cubfanbob

I will check the PGA Value Guide and get back to you on prices. Everything I own was purchased on eBay or from online golf vendors like TGW.com or Golftown.

I have a couple new and used sets, all in Regular Flex Apex Shafts (#3): New Apex Edge CFT 3-E [PW] Apex Edge 2006 3-E [PW] Used Apex Edge CFT 3-F [GW] Apex Edge Pro 3-E [PW] Apex FTX 3-E [PW]

+1 on the Hogan FTX. Too bad you need a stiff, I know of an available set but it's regular flex.

Having said that... I just pulled the trigger on a set of Wilson Ci9s with the FST ss105 steel shafts. Was looking for something that didn't look quite so much like shovels. Should be here in a few days, I'll compare and contrast and report back.

Ping G5s are great irons, you'll enjoy them. I've been playing mine since 2009.

Latest response from Cleveland, just now: " Call your authorized Cleveland retailer and order part # 33856. Big box stores like Golfsmith and Dick’s will not be able to order the grips, but other accounts in your area should be able to assist you with your purchase."

Cleveland Customer Support's response when I contacted them last week: " The original grip was a Lamkin grip (part # 33856) has a .650 butt size. Any grip that has a .650 butt size will fit on this club. You can order the part # from your local authorized Cleveland retailer or you can try and see if Lamkin has any replacement grips to sell."

Just got off the phone with Lamkin - they have discontinued their .650 core Cleveland replacement grips and have no more in stock. Hmm...

Anyone?

Hi there... I have a couple Cleveland Mashie hybrids and just purchased a used Cleveland Classic 290 driver off eBay. These clubs have shafts with a .650 butt end. Anyone know of any good sources for replacement grips that will fit? I've been told that .600 core grips like Sharpro or Golf Pride New Decade Multicompound will just not fit. True? Thanks, Bob in St. Paul MN

Those would be from the mid-late 1970s - I bought a couple dozen of those at K-Mart [$6.32/dozen!] when I was just starting to get serious about golf.

I have removed skymarks. Works well.

I've had great success using Meguiar's Scratch-X 2.0

Ben Hogan CFT Ti - $50 at rockbottomgolf.com.

> It could be that they just want to further delineate Bridgestone as their "premium" ball and Precept as the "value ball" From what I've read, that is exactly their strategy.

I once emailed True Temper and asked about their "wedge flex" and was told that any club with a True Temper Dynamic Gold shaft band labeled "Wedge" flex was an S300.

> Check used sections at a golfsmith or golfgalaxy. I find that their prices are outrageous on used stuff; I'd go with craigslist or eBay. Or Callaway PreOwned -they sell other brands as well. But the question asked was not where to buy, but what. IMHO, can't go wrong with any of the following: MacGregor M565 MacGregor M685 Hogan Edge CFT Hogan Apex Edge Adams Idea A1 Cobra 3100 All can be found relatively cheaply, the Hogans and MacGregors particularly so as they are not "hot" brands. Check the PGA Value Guide to get an idea of current prices: http://valueguide.pga.com/

I agree with 3JACK - some of the swing mechanics he promotes are dated [not surprising, the book is over 50 years old!] but the course management advice and overall philosophy are superb.

IMHO, a common trait to all of Pelz's books is his tendency to take a good idea founded on sound scientific theory and data collection, and then pad out the discussion of said idea so that what could have been a 50 page book becomes a 350 page one.

I'm looking forward to attending the Open at Interlachen in a couple weeks.

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Replaced the original Hogan CFT hybrids with the CFT ti versions, added the Bobby Grace M6.4K-GT putter to the bag to see if it could knock out my venerable Anser 2 stainless, and am going to take lessons for the first time.

> I want to be playing before the Masters starts in April. Word.

Hogan had a set of clubs named after him, sure - he started the company!

Brand new! Check eBay - seller name is source4everything.