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Hello fellow Golf lovers.. Im Zach from Birmingham in England! I started playing golf when I was 14 and by the time I was 17 I was playing off 13 however I got dragged away from the course by beer and women... Ive been back playing again now for a couple of years but nothing serious and I have managed to get my handicap down to 19.1. Im joining a local course in the spring of the new year which im hoping will allow me to get my handicap back down to where it once was! Anyway just thought id introduce my self!

905R 10.5*
585H 19* & 24*
T Zoid Sure 5 - SW
60* Lob Wedge
Anser II Putter


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Welcome to the site Zach (have answered your question on my "hello" thread by the way!)
You don't want those old Titleist irons mate....Mizuno all the way!!

In the bag......
Driver: Ping G10 10.5 Prolaunch Red regular.
3 wood: Ping G10 15.5 Prolaunch Red regular.
5 wood: Ping G10 18.5 Prolaunch Red regular.
Hybrids: Ping i15 20 degree AWT regular (on order!)4-PW: Ping i15 AWT regularGap Wedge: Ping Tour-W 50/12 AWT regular (on order!)Sand Wedge:...


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I never realised there was so many Mizuno fans out there! Ill have a serious look at the Mizunos! When I demoed the AP1's the fitter was pushing me in the direction of the titleists but ill have a look around see if their is an independant fitter somewhere! Saying that though the AP1's had great flight, distance and the best of all... a little bit of forgivness!!

905R 10.5*
585H 19* & 24*
T Zoid Sure 5 - SW
60* Lob Wedge
Anser II Putter


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I love my Mizunos but Erik may suggest something else .... I haven't compared irons in years so won't make any recommendations myself, others know much more.

Brits are always welcomed here. I'm a Yank (by birth) but was brought up in southern England (Surrey, Somerset, Oxfordshire, Sussex) and only crossed the pond in my 30's. Hacked so badly as a newb at the course in Oxford that I didn't take up the game for decades - played squash and tennis instead. I mean, I've got my pride don't you know, and besides I preferred to chase something that moves fast ........

Never too late to take up the game tho'.

Driver: Cobra 460SZ 9.0, med.
3 Wood: Taylor stiff
3-hybrid: Nike 18 deg stiff
4-hybrid:
Taylor RBZ 22 deg regular
Irons:5-9, Mizuno MP30, steel
Wedges: PW, 52, 56, 60 Mizuno MP30
Putter: Odyssey 2-ball


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I love my Mizunos but Erik may suggest something else ....

I still haven't hit the MP-67s I ordered last fall!

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