The Live Update thread for the 2021 Titleist Experience is here.
Six THPers that won a chance to head to the beautiful Black Mesa Golf Club in New Mexico. Each one went through a fitting and will receive a brand new set of Titleist T-Series irons. Teaming up with Josh Talge and Luke Epp from Titleist for a bit of a two team competition over the next few days. The fun kicks off tomorrow and you can be along for the ride.
You will be able to follow along with the entire event live below. Questions will get answered in the ask us anything portion of the week, golf will be played and in a team setting. 6 THPers joined by two of the best from Titleist will take you on this amazing journey.
If you have questions on equipment, tour staff or anything Titleist clubs related, drop them below and the team will get them answered. Follow along both here and on our Instagram Stories for behind the scenes looks and some gorgeous gear and course pictures. See how your team you picked in the contest is doing.
The 2021 Titleist Experience is Here!
That are beasts!!! I hit a quite a few shots that from a distance’s perspective I pulled the right club…just so darn long.
"Reading" 3 pages of GIPHYs with less-than-ideal internet speeds was interesting! Agree though that it was funny how it became a thing without much conversation!
Long, but with what seemed like good dispersion based on what I understood!
Oh yeah I’ll have more about this in my review but on the range it was crazy to just see the range balls all dropping in the same 10-15’ area.
This continues to be hilarious
Looking forward to your review! Always feels good to have confidence when making a golf shot!
My imagination definitely got carried away. I was thinking rattlesnake bite, scorpions, shivs, coyotes. The true story of rushing to catch flights never entered my mind.
Bit of trivia that I am guessing no one mentioned – the course, at one time early on, was rated the hardest course in the US. There are lots of tees since gone and lines softened up dramatically.
My last trip to ABQ we played UNM and Twin Warriors and had a blast. We also went rafting and that is the only reason we didn’t get to play Paako. Black Mesa looks really good, but there is a lot of great golf near Albuquerque.
I definitely had a TS3 within 2 or 3 weeks of getting home from the 2019 T-Series iron event ?
Todays matches
Team Luke won 3 and 2
Team JT won 3 and 2.
Total was of course 2 to 2
First off I would like to thank @JB, @GolferGal, and Titleist (Josh & Luke) for making this possible. I was lucky enough to play against Luke on Thursday, it has been mentioned earlier he is a very good golfer. Just an all around great person to hang out with. I still think he took it easy on us that first day. Day 2 was a blast as I got to ride with Josh and just the conversation alone would have been enough for me. Again, another guy who is just great at golf and an absolute pleasure to hang out with.
As most that followed this thread and the prior Titleist experience thread know I got down here Tuesday night. I met up with @mmaynard11 Wednesday morning and headed for Black Mesa. I now see why he was a fan favourite on the forum leading up the event. Just an all around outstanding individual. I would also like to thank @J4U for lugging and extra set of irons for me to use during our practice round. I didn’t play with him during the event so very happy I got to play the practice round with him. For those of you who don’t know him boy can he pound the ball! @GoldenBuff was a great roommate, such a genuine human. Truly enjoyed sitting in the hotel room talking with him. Unfortunately he was the only guy I didn’t get to golf with this week so hopefully our paths will cross in the future. I had the pleasure to golf with both @Djack and @gbtrsc and it was great to meet and tee it up with you guys.
As for the golf course, it was unreal. The pictures posted truly do not do it justice. Just spectacular.
I was super impressed with the set of irons I was fit into. The t-100s are just an all around great club, feel is exceptional, distance and dispersion were great for me. I think my new favourite club is the 48* wedge. I used it anywhere from 125 and in, around the green is where it really shines for me. I didn’t get too many opportunities to hit the 4/5 t-200’s but when I did results were good even when I thought I miss hit them. Very glad I went with the combo set. Being from Canada my golf season has been over since mid-September and I’m not sure I can wait until May to get these things out again. A think a winter golf trip will need to happen. Sorry for the rambling and I will try and get some rounds in over the winter so I can do my part and review the irons but if I don’t I will guarantee I will update my experiences with them in the spring. Also, don’t sleep on the tsi4 driver. That thing is not scary to hit and I find it every bit as easy to hit as the tsi3. It hit a lot of fairways for me this week. Again I will apologize for leaving everyone hanging with my posting of the last group leaving green and saying it’s a wrap. The resulting pages asking for the results had both myself and @mmaynard11 laughing last, some truly funny post. I honestly didn’t even think about posting the results, there was some great golf played those 36 holes and it was fitting how it ended up. We all had already won by just participating. Supper last night was just icing on the cake. Thanks for following
I’m just catching up now but because I got tagged earlier I knew the result and my imagination was doing the same thing. You’re not the only one!
