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,...

Typhoon

sdandrea1 Right, you don’t need forgiveness and the Max heads are all about forgiveness not distance. The low spin heads are no good for U either because you need the spin with your speed. It’s tough to find a modern low spin head that you’ll launch high enough to maybe see something good.

A cheap experiment would be a 12 or 14 degree SLDR head. It’s low on forgiveness… who cares, and low spin… but you can take the 12 degree up to 14 or the 14 up to 16 which will get you pretty high launch and low spin. I would LOVE to see how that works for you…. It’s all about maximizing the head at this point for you.

Par4QC

Typhoon The low spin heads are no good for U either

I beg to differ.
Have had the Darkspeed LS, Smoke TD, (have) the Epic Max LS, Cobra Aerojet LS, and a Rogue ST TD TC. Have hit all equally as well and as far, even farther, than I ever have. Today I used a 455DB 8* and hit it the same as any of those.

It's all in the way you hold your mouth when hitting them(drivers). It has nothing to do with the head/shaft combo.

(no emoji..... in order for post to be taken seriously)

azgreg

azgreg So, I've had these in the bag for a little while and they are really solid wedges. Can't complain at all. I'm playing them in 52°, 58° (at 57°), and 62°.

OK. After another half dozen rounds and range sessions these just might be the best wedges I've ever played.

Par4QC

Who's going to try it?

Cleveland HiBORE XL...$400.................

KCee

Par4QC One of the guys on my golf trip still has an original HiBore driver. I just emailed him about the new one saying it's a sign he should finally change......although I did suggest he wait for the sale in 2026.

ode

Par4QC yikes....I thought the triangular/ cone head drivers were a thing of the past 🤔. It should be called the Marge Simpson! More proof that it ain't about looks. If it performs I'd get over it, but damn is that FUCKING UGLY!

Eguller

AI & turdulators ? 🤔

Par4QC

Eguller 'Activwing'. Just no mistaking them for turbulators!!

Shaft has an 8g counterweight installed.

Doing a bit of math, head must be around 205g inc. adapter. 320g total weight.

Gotta love a company that is not afraid to 'go back'.....triangular shape!

Eguller

Par4QC Just no mistaking them for turbulators!!

No mistake - ‘Turdulators’. 🤪

sdandrea1

Par4QC Gotta love a company that is not afraid to 'go back'.....triangular shape!

Their ad says it's "new". I'm old, but I still remember that last triangle-shaped drivers. This ain't new.

Typhoon

What's next... the return of the Square Heads?

sdandrea1

These are easier to hit than they look. Great forged feeling. Old school lofts, soft landing shots. PapaD approved.

Typhoon

sdandrea1 To be honest, even though you might think game improvement is the way to go, some of us, me included hit the old school shaped/sized irons better. If you have any kind of skill level like you do Steve, I am not surprised you hit these irons better than a set of blobby wide soled Acers.

sdandrea1

Typhoon If you have any kind of skill level like you do Steve, I am not surprised you hit these irons better than a set of blobby wide soled Acers.

Interesting concept. Always thought shovels were helping me. I don't care enough about scoring so much anymore. Really just enjoying the game and messing with equipment and the buddies. I'm gonna keep these around. I really like the 8-SW.

ode

Typhoon in essence they're for sale🤣

Typhoon

sdandrea1 Think about it, some of these wide soled huge offset irons are designed to correct a fault or 7. If you’re any good and don’t need the correction, the wide sole isn’t going to help your already good turf interaction that you are used to creating. And a huge offset is designed to help the ball go left. But if you don’t have that problem… you will now with a huge offset.

A couple time I went on trips and used rentals. I remember using Callaway x hots and Ping G series irons. I had to adjust to keep it to a tiny draw. It was very consistent… everything went left but I had to adjust for it.

If you’re finding the center of the clubface, making good contact and no direction issues, blades are fine. You might lose a little distance but you’re not playing a long course so you’d be fine.

sdandrea1

Typhoon If you’re finding the center of the clubface, making good contact and no direction issues,

Pretty good here from 8-SW. Always have some issues with 6&7.

sdandrea1

Mizuno ST-X PLTNM 230 Driver

I grabbed one of these from Maple Hill on a Black Friday deal at $149. Got the UST Helium shaft at Senior flex. It's 1/2" longer than my Cally Paradym X. Don't know if it's lighter. It sounds and feels different than the Cally but has a very solid tone and feel. Accuracy is rated a bit below the Cally (which is unbelievably straight) but I'm still hitting fairways. It's a REALLY good value at $149.

Typhoon

sdandrea1 So did you sell it yet? No better than anything else and certainly not going to beat your Callaway. That shaft though is something you should look around for. It’s an awesome one. Pair that with the Cally head..

If I were you I’d take the adapter off the Helium and put a Callaway one on it and sell the Mizuno head only with the adapter.

backinit

sdandrea1 I saw the Mizuno line up the Maple Hill had for sale. I was looking at the stz 220. Bought the Cobra.

sdandrea1

Typhoon If I were you I’d take the adapter off the Helium and put a Callaway one on it and sell the Mizuno head only with the adapter.

Thought about that. 👍

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