What did you build today?

DonM · 2020-01-24T22:58:56+00:00

I'll start. Vertex AW on SK Fiber TT75R shaft. Cleveland Launcher HB 5W on UST 55 Gold R shaft.

shokosugi

Since my miss is a skyball, black electrical tape is a fixture on all my clubs lol. Saves me a lot of money as it protects resale value!

sdandrea1

shokosugi course being a ho that really only means 1-2 weeks max

Fixed it as relative to me......crazy ho. 🕶️

Typhoon

Sparky

I always said back then that if I ever wanted to try graphite iron shafts, it would be either the Proforce 95 or Grafalloy Blue.

Eguller

Eguller Hey !!!! I'm becoming a PING fan boy. Oh, no....... We'll see if I am still one after tomorrow's round.
Talk of the 'G' series being easy to hit, but these boys are darn near automatic (and look very good).

Had a full round with the i20/Kuro Kage 80ir. They are easy to hit straight for sure and feel amazingly good
for a cast head. The only issue is that they are 1 -1.5 clubs shorter and fly lower than my gamers (cf16).
Probably not going to have them bent stronger because I feel that the bounce is just right and it might be
compromised by the adjustment. For now, they are indeed good enough to stay in the backup bag with
sunlight when the gamers misbehave. Not quite a PING Fan Boy but....🤣

Typhoon

That’s Ping for ya. I love their irons for consistency and back in the eye2 days, easy to hit. If you’re looking for distance, look elsewhere. A few years ago I picked up a set of i25 irons and we had a couple i20 irons lying around. Both irons were shorter than I expected. The ie-1 irons I have are not much on longer either, maybe a half club.

When talking about “hollow head” or foam injected irons, you don’t hear about the i500, mostly Cobra and Taylormade. Ping makes nice looking irons in the players category and forgiving easy to hit irons in their game improvement irons but they have yet to crack the “distance” barrier.

Sparky

Sparky Maltby TS2 irons on UST Proforce 95 shafts. X flex, so probably too manly for me. Strangely tip heavy graphite shafts, even at standard graphite lengths and no tip weights these things came in at D4. While I've gamed the TS1s for a year, this is my first look at the TS2s. Very nice.

Well, the TS2s on the range mats yesterday were great. A bit lower flight than my TS1 set, and about 5 yards longer. Took them to the course and it was a disaster. At that swingweight, my tempo was completely messed up. The heads are great no doubt. but those Proforce 95s are coming out quick. Somehow, with some stellar short game play, I was still able to shoot even on the day. So the TS2/95x set will go down in history as the lowest average scoring set I have ever owned. 😀

KCee

Sparky Is there a big difference in forgiveness from the TS1 to TS2? I hesitate to ask since the irons were a "disaster" and you shot even. If my irons are a disaster I shoot 105 and if my irons are great I shoot low 80's lol.

Sparky

KCee Is there a big difference in forgiveness from the TS1 to TS2? <

I'm not sure that I have enough time with the TS2 to compare. But a toe hit on the TS1 4 iron feels a lot different (worse) than the TS2. But my gut feel says the TS2 is more forgiving. I may reshaft the TS2 with something less manly and give them another run. I still have another set of Jinsokus. And Penley IMS. And Harrison Stars. And probably some others in a box somewhere. Then again, now I am getting back to the course, maybe I'll just play and stop tinkering for a while.

Eguller

Sparky But my gut feel says the TS2 is more forgiving.

My testing said so also. I found it slightly easier to launch too. Never thought of 'fixing' the top line
with black tape or I might still have the TS2 demo (or a full set). Nice iron heads.

KCee

Sparky But my gut feel says the TS2 is more forgiving.

It looks larger so I would guess it is more forgiving, but I've heard its not a big difference. I have tried the TS2 and liked it and may have to build a TS1 to try out. I'm guessing that if you increase the loft of the TS2 by a degree or so that you could probably combo TS/TS2.

DonM

I'm most interested in the launch and spin of the TS2.

Sparky

DonM
Launch - for me the TS2 goes just a hair lower launch than the TS1
Spin - I withhold comment on spin. I am a high spin player with moderate swing speed. Nothing irritates me more than hitting a full 56* wedge that goes 90 yards, only to backup 10 yards. So I play balls that are rocks. Even with rocks, a 185 yard 4 iron for me hits and stops within 5 feet.

sdandrea1

Put a graphite shaft in an Eye 2 +no+ Wedge.

Sparky

Finished up some retro Adams builds.
CMB Irons with new Dynalite XP shafts and Royal grips. Put a PX LZ on the GW.
9088UL driver on an Evo Lite at 46"

I now understand why the CMBs are cult favorites. Stunningly nice heads. XP shafts are definite high fliers, but I am still getting distance very close to my Maltby STi2/Aldila NV85 set.

fatshot

Sparky I have gradually switched over to Adams Value Tech hybrid irons over the last month....Mine are not as classic looking as these CMB's, but they are SO very easy to hit. Now that I'm using them I wonder why Adams
couldn't compete in the market place (except that they were probably paying Tom Watson, Ernie Els, and a few others way too much endorsement money!).

Typhoon

fatshot

CMB irons are stellar. Adams reminds me of Nike... they finally make a great looking iron and boom... they are gone

CallMeAl

Titleist TS1 with Fujikura Pro 56 @ 46".
Trying to regain lost distance...

CallMeAl

Experiment went well. According to my PRGR Launch Monitor I got 4-5mph clubhead speed gains on average.

Carry Distance varied (into a stiff wind at the range). But definitely better.

With the Pro Launch (@45") the ball flight was lower with less carry.

The Fujikura (@46") was higher but much better carry! Plus a constant soft draw! (I'm a regular fader of the ball).

We're going on a golf trip next week, so I'll be able to make a better evaluation of this setup afterwards!

Fingers Crossed!!!🤞

Rickochet

Not a big build today but I did regrip my Wishon Sterlings with some Winn Dri-tac Lt grips and put them in da bag for a round tomorrow. I haven't played them since spring but with tight hardpan and the LT grips I hope they will work.

Rickochet

I finally got around to reshafting my old Hireko Powerplay System Q Adrenaline irons. These are the second oldest irons I have. They always seem to end back up in the bag. They are huge oversized thick topline shovels with a mid offset 5 - SW and solid as any head I have ever hit. Not jacked lofts but stronger with GW at 50°. They had some R flex shafts that got a bit too stiff for me and I was going reshaft with some softer steel shafts but got side tracked reshafting with some Fubuki graphites. So now my babies are back in the bag for play tomorrow with some FST 115 Sr. flex with Winn Dri-tac Lt grips.

ode

Rickochet those grips definitely have less taper. Looking good!

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