nudgee
21st February 2005, 01:37 PM
Note this is a very long post.
I caddied for Brad Andrews (running 10th at one stage but had a bad weekend) down in Adelaide and was lucky enough whilst practising at the driving range to check out a hell of a lot of bags. Summary below
Drivers
The driver of choice was without doubt the R7 it was everywhere - I would say 70% of the bags at least. I saw a couple of shallow R7s - hmmmm nice. There were a lot of titleist drivers in mostly the american bags and most of them were the 983K. I saw and held a few of the new 905s - sweet looking although not that much different to the 983s. Bill Haas who we had in our group on Saturday had a 983K with a Fuji 757 Tourspec in X and he said that he didnt really like the new 905 driver and that a lot of Titleist staff didnt like it either. I saw a lot of the new Cally 454 - they were in a lot of non Cally staff bags!! I did not see one single Cleveland 460Comp and saw very few Ping G2s - we played with a seppo named Jeremy Anderson on Sunday and he had a G2 with a Black Graffaloy Tour X Shaft - he drove the ball well with it.
I saw a few of the new fusion driver- there are three versions - FT1, FT2 and FT3 (varying depth and size). These drivers will be the next big hot ticket item!!! Where the previous ERc Fusion failed this one apparently delivers!! No muted sound and dam hot off the face - lots of great feedback even from non Cally playing staff.
Saw one SMT in the only SMT bag in the whole tournament - nice bag. Couldnt see what it was.
Anyway my numbers ranking on drivers
1. Taylor Made R7 (very few 510 TPs or XD Tours)
2. Titleist - 983Ks - few Es and few 905s
3. Cally 454 and Fusion driver
4. Cleveland Launcher 400cc and 460cc
5. Tourstage/Brigstone
6. Ping G2s
7. Nike Ignites
8. Mizuno MP001s
Fairway Woods
Saw a few of the new Titty FWs - I like these better than the driver. The weapon of choice was without doubt the V Steel FW. There were a few Cleveland launcher too. Surprisingly there were still a few 200 and 300 tours.
Heaps and heaps of rescue mids and quite a few Tittys 503s. I did also see the new cleveland LDI hybrid and the new Halo - not bad at all.
Irons
Bucket loads of Tittys 690 both MBs and CBs - saw a few 670s and 680s. No 704 sets but I did see 3 of the new 735 combo sets - Bill Haas had one - very nice looking - these grew on me on a daily basis.
There were as expected a hell of a lot of RAC MBs, RAC CBs, RAC Combo sets and also quite a few old 300s Forged. I saw one set of RAC Black Set 3-PW in a seppo bag - held them and these were without doubt the prettiest irons I have ever seen!!!.
There were also lots of Cally X-16s, a couple of X-18s and I saw 3 sets of X-Tours - boy these will be my next set. They look sensational.
Saw a few Ping I3 sets (blade version) but only saw two sets of Pings S59s and they were both tour ones (new version with ferrule).
Heaps of Mizunos - MP32s, MP30s (Greg Chalmers is playing MP 30s!)
Oh yeah a few Hogans - Ricky Barnes had a nice looking set of Hogans.
Wedges
As expected Titleist dominated wedge count - lots of the new spin milled wedges - sweeeet. Lots of clevelands but surprisingly very few rac wedges and rack black wedges :?:
Putters
Odyssey two ball and scotty cameron were without doubt the most style of putters out there. Saw a few C groves and quite a few Odyssey Tri hots. Only one Mezza.
Saw Peter o'Malley with the new Phantom putter by Scotty Cameron. Lots of the new 2005 line of Scottys putters!!
Shafts
Fuji, Fuji, Fuji!!! Surprisingly low number of NVs and Blues (although S. Bowd had a blue!!). Saw a few HTDs and also a few Penleys. Lots of GD YS series and finally saw the infamous Diamana (flower pattern) shaft that Tiger is using.
Balls
ProV1 and Prov1X (the new improved 2005 version - which I now have a dozen off) the ball of choice by a long way. Quite a few Cally HX Tours and a few HX 56 (I have some now - very peculiar deep dimples).
