Please let us know how this works out. I enjoy reading the comparisons between this brand and the OEMs they replaced or didn’t replace.
Am strongly considering the TC Pro IST in a 5w to replace my KE4 Tour 4w.
Why aren't there any Maltby club reviews?
Am strongly considering the TC Pro IST in a 5w to replace my KE4 Tour 4w.
I wish I could rave about the 5w and 3w like I did the 7w but initial impressions are very dismal. Ive not had a chance to get them on the course yet but hit a few balls with each in my yard yesterday. I chunked or topped about 80% of them and it was consistent with each club. The face sets up with closed look and in the specs it says it sets .5° open. I played with loft settings on both and could never get something that I was comfortable with. The shots I did manage to get airborne were not very long. The 7w does look a little open at set up and hitting it in my yard the contact was clean. I got back on the golfworks website last night to read some more on them and saw a review left 3 days ago and the gentleman was complaining about the same issues I was having.
A guy I golf with is going to play them today to see how they feel for him. I was very frustrated after yesterday with them.
I appreciate the review. I’m unfamiliar with that shaft and I took the 3w out of the bag years ago, but I’ll have to re-think the particular 5w head.
I really like that shaft, I have it in my hybrids, a set of tour edge irons, in the ist pro 7w, and have the HL version of it for a driver as well. Its soft but not too soft.
New Wedges dropped online
Wantacigar
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I have and played the TSW and now have the Max Milled. As a note: the 58* Max Milled 1.05 sole is pure magic out of the sand. I had a hard time with the TSW from the sand but really liked them everywhere else. The DRT A grind are like the TSW and the Max Milled had a baby and the result is the best of both worlds!
I have a 54 Max Milled and it's great out of the sand as well. Really good wedges for the price.
Art M
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very few reviews because they are relatively unknown. i think if you have not tinkered with club building or regripping at least, you would not have went to the golfworks website. pretty much thereand ther only, will you see maltby. from that introduction you have to do your own research because you are not going to see anybody playing them nor see them in any golf store. that is were i made my introduction to the brand. from that i did research where i could and now have 4 rounds with the ts3 i had done by golfworks. i have only one playing partner that knows the brand and explaining what they are gets old, lol. coming from apex cf16 i have zero complaints with them. they are super consistant with distance and flight. they feel very good. they offer a decent amount of foregiveness on strikes toward the toe, where my miss is. i thought the cf16 were very forgiving and had distance. the ts3 is not longer than the cf but is as far, caveat, when struck well, as it is a single piece forge cavity back not a hollow body. if maltby stays in the business path they are on i do not see a progression for it to be mainstream. but i do believe it is a path with excellent offerings.
another maltby thought.....when i was choosing what direction to go i did consider pricing and value. once you get the ts3 irons built with the shaft of your chooising and grips the price is about 800 to 1000 dollars. at that price there are plenty of great irons to choose from on the second hand market. do i want a set of mizuno pro 245 or wilson staff cb or ...... as far as value, well i may get heat here, they lack in value (but obviously i am okay with that. ) it is so much easier to sell a used mizunopro 245 set at a decent price than it is a set of maltby ts3 irons.
another maltby thought.....when i was choosing what direction to go i did consider pricing and value. once you get the ts3 irons built with the shaft of your chooising and grips the price is about 800 to 1000 dollars. at that price there are plenty of great irons to choose from on the second hand market. do i want a set of mizuno pro 245 or wilson staff cb or ...... as far as value, well i may get heat here, they lack in value (but obviously i am okay with that. ) it is so much easier to sell a used mizunopro 245 set at a decent price than it is a set of maltby ts3 irons.
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Well, I bought a 3,4 and 5 of their Maltby KE4 TC Pro IST Hybrid's with that Rapport shaft, $95 plus $10 to assemble so essentially got three for the price of one Ping 440 hybrid. Overall they're very good, made well, look good, and easy to hit with consistent results although the ball doesn't come off the face as hot as the Ping's so I'd say they're definitely shorter. But I can live with less yards at 1/3 the price. If however I wanted just one hybrid and not three, would have bought the Ping. On another note, I ordered one of their new DRT Wedges in 48 degrees assembled on March 17. It was in stock and still hasn't shipped as of April 5th. They must have one person doing all the assembly work. I was happy to see these new wedges in 48 degrees as I wanted a gap wedge that was an actual wedge and didn't look like part of an iron set and didn't want to spend $190 on a Vokey.
You can't beat the quality and the price of the Maltby lineup. The Rapport, and the Maltby Shafts are great shafts from Driver down to the wedge shaft. I ha e the wedge shafts in my wedges. I own every Ts1, Ts1m,T2,T3,T4 irons all with the score LT shaftsand will put them all up against the other Manufactors. The woods, hybrids, wedges are top quality.