Luke & Josh – it was so great to get to know the two of you over the past three days! Both your resumes are impressive & appreciate being fully open with us during the “Ask Us Anything” segment! The tips on the range & course will be put into use. Now the only dilemma is do I go with 9* or 11* of loft as Luke suggested?!?! It’s good to have choices so why not go with both drivers?!?!?
Can’t appreciate or say thank you enough for the sexy set of sticks that are now in the bag. Not only are they great to look at, but they are going to take my game to a new level & leave my buddies back home drooling leading them to purchase a set of their own. Hope that our paths cross again in the future!
Lastly if I was a betting man I would say the Titleist Experience will be back. So don’t hesitate to throw your name into it!!!
Dude absolutely a pleasure! To say you had some unexpected curve balls need for you to get here & make sure you could get back to the land up north would have had me on nerves all week! You played your ball extremely well! It’s always sunny in Florida if your looking for a winter escape & some golf! The combo set is amazing & I wish I would have went 4i & 5i in the T200 vs only 4i. I may be adding a T200 5i to the bag soon.
UNM South/Championship is a really good course period. Toughest course in the area by a fair margin but also fun if you bring your A/B game. I have also become a huge fan of the 9 hole UNM North course – a nice tree-lined change of pace with great greens. I love playing two loops from different tees.
Paako gets all the headlines but honestly I prefer Black Mesa, Twin Warriors, and Cochiti to it. Especially when you consider the price tag. Haven’t played Marty Sanchez yet but am excited to get up there.
Two underrated courses in the area are Ladera (City of ABQ muni) and Paradise Hills. Definitely worth consideration to fill out an itinerary. I personally like all three of our 18 hole muni courses but would recommend Ladera first.
Playing with the Titleist crew was a lot of fun and hopefully you got every aspect of equipment questions answered you had.
We are excited and looking forward to your honest feedback on the new clubs you chose and look forward to seeing you at a future experience.
First class all the way home to the back of the bus. This should be a new experience for me. ?
That will just leave extra time for them to unload you new clubs ???
That is the most important part as I have a short connection. Just received the notification they have been loaded on the plane.
Be prepared to be…
Thanks again to you @JB For an awesome Experience. And a special thanks to @GolferGal for all of the organizing and support work!
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Southern Utah (St. George) and Mesquite will get you this, too. Come on out!
At least you have a new driver coming ?
You name the date, brother and we’ll take care of all the rest. Guaranteed good time with a great group of guys.
You will love that setup!
Great follow!
Damn. Sorry about that man. I got a little into the thread and didn’t stop to think you might not have been following live.
Jeebus. I’m 6 tall and look tiny there. It’s probably the corduroy hat Luke was rocking.
Oh gosh, no no it’s not on you at all. I still enjoyed the journey even though I knew the outcome. That actually had me looking with a different eye as well, until the gif-off that was. Which was it’s own humor.
You sure? You like no taller than 5’7" in that picture!
Those are some big men!
That’s what I was thinking. Why does JB look so tiny! ?
It can’t be said enough, the course looks spectacular. New irons are to die for. I even went and looked at them in person because of this event and the T110s are special. Glad everyone had such a great time.
Oh, the Mexican food looked sick! That’s my kind of meal.
Very true if it fits your flight and spin profile. This one nailed it for me and first driver that I can see some roll out!
If it wasn’t for my new TSi4 being in the bag, I wouldn’t have been able to keep it passed Luke. :friends: What a great golfer and gentleman that guy is!
More to come later as I have a list to do and need to get to the range and hit these bad boys before the boss gets back and sees me not working on that list.
Things I learned:
Time for new wedges ?
Titleist irons need to be a serious consideration at re-up time ?
Combo set needs VERY serious consideration
Titleist Driver? Hmmmmm.
I forgot how "efficient" @MH was. See ball, set up to ball, hit ball, jump in cart.
AZTHP crew needs to host an Invitational……….(hint, everyone is invited).
AZTHP Crew takes desert golf for granted (We play so much of it that I had no idea how interesting/beautiful it is to others from different parts of the country).
Another week, another amazing experience coming up………….
This place is so awesome.
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Post event blues are real!
Seems I brought a lot of NM dust with me on my bag.
I had to @JB
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I would rock it.
Yes now that is what you call diving right in!!!