Not today but over the past couple of weeks...put together hybrid woods and hybrid irons new for 2023 (but released in 2006-2008 excepting the SW which looks to be 2012):
Shafts and grips continue the mid-2000s theme:
- Q3U hybrids are iROD 0.335 R-flex shafts soft-stepped
- 785HF 6-iron is a TX-90 A-flex wood shaft
- 785HF 7-PW, TE Platinum SW are FST 90 trimmed to A-flex
- Grips are Sharpro Eon
These are the first-ever variable length clubs that I've put together as even when I first started back in 2006 I put together DIY SL sets by adding weights to the lower-lofted clubs to get to about 280 grams head weight.
Collecting the iron hybrids was quite the journey - 7 and PW came from @scotts33, 9 directly from Tom Wishon, and 6, 8, and SW from EBay. I roughly checked the lofts on these and they are pretty spot on to spec.
Late 2021 built the 7-iron with the FST 90 and 8-iron with an Acculite 75. Trials off and on showed the heavier shaft the clear winner.
Fast forward to yesterday. Went to the range, started with 9 and PW...terrible. Hosel rockets, thinned shots, etc. After about 8 of those took out the 7-iron...beautiful. Once I concentrated on staying down and through the ball, no more thinned shots and nice high trajectory from each club. Tip trimming on the 6-iron with the TX-90 was a bit of an educated guess but it seems to have been correct. Only issue is fading the 17° hybrid but that's nothing new...have to remember not to try and overpower it.
Anyways, that's my story and thanks for listening.
