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Favorite driver shaft is Harrison Saga 70S, very stable but tons of feel and a great trajectory. Awesome shaft for $60. Haven't really found a perfect fairway wood shaft, but the Prolaunch Platinum 75S I'm using now is pretty nice..and an awesome deal at $30 shipped that can be found on Ebay.

Mizuno MP fairways are pretty impressive. Pretty small head and shallow face so easy to hit off the deck, but they're VERY long. Hit them at the range with G10/Diabo Edge/TEE and they smoke the ball. Awesome trajectory for me as well. They're a little pricey retail, but check Ebay and you can get them pretty cheap.

Hot as hell today so practice was a little rough, tough to stay focused. Hit 7irons trying to figure out why I'm pull/drawing everything. Worked on pushing the club straight back on the takeaway and this helped a lot. Also, I switched back to my MX23s which have quite a bit of offset so I demo'd some clubs with less (R9TP and A7s). Not sure if it was just better swings or what, but I hit the demo clubs quite a bit better then the 23s. A7s can be had pretty cheap so I'll look into it. Hit a bunch of drivers just to mess around and see what the differences were between the different combos. Grips were sweaty which caused me to put a death grip on the club and hit a bunch of cuts, but was pretty consistent. Also felt myself hanging back on my back leg, something I saw in video last time, so I need to work this out. Also worked on chipping issues. Figured out that I've been swaying, which is causing the inconsistent contact, and catching it thin. Put the feet together and was amazed how much better contact I was making, have to keep working this and bring it to the course. Worked on hitting on tight lies now that summer is in full swing, got some confidence with this lie and also learned that sometimes it's better to break out the 9i and bump it. Good session overall.

What, no multiple choice?? I rotate a few, but if I had to pick one it would be Adams 9015d (have two of them). Also hit Ping i15 and rotating in a TM '07 Burner TP, and just picked up a Callaway Hyper X Tour with factory Blueboard 83X that looks promising.

Played match on 7/17 at a tougher local course, 71.5/134 at 6170. Been working on my swing for Driver/fwy and this was the first round with it. Pretty good results, definitely reduced the bad push/fades that I'd been hitting. Hit a few little draws. Shot 90 which was pretty crappy, but had three instances where not knowing the course bit me in the ass and I lost balls by pushing through the fairway or hitting into lateral hazard. These were all good swings, just didn't know the yardages. Lots of mistakes around greens, just cannot keep my head planted on chip shots and it's killing me...basics are lacking. Had some bad luck on greens, they're heavily undulating with nasty shelves and hit on the wrong side several times, I need to get better at putting tough greens but really don't have many on my home course to practice on. Played the home course today, walked in 98* weather so it was a little challenging to keep in it mentally. Started off decent enough, hit first 5 fairways with a new (to me) driver (Callaway Hyper X Tour with 83Xstiff Blueboard). Three putted the first hole from 15ft, just terrible...at times I'll just hammer a putt for no good reason because I grip the hell out of the putter. Second hole, par three, absolutely topped the tee ball with 6iron and hit it maybe 60yds. I have a tendency to sway forward when I'm trying to "smooth" an iron shot and this causes the top. Won't walk through the hole round, but a few three putts, some tough pins, and some very bad short game shots killed me. Driver went away when I got tired in the heat and I started getting flippy with the hands and pulling everything left. Still, I was happy to grind out an 87, not a good score but decent on a hot/windy day. Need to keep working on, and trusting, the longer backswing with driver/fwy. Need to keep working on lag putting, and definitely need to work on basic chipping again.

My Ping G10 5wd has the most awesome solid feel, and sound, when well struck. I love hitting that club. Least favorite so far had to be Callawy ERC II driver that I put together, that thing was unbelievably loud and hollow feeling even on good shots.

Played a couple scramble/best ball tournaments lately, so no scores. My game off the tee has been horrible. Broke out the video camera last night and hit the range, have to get some swings cut out and posted. Basically, I've been getting very quick and abbreviating my backswing. This causes a dead Over the Top move and subsequent weak fades. Worked on a couple swing thoughts, one piece takeaway and finishing the backswing. Reviewed these videos and it definitely looks better with good sequencing of hips/shoulders/arms. Definitely hitting the ball better as well, I just need to trust that longer swing. What I did notice is that I am flipping a bit at impact, never knew that before but makes sense as I hit a pretty high ball. Going to read up on drills to keep the wrist flat. I was holding lag pretty well it seemed, club was still perpendicular with the ground when my hands were waist high, but I get handsy from that point. Also explains why I've been pull-hooking shots lately at times, I must flip early and come around on it.

I don't see how the golf course is any different then another public place. A person that chooses to carry does so because he wants to be able to protect himself, and the fact is that an incident can easily happen on a golf course...so why not carry? I'm guessing that the kids sitting in the classroom at Va Tech would have never guessed that it was an unsafe place to be? Open carry is legal in VA, and concealed permit is a minimal hassle...I need to get off my butt and get my permit.

Doing some research now: Offset for 3 and 9 iron respectively Mx23 .240/.150 Mp52 .142/.114 R7 .255/.177 R7 TP .173/.082 i10 .19/.07

Guess my memory isn't so good, R7s have more offset then the 23s.

