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Figured I'd see some in other people's sigs by now but I have not. I was just wondering if I was the weirdo. (g)

Jess

p.s.: Oh, of course the obligatory question -- if you do use their components, which line, and do you like them?

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I play Snake Eyes 600XC irons, Quick Strike II hybrids and a mix of 650 and 655 wedges. I put them together myself with Rifle shafts, and have been playing them for 3 years now. Overall I am very happy with the clubs, they have served me well as game improvement irons. I have only just recently had an iron fitting done, and had the iron bent to meet my lie angle specs.

The one downside to these clubs for me, was that I was not able to hit them before building them. If you have a local Golfsmith, you can hit them and be fitted properly, that would not be an issue.

From my experience, the components themselves are high quality, but need to be fitted properly to get the most out of them(holds true for any club really).

Andrew

Whats in the bag:
Cleveland HiBore XL 9.5 fuji red stiff
SE Viper Ti-4 3wSE QSII 19 & 23 degreeSE 600XC irons w/Rifle 6.0 flighted shafts 4-PWSE 650PM 48, 52, 55 wedgesPing iSeries Anser4ball: X-out ProV1... built them myself.. so ehhh... stand clear of the swing plane.....


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  BigDubz said:
I play Snake Eyes 600XC irons, Quick Strike II hybrids and a mix of 650 and 655 wedges. I put them together myself with Rifle shafts, and have been playing them for 3 years now. Overall I am very happy with the clubs, they have served me well as game improvement irons. I have only just recently had an iron fitting done, and had the iron bent to meet my lie angle specs.

Thanks for the responses, both of you.

When I gave up the game, it was right as Golfsmith was starting to push Snake Eyes and Killer Bee. So I never got exposed to anything other than the Golfsmith name stuff. There are several things Snake Eyes makes that have caught my eye, particularly the Mamba driver. I would love to put one of those together. I'm really starting to get the itch to play this game again. :) Jess

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I don't currently play any golfsmith components, but my mother has a Maltby driver (Golfworks or Golf Galaxy's components), and I would not hesitate to buy a Snakeyes club if I liked it... in fact I will eventually upgrade my driver and 3-wood, and when I do I will likely look at Snakeyes, KZG, Wishon, and Maltby rather than any "name brands". In my opinion you get much more bang for the buck going the components road, especially with woods... most stock shafts are too week in the tip for me, and tour edition OEM's are usually $300-500. You are not weird at all... components are great.
My Clubs: Callaway FT-i Tour LCG 9.5Β° w/ Matrix Ozik Xcon 6 stiff; Sonartec GS Tour 14Β° w/ Graphite Design Red Ice 70 stiff; Adams Idea Pro 2h(18Β°) & 3h(20Β°) w/ Aldila VS Proto 80 stiff; Adams Idea Pro Forged 4-PW w/ TT Black Gold stiff; Cleveland CG12 DSG RTG 52Β°-10Β° & 58Β°-10Β°; Odyssey...

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Glad to hear from other Golfsmith users. I currently use the Snake Eyes Viper Tour driver, Viper 21* hybrid, Golfsmith P2 irons(5-LW), and a Snake Eyes Viper M1 putter. I LOVE all of my clubs and I saved a TON. They are better than OEM's.

I get more enjoyment out of the game when I know that I built my own clubs.

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I've been thinking about going this route the past couple of weeks instead of getting TM R7s. I mean, the price alone makes them very, very attractive. You just don't have that brand name factor, but honestly, who gives a RATS ass?

Does anyone know if the R&D; that goes into the golfsmith component irons is just as good?
R7 Superquad 10.5* REAX regular flex shaft
FT 5 wood
675XC forged irons 3-PW, True Temper DG SL stiff(S300) shafts
55* BeCu sandwedge
e6+ balls or ProV1
Cougar X-cat putter (odyssey 2-ball rip-off)

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I started using GS just a few months ago. I'm currently using a Snake Eyes 655TJ driver, and I built a GS Hi-COR driver for my dad. I'm wanting to try out the Snake Eyes Python XL and the Quick Strike hybrids.

Brad Eisenhauer

In my bag:
Driver: Callaway Hyper X 10Β° | Fairway Wood: GigaGolf PowerMax GX920 3W (15Β°) | Hybrid: GigaGolf PowerMax GX920 3 (20Β°)
Irons: Mizuno MX-25 4-PW | Wedges: GigaGolf Tradition SGS Black 52Β°, 56Β°, 60Β° | Putter: GigaGolf CenterCut Classic SP3

Ball: Titleist ProV1x or Bridgestone B330S


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Snake eyes irons right here, very very good clubs and rival the top companies in quality imo.

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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  gills said:
I've been thinking about going this route the past couple of weeks instead of getting TM R7s. I mean, the price alone makes them very, very attractive. You just don't have that brand name factor, but honestly, who gives a RATS ass?

I'm not sure about the R&D; from a neutral source. I've read their magazine, "Clubmaker" before and they say all the right things about their own processes, at least.

