Awesome!

What do mean you're confident you can break 100 now? You already have! I'm 100% confident you can break 100.

Look at it this way, you shot 91 for 18 holes of golf. That is the bare minimum that you are capable of because you've already done it. No matter what you can say you're good enough to shoot 91.

what did you buy? i went to Dick's today determined to buy a 4H. The selection was soooooo limited. They had like 3 to choose from, stiff or regular, shaft didn't matter. i didn't buy one. i'm not sure what i want but i am sure i want more than 3 options to choose from. they also had about 1/3 of the usual wedges/putters on display. odd.

nice score btw.

Went to a golf retailer garage sale yesterday, didn't buy anything though. About the only thing that was tempting was a new wedge - they had a Ping Glide 2 60 for $70 and a number of Vokeys and Clevelands for $99, but didn't pull the trigger.

Going to shop the closet at home for a bag makeover first and test a new arrangment today.

Sounds like you need to demo one. I was all irons for a long time (well documented ITT, I have 1-SW set of Eye2s) but have finally found hybrids that work for me. Find one you like and it'll put the 3i in the closet.

Couldn't resist this for a cool $100 + shipping. Came in yesterday, also have 0211 irons and a 0811X driver coming. First brand new clubs for me since my iron set 6 years ago

curious what ntnBO thinks about PXG?

So my first round with my T200s I was in the mid 80s because i started of +9 thru 5 with distracting kids and bad putting once the kids left.

Second round. Distracting kid again for 5 holes, started of +6 thru 6, but was +1 the rest of the way for a 78. I think these iron things are going to make a huge difference.

Best 2 quick examples:

I busted a drive to 155 on the 10th hole. Usually I'd have a 7 iron in, but it's now a 9. Hit kind of a low on the face clunker. Same contact with my old clubs would've been short left in the bunker. This thing was 20 feet short of the pin slightly left side of the green, easy two putt. Huge difference.

Then on no. 11, drive into bunker on a par 5. Very tough layup with a 5 iron over a tree usually. Yesterday it was a smooth 7 to the same spot.

Every shot launches and I just have to be smooth. Don't feel like I'm having to carve in perfectly struck 4 and 5 irons, just hit a 7 up there on the green wherever.

Not a fan for two reasons.

1, their business model is to either sell direct to the golfer or open their own stores to sell direct from there. Either way eliminates the need for a PGA professional and takes money from their pockets. Just not a fan of the way the company conducts themselves. I feel the same way about a couple of the other big name companies as well.

2, in my opinion, the clubs aren't worth the money. They sell their clubs for a very similar price to the super high end Japanese forgings such as Epon, Miura and Yonex and the feel and consistency is nowhere near the same. I saw many a customer come into the studio very dissatisfied with their PXG's only to love the Japanese forgings they were then fit for. Of course customers like this have tons of disposable income.

Of course that's not to say that some golfers won't like and hit PXG's very well, but I'm not a fan.

For the record, I have hit clubs from every manufacturer discussed above.

Thanks, BO. I'm coming in with fairly tempered expectations. A guy I know bought Gen3 0311T for ~$100 more per iron than Miura, and they came 2-3* flatter than he wanted! That's absolutely crazy. I've read some similar issues here & there with peoples' 0211s. Before I hit mine, I'm absolutely getting lie angles checked and bent to my spec. As it stands, I'm happy to get a "New" 2019 stock driver for $275, and the irons for $99 apiece.

Have about 10-12 tee shots on the fairway wood. Looks like a PING at address. Satisfying dull crack sound, and solid distance. Dead straight off the tee, one loose swing ended up with a slice. Haven't got a good hit off the deck, not a particular strength of mine

thanks BO. that was my hunch based on nothing more than their marketing efforts. they come across as the type of club some people would want to leave the price tag on just so we knew how much they paid.

This showed up today. So sexy.

Very nice indeed! I really wanted one, but when I was fit, I hit it terribly so I ended up with something else. I still love the look though.

I'm still in the market to find a second 2018 ish select Newport 2 to send to the custom shop.

BO,

Quoting a random post to get your attention.

Any general thoughts on the power creep with irons these days? By that I refer to the increasingly delofted iron sets.

If someone is looking at a new iron set, do you think it is at a disadvantage to have to add in additional wedges when all these iron sets have PW at 44 degrees or even lower lofts?

FWIW I currently play Taylormade R11's, 4-AW. PW is 45*, AW is 50*, and I also have 52* and 56* wedges. But I find it kind of annoying that I have in essence two gap wedges. Is this line of thought stupid? Or should one just look at iron sets with wedges down to a certain loft, and fill in the gaps with additional wedges?

