oh hell...good point!
I played a full round tonight with the clubs …. I am sold, satisfied with my purchase and real excited to get everything dialed in.
In the back of my mind I have been getting a little anxious that the clubs had taken 2 two weeks longer to get here than I had anticipated. One, because I enjoy the instant gratification of purchasing new toys and two , the club championship is coming fast and I have to get confident with these new sticks.
Well I can now easily say I am gaining the confidence. I shot a 78 with a bogey, double, bogey finish. The new clubs are going to be filling in nicely.
A quick note about the finish. This was on the notoriously punishing holes of the Hazelwood 9 AKA Hazardwood, Hazardrock , and a few I will spare the women and children from. The two bogeys were 3 putts one due to miss-clubbing on the low side. the double was an alignment timing issue so the newness of the the irons had a small part to play but I will take 90% of the blame.
Ok on to the rest of the round.
New distances - while I think I could get 1.5 clubs longer I think I will play for 1 just to not be jumping on every shot. So this is great , I confidence that I have the longer shots back in the bag that have not been there over that last 2 years.
Confidence at address … they are already feeling familiar and like my clubs
Timing - by this I mean the last fractions of second before contact when you square the club up , I am finding I am just a little slow and I am "fanning" the shot a touch. This I know will take a little bit and I just need to focus on that. It also means I don't need to be ripping at everything. when I just was off a touch things seem to get aligned correctly.
this is a good example of the slight timing issue ... while the result is pretty good this was fanned to the right the breeze held it and possibly helped it back.
Trajectory - High and Higher! I think I might need to work on trapping the ball a touch just to get the apex a touch lower.
Sound - when I was 16 there was a guy at our club that tried out for the Tour and played on and off the Canadian Tour hit the ball it had a very distinct sound , he had these cool cast tour blade that I am blanking on the brand but they are not around anymore. when I hit these clubs I am reminded of the sound when he hit the ball it always sounded awesome. I have been really digging the sound of impact with the RXT's
8i I hit this club a fair bit which I anticipate using a lot. Solid! The leading edge feels sharp and digs into the turf the right amount actually almost more than my Titleist blades.
Hit a great shot on the second hole a 145yd 3/4 8i shot into the wind that got me into the round early.
PW Had a bunch of 110 - 120 yard shots that turned out pretty good . One dart like when I was getting let through by a 4some so that was a extra bonus because the pressure and focus was up and the clubs delivered when I need them. I have some timing issues on the others my distance control was pretty good but I was a little wide 20 - 40 ft. this is a great feeling club, strong but precise .
4i,5i,6i - layups while I might not normally use these clubs for the shots I had I was trying to use the new clubs rather than just play my normal game. Love these clubs , they feel real easy to hit so far as long as you put a reasonable swing on them. I already feel confident with them and yet I feel like I have the control I want when I need to manoeuvre myself into positions on the course. Plus it's fun to watch the 4i soar like a hybrid.
AW - this club is starting to settle in a bit and I am finding its comfortable full length which is not as long as I initially thought. I am warming up to this club, not that I was cold to it but it was the one that I thought about most when choosing the setup. I also used it to pitch with on a hole with a very touchy shot and pulled it off well. I defiantly has a different feel than my Cleveland wedge but it wasn't a bad thing. I just about made the chip too boot.
So to wrap up this write up, I can say these are quickly replacing the old clubs and I will never look back. For those of us that pride ourselves on being able to hit even the most unforgiving blades theses are easily worth a test when we are looking to add some technology to our game , and by technology I mean length , forgiveness feel while not loosing accuracy. I immediately have started to hit good to great shots with these clubs and still feel there is more to get from them.
These might be the best overall iron set I have ever hit when you think of distance, forgiveness, feel, accuracy and overall playability. Callaway has designed a great club. ( and yeah I have tried the 2.0's out, just didn't get a feel for the metal trampoline that randomly double bounced my ball past my target )
That was shank into a condo in front of the boss and co-workers ugly there dude! My bad!
