Maltby New Irons

bigshank · 2023-11-01T02:57:40+00:00

So I waited until this last Saturday to pad my piggy bank as it was our season finale mens club event. Good thing grabbed another $125 cool. Now I went and s...

KCee

pellmell Darn those look good. I was debating building a set of TS-IM or TS3 this winter, but now I have to build a TE+ demo too.

bigshank

KCee just ordered the TSI-IMs. Considering buying those black ones and pulling some shafts for those. I think I gotta have both

Fish

bigshank I talked my dad, who is 76 years old, into purchasing his final new set of irons from golfworks. We bought the club pak and they custom assembled for free. STi2 Kuro Kage A flex. They are gorgeous and he absolutely loves them. I was proud, I have been playing component made clubs since I was 18. Golfworks irons take a back seat to noone. There Drivers? I haven't had the best of luck with the few that I have tried.

sdandrea1

Fish Golfworks irons take a back seat to noone. There Drivers? I haven't had the best of luck with the few that I have tried.

Agree! Component irons seem to be more on par with OEM, but not drivers.

bigshank

I’m pumped to get them in my hands. I ordered the club pack 5-gw. They are building them and bending them for me. Depending on how I like that score lt shaft they offer will determine if I use a different shaft in the black forged set. I like the looks of that black finish

ode

sdandrea1 the TC Max is pretty damn good.....but it will never generate the buzz needed like the GW irons have done!

rsvman2

sdandrea1 Some of the old school component drivers were good, though. The Alpha, the Bang-o-matic, some of the SMT offerings, etc.

Taki27

ode @ode @Nat @colej how does the KE4 Max driver compare to the KE4 Tour driver?

MidwayJ

It's been years since I even looked at any component irons, but this thread got me curious about the Maltby offerings. Those TS-3 look fabulous! Pretty pricey, though, but I've been going back looking at reviews of TS-2, STi2, KE4 Max, etc., including the Popeye thread on GolfWRX. Dang this site! 😆

Eguller

MidwayJ Those TS-3 look fabulous!

They feel and play that way also. Forged feel, nice launch and look good.
I'm about to try the TE+ V4 black soon..... 🏌

bigshank

It’s just money and we can’t take it with us when we go. Besides I figure you buy maltbys 3 latest forged versions for the price of one set of forged Titleist irons. Fuck it I’m all in for two sets. I still got my old set if I don’t perform as well. No loss required. I got a feeling these sets will go toe to toe with anything. The IMs and the TE forged+ black for me. That’s enough irons to outlast me. Maybe my grandson can use em when I’m done with them

MidwayJ

rsvman2 Some of the old school component drivers were good, though. The Alpha, the Bang-o-matic, some of the SMT offerings, etc.

Agree. Three that stayed in my bag a long time were SMT Spectrum, Geek DCT, and a Snake Eyes (forgot the model).

ode

Taki27 hard to give anything in depth as I only had a cup of coffee with the Tour and sold it .... And demo'd the Max as @Nat had one and sent it to me. Max has a slightly bigger footprint, was more forgiving, and had better feel/slightly more muted but also more solid all over (on mishits performed and felt better). IMO a noticeable improvement overall. Also the fins on the crown were more subdued with the Max and looks better, but the shinier metal on the front of the crown was a bit more.distracting then that of the Tour, although this was minor and after playing it a few times a non factor!

colej

Taki27

I thought the max was way better in every way. Feel, flight, forgiveness were all better than the TC tour (although the ratings are close for both). It’ll be interesting when the Pro head comes out and how it compares to the Max.

Nat

Taki27

I think the max is a notably better head than the tc tour. It looks better, sounds/feels better, and is a bit more forgiving. I tried it v my Sim and found it as long, not as good fell tbh.
Bottom line it’s a great head

ode

colej
@Taki27

It might go on my Xmas list 🤔

sdandrea1

MidwayJ

I don't really think there are many bad driver heads built in the modern era (titanium weld-on cup faces). At least in my experience, if the shaft is the right fit, all these heads go far.

MidwayJ

@sdandrea1
It eventually got that way but there was a fun time in the early to mid 2000s when the head sizes were growing to 300-350-400cc and first got capped at 460cc. Each successive model seemed to be a little longer and/or more forgiving. You're right about shafts. I probably dismissed some heads as duds before I figured out what shaft profiles and weights worked best and how BBGM impacted shaft flex, etc. It was fun experimenting, though!

sdandrea1

MidwayJ It was fun experimenting, though!

THAT'S the journey! 👍

Eguller

sdandrea1 THAT'S the journey! 👍

Yep. try to enjoy the journey as the destination may disappoint.

bigshank

I remember building a Golfsmith TI 260 driver with a graffaloy pro launch burgundy shaft. That was a game changer for me. The stock shafts in all the big name drivers were whippy crap. I was probably coming from a great big Bertha or something like that. I seemed to remember a bunch of other builds that were good too. Integra heads were pretty good for me and of course SMT I enjoyed a few of those. I really liked the UST shafts and Aldila NV 65 shafts. Fun times

MidwayJ

bigshank
The Golfsmith 260 was my first component driver, too. I had the opposite experience. My buddy recommended the True Temper EI70, which he liked but he was a longer hitter than me. That shaft was too stout and low launching for me.

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