Club review thread

sdandrea1 · 2021-03-08T19:05:15+00:00

Since my ho-ing adventures seem to stir anxiety in some of my brethren, I'll just post opinions here on my latest dalliance. No claiming it's the Holy Grail,...

Spuzz

Typhoon Too many options has your always second guessing

Too many "letter" grinds now.
Basic heel relief that doesn't increase bounce a lot when you open the face is all I need.
No idea what letter that is? C? or maybe S?

Typhoon

Spuzz Getting golfers “thinking” is a bad thing.

sdandrea1

Spuzz Too many "letter" grinds now.

I think all the grinds they're selling us on now is bullshit.

It's over-thought and will get amateur players overthinking.
NOBODY plays all of their golf on the same turf/lies. You'd need every grind depending on where your next round is.
Good news, though- it DOES give you a new excuse for chunking it or nailing it right in the forehead. "Wrong grind".

Par4QC

Spuzz I'll have to go back and see what brand I was looking at a couple days ago, but I swear, they had a T grind wedge! WTF is that???😲

edit: It's Vokey, and I'm sure every company now will have it...........

Who It’s For: Golfers who play in firm, hard conditions and need a low-bounce option around the greens.

Sneakylong

sdandrea1

When you move off it use it as a door stop, so you don’t have to rebuy it a third time. Lol. Like I said it’s a classic. I’m not buying anymore clubs right now. I’ll never sell my G400 even though it’s in backup mode.

It has a better sound than my G425, but sound doesn’t bother me. I remember the Cobras that sounded like an aluminum baseball bat. Everyone could hear you on the range when hitting those drivers. I’m results oriented, so that trumps everything.

Bravopilot

Typhoon Yeah, need to eliminate "first tee". Way too many swing thoughts happening in my life. Believe a course PapaD plays (Meadows Farm) has a practice first tee--I need this.

fatshot

sdandrea1 I think all the grinds they're selling us on now is bullshit.
It's over-thought and will get amateur players overthinking.

Yeah...I've taken those "what grind should you be playing?" tutorials on websites a hundred times, and I
still don't know what the hell I should be playing! I keep muddling through with my old Maltbys and the
Cleveland Smart Sole.....

Eguller

sdandrea1

Yep. To me bounce is multitudes more important.
Oh, also, forged vs. cast. 😵‍💫

sdandrea1

fatshot Cleveland Smart Sole

Smart sole and CBX Sole are about as versatile (turf-wise) as anything out there.

Par4QC

Eguller It is rare that I use a wedge over 25 yds., except for a PW or GW. A cast SW/LW just has such a harsh feel to it, even inside that 25 mark.

Eguller

Par4QC they had a T grind wedge! WTF is that???😲

Yeah, they offered a low bounce grind (L?) for years. Just a slightly different one. 🙄

Spuzz

Par4QC Who It’s For: Golfers who play in firm, hard conditions and need a low-bounce option around the greens.

Should call it a Drought Grind.
Keep it simple.
LOL

I never used a SW until I was in my mid 20's (started when I was 12) and even then, it was my Dad's high bounce, fat sole and heavy Spalding that I put in the bag when I played a course with "fluffy" sand (which was rare back then)
Otherwise, it was a PW and open/close of varying degrees depending on what was needed
🙂

Luc_Van_Daele

Par4QC I swear, they had a T grind wedge! WTF is that???

It's from the LBGTQ+ series

sdandrea1

Bravopilot

Yeah, one of their three 9-hole tracks has 10 holes. #1 is a practice hole. Love it!

Bravopilot

sdandrea1 Plan to get down that way before I relocate. Plus, play Royal New Kent again--read they re-opened and brought back the original design. A fun place to play. Add Mattaponi Springs

wishbone

sdandrea1

I need it too!

Subsonic

Bravopilot Let me know. I love RNK and Mattaponi.

DonM

I love a heavily relieved leading edge on wedges. Cally has done that on this year’s Jaws Raw line. I want either the X or Z but would like to demo first. This is great for tight Bermuda.

https://www.callawaygolf.com/golf-clubs/wedges/wedges-2022-jaws-raw-chrome.html

I just did this to an old Golfworks wedge yesterday. This is 40 degrees bounce. Big improvement.

You can also see where I did a heel and trailing edge on it in the past. It used to be a blocky, clunky thing.

Subsonic

DonM Geezer Arts and Crafts in the House!

sdandrea1

DonM

I did that to a set of Eye 2 irons. Reduced the digging.

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