I do remember one neutral-study article back about 1998 or 1999 from one of the major mags that was comparing some of the Harvey Penick series clubs to other stuff and they said they could find no appreciable difference in build quality or materials. I don't remember much about the article (and I've long since lost the magazine) but I remember the Penick clubs coming in somewhere in the top third of the clubs compared for that issue. I know Scott Verplank used to play them on tour along with a couple of other guys. I went from King Cobra irons to Golfsmith XTR II Plus irons, which was a big change because the XTR II Plus line is a progressive-topline model and by the time you get to the X-wedge, the topline looks like a two-by-four. I put them together myself with graphite shafts (see signature) and even though my lofts were comparable to the King Cobras, I picked up an average of about 10-15 yards per club after the change. And they feel really soft and solid at impact. At something like $9 a clubhead, $25 per shaft and $5 per grip, you can't beat that, although prices have probably gone up a bit. My experience with their woods hasn't been as completely outstanding (no duds, but I have XPC 11, 13 and 15 woods that don't perform the way I think they should) but it's been solid nonetheless. I really hit their Long Jon driver well for a couple of years before switching to the Cermet series, and once I did that I picked up a ton of distance (but the accuracy suffered a little). The only thing I've been hesitant about is their putters. My Tg System putter is hard to take back consistently. My next step, if I ever really get back into the game, is to build Snake Eyes Mamba drivers and fairway woods (I've never hit a high-MOI driver) and then try a new putter. Jess

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i like the snake eyes line. i don't play them, but i've hit them. sweet

driver- R580XD 9.5*
3 wood- m/speed
hybrid- cft ti 4h
irons- fp 4-gap
wedges- 54* and RAC satin 56* 12 bounceputter- 1/2 Craz-Eballs- DT Carry, e5, anything found thats is good shapeshoes-adidashome course - nothing - uh oh. perhaps pleasant view againschool...


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  JessN16 said:
I'm not sure about the R&D; from a neutral source. I've read their magazine, "Clubmaker" before and they say all the right things about their own processes, at least.

Thanks for the info. I'm definitely going to check it out. I'm looking for a game improvement iron with a bias toward a players iron. I don't want something huge and chunky with a ridiculously closed face or lots of offset. Which irons brands and models should i look at when i go into golfsmith? I've convinced my wife to buy me a super-early birthday gift! haha
R7 Superquad 10.5* REAX regular flex shaft
FT 5 wood
675XC forged irons 3-PW, True Temper DG SL stiff(S300) shafts
55* BeCu sandwedge
e6+ balls or ProV1
Cougar X-cat putter (odyssey 2-ball rip-off)

Posted
I'd look at the 675XC's. I play the 600XC's which are the most game-improvement of the snake eyes line. Since getting them, I've improved a lot, and have been able to take new ball-working skills with these irons without any trouble.

Andrew

Whats in the bag:
Cleveland HiBore XL 9.5 fuji red stiff
SE Viper Ti-4 3wSE QSII 19 & 23 degreeSE 600XC irons w/Rifle 6.0 flighted shafts 4-PWSE 650PM 48, 52, 55 wedgesPing iSeries Anser4ball: X-out ProV1... built them myself.. so ehhh... stand clear of the swing plane.....


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  gills said:
Thanks for the info. I'm definitely going to check it out.

I'm not sure which Golfsmith models would be best for you. The ones I play are no longer in production and I'm not familiar with their newer equipment. I just started back to reading golfing articles and golf equipment articles last week after a six-year hiatus from the game. BigDubz seemed to have good info for you, though. I'd start there.

Jess

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If you guys don't mind me asking, how much do these components irons end up costing? I'd have them built by Golfsmith.

Can't wait to check it out!
R7 Superquad 10.5* REAX regular flex shaft
FT 5 wood
675XC forged irons 3-PW, True Temper DG SL stiff(S300) shafts
55* BeCu sandwedge
e6+ balls or ProV1
Cougar X-cat putter (odyssey 2-ball rip-off)

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  gills said:
If you guys don't mind me asking, how much do these components irons end up costing? I'd have them built by Golfsmith.

Figure about $8-$13 per clubhead, $7-$30 per shaft and $4-$10 per grip. For a set of 10 irons (3-PW, SW, LW), you're looking at $190-$530 depending on what you want.

I forget what Golfsmith charges per club for assembly but it's decently steep. I think it's around $25/club and it may be more than that, but I couldn't find it online. That would get you into the $700 range easily for upper-end clubs, before shipping, tax, etc. I assembled my own, and to be honest it wasn't that hard. I ordered one of their how-to books, followed it closely and went slow. But I can definitely see the value in getting someone to do it for you. Jess

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  JessN16 said:
Figure about $8-$13 per clubhead, $7-$30 per shaft and $4-$10 per grip. For a set of 10 irons (3-PW, SW, LW), you're looking at $190-$530 depending on what you want.

At that price, you could get some high-end Mizuno or Titleist irons.

What I Play:

Driver: Sasquatch SUMOΒ² 9.5ΒΊ Stiff
Hybrid: HiBore 16ΒΊ (3W replacement)
Irons: Staff Ci6 3-PW StiffWedges: Vokey Spin Milled 54.10 60.04Putter: Newport Studio Style 35"Ball: Pro V1xAge: 15

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