With your R11's, the ideal additions would be a 54 and 58.

Here's the tricky part in adding wedges. Let's say you want to add a Vokey 54 and 58 to your current R11's. Your AW is 50 so 54 is seemingly a perfect number and then 58. But the R11 AW and the Vokey are made totally different. The R11 AW will go significantly farther than a Vokey 50 for instance. So you have to make an educated guess on what the difference will be.

So in reality, you'd want to bend the Vokey 54 to a 53 to maintain consistent gapping. In your current setup, if your 52 and 56 are blade type wedges, you could bend the 52 to a 53 and the 56 to a 57 and the gaps should be pretty consistent.

Loft creep is something I've witnessed for 20 years now probably. Early in my pro career a standard PW was 48, now my PW is 45. Then I add a 50,55, and 60 because the clubs are all made similarly therefore the gaps are consistent. I am very, very detailed in my gapping at the wedge end of the bag.

But it's always solvable from a fitting point of view. For example, let's say a golfer shoots 100 and therefore needs super game improvement clubs that have a PW loft of 43. This golfer is not going to want Vokey wedges, rather wedges that are easier to hit, so you just continue with the matching gap and sand wedges in that set and you've got good gapping. Conversely, a golfer that needs Vokey wedges isn't going to play a PW with a crazy low loft.

In the end, it's all about how far the ball flies with each wedge, not the number on the club. But it's fairly standard to "cheat" 1 degree with the loft when going from a game improvement club to a blade like wedge.

Just ordered a new set of Miura TC-201 irons. 4-PW, upright 1 degree, Dynamic Gold X7 shafts.

Happy I was finally able to hit those X7s.. they still feel very smooth relative to some of the other stiff shafts. Basically a more stable x100.

The TC-201s outperformed every other head I hit by quite a bit. I also have a soft spot for Miuras, so excited to get my hands on them.

My wife got a Cobra F max driver and 7h. She used her cheap 3W to tee off, (15°) for a couple years. The new driver is 15° and she was getting between 10 and 25 yards more, so the game is more enjoyable.

Now she just needs to learn to hit the 3W off the grass. That's been a problem for her. She uses her 4h instead. She tried the F max 3W, but didn't hit it and better than her current starter 3W. I suggested a 3h, but she was told that they don't make those. I haven't looked into that yet. She may have been given bad info, or misunderstood. There was a lot going on in the fitting and is a lot of information to digest at one time.

Most women have no business with a 3W. You have to have a certain amount of swing speed to get it off the ground and many just don't have it. I don't think I ever fit a woman into a 3W, instead going to route of driver, 4W, 7W. Or even driver, 5W.

If she has trouble getting the ball in the air she should probably hit nothing lower than a 5W off the deck.

Thanks. Good to know. She's at about 60 MPH with the driver and I'm guessing her speed might be borderline for using one, but she is hitting it well. She hits the 4h pretty well. We will stick with that until her speed gets up, if it does. Thanks.

On average, she is wondering how far do women drive the ball? What do you think?

As someone who has sold quite a few golf clubs on eBay, I just don't get people who don't attach a buy it now price to their listing. I've been wedge shopping and the exact configuration I want popped up today. No buy it now option. So instead of impulse spending up to $100 and having it in hand for the weekend I have to wait a week. Go ahead, ask for something way above market. Just give me the option to overpay already!

Thanks again. I looked at her fitting data and see that she didn't hit a 5w. That'll be next on the list. It was mostly a driver fitting, but they had enough time for her so she wanted to hit 3w, 4h, then 7h.

OK, very important point for most golfers to understand.

It doesn't matter how far some women drive the ball, it doesn't matter how far the average woman drives the ball, and it really doesn't matter how far your wife drives the ball. All that matters is that she has fun on the golf course.

It's real easy to look at other golfers and be envious of something, but that's silly. The important thing is to enjoy yourself and if you want, try to get better. So it's just as fun if your wife is able to gain 10 yards with her driver as it is if you were able to do the same.

So the answer to the above question is, don't pay any attention to what other golfers do. All that matters is you.

BO, this might just be the nicest thing you've ever said to someone....

...you feeling ok?

Bought this putter on Hurricane golf, just liked the look of it. Hit a few on the mat and it rolls nice, we'll see how it is on the course this weekend!

https://www.hurricanegolf.com/clevel...o-putters.html

This got delivered today. I'm hoping to start mixing in some walking once temps cool off. First time in about 12 years my knee has felt up to it.