WTT: Ping G30 LST 9 for 10.5

Typhoon · 2016-11-07T02:50:08+00:00

Like the title says. Head for head. I have pics, mine looks like new all over

Typhoon

Pay no attention to the offline numbers...the booth I'm in is set up at an odd angle looking at the projected piicture on the net.

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Typhoon

Was that from the M2 ?

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No, that was my Ping at 9 degrees and then at 10. The 9.5 numbers were not shown...scrolled up but we're close to the 10 degree.

That's with a white tie 6x3 stiff at 44.75". Rather short for me. Today I took my HOF ultra X that plays 47" to the range...seriously WOW. I hit that better than the shorter shaft.

May have to get some numbers on that Thursday night.

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Typhoon

What's wrong with those numbers ? Do you really need to get the M2 ?

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I've never been fit for a driver. I want to see if I've reached my potential. Alot of shafts I hit seem to give me the same result so I'm curious and sick of wasting my time and nickel&diming myself to death.

I'm looking for more ball speed.

I'll bring my Ping and a few shafts with me so I can hit it all on his equipment.

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Typhoon

Lucky you, have the youth and the resources to get fit for more ball speed.

I'm at a stage each week is different for the best golf shaft and golf ball. This week I'm loving the Pershing 65X 46" playing length with 10.5° Speedline Tech.
Next week could be one of the old DCT or db455.

I thought I like the UST proforce 65 in the fairway wood, wrong, it was fine with the Callaway Steelhead iii but the SMT Solitaire hates it. I remember it had the Harrison pro 2.5 before and played like a rocket launcher. So maybe I'll need to get something close to that. Who knows, next week I might not be able to swing the shaft like this week.

Typhoon

U still have the speed for X so that's a good thing!

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If and when I do, it's more like for tighter disbursement pattern than for maximum distance.
I'd be lucky to carry the tee shots like 240 now and maybe a little more in the warmer drier weather.

But it felt good when I swing the Pershing 65X, it's supposed to be a soft X flex anyway. I feel I could go after the tee shots without worry of going too wayward .

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I'm curious what I'll get tonite for numbers with the HOF shaft. I'll try to post them.

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Pretty sure I can NOT swing the one you have , Sadlowski model is too heavy and too stiff for me in the X flex.
It's for the young and the strong....I'm way past that.

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Slumming a bit today, Went by a local shop and hit the M2 with a KuroKage silver Tini 60X. It was ok. More controlled swings it was dead straight. lean on it and lost a few high and right. its one of the no charge upgrade shafts offered by Taylormade. I think I might like it better in S or would like to try the Black. Rory hits the 70 in X...

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Typhoon

KuroKage is the replacement for the Studio line , right ? Not a high end shaft but...... if it works, then it's good.

I'm shafting an old Sandvik blue label Titanium X flex in the SMT Solitaire 3 wood ( 2.5). Might take it out next week.
Man that Allopurinol really helped my joints, the swelling at the base of my right index is almost all gone now.

Typhoon

Figuring I'd have some joint pain this morning after hitting drivers last night.

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That is with the HOF ultra X at 9.5 degrees. Felt so much better than the white tie stiff. About 10 yards shorter with the white tie but I just can't find the middle if the face with it.

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Typhoon

Excuse me ?

Now remind me of why you want to change the loft ? Why bother with the newer stuff if you hit the old driver and old shaft more to the sweet spot ?

If my shoulders stay healthy ( and my right hip and knee from all the high kicks I had done in my youth ), I might even put the Accuflex VS339 X back in play. We'll see. I just can't find any newer shaft under $200 performed better than some of the old stuff. Lighter in weigh does not always work for me. But maybe one of these days I'll get one of the new driver, They say the Callaway Epic is the ONE to watch for in 2017, silly good.

Typhoon

I find spin under 2000; launch angle 13 and decent angle 33-35 degrees to seem good. I took out a few of the spinny ones...so funny to see they go nowhere.

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BTW,
Read it somewhere that the G25 out performs the G30 from test runs. Maybe you should get a G25 instead of trading the G30 heads. Think you can still find an old new stock somewhere.

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Typhoon The fitting is more of an investment...sets a baseline for what works for me instead of the endless tries of $40 shaft pulls that all seem to be the same.

Many of the $40 shaft were over $200 when they first came on the market, a lot of them still matched the "new" shaft in every way except for the paint. Those are the shafts I'm interested in and I have time to wait for the right one.

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Today I played with the stock shaft...the blue tfc 419 x. I always liked it. Maybe it's the shaft length. I've always liked 45-46". My numbers with the HOF were good with the longer shaft as well.

The white tie is on the shelf for now.