I wonder why nobody wants to play golf with me....

I play Pro V1x's lol....

Or NXT's if i want to use a cheaper ball....

I went for a fitting....explained my situtation to the guy...he said well let me see your swing...handed me a driver...watched me swing about 5 times and goes

"you need to come back when the pro pro is here....you really need to have a very specific shaft and i am just his assistant" haha

so he probably just suggest drivers to people...not custom fits purpose chosen shafts....

so I have to go back...

SUCK IT!!! both of you LOL

 

Kudos to the shop for not just pushing the latest hot, high-end shaft on you.

 

he didnt even suggest one lol....

which was good....so ill go back in in a few weeks and get properly fitted with the correct shaft and be done with it....

i hit a few drivers in there just to see how they felt....

god i Hate ping drivers....

also i hit some R7 irons and those are on my "to get list" now lol

(and no i didnt just hit them...i hit a whole bunch of irons but i really like the R7's)

 

Titleist 983K.
Reasonable size - you don't think you're in a Monte Python movie
Reasonable shape
Classic finish - doesn't look like a paint job off a squid bike.
Reasonable sound - (as far as metal goes) doesn't sound like you're hitting an empty beer can or ringing a bell.
Works great.

(Switching to that from my Apex persimmon driver made the pain and embarrassment of using a metal wood almost bearable).

 

stock shafts suck anyway, i tend to lean towards grafalloy, but havent re-shafted a wood in a few years...dont know what the best is right now. drew hits it a mile and a half! i was there to see it but hes a tall guy. you and i are more around the same height we prob have a diff swing speed than drew.

 

what kinda shafts do you guys have on your irons...

do you have steel shafts or graphite?

I have never liked hitting the graphite shafted irons....

i reaaaaaaaaaally liked those R7's i hit...and only $400 for the set!....that's my "winter upgrade" haha

 

I use steel shafts in my irons. Guess I'll have to go to graphite when I'm Hals age.... if I live that long! Lol... With our swing speeds, no need for graphite... yet.

 

yeah just makin sure theres no crazy graphite that I should be looking at lol...

I like my steel shafts

 

I usually go and see my bud in Ithica once in a while. I'll bring my sticks next time and look you up next time I'm out that way. How far is that from you?

It's definitely hard to keep up with the technology of these things... seems like as soon as you get something new, it's already outdated by the time it's in your bag...Lol!

 

being a computer nerd...i can appreciate that lol...

thats why im still using Taylormade RAC's from 2004 lol they work...i like em...and im not trading them in ....hahaha

About 25 min's from where Jesse works lol....

if you go out there before June next year....ill meet you up there buddy...

 

I hear ya on sticking with what works... I have you beat... I still have the TM 360's series...a couple of years prior to your RAC's. The groves are about gone on my 8I and below... not a lot of use out of the longer irons... no need when you own the long ball...Lol. The better half bought me the Calloway "fitting center" package and "permission" to get the new irons, but still sticking with "old reliables" for now.
Like I always say....
"I'd rather be a Lob Wedge out of the ruff than a 5 iron out of the fairway any day"!!! Who cares if I'm not straight (down the middle smart arses)... I get my money out of the course that way!

 

I love my graphite shafts in my irons. Only steel shaft in the bag is on my lob wedge. Back in 82? Hogan made a few "tour weight" stiff graphite shafts. All the weight of steel and plenty stiff but with that soft graphite feel at impact. No, you guys wil never experience them. Go cry in the corner with the rest of the peasants.

Again, I can't think of the name, but there are those stepless steel shafts that have some of the best qualities of both.

 

That's cause you're old... Old people use graphite shafts cause they can't get it up! Lol...J/K.. Ya, Bullet, True Temper and a few have the "stepless" shafts... pretty good shafts.

 

Yea, the Rifle shafts seem to be pretty popular.

http://www.golfwrx.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=153927&hl=stepless+shafts

 

I used to be a freaking MASTER at the lob wedge....i have a 64* lob but I really dont use it as much as i used to....I have gotten much more proficient with the 8I chip and the open faced sand....

inside 50 yards just call it a day lol...

I need to look into a gap wedge or something between a sand and a pw....

the 2 clubs i'd like to add to my collection are a 3 iron and a gap wedge

Currently im palying with...

D,3W, 4,5,6,7,8,9,PW,SW,LW,P so I can add 2 more clubs to the set and still be within "regulation"

and if you want old...wait till i get home...ill take a pic of dads old clubs if I can find them....including one REALLY old one LOL

 

Looks like you need a Titleist 585h


and you can't beat this... Tom Kite's club maker (few years ago) put these together for me.

 

I'll be your huckleberry... I've broken and lost(aka thrown the club into woods and never to be seen again) clubs. Come on down to Fla. I can get us on at TPC Sawgrass where they play the Players Champ. every year. You know..... the one with the island 17th hole? I'm in Ponte Vedra Beach. Look me up bro. Love to play with ya. What's your handicap?

 

I used to carry five wedges. When I ordered my irons, I didn't get a 3 or 4 iron so I could add more wedges. Never really have a use for a 2 or 3 when I can hit a 5 iron 210 -220. I now carry a D, 3W, Hybrid 1 and 4, 5-9 irons, PW, AW (same as a gap wedge), SW and alternate 2 60 degree LW's. One with massive bounce for sand traps or whatever and one with hardly no bounce, depending on what course I am playing.

 

Must be nice to have a custom club fitter....

 

OMG!!! too funny steve!! what is really weird, is that my son and i were playing on sunday, i was not hitting my 3 wood for shit, finally got pissed and flung it at the cart in disgust, and broke it almost identical to what you did!!! hahahahahahahaa

i can't take any pics because i subsequently threw it in the nearest lake!!! lol

ain't golf grand!!! btw - i only shot an 87....... rough day for sure!! lol

hey jack ass!!! i hit adams IDEA irons with graphite shafts...... for some of us that are not quite a flexible as we once were, i need all the help i can get the generate club head speed!!! :erm:

holy crap dave...... the sweet spot on that balde must be the size of a dime....... yikes!!! i can only imagine trying to hit that thing square!! lol