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.

Par4QC

sdandrea1 Well, it's nice, for sure, but anyone can hang a pic. Doesn't take all that long.

DonM

Rickochet Do those grips have a sort of burnt or harsh rubber smell? I have 8 of them that I think I bought on eBay, and they smell funny. So I’m wondering if I got fakes. They feel fine on the clubs so far. I have a known good one on my driver and it doesn’t have that smell. But it’s older.

Typhoon

DonM You might have fakes. One of my friends got a set of GP grips and they smelled funny. He put them on the clubs and the color was coming off on his hands. Bad thing was it was an authorized GP vendor. He called GP and they sent grips from them, not the vendor which were perfect.

Rickochet

DonM Do those grips have a sort of burnt or harsh rubber smell? I have 8 of them that I think I bought on eBay, and they smell funny. So I’m wondering if I got fakes. They feel fine on the clubs so far. I have a known good one on my driver and it doesn’t have that smell. But it’s older.

I just bought these a few weeks ago. The grips smell just like the ones I bought last spring. Did yours come in a loose bundle or where they individually packaged in plastic? I did not get mine on ebay.

fatshot

Typhoon You might have fakes. One of my friends got a set of GP grips and they smelled funny. He put them on the clubs and the color was coming off on his hands.

Interesting....I bought a bunch of Chamois oversized last year, and the same thing happened to me with the color.
Don't remember where I got them though. I cut them off and threw them away at the end of the season.

DonM

Rickochet I can't recall how they were packaged. I'll have to look at my eBay history and see who was the seller.

Edit: I bought them from Value Golf on eBay. So they should not be fake.

Eguller

Grips on eBay are notorious for being fakes. Sure signs are smell and color fading/bleeding.

Par4QC

Bought some Sidewinder grips years ago, off someone on FGI. Stunk so bad I had to take them outside. Finally threw them away. Never bought another of those, and never will.

STOP.....my mind will not be changed!

Eguller

Par4QC Bought some Sidewinder grips years ago, off someone on FGI. Stunk

Wasn't me but I know who. My Sidewinder grips don't stink. 😂

Rickochet

DonM I bought them from Value Golf on eBay. So they should not be fake.

Absolutely. Send Aaron an email from the contact link on their website. He usually responds quickly. I checked a few weeks ago and they were out of the LT Jumbos and had an order expected soon so you might have some from a fresh batch. BTW, if you order from their website you can get a 10% discount as a forum member.

Eguller

In a long standing tradition of FGI/GBuzz, I am refurbishing an original Cobra Baffler (OEM) component head.

It is now in stripped down form for testing to see if I want to give it the full 'treatment'. I'll hit it tomorrow.
I believe that it is an 18/19 head but not marked as such. I've liked older Cobras and this one looks 'right'. 🏌

sdandrea1

Eguller

Double LIKE!

Eguller

sdandrea1

How did you know ? LOL....I have the twin 14* waiting in the wings for the same treatment if this works out.

sdandrea1

Eguller How did you know ? LOL

I had one back in their day.

darpar

Stuck an XLR8 shaft in the M2, road test this afternoon.

HybridWood

Cleveland Launcher XL270 Draw 12° driver with Aldila RIP Phenom (made for TM R1) shaft, A flex (RBG special)
Adams Speedline 9032 Ti Hybrid FW 16° with UST iROD Hybrid 335 R-flex

Grips aren't final, just there for the pic. Plan on using a DD Lite on the driver, not sure on hybrid FW.
XL270 head was 189.0 grams, so shaft should play a little firmer.
UST iROD Hybrid 335 is tipped a little less than called for - should play a little softer. Have these shafts in Quick Strike II hybrids and hit them well. Been trying for years to use a lighter shaft, but why reinvent the wheel?

sdandrea1

3 more of these club stands. My golf buds want them.

Sarnella

sdandrea1
Could you show it being used please?

sdandrea1

Sarnella Could you show it being used please?

The picture I took of it outside is too big to upload. Basically, you stick this in the ground near the green when you have several clubs with you (SW, putter). You just lean the club you're not using against it to keep the grip dry. It also helps me remember not to leave my clubs when I head back to the cart. It fits easily in my bag. I've sold at least 50 of them. $5 in parts.

Eguller

Finally, the range opened and I had a chance to test several 'experiments'.

The Original Cobra Baffler didn't work out. Wrong shaft. Worth a reshaft though.
The Vokey 46* as a PW was great. In the bag.
The G400 Max with an Aldila NV 55 at 47.5" was OMG good. Fun to hit and reminded
me of the old days of LD competition. I may have to rethink the driver slot. E1 SW. In the bag
for my next round. Guess I just got use to hitting a long driver shaft back when.
Just fun to be able to smack some balls again. Think Spring. 🏌🙂

Typhoon

Eguller The G400 Max with an Aldila NV 55 at 47.5" was OMG good. Fun to hit and reminded
me of the old days of LD competition.

Told ya!! I have the Paderson in that length and it’s soooo much fun to hit in the G400max head. High straight bombs... smooth big swing and the clubhead just does it!!

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