ChillyDip69

Get a set of ole 690mbs, will change your life.

No man. Taking an INCH of SHAFT that has WEIGHT off the club, does in fact reduce the weight and has an affect on the club. You are a 18 handicap - don't go tinkering with your clubs. You don't know what you are doing yet. Go to a professional for help.

Looks like PING paid to advertise on this website given all the pro-bounce propaganda.

I am a traditional golfer. I do not condone the use of these hybrid woods. Players should be rewarded for their practice and ability to hit certain shots - not going to a pga superstore and getting fitted for some super light shafted 23 degree wood that the fitter tells them is now their 5 iron.

Buy used, you are a 15 handicap. The supposed new technology developed in 8 months from the older Titleist models won't help you - go on ebay and get the 716s. spend the money saved on your kids, you are aren't breaking 80 anytime soon.

Chrome Soft is the worst ball on tour. All callaway players are running from it - even CAPTAIN AMERICA has switched to a bridgestone. Callaway is a joke.

YES, it will change the weight of the putter thus it will impact the feel. Any length taken off the club needs to be offset with additional weight by using lead tape or a weighted grip. Kids doing this turn a $300 scotty cameron into a worthless POS - every action has an equal reaction.

Have some dignity for the game. Learn to hit clubs, don't just rely on technology to make the game more enjoyable. This isn't an easy game. There were no short cuts 50 years ago.

Try finding an old set of ping s59s, they are a D0 swing weight if I recall correctly. Should be cheap as well.

No. Just no. Only acceptable hybrid is a 3 hybrid, and that is a stretch.

You are a 11 handicap

Dang. You are good a using google. If you are a 25 handicap, I highly doubt you have the feel to discern the difference between the metals.

What are the best set ups for distance. I have a 10.5 M2, cranked down to a 8.5 But I also have a 9.0 M2 head, that I want to crank down. Has anyone made a chart that has detailed the pros and cons of the different M2 heads with the various lie and loft angle settings? I have a feeling it is better to have a higher loft and crank it down, but I'd welcome thoughts from posters with handicaps under 5. Thanks.

I'm a purist. I play for the tips, I play the ball down, and I play with blades. I don't need 22 degrees bounce and a Callaway ERC driver to make myself feel better by breaking 80 on a course playing 6200 yards.

Well I can't say whether I can hit my 3 degree bounce 60 degree off a cartpath because I don't miss the fairway. 22 degrees bounce is a joke, you can't be serious.

I agree with chillydiper69 100%. If you think you need bounce I think you need to check out what the tour players work with. The bounce is only there to help you cause you cant hit it soild. With lots of bounce you cant hit low flighted wedge shots you need to hit to play on real courses.

Why is that? You need that bounce to bail you out from chunking a chip shot? As a 6.6 handicap are you seriously incapable of clipping a chip/pitch shot clean?

I play courses with tightly mowed areas, more bounce is cancerous for a player of my skill. A wedge with 20 degrees of bounce is for hacks. You saying 20 degrees of bounce is normal leads me to think you tell people to get graphite shafts in their wedges as well.

I currently play a 12.75 degree 3 wood and on average fly it 268 - I can choke down on it and hit a fade which drops the distance down to 242. A lot of the courses I play have par 3s that are 230-250 in distance. So I have been considering getting a 4 wood of sorts to have a full swing 235 club. Getting too old to try and muscle the 2 iron 240 these days.

Only thing good about that wedge is that it only has 4 degrees of bounce