LyleG
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heres my observations.
Every driver I picked up felt long and had a closed face with 1 exception, the Ping G10. It was still long as hell (club length) but sat dead square. The Cobra drivers I held made me tremble they were so shut faced. I hit 5 different clubs just for shits and giggles and here is my take on them.
Cally Ft-i - They had no tour model in Left so I hit a 9* with stock S flex shaft. I hit everything with about a 20 yard draw and averaged 4000 rpm of spin and a 15* launch angle. That shaft is way to soft feeling and the face way way shut looking. I could never get use to this thing in this set up.
Ping G10 - again this is a stock S flex at 9*. I really liked this club, easily the best club I touched all day, and by a country mile. I hit a dozen 5 yard draws in a row. Average spin was 3200 rpm and launch angle was 13.7*. I would play this in a heartbeat. Way to expensive though.
Nike Sumo 5000 and 5900 - both felt awful, horrid even. I never hit a solid feeling shot with either. Both felt light and looked enormous, especially the 5900. This is easily the biggest looking club on the market.
Hi-bore XLS - again no tour, again way to shut. Felt good, looked pretty good too. I was beat at this point and didnt even pay attention to the numbers.
I then spent an hour playing with putters. Man are putter way overpriced.
I couldnt believe how small the faces of some of the new TM putters were, barely as big as the ball in some cases. Real hard to get used to.
After an hour I found nothing I liked. All the LH putters were 35 inches long and felt like telephone poles to me at this length.
In the end I was stunned at the prices of everything, drivers, irons, putters all ridiculously priced. I also couldn't believe how many people I saw buying stuff. I saw a guy hit a TM driver 5 times and say he'll take it, also bought the 3 and 5 woods. With Tax he was over a grand. I felt like punching him in the throat for being such an idiot. Oh well, I wont be back anytime soon.
Every driver I picked up felt long and had a closed face with 1 exception, the Ping G10. It was still long as hell (club length) but sat dead square. The Cobra drivers I held made me tremble they were so shut faced. I hit 5 different clubs just for shits and giggles and here is my take on them.
Cally Ft-i - They had no tour model in Left so I hit a 9* with stock S flex shaft. I hit everything with about a 20 yard draw and averaged 4000 rpm of spin and a 15* launch angle. That shaft is way to soft feeling and the face way way shut looking. I could never get use to this thing in this set up.
Ping G10 - again this is a stock S flex at 9*. I really liked this club, easily the best club I touched all day, and by a country mile. I hit a dozen 5 yard draws in a row. Average spin was 3200 rpm and launch angle was 13.7*. I would play this in a heartbeat. Way to expensive though.
Nike Sumo 5000 and 5900 - both felt awful, horrid even. I never hit a solid feeling shot with either. Both felt light and looked enormous, especially the 5900. This is easily the biggest looking club on the market.
Hi-bore XLS - again no tour, again way to shut. Felt good, looked pretty good too. I was beat at this point and didnt even pay attention to the numbers.
I then spent an hour playing with putters. Man are putter way overpriced.
I couldnt believe how small the faces of some of the new TM putters were, barely as big as the ball in some cases. Real hard to get used to.
After an hour I found nothing I liked. All the LH putters were 35 inches long and felt like telephone poles to me at this length.
In the end I was stunned at the prices of everything, drivers, irons, putters all ridiculously priced. I also couldn't believe how many people I saw buying stuff. I saw a guy hit a TM driver 5 times and say he'll take it, also bought the 3 and 5 woods. With Tax he was over a grand. I felt like punching him in the throat for being such an idiot. Oh well, I wont be back anytime soon.
