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mst_coastie Member

mst_coastie

I blade with forged blades for the first time today and have never hit better, the feedback was amazing and I just couldn't miss. Everyone always says "oooh blades those are hard to play"

Not always true, helped me alot so far, cant wait to get out there again.

I can understand high handicappers and all, but the ball you get airborne and long, 190ish for my 6 iron
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GaijinGolfer Super Member

GaijinGolfer

Blades are fine when your swing is on, but on days when your swing is a little off you will wish you may wish that you had your CBs back.
You can preach about blades all you want, but you cant deny the fact that the majority of tour pros nowdays are playing cavity-backs. If blades are so much better, why are all these pros playing CBs?
Im glad you like your blades and I hope you have continued success with them, but there is a difference in forgivness from blades to CBs.

Whats in my :sunmountain: C-130 cart bag?

Woods: :mizuno: JPX 850 9.5*, :mizuno: JPX 850 15*, :mizuno: JPX-850 19*, :mizuno: JPX Fli-Hi #4, :mizuno: JPX 800 Pro 5-PW, :mizuno: MP T-4 50-06, 54-09 58-10, :cleveland: Smart Square Blade and :bridgestone: B330-S

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Chas Great Member

Chas

1) golf isn't about the length you get on a particular club.
2) one session with a new set of blades isn't enough to tell you much of anything. Same with a newly acquired driver, or putter ......
3) post again in a month or two and tell us how it's going

Driver: Cobra 460SZ 9.0, med.
3 Wood: Taylor stiff
3-hybrid: Nike 18 deg stiff
4-hybrid: Taylor RBZ 22 deg regular
Irons:5-9, Mizuno MP30, steel
Wedges: PW, 52, 56, 60 Mizuno MP30
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ks8829 Great Member

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I play the Mizuno MP33 blades for about 4 years now playing Pw - 6 irons. I play at least once a week and sometimes twice and find hitting blades easier that most people think. I might add some cavity irons to replace my longer irons but currently I have a hybrid 24 degree that is comparable to a 4 iron that I can make up the difference for in between shots.

I agree why not blades, but again, I hit partial drivers into 210 yard par 3's, so continues the debate blades vs cavity irons.

My only thought is try them just for fun and consider a combo blade and cavity iron set.

PW - 7 iron blades
6 - 3 or 4 iron cavity irons or hybrids

Titleist 910 D2 9.5 Driver
Titleist 910 F15 & 21 degree fairway wood
Titleist 910 hybrid 24 degree
Mizuno Mp33 5 - PW
52/1056/1160/5

"Yonex ADX Blade putter, odyssey two ball blade putter, both  33"

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James_Black Great Member

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I love the feel of blades.

I've got a old set of Sam Snead blades. They feel great but if you hit it poorly it goes nowhere. For better ball-strikers I'd reccomend blades.
You can preach about blades all you want, but you cant deny the fact that the majority of tour pros nowdays are playing cavity-backs. If blades are so much better, why are all these pros playing CBs?

Most pro's do use blades.

Only time they use CB's is for they're 3 or 2 irons.

My Clubs
Driver - LV4 10* R flex
Wood - sam snead persimmon 2 wood (for windy days)
Hybrid burner tour launch 20* stiff flex.
Irons - Tour Mode 3i,4i stiffIrons - FP's 5-PW R-flexWedge - spin milled 54.14Wedge - spin milled 60.07Putter - Victoria Lowest round 2010: 79 (par 70)Latest rounds at...

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JaY_B Great Member

JaY_B

Atleast four of the current worlds top ten are using cavity backs; Westwood, Stenson, Furyk and harrington, I know casey has played with the Nike cavitys instead of blades in a few tournaments, thats the worlds best ten players, and some use cavity backs.

In my Ping UCLAN Team Bag

Nike Sasqautch 9.5 - V2 Stiff
Cleveland HiBore 15 - V2 Stiff
Ben Hogan Apex FTX, 2 - PW - Dynamic Gold StiffNike SV Tour 52, 58 - Dynamic Golf StiffYes Golf Callie - 33 inchesBall - Srixon Z star X

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GaijinGolfer Super Member

GaijinGolfer

Most pro's do use blades.

Wrong. Read and learn:

http://www.golfdigest.com/golfworld/...s_johnson_0515

Whats in my :sunmountain: C-130 cart bag?

