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WillieT Great Member

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At the local Goodwill yesterday and scoped some clubs in the corner.  They had  6, 7 & 8 Callaway Stata irons for $4 ea, a Callaway Strata 3wood for $6 and a Wilson Killer Whale 10.5deg driver for $8.  The last one intrigued me enough to just buy it for kicks and grins.  I've attached a couple of pics of the head....from what I've read it seems to be a very low end driver at best.  I am curious as to whether anyone has any experience with it and what their thoughts were.  The shaft appears to be a stock Killer Whale men's flex unit.  Compared to the stock TaylorMade regular flex shaft on my R580 it is rather "whippy".  I took it to the driving range and hitting wise, it appears to carry about the same as the TaylorMade.  Side note - I picked up the Callaways as I wanted to see how they compared to the Tommy Armour 845s Silver Scots irons and the TaylorMade R580 3wood I am playing right now.  

Killer Whale driver bottom.jpg

Killer Whale driver top.jpg

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Ping G410 3w R flex
Ping G400 3h and 4h R flex
Taylormade SLDR 5i thru PW graphite shaft R flex
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9 minutes ago, WillieT said:

.  I am curious as to whether anyone has any experience with it and what their thoughts were.  

Lol. Well I imagine since you got five clubs for $26 that speaks for itself. I haven’t hit any of them except for the Killer Whale some time ago. I believe it felt like a baseball attached to a hose.

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A Killer Whale was my first metal driver.  Stiff shaft though.  I liked it.  Fun back in the day...!

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Irons: Titleist 695cb 5-Pw
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17 minutes ago, WillieT said:

I picked up the Callaways as I wanted to see how they compared to the Tommy Armour 845s Silver Scots irons and the TaylorMade R580 3wood I am playing right now.

Isn't the Strata one of those boxed set clubs? I bet the Silver Scots are better. I had a set of them and they were pretty good.

They were my first set of irons, as a matter of fact.

Bill

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WillieT Great Member

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46 minutes ago, Vinsk said:

Lol. Well I imagine since you got five clubs for $26 that speaks for itself. I haven’t hit any of them except for the Killer Whale some time ago. I believe it felt like a baseball attached to a hose.

"baseball bat attached to a hose" - that's a pretty good one.  Yeah, I know the prices speak for themselves but also know that at times they just put a price on it "hoping" to move the inventory.  

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Ping G400 3h and 4h R flex
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42 minutes ago, billchao said:

Isn't the Strata one of those boxed set clubs? I bet the Silver Scots are better. I had a set of them and they were pretty good.

They were my first set of irons, as a matter of fact.

You are right, they are sold as part of a boxed set.  I even asked if there were any other clubs and the lady said, "No, that was all they had."  That being said, they are not as nice as the Silver Scots which were premium irons in their day.  Loft wise Strata are basically one club stronger, i.e. where my 5i in the Silver Scots is 28deg, that is what the Strata 6i is.  I was thinking that maybe until I get my game more under control, the Strata irons would be more forgiving.  The plan is to play them next time I go out, hopefully a few range sessions before to get a real feel for them, just to see how they play.  The end game will be to them as a "guest" set for that occasion when someone needs to come along and does not have clubs.  

Ping G400 SFT 10deg  R flex
Ping G410 3w R flex
Ping G400 3h and 4h R flex
Taylormade SLDR 5i thru PW graphite shaft R flex
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Odyssey Versa or White Steel #5
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9 minutes ago, WillieT said:

I was thinking that maybe until I get my game more under control, the Strata irons would be more forgiving.

The Silver Scots are pretty forgiving, IIRC.

Bill

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WillieT Great Member

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1 hour ago, billchao said:

The Silver Scots are pretty forgiving, IIRC.

Thinking about it, the Silver Scots do allow me to mishit and still do okay.  Case in point, the round we played Thurs from the white tees (6200yds), I shot a 107 - my personal best.  Could have been easily under 100 except the greens had just been aerated and it was like putting on a huge corn cob of lump bumpy.  What had me wondering about the Stratas is whether they would provide a few more yards of carry of the 845s and if the Killer Whale would have more carry than the r580.  Oh well, as one once told me - its not the clubs but rather the hands in whom the club rests....

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Ping G410 3w R flex
Ping G400 3h and 4h R flex
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Odyssey Versa or White Steel #5
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Did you speak to the Goodwill pro?  I believe fitting is free if you agree not to return the clubs.

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WillieT Great Member

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12 minutes ago, Piz said:

Did you speak to the Goodwill pro?  I believe fitting is free if you agree not to return the clubs.

Baw - wah - wah!  That's a good one! 

 

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Ping G400 3h and 4h R flex
Taylormade SLDR 5i thru PW graphite shaft R flex
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Odyssey Versa or White Steel #5
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