.
i had him hit my irons as well. they aren’t to his specs but he was still smashing them and was raving about how good they looked and felt. i think he may be buying soon!
i had him hit my irons as well. they aren’t to his specs but he was still smashing them and was raving about how good they looked and felt. i think he may be buying soon!
These irons are incredible. Truth be told, I am hitting the Pros better than the standard in the set. It could be because the standards are 6 and 7, but the Pros are just money.
7 iron?
I don't buy it. I read on this very forum even pros don't carry their 8 iron 160 yards. Nice try, Chris.