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Judging from the picture, and the amount of ball marks high on the face and on the crown, you might be hitting a little too steep, and making hard contact with the ground.

Perhaps swinging out of your shoes to achieve a 104 mph swing speed with a 5 iron is causing your inability to control the direction of your shots.

You need to send them to a plating shop, to have the chrome chemically removed. It's really not a "do it yourself" project.

I'm not a professional fitter, but I'll add my 2 cents. I would seriously consider trying those clubs with an R flex shaft. I'm a few years older than you, in the same boat for SS not getting any faster, and plated S flex until 3 weeks ago. The fitter told me I "fit" into either R or S. After much thought, and taking a realistic look at the facts, I'm not getting any younger, I chose to buy G15s with regular flex. After 2 rounds, it was a good decision. I can load these shafts properly, and I don't feel that I need to go after them so hard to get a solid shot. The numbers are important, but to me, it's all about what feels right.

Have any of you guys heard the phrase "You're not good enough to get that mad"??

I prefer GI avocados

If your drives never get more than 7 feet off the ground, you likely need some adjustments made to your swing. Get that in order, then you can be properly fit to a driver.

Keep the clubs, replace the "friends"

This whole thread reeks of BS

I was taught , if you can't say something nice, say nothing, so......NOTHING

Just wondering, how did you play clubs with shafts several flexes too stiff for 18 months and not notice anything wrong?

Where I come from, whether or not you're "good" is judged by the scores you post, not by swing speed on a simulator.

For a good quality stand bag with 14 full length dividers, and ample storage, your choices are limited to Titleist, Sun Mountain, and maybe Ogio. But all are in the $200 range. You may be able to save a little on Ebay, but with quality golf bags, you get what you pay for...

Modifying your clubs to mask a swing fault insures that fault will never be fixed.

If you are really a 0.6, I wouldn't change irons, I would work on the woods and hybrids you say you can't hit.

I would rather play with someone shooting 100 who is good company for the round, than a scratch player with an attitude that he's Gods gift to the golf world.

Quote: Originally Posted by MonkeyClaw I think that's part of the problem - the G10 won't penetrate the grass when the ball is deep in the rough, and it makes it tough to get good contact with ball. The wide sole and rounded leading edge make it catch up in the grass, which result in skulled shots that end up going 10 yards. This is the same problem with the hybrids. Mizuno claims their bevelled leading edge helps get through the rough, and I'm wondering if this is true and if there are other clubs that do the same. BTW, this is pretty thick, dense rough I'm talking about. Since we've had so much rain in the North East the last couple of months, the stuff is growing like crazy! I don't think the G10's are the problem. To get out of really thick rough, you need clubhead speed, and strength, which puts most women at a disadvantage. My wife finally conceded to this, and now just grabs her PW when faced with this type shot.

The only thing matching in my bag, on purpose, are the grips, all Golf Pride Tour Velvet. The 3 wood and hybrids were not puchased to match, but bought based on performance, over a period of 3 years, as I was never a fan of Cobra products in general, and would replace any one of them in a heartbeat if I found something I liked better.

Of course they are legitimate, probably more so than the 64 degree wedges that some folks are so infatuated with lately. Good club for a beginner, or someone who only plays once in a while. As your game develops, you will find more options with multiple clubs in your short game. The bottom line is, use whatever works best for you,

I would consider adding a gap wedge, around 50 degree, as your X20 PW is 45 degrees, and your X Forged is 54. Thats a large gap, and a 50 would fit in nicely. I prefer my gap wedge to match my irons, as I use it for full swing shots a lot, and the X20 GW is 50 degrees. A 64 is a pretty useless club, IMO, and as a 35.6 handicap, it will likely cost you more strokes than help you.

It was many years ago, and I wasn't sure how to keep score, so I don't have a number, but I'm pretty sure I ran out of golf balls before I finished 18.

I do my own regripping, and its just easier to install them logo down.

I would look at the regular Burners, or Burner 2.0, Ping G series, or Callaway X series. All great clubs to play as your skill level improves.

You're right, wedges and irons really can't be compared, that was the point of my post. I guess my sarcasm was mis-understood.

I will swim against the tide on this one. Major OEM's spend millions on R & D, on shaft and head combinations, and all too often, amateurs will attempt to fix a swing flaw by "re-engineering" their equipment, which may not have been suited to them in the first place. Not saying that some people don't benefit from aftermarket shafts, but most just read about the newest, hot shaft on tour, and assume it will work for them.