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flopdarock

By flopdarock
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i have one of those Spin Doctor wedges that i bought just to fool around with. when you put the Spin Insert in it, you can back a ball up 40 feet. the last time i took it to the course i hit a shot that bounced once on the green then it went down into the rough, and spinned back up onto the green! the guy who was standing near it said he could HEAR the ball spinning! it backed up UPHILL about 15-20 feet thru the rough back onto the green. it was hilarious!

I'm wondering if that is one of the wedges from commercials a while back... I used to, every now and then, see a commercial for a wedge and they had this crazy test to show how much backspin you could put on a ball. Basically, they had a guy hit a full shot off a mat in a concrete parking lot, the ball would come down and take a normal cartpath-like bounce high & forward, but then on the second bounce it would literally bounce back towards the guy who hit it! I always thought that was pretty awesome to watch, haha

Driver: R7 Superquad, 9.5*, Proforce UST V2 Stiff
3-W: 300-series, 15*, steel shaft
Irons: TP MB Smoke 3-PW (just got em!)
Old irons: rac MB 3-PW (might be selling soon?)
Wedges: CG-12 Gunmetal, 52*, 56* & 60*Putter: Studio Select Newport, 15g weights, 34", etcBag: Hoofer Lite (sun-faded...


Lefty22 Well Established Member

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im not sure if they're illegal though

I'm almost positive they are only illegal if they are the "two-way" kind. If it's consistent with the dexterity of the rest of the bag then it's cool...

In the bag:
905R 9.5° - UST ProForce V2 65R
909F2 15.5° Titleist Diamana 75
909H 19° Titleist Diamana 80
Zing 2 3-PW Vokey SM48.08 @ 51° Vokey SM56.11 Unitized Leo

cody west Dedicated Member

cody west

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I'm almost positive they are only illegal if they are the "two-way" kind. If it's consistent with the dexterity of the rest of the bag then it's cool...

the wedge drooves can only be a certain size if you ever watch the comercial for the chippers and spin doctor wedges they get so much spin because they have ridiculus grooves. there also illegal

|callaway.gif X460 Tour Fujikura Tour Platform 26.3 73g | taylormade.gif 2i Rescue 11 |  3i HiBore Hybrid |  710 MB |  Wedge Works 48/06 |  cg12 52/08  | vokey.gifSpin Milled 56/11 | nike.gifSV Tour 60/10 | cameron.gif Studio Select Newport 2 34" |

 

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flopdarock Great Member

flopdarock

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the hammer has got to be a non conforming set of driver and woods... i have yet to see anyone hit one in person but id like to check it out... just for the hell of it
RUSS's avg drive - 230yrds and climbing

Nikonut Member

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Better than the hammer (h*ll, a putter is better) is this one:

Maltby Mr. Big 505.
505cc of fun driving.
Have one I got from GG for about $5, put a steel ('cause it's real) shaft in it.

actually works very well, even though the ball flight (13 deg loft) is very high.
pretty cool to see it go so very high. heck of an "over the trees driver"!Overall it goes as long as I can hit my regular drivers.

ITBs2k Member

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I just bought the spin doctor due to reading this. I cant wait to get it and trick my friend when i tell him I mastered the back spin. haha.

In my 2010 TMX Staff Bag
r9 SuperTri 9.5 Driver
r9 #3 Fairway Wood
r9 #5 Fairway wood
Burner Plus Irons (3-PW) w/ Graphite shafts 54*/60* Wedge Newport 2 Studio Select Pro V1s


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