sssmokin and I played 18 today at Edgewood Golf Course, Big Bend, Wisconsin. We played the pines and played pretty decent for a couple of 60 year old hackers.
Reviews:
905R Driver
Today I progressed in getting my driver distance from last fall back again thanks to the 905R with the YS-6+ stiff.
A group let sssmokin and I play through. Of course you're teeing off (10th hole) in front of them and usually hit your worst drive of the day.
I just CRUSHED that puppy!! 280 yards straight down the middle. I know that's correct because we had GPS on the cart. Had sssmokin (on that drive) by 30 yards (he hit a nice drive straight down the middle too)! Makes you feel like you "deserve" to play through!!
This driver is making a believer out of me. I no longer miss my Rapture.
ProV1x ball
Why have I never played these before (see 905R above)? No one will EVER tell me a premium ball doesn't make a difference. This thing does everything right. I didn't really like the ProV1 all that much but the ProV1x (for me) is like night and day. And NOTICEABLY longer off the tee then any other ball I was using today (Tour Fire, B330, Cally HX Tour etc)...
Nickent Hybrids
Money clubs!! Long par threes or shots into the green? NO PROBLEM. I'm on.
Heavy Putter
This thing must know it's being replaced by the Ping Redwood Anser. I'm dropping everything with it.
Ping G5 Irons
May not look pretty or have "feel" but these things just plain WORK!!
Vokey 56º SM Wedge
Tough lie in the sand? This baby puts you on the green... and "go for the pin"!! It will stop the ball on a dime.
Taylor Made R5 Dual Neutral with Graf Blue stiff
My neighbor Eric (Ejdahl21) got this 9.5º driver from Global Golf (on my recommendation) so we went to the range (before golfing with sssmokin) to see what it does. Very nice driver. And with the Graf Blue we were both putting it out there. Eric was really crushing it and I had no problem with the stiff Blue shaft. Nice combo and he got it for $105!!
sssmokin's "spare" Sasquatch with new V2 65 regular flex
Shaft works nice in that club but sssmokin still hits his "main" SQ with the VS Proto farther. It feels very nice though and is a good driver/shaft combo.
That's it. As you can see I had a great day today except for sssmokin getting me by 2 strokes, 86 to 84.
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