Quickstrike
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I have the M series and Tour Grind MG and they’re as good as my Bridgestone’s. I used the MG’s last year
Art M
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interested in the Score shaft. i did entertain the thought of buying a single club to try the ts3 with the score shaft, but didn't. i just had them build a set with the updated version of the shafts i had been playing for the past 5 years. when not using Score shafts, what is your shaft preference. can you notice a difference or not? ty
Wantacigar
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I recently switched to graphite in my irons (Mitsubishi MMT) 70g R. Love them. I have the Maltby Max Milled wedges with the score shafts and they are perfect. I also have the Maltby fairway woods with the MPF Pro Series. The prior version were generally almost a flex stiffer. I have the R flex but they are generally a soft Stiff flex which were perfect for me. I still swing a S flex 55g driver shaft but considering changing out my shaft for the new Maltby Pro Series + R flex shaft. From what I'm seeing and hearing the new Maltby Pro Series + graphite shafts are more true to flex and are very good shafts. They compete with shafts 3 - 4 times the price.
The Maltby line up of shafts are great shafts and play slightly stiffer then they say. That ultralight shaft plays well. I fitted alot of players into the Maltby lignup of shafts. My wedges have the maltby graphite shafts in them.
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Received the DRT wedge in 48 degrees yesterday. Its a thing of beauty and reeks of quality. Went immediately to this field I practice at and hit about 50 shots with it. Extremely pleased with the results and its now replacing my gap wedge. Nice to have a gap wedge that looks like an actual wedge and its something I've been wanting for a while.
I'm still confused if the forged Maltby's are the same DTC that Takoma, Haywood, etc use.
I ordered two heads to practice club building and just to see what they look like and overall I was kind of impressed.
They told me on the phone when I ordered them that the non-forged irons are built in Ohio in the USA. These feel very much like they are an original design.
The forged heads come out of China. They said they are they are their own proprietary designed molds, but I have no idea.
I wish there was an easier way to tell which DTC heads are truly unique and have some form of R&D behind them.
I ordered two heads to practice club building and just to see what they look like and overall I was kind of impressed.
They told me on the phone when I ordered them that the non-forged irons are built in Ohio in the USA. These feel very much like they are an original design.
The forged heads come out of China. They said they are they are their own proprietary designed molds, but I have no idea.
I wish there was an easier way to tell which DTC heads are truly unique and have some form of R&D behind them.
ger21
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The TS-3 and TS4 both have tungsten weights forged into the head, which you won't find with any other DTC that I'm aware of.
As was already mentioned, Maltby designs their own clubs. They also had a hand in designing the new Maxfli clubs sold at Dicks.
I would say Maltby, Sub 70, and New Level are the main ones.
ger21
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I built a 56° DBM DRT last week, and put it in the bag Saturday and Sunday for testing. It's an excellent wedge, and will be replacing my Fourteen RM-4 wedges. Some early users have mentioned that the DRT felt firm, but I found it to feel very soft. I use my 56° for most shots inside 100 yards, and was able to hit a variety of shots with it. A handful of shots from 80-100 yards, several bunker shots, and a bunch of chipping over two rounds. Excellent results from everything I tried. It looks really good, too.
I had a temporary shaft in it, but my Dart V's finally arrived today, so I'll be rebuilding it tonight, along with a TS4 7 iron for testing this weekend.
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After using it now for some practice and a few rounds I concur with others that it does have a not-so-soft feel to it. When compared to my other wedges and even to the Kirkland's I bought which I think are amazing especially for the price, the DRT does feel hard.
ger21
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Strange. From the very first ball I hit with it, I felt it was one of the softer feeling wedges I've ever played. I wonder how much the shaft plays a role in the feel? I threw a 950GH Wedge shaft in it last week, which is lighter and softer than what I normally play. Just swapped it for a Dart V 120, so I'll see if it feels any different when I go out this weekend.
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You might have a point there with the shaft. Personally, I'm not a shaft junky and don't believe they make that much a difference with glaring exceptions such as a slow swinger with limited speed and power using something like X100's in his irons. You've got to use a shaft suited to your abilities. With that said however, the DRT 48 degree I bought does have the stock Score shaft which is a very cheap shaft. Also, if I catch the ball out towards the toe using this wedge, the vibration is quite substantial and nothing like all my other wedges Cleveland, Vokey and even the Kirkland's and I can't see the Kirkland's using an expensive shaft.
ger21
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Yeah, I've been playing X100's, so that might be it.