I just finished reading this thread and just wanted to say thanks to Hawk and the participants for such great reviews and feedback. Well done.
Titleist 714 AP1 Review Thread
Golds
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Titleist is designing some great looking irons recently. I saw last years model up close a lot on the course last season and really liked them, these look even better.
Adam Hartzell
Yup, I'm a lefty.
I love seeing all of the praise that these are getting. Mine with the Steelfiber i95 shafts are truly amazing. I just need this snow to melt so I can get off the mat and on some grass.
chicogolf
This game's fun GDit
nice, what are you changing to? Isn't reshafting cost prohibitive?
Just went and bought these today. I went in full intending to buy the JPX-EZ but the Salesman suggested that I try these out so I did. And boy and I'm glad he did. The ball just seemed to jump off the face and although I couldn't get exact distances because I was just hitting to an outdoor range without a monitor it seemed to me that they were flying. By my vantage point it looked like I was hitting the 6 iron 175ish which is good for me, especially considering it is only 40 degrees out here in Michigan. That's normally where I'm at in the humid summers and I was hitting that consistently in cold temperatures with an inferior ball. Also even though I was hitting off mats I could tell that these will benefit a steep swinger like me, I have the tendency to dig in the turf from time to time leading to a little fat shots but I don't think that will be a problem. Anyway I can't wait to actually take them out on the course and give them a full test drive and I'm hoping that they are as good as the experience I had with them today.
Adam Hartzell
Yup, I'm a lefty.
It was 40 and a blizzard while I was Carl's for my driver fitting today. Where were you hitting.
I was actually at Carl's too but the Plymouth St. John's location. It was actually pretty nice out when I went, well relatively speaking.
Adam Hartzell
Yup, I'm a lefty.
Cool. Congrats on the new irons. I love mine more each time I hit them.
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Tour 90's.
Shafts are pulls from a friend and I do the work myself, so won't cost me much at all.
Wicked Cool Bearded Man
4thegolf+4thefriends
Resourceful for the win!!
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chicogolf
This game's fun GDit
no kidding...that's great..
NavyMustang
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Very impatiently waiting for my set of these to come in. Based of these reviews and a brief hitting session I ordered these with Nippon NS Pro 950gh Regular, .25 short, 2 degrees flat in 5 - both Gap wedges. I had just recently purchased some Rocketbladez with kbs 90s in them but within 3 practice sessions my elbow pains started to come back (they felt very head heavy). Went to the local shop to swing some AP1s in graphite but just couldn't adjust to that light of a shaft, everything was going short and dead right on the monitor. The fitter stuck in the stock XP95s and it was immediately down the middle. Decided to go with the Nippons as that was what I played last year in my Nike VRS Forged so it was a known entity and had alleviated the arm pain the first time.
Adam Hartzell
Yup, I'm a lefty.
Nice choice. If I didn't get the Steelfibers, the 950gh would have been my shaft of coice too.
Adam Hartzell
Yup, I'm a lefty.
My set is 5-PW. The stock PW fills the gap between the 9i Andy 48* SM4 wedge nicely. I now have almost perfect distance gaps from my 5i to my 56* SW.
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I think I'll end up playing the 48° GW from the set and go into my wedges from there. I liked the the 52, but I can get a little more versatility out of my other wedges I think.