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live4u120 Dedicated Member

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Personally it feels like I'm hitting a rubber ball, not a golf ball. It amazes me how much different good contact feels compared to my average contact. I'd love to hear what it feels like to you guys, ball flight and all.


 
 

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wrx_junki Great Member

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Can't really explain what it feels like but I'm pretty sure its not a rubber ball since it feels very solid at impact. I'm talking about good contact on my driver not irons.

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kennay92 Great Member

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yeah on irons, feels like your hittin a mush/ rubber/ jellitan ball. And with my driver, i can feel the trampoline effect of the face all the up into my hands when it hits just right.

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senorchipotle Great Member

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depends on the club i guess. i hit the new callaway ft driver. man is it ever sweet. it felt like i was hitting a ping pong ball with it. it's better than the VR imho. maybe i'll buy one in two years when they're 150 bucks.
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Lefty-Golfer Great Member

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it is like taking the bite of a bone in ribeye at the Capital Grill for the very first time....hmmmm

Driver- Callaway Razor somthing or other
3W- Taylor Made R11S
3H Rocketballz
4I-PW- MP-59
Gap- Vokey 54

Lob- Cleveland 60

Putter- Rife

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double_j Dedicated Member

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For both irons and drivers, I feel a little crisp 'snick' when the ball meets the clubface and then feel the ball jump forward. There's no interruption to swing momentum at the point of contact (or even when making a divot, which surprises many high handicappers who haven't hit a 'true' ball yet) - everything just moves smoothly to follow through. When you hit a ball that well, you don't even need to look up to know exactly where it's going.

Honestly, if it weren't for that feel, I wouldn't play golf. It's like crack.
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DavidFehertysBike Great Member

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I cant really explain it, especially now since the AP2 irons i use now are so muted in feel. If i feel stable and balanced through the ball, when i look up i will generally see a good shot flying away.
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Teklabz Established Member

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For me, with irons, good crisp contact doesn't jar my hands. Otherwise it hurts just a little bit. With the driver it never jars my hands and hurts regardless of how the contact is.

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sean_miller Incredible Member

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Depends on the club. With woods it's more of a specific sound - each wood has a different "money" sound and some are more pleasant than others. A definite lack of clubhead twisting and magnificent ball flight is observed. It happens occasionally.

With the irons, each set is different too.
- with my old Titleist blades, pured and "just okay" shots feel about the same. Bad shots are never fun.
- most shots feel pretty good using the old Mizuno blades. Pured shots though, have almost no feeling at all. It's kinda weird.
- Cleveland TA1s - somewhere between the Titleists and the Mizunos - good feeling with a sense of confidence in distance control.
- Apex channelbacks - I've actually only hit these when I was striping the ball so no comment on bad ones - these irons almost swing themselves and the ball takes off high and straight virtually every time. I leave those at home because using them is obviously cheating myself of longterm growth.
- Apex PCs - they never really feel like there's a lot of mass behind the ball to help you out. They can inspire confidence when you're hitting well, knowing any decent shot was all you and everything was "on". They can also be quite humbling when things aren't going well and you start to wonder if you should be carrying a bag of hybrids and perimeter weighted game improvers. And then . . . once in a while . . . there'll be a 4 iron layup or an easy 2-iron on a short par 4, that feels so pure and golden that you almost lose consciousness. Thinking, "is that you God?" as your hand reaches skyward for a fist bump. Then, wham - a playing partner smacks you in the shoulder, as they stand there with a 3-wood and ball in hand, waiting for access to the tee box.

Mizuno MP600 driver, Cleveland '09 Launcher 3-wood, Callaway FTiz 18 degree hybrid, Cleveland TA1 3-9, Scratch SS8620 47, 53, 58, Cleveland Classic 2 mid-mallet, Bridgestone B330S, Sun Mountain four5.

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saevel25 Incredible Member

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Driver, I feel nothing, there was no ball at all, just the sound of a ball being decimated. But that is me hitting the ball were the exact center of the sweet spot is. Though my driver has a large sweet spot, the dead center of it just absorbs and rebounds all the energy into the ball, so i get a nothing feeling.

Irons, just a crips feeling, a very light soft feel to the hit.

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Driver; :pxg: 0311 Gen 5,  3-Wood: :titleist: 917h3 ,  Hybrid:  :titleist: 915 2-Hybrid,  Irons: Sub 70 TAIII Fordged
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TigerWoodz Well Established Member

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Good contact with irons feels soft...and you can hear the ball penetrate the air with a woosh...!!im working on good conatct with my driver..lol

In my Sport II cart bag or my R9 stand bag
Irons-Tour burner R/5-Sw,60 lob wedge z groove
Driver-R9 Supertri R/10.5
09 Hybrid #3 R/19
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James_Black Great Member

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with my sam snead blade with a good shot you can nearly feel the ball "spring" off the face, feels pretty good. With my FP's it's similar but I don't feel it as much.
With the driver..... a big POW comes out of the driver, all shots feel the same though.

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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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ITgolfHack Established Member

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I think I just started hitting a few shots where I actually had great contact. To me it feels like a practice swing, no resistance at all, not from the ball or the divot afterwards. The club just comes down and through effortlessly.
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right handed phil mickelson Great Member

right handed phil mickelson

Driver, I feel nothing, there was no ball at all, just the sound of a ball being decimated. But that is me hitting the ball were the exact center of the sweet spot is. Though my driver has a large sweet spot, the dead center of it just absorbs and rebounds all the energy into the ball, so i get a nothing feeling.

+1 on this

Driver: Callaway Big Bertha Diablo 9º
2 Hybrid: Callaway Big Bertha Heavenwood
Irons: Nike Slingshot OSS 6-3 iron
          Taylormade Tour Preferred PW-7 iron
Wedges: Cleveland CG14 50º, 54º
              Taylormade RAC 58º
Putter: Ping Darby 32" shaft


 

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saevel25 Incredible Member

saevel25

Thats true because they shed all there tears after they hit there third Putt ;b

Matt Dougherty, P.E.
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What's in My Bag
Driver; :pxg: 0311 Gen 5,  3-Wood: :titleist: 917h3 ,  Hybrid:  :titleist: 915 2-Hybrid,  Irons: Sub 70 TAIII Fordged
Wedges: :edel: (52, 56, 60),  Putter: :edel:,  Ball: :snell: MTB,  Shoe: :true_linkswear:,  Rangfinder: :leupold:
Bag: :ping:

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ks8829 Great Member

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The solid contact feel effortless and with no resistance like hitting a home run!

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Titleist 910 F15 & 21 degree fairway wood
Titleist 910 hybrid 24 degree
Mizuno Mp33 5 - PW
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slash5969 Member

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It feels like I just hit a lump of soft butter, and the ball soars effortlessly through the wind.

I hit a pure 7 iron last night from 140 out - it had that feel. It stuck 8' from the pin and I made the putt - my first par ever on the hardest hole on the back nine at my club.
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