Weekly enabler message - Honma XP-1

sdandrea1 · 2023-04-17T17:37:17+00:00

Guys, I grabbed another one from GolbalGolf @$127 listed as Used/Excellent. It just arrived. Other than the plastic removed, there is ZERO evidence that th...

scotts33

sdandrea1 asked me about it?

Nope you put it up for sale and I love my Hiro Honma persimmon driver and 4 wood and thought what the hell it must be good if as good as that persimmon driver and 4 wood. I was correct. 😉

rsvman2

sdandrea1 Was this written by Bart? 🤣

sdandrea1

rsvman2 Was this written by Bart?

Damn, I went back and read it and it sounds like BART wrote it. I'm not sure how to react to that. Have I become the Internet? Are the machines taking over? Do we need to travel back in time and prevent the Internet from being invented? 😳

mulegolf

sdandrea1 The Honma XP-1 is more equal to the XXIO Eleven series.

That should be OK. While my driver is a Prime 9, most of the rest of my clubs are XXIO 11's. I ordered an XP-1
just to see what it's like. If the weather gets warm and a bit breezy for the next couple of weeks I'll maybe get to
use it. Our course has been under water again (melting snow caused a flood). The creek has for the most part
gone back in it's banks but there are still areas where there is water on the course. It may take a while to dry out
because the ground was still saturated from the past year or two.

scotts33

Let me tell ya how good Honma is as a company. I pulled apart my XP-1 irons 5-11 to add tip weights to MoI heft match them. I saved the ferrules but thought maybe I can get new ones from Honma USA. Yep, I asked they mailed them out USPS Priority got them today. Now that's a progressive customer oriented company.

DonM

Now that I think of it, I bought and sold the XP-1 irons last year too. @sdandrea1 , you really ARE an enabler! I couldn’t time up the irons for crap. One round and done.

scotts33

DonM I bought and sold the XP-1 irons last year too

Didn't even try adding lead tape Don? Wow you are as bad as Steve. What's with you guys 1x and move on? 😕

With a steel shaft probably a Nippon 950GH Neo I am assuming.

HybridWood

This thread and site...just placed an order for one. 😠 😅

scotts33

Hailey Ostrom liked it. ☺

DonM

scotts33 No they had the Vizard graphites. It wasn’t the weight, it was something about the flex. Flex affects me much more than weight does.

scotts33

DonM No they had the Vizard graphites. It wasn’t the weight, it was something about the flex. Flex affects me much more than weight does.

Agree Don flex designation is a slippery slope pun intended. ☺

I would go up a flex to meet the majority of the golf industry flex designation's. For a smooth swinging senior or lady Honma 63g "R" Vizard graphite is an "A" in most other shaft manufacturers. Buyer beware as in all golf equipment purchases.

garyt1957

scotts33 What about the driver shaft? Is an R flex more like an A from others? You guys have me curious.

sdandrea1

As much luck/good fit I've had with JDM drivers (XXIO & Honma), I've had the opposite with JDM graphite irons. I hated my XXIO Prime irons pretty quickly. Bad fit. Too light.

colej

sdandrea1

Steve have you tried any of the other Honma driver heads?

scotts33

sdandrea1 As much luck/good fit I've had with JDM drivers (XXIO & Honma), I've had the opposite with JDM graphite irons. I hated my XXIO Prime irons pretty quickly. Bad fit. Too light.

On off the rack "fit" D-0 I'd probably hate them also. I didn't even hit them before I MoI heft matched them. I generally hate all swing weight heft match clubs off the rack. Pulled them apart right after I got them and reworked them. I also did the same with the driver, frwy and hybrid. I couldn't tell you what an off the rack Honma club really "feels" like. I may find the Vizard 63g "R" graphite may not be the best fit so ar they are good but I'll pull the shafts and install Nippon 950GH rather than move on. I know the XP-1 iron heads are primo as I have hit them now enough/yesterday at range and can see why mid-hdcp golfers love them.

mulegolf

sdandrea1 I hated my XXIO Prime irons pretty quickly. Bad fit. Too light.

Should have gone with XXIO 11's, I like mine.

sdandrea1

colej Steve have you tried any of the other Honma driver heads?

No. There's a lot of used other models at GlobalGolf, but I have no idea how they would perform. The Vizard 43 shaft and that XP-1 head is poonful.

Par4QC

I don't care how many posts you guys make about this driver, or the love of it.

I'm not buying, and you can't make me!
Youcan'tmakemeyoucan'tmakeme!!

😄

sdandrea1

Par4QC

Already ordered one didn't ya? 🤣

Par4QC

sdandrea1 I will only admit to looking. Bought (a couple) something different, of course.

scotts33

garyt1957 Yes, I call their "R" an "A" for myself. There is a lot of mid-flex in the Vizard shafts. Unlike many shafts on the market you can actually "feel" the shaft load. Myself I like that.

DonM

I’m saving $400 by not buying a gently used XXIO series 12 driver.

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