I recently sold my MP-52s and went back to my MX-23s, I still need a GI type iron. My only issue with the 23s is that it seems that the increased offset contributes to me missing further left. It was immediately apparent after I switched that although overall I hit the ball better, my misses were now all to the left. So, with that said, any GI type irons that have minimal offset? I'm looking for something with forgiveness and size along the lines of the mx-23s. I prefer to buy used, I was starting the list with R7s as I didn't recall them having a huge amount of offset. Maybe R7 TPs, not sure about i10s.

I'm in the same boat, can't help myself if I see a godd deal. Just yesterday, won an auction on Ebay for a Callaway Hyper X Tour driver with Blueboard 83g Xstiff....couldn't help myself when I bid $61 and won the thing. Ever since I got my shaft puller, I'll pick up clubs I'm not really interested in just because they have a shaft I can use...or vice versa depending on what I have available. It's a sickness.

I play 75g shafts in my drivers, and have tried an 85g. I find them much more stable, much less dispersion on less then perfect swings. I usually get quite a bit less spin as well, and a lower trajectory...all the characteristics you'd expect from the heavier shaft. I like the boardier feel of the heavy shafts, it helps me feel where the clubhead is in the swing. Also, works better with my quick transition.

Hadn't played in almost three weeks so hit the course a few times to get back in the groove. Lots of rust. First round, shot 86 but putting and short game was very poor. Driving poor as well, hit my MX23s and iron play was pretty sharp. Lag putting for anything over thirty feet is worse then bad, it's getting to the point where I'm afraid to pull the trigger on longer putts. Second round, shot 89 and everything was a mess. Hit driver all over the place, irons were especially bad, shots around the green and "rescue" shots were terrible. Putting, again, a mess. I need to stop playing and go hit balls this week. Couple things I found: 1) I'm rarely hitting driver flush, balls hit in the fairway just aren't getting out there where I was hitting them earlier this year. I've also started slicing the ball again, push/slice is terrible...I've put two balls in a pond on our 18th hole where I hadn't gone in the last several months. The pond is basically not in play if you put any kind of halfass decent swing on the ball. 2) I did pound my 3wd today, beautiful little draws and long. Can't understand where the swing breaks down between 3wd and Driver but it seems a bit more then the 2" of length difference. Either way, I need to hit the 3wd off the tee until I get driver sorted out. 3) Dead pulling irons all over the place, need to drill with a glove under my arm to make sure I'm not pulling the right elbow up and coming over the top. 4) My putting just plain sucks. I can't lag a long putt, and I haven't gotten shorter putts to drop for awhile now. I'm going to work putting Tues and Thurs this week with specific drills, short putts one day, long the next. I guess I'm just not a good "natural" putter, but lately it's been ridiculous. This is my second year of playing, goal was to hit a solid 12hcp, index is right at 13.0 after several solid rounds and it's frustrating to be playing so badly right now with no confidence in the game. Guess this is part of the process though, need to keep working on parts of the game that are lagging and move forward.

I hit an 8* i15 because the 9.5* launched too high...and the i15 head and Axivcore Red shaft are definitely geared as low launch heads. I agree the Ping lofts their clubheads more then what is specified.

I feel like 3 wraps equals midsize. Makes it real fun to get the grip on though =)

I have a set that I purchased used. I believe I was around a 17hcp when I picked these up, not a particularly strong ball striker. They have their advantages and disadvantages over the MX-23s I had been playing. They definitely have more feel, and seem to hit the ball lower. Short irons are better for "feel" shots on approach. The 23s are definitely more forgiving, and I believe a bit longer distance wise. I've hit a few sets of "player" cavity backs and the 52s are as good as any I tried in that time, they're a great iron for folks looking to move into a more advanced iron but still not too tough to hit.

IMO, the whole spiel he put together about how hurt he was by having to miss his kid's bday while in rehab was designed to make us feel sorry for him, so if the statement is used to show that he wasn't sincere, so be it. Maybe whether or not he misses his kid's birthday is none of our business, but HE was the one that chose to bring up that point previously.

I also have a 9015d, and just bought another one. Absolutely great clubhead. Adams flies a bit under the radar it seems, but they make great equipment.

Could be a couple brands. As said, Winn makes them in all white, as does Iomic, and Lamkin. I play Lamkin 3gens on my woods, they're awesome most days, but I find they're a little slick now that it's getting hot and humid.

Nobody seems to blink when a guy shows up with lead tape on his driver, this is the exact same thing only "fancied up" a bit...no idea why the perceived difference. Also, I find it funny that "Tour" drivers are usually tweaked a few degrees open to keep guys from hooking the ball, but this isn't seen as a crutch the way an offset or draw biased driver may be. I fully understand that a majority of better players hit a draw as opposed to a fade (no, I don't have statistics but every

Really depends on what the driver is, and what your typical ball flight looks like. The Diamana Blue isn't really a low launch shaft from the ones I've hit, I'd call it mid flight to high depending on the clubhead it's in.

I did quite a few reshafts with nothing more then a propane torch and a hacksaw that turned out fine. If you want to save the shafts you're pulling, a shaft puller is essential though, otherwise you'll end up butchering the tips of graphite shafts. A cheap heat gun is very nice for heating the clubhead in order to pull it. Otherwise, I don't use any specialized tools, just a Dremel I had laying around anyway for cutting the shafts.

Reshaft prices I've seen are around $30, it may be a bit more for the Steelhead because I believe that's a bore-thru head which is a little more labor for the shop.