Anyway if you have any questions fire away.
I caddied for Brad Andrews (running 10th at one stage but had a bad weekend) down in Adelaide and was lucky enough whilst practising at the driving range to check out a hell of a lot of bags. Summary below
Drivers
The driver of choice was without doubt the R7 it was everywhere - I would say 70% of the bags at least. I saw a couple of shallow R7s - hmmmm nice. There were a lot of titleist drivers in mostly the american bags and most of them were the 983K. I saw and held a few of the new 905s - sweet looking although not that much different to the 983s. Bill Haas who we had in our group on Saturday had a 983K with a Fuji 757 Tourspec in X and he said that he didnt really like the new 905 driver and that a lot of Titleist staff didnt like it either. I saw a lot of the new Cally 454 - they were in a lot of non Cally staff bags!! I did not see one single Cleveland 460Comp and saw very few Ping G2s - we played with a seppo named Jeremy Anderson on Sunday and he had a G2 with a Black Graffaloy Tour X Shaft - he drove the ball well with it.
I saw a few of the new fusion driver- there are three versions - FT1, FT2 and FT3 (varying depth and size). These drivers will be the next big hot ticket item!!! Where the previous ERc Fusion failed this one apparently delivers!! No muted sound and dam hot off the face - lots of great feedback even from non Cally playing staff.
Saw one SMT in the only SMT bag in the whole tournament - nice bag. Couldnt see what it was.
Anyway my numbers ranking on drivers
1. Taylor Made R7 (very few 510 TPs or XD Tours)
2. Titleist - 983Ks - few Es and few 905s
3. Cally 454 and Fusion driver
4. Cleveland Launcher 400cc and 460cc
5. Tourstage/Brigstone
6. Ping G2s
7. Nike Ignites
8. Mizuno MP001s
Fairway Woods
Saw a few of the new Titty FWs - I like these better than the driver. The weapon of choice was without doubt the V Steel FW. There were a few Cleveland launcher too. Surprisingly there were still a few 200 and 300 tours.
Heaps and heaps of rescue mids and quite a few Tittys 503s. I did also see the new cleveland LDI hybrid and the new Halo - not bad at all.
Irons
Bucket loads of Tittys 690 both MBs and CBs - saw a few 670s and 680s. No 704 sets but I did see 3 of the new 735 combo sets - Bill Haas had one - very nice looking - these grew on me on a daily basis.
There were as expected a hell of a lot of RAC MBs, RAC CBs, RAC Combo sets and also quite a few old 300s Forged. I saw one set of RAC Black Set 3-PW in a seppo bag - held them and these were without doubt the prettiest irons I have ever seen!!!.
There were also lots of Cally X-16s, a couple of X-18s and I saw 3 sets of X-Tours - boy these will be my next set. They look sensational.
Saw a few Ping I3 sets (blade version) but only saw two sets of Pings S59s and they were both tour ones (new version with ferrule).
Heaps of Mizunos - MP32s, MP30s (Greg Chalmers is playing MP 30s!)
Oh yeah a few Hogans - Ricky Barnes had a nice looking set of Hogans.
Wedges
As expected Titleist dominated wedge count - lots of the new spin milled wedges - sweeeet. Lots of clevelands but surprisingly very few rac wedges and rack black wedges :?:
Putters
Odyssey two ball and scotty cameron were without doubt the most style of putters out there. Saw a few C groves and quite a few Odyssey Tri hots. Only one Mezza.
Saw Peter o'Malley with the new Phantom putter by Scotty Cameron. Lots of the new 2005 line of Scottys putters!!
Shafts
Fuji, Fuji, Fuji!!! Surprisingly low number of NVs and Blues (although S. Bowd had a blue!!). Saw a few HTDs and also a few Penleys. Lots of GD YS series and finally saw the infamous Diamana (flower pattern) shaft that Tiger is using.
Balls
ProV1 and Prov1X (the new improved 2005 version - which I now have a dozen off) the ball of choice by a long way. Quite a few Cally HX Tours and a few HX 56 (I have some now - very peculiar deep dimples).
Anyway if you have any questions fire away.