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Originally Posted by warbirdlover  You'll be sorry! I can't understand those who say they get no feel from a good shot with Pings. I had two exceptional iron shots last summer (one for ace) that felt better then any I've hit in my life. They were crisp and I immediately knew I had made a really good shot. Then there's the normal feel which bad shots also fall into.  |
At least with my experience, with other clubs you will have more than the 2 ranges of Absolutely perfect, and normal. I think you are right in that you can feel an absolutely perfect shot differently with the Ping G5's, G2's or i3+'s. From my experience with demoing other clubs, you get a slightly different feel from every part of the clubface. With the i3+'s I carry, it is sometimes hard to distinguish between towards the end of the Toe or just slightly to the outside, without looking at the clubface. It took a great deal of time, and practice for me to even be able to distinguish between towards the heel or towards the toe. I am still not convinced I really know the difference, more of "That was a bad feeling shot and since my divot just about missed the tee to the inside, it must have been off the toe"
Probably one of the reasons I like the MP60's, they are one of the first clubs I tried that I could really gauge a feel for where I was hitting the clubface, and I have heard from a many number of people they are forgiving. They may not have been any better than the others I tried, but it was remarkable to me the first time I hit them and could really feel a difference.
Based on my experience, most Cavity Backs lack this feel. The bigger the cavity back, the more forgiving, but the less feel to gauge where you hit the ball on the face.
Not saying the G5's are a bad club, you will see great results especially on a less than perfect shot. The problem lies in trying to adapt to less than perfect shots when you are a little uncertain on where you strike the ball. The i3+ gives a little less forgiveness for a little more latitude on how far off I am on my shot. The problem still lies with not having a great gauge between slightly to the inside or slightly to the outside. Off the tee I can use the tee as a gauge, off the fairway I can only guess. It is nice when the club can tell you though. This gives you a better chance to improve your swing. The key is finding a club that can do so and still be slightly forgiving so I can still have fun while I improve, and reach a point where I am a better ball striker.
At least for me, I think even the MP67's, MP23's and even the Ping S59's (and likely 58's) are too much club for me and my game would suffer. I may even gain a better understanding of my ball striking, but I don't want to drain my confidence in making my scores suffer too much for how I currently strike the ball. Where as I feel I am close enough to take less perfect results for the time being that would otherwise be a good shot with the i3+ or G5. The key for me is I really want to get to a point with my swing where more and more of my shots are that "Exceptional" feel, which is a little more difficult to do when I am not completely certain where the ball came in contact with the clubface.
Although the thought of getting a MP67 7-PW and MP60 5-6 (or even 7) is starting to sound more attractive at this point. Then again, I am still not sold I want to replace my i3+'s until my improvement Plateaus somewhat.
Just more or less thinking aloud I guess