Woods: :mizuno: JPX 850 9.5*, :mizuno: JPX 850 15*, :mizuno: JPX-850 19*, :mizuno: JPX Fli-Hi #4, :mizuno: JPX 800 Pro 5-PW, :mizuno: MP T-4 50-06, 54-09 58-10, :cleveland: Smart Square Blade and :bridgestone: B330-S

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DBeane Well Established Member

DBeane

Blades vs. Cavity Back...its like listening to two AC/DC fans argue whether Bon Scott or Brian Johnson was better. They are just different.

I have played both, I currently hit the Mizuno MP-33 blades 2-PW. Pointing to the idea that pro's are using CB irons I dont think makes for a good argument.

If you prefer to hit blades, and you think you hit them better, then you do. I dont believe there is that much difference in performance anyways. A 30 handicapper could hit a persimmon driver and some 1950 model blades and he is still going to shoot 100.

I like the way Elk put it, he said he prefers his clubs to be "plain vanilla" and let his swing do the talking.

-Beane
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ks8829 Great Member

ks8829

I play blades but would consider playing mp30's in a Dynamic Gold shafts.

Titleist 910 D2 9.5 Driver
Titleist 910 F15 & 21 degree fairway wood
Titleist 910 hybrid 24 degree
Mizuno Mp33 5 - PW
52/1056/1160/5

"Yonex ADX Blade putter, odyssey two ball blade putter, both  33"

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aca247 Dedicated Member

aca247

Blades are fine when your swing is on, but on days when your swing is a little off you will wish you may wish that you had your CBs back.

actually the pros play what are called players irons which are a sort of cross betwee blade and CB

DriverMonster Hi-Bore XLS/w Mintsubishi Diamana Fit-On M Gold Stiff 55g
Woods906F4 3 Wood/w Aldila VS Proto Fairway Stiff 80g
Hybrid3dx red 20 and 23 degree
Irons3dx red 5-pw
Wedgesharmonized sand wedge 56 degree loft and harmonize lob wedge 60 degree loftPutterWhite Hot XG SabertoothBallNoddle or ...
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Shorty Super Member

Shorty

actually the pros play what are called players irons which are a sort of cross betwee blade and CB

Actually........

"The pros" play a whole range of clubs. Some play game improvement cavity backs with offset. Some play cavity backs Some play a combination of "blades" and cavity backs. Some play what many like to call "blades" but aren't blades at all, strictly speaking. There is no such thing as clubs that "the pros" play.

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smithy925 Member

smithy925

as far as all the pros playing cb's all the best players to play the game play/played blades woods,mickleson,nicklaus etc

In my bag:-

Driver:R7 425 8.5*Graffaloy Blue Tour Stiff

3 Wood: 909F2 13* UST Proforce V2 X-Stiff 92g 1.8* torque5 Wood 909F2 18* Matrix Ozic x-con 6 X-StiffIrons: : 710 mb 3-PW +.75'' 2* up with DG X100 Wedges: spin milled 52* and 60*Putter: Newport 2 35''

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asteinel Newbie

asteinel

Old thread, but still interesting....I'm a pretty high handicap but use MP-14s (2-SW) because I want to know exactly where my mis-hits are on the club face. When I hit my nephew's or a friend's CBs it's very apparent that they are muted but forgiving.
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Paz Established Member

Paz

I think you guys are forgetting about muscle backs. Those are in between cavity and blades and I'm willing to bet those who do not play blades on the tour play muscle backs, with only a small few playing cavity backs.

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Best 18: [b]77[b] (Palm Valley CC, 6545y, 71.4/126)
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Paz Established Member

Paz

mickelson doesn't play a full blade. it's like an X muscle back/blade.

i forget what they are called. but look at the titleist AP2 irons, they are half muscle back half blade.

there are plenty of combinations and i really don't understand the difference between all of them. I've never hit blades just muscle backs and cavity

Best 9 holes: 35 (Trilogy at Redmond Ridge, 3163y, Par 35/70, 70.0/131)
Best 18: [b]77[b] (Palm Valley CC, 6545y, 71.4/126)
Notable career achievement: I have NEVER four-putt.

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motteler621 Great Member

motteler621

just get a blade with permiter weighting/some cavity. I just played a round with the new ap2s, OMG, they feel amazing and I was sticking greens. I will never get an iron thats not forged again in my life, lol.
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