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  • Birthday 09/12/1982

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  1. UPDATE: I've Posted here a few years ago. I've tried other clubs but I still play and use as my main clubs the 990B's and it is 2021. Are these clubs really 20 years old? I play better with them than any other club I have tried. Tried and true. They are still in great shape. Handicap from 7 down to 0.9 since my last post. I'm now working them both ways and they are great. Love the bounce and smaller size. Higher bounce iron sets this size are hard to find; I still haven't found any that compete.
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  3. I'm a scratch golfer and have been playing golf right-handed for most of my life. Sometimes when my playing partner is left handed, and I feel like showing off or making a few bucks or free beer, I'll bet I can hit the ball closer to the pin on a par 3 off of a tee with his club. Laughing and talk about how bad my left hand swing probably is happens. Bet accepted. I tee the ball up as high as I can. To his amazement or horror after a few horrible left handed swings, I go to the other side of the ball and spin the club upside down (hosel up) in a right handed grip and rip it. I usually win the bet. I do the same thing with drivers off of tees and I usually crush the ball way past theirs (about 250 range), their shock sets in and it is great. Teeing it as high as possible lets the toe of the clubs to clear and doesn't damage the toe. Most of the time I just use their exact club because you can adjust loft by twisting the club in the setup, teeing it as high as possible, and hitting it like a hovering shot, hosel up. This has me thinking about what is the ideal iron number to use if I bought a left handed club to actually use off of the ground, toe into the turf. The ratio of the offset to hosel position on a 5 iron seems to be ideal while gripped right handed hosel up from off of a tee, allowing the toe to clear. The 5 iron toe (club face height) is the iron that decreases in size the most for how big the 6 iron toe (club face height) is. What if I wanted to hit the ball like a normal on the ground shot. Would a left handed 6 or 8 iron be ideal because less offset and higher club face left handed meaning flipped hosel up and used right handed wider hitting area? Which left handed iron gripped right handed hosel up and hit right handed off of turf would be best? Any opinions, science, answers??
  4. So I've played with 990's for 16 years and I finally decided to upgrade. I bought 990B's in great shape on ebay. The are even more blade like but have an incredible sweet spot. They feel more solid because of extra material behind the sweet spot. The ball travels lower, which is the reason I got them. I like the extra bounce on the 990Bs. I think that is why phil mickelson gamed them on tour. I dropped the same neon green paint-fill in them, and I'm not going to sharpen the grooves to keep the ball flying lower. People that play blades comment on how good they look. Paint-fill can make them pop, but a bad looking club head design will never get compliments from blade players. After I hit them a few times, people ask to look at them. They feel like forged clubs but they are bulletproof. Just like the 990's. I never got different shafts like I wanted with the 990's, but my 990B's have the same S300's and the club head is so good, that I don't even want different shafts. If new shafts change the feel, I would be upset. These clubs are still on ebay and they are worth it. I bought a bunch of forged 6 irons to try and couldn't pass on lower hitting/wuth higher bounce 990's, so I went with the 990B's. I have a bunch of forged mizuno and titleist blades, and I still think the 990 & 990B feel and play better with more forgiveness than blades. I know a lot about the dci titleist 990 /B family. If you have any questions just post them.
  5. It is start of 2016 and I've been playing them for 16 years. Still love them. I am thinking about changing the shafts since I am now drastically better. I added paint fill to the back of them and regrooved them, as good as new. I find that people who buy forged irons have to replace them every 3 to 5 years due to the softer metal wearing. The 990's are cast and I'm thinking about buying a backup set. I am a long hitter and love the shorter shafts and lower lofts compared to newer irons. I also carry the 2 iron in 990. I love that also. They are almost the exact same design as the Titleist forged from 2015. That should tell you something.
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