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Titleist 990's are cavity backs in my opinion. They do have that muscle back-like crease, but MB is synonymous with blade in my vocabulary. The first is a type of the latter. The 990's, mp-57's/60's, Tommy SS Forged CBs, cleveland cg reds, cobra pro cb's, etc are all forged, but I wouldn't call them MBs.

I hit a cleveland cd red 6-iron at golf galaxy today and was really impressed... anyone play these?

That fat top-line sure does.

I've never been a pro, but I'm pretty sure 'ego' isn't the reason a lot of tour players use blades... It's a hell of a lot easier to shape your shots with a blade than with a CB. In return you give up some forgiveness. That being said; there are some excellent forged CB's these days that might be a good compromise.

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Those sure look like cavity back rather than muscle backs to me. :)

Out of curiosity: what blades did you end up getting? x-forged has a good point about the sole width. To offer a personal example: I bought my wife a set of Wilson hope CB irons. I hit them just for fun last time we were at the range. While I only hit them 85% as far as I hit my blades, I hit 9 out of 10 what I'd describe as perfect. With my blades, I hit 1 of 10 maybe 'perfect', but the less-than perfectly struck shots generally don't differ in ball flight that much from the perfectly hit ones. If I happen to catch on perfectly on the course, it will go 5-10 yards further than a 'normal' one and feel extra-crisp. Since I've played for a month consistantly in the last 11 years; I expect my 'perfect' percentage to improve over the next several months. In short: there's definately a 'sweet-spot' difference between CB's and your typical blade I think.

I'm far from a teaching pro, so I just know what works for me. There are only a couple things I do to stop casting. One is to consciously keep my right upper arm close to my body during my downswing. Another is to try to keep the butt of the club facing the ground as long as I can. If neither of these do the trick, I'll resort to the old "Hit 10 balls in a row with my feet together' drill. I don't know why, but for some reason hitting shots with my feet together fixes all kinds of problems for me on the fly. If I'm hitting the ball ok, then I won't think about anything when I swing -- only the target.

If I'm slicing my driver, there's a 99% chance I'm casting (starting down with my hands/not keeping the wrist angle). I can fix it immediately by holding that angle longer. That's more of an outside in problem than hands too far ahead problem. Actually; I don't know if I've ever seen a 'hands too far ahead of impact' problem.

I got up to 130 in my Kia because I was late for my own wedding. ^_^

2007 Kia Optima... nice looking, great gas mileage, great warranty. I don't buy into the anthropogenic global warming scam for a second... but I drive 40 miles each way to work, so gas mileage is an economic decision for me.

I've been using a nike glove since starting golf again (~1 month) and like it for play and practice. I have yet to see a titleist glove pricier than the $24 I paid for my current nike though. Can't remember the model.

I want to see how far I can take my golf game. Last time I played seriously; 10 or 12 years ago; I was a low single digit handicap. Back then I hated practicing my short game; so now I want to see how far I can take it... get my pro card if possible. I'll never do it for a living, just want to push my game.

Technically it's up to you... but probably 99.9% of everyone would tee it up. There's no better lie than on a tee.

How true!