goughy
20th June 2004, 07:52 PM
The was finally another demo day at our driving range in toowoomba, held by golfworld. There were clubs there from Adams, Brosnan, Prosimmons, Hogan, Callaway, Nike, Taylormade and Topflite. Jaster and I spent a leasurely 2 hours hitting a variety of different clubs, although not a patch on what was there.
Since I want to shore up the gap between my 3 wood and 3 iron I tried a variety of 5 woods and hybrids. I managed to hit both the tm mid rescue tp 2fw and 3fw with s400 shafts, big bertha 5 wood, tm v steel 5 wood and the new tm rescue fairway 5. All the 5 woods had regular graphite shafts. After hitting all these, I came to the conclusion that a 5 wood is gonna be in the bag in the new future.
I went there with the pre-conception that the mid rescues would be the club, and when I saw the tp's there I figured I would be sold. But I felt more comfortable with all the 5 woods, especially the v steel. But the club I liked the most was the rescue fairway 5. Not ugly in person (I didn't think it looked great in pictures) but I hit it very consistantly. Got plenty of height (as you would expect from a 5 wood) but a repeatable trajectory each time, mostly straight or with the odd light fade or draw. When I did hit one thin I got a low worm burner that travelled pretty much as far.
In the irons, I tried the nike slingshot, tm rac lt's, rac mb's, hogan edge and hogan apex blade, all in 6 irons, and all with stiff shafts. The slingshot looked huge when I grabbed it out of the bag, but at address it was ok. Still reminded me of a callaway with it's thick topline. In mag reviews they always say the big clubhead gives the player confidence that they will hit the ball easily, but to me it was a little bit off putting.
I hit the others all together, switching between them and back every few shots and I also hit my 6 iron (tm 300 forged s300) as a familiar reference at the end. All performed well, I seemed to be hitting a draw with my irons on the day. The hogan edge seemed bigger at address than I expected and I spose it had a kind of clunky feel off the face. Not what I expected. The rac lt's felt kind of similar to the hogan edge, although I preferred them at address. The rac mb looked sweet at address and just as sweet to hit. A nice click feeling and sound at impact.
The winner was easily the hogan apex blade. It's top edge looked like it would slice bread, and it felt oh so soft at impact. It was the money club - until I had a hit of mine. One swing, I looked at jaster and we agreed that he can wack me over the head with my putter if I change those irons.
I left commenting on the drivers till last as I felt too many of you ho's would stop reading after this section. I didn't hit a lot of them, just the big bertha II+ 415, the tm 510tp and low and behold; this demo day was suppose to be one of (if not) the first with the new r7's :D . Again, I hit a lot with my driver to compare, tho I haven't had it long and my last game I was swinging it pretty ordinary.
I hit the bb first, and it was nice but not the money club. After a few swings with it then onto mine, I found mine longer, with a better sound and a much better feel. My first few swings with the bb were pretty ordinary. But my swing improved as the demo day went along.
Next I hit the r7. It was set neutral and with this I was hitting consistant easy fades. Not that I can try to hit draws, but I usually do hit some, as well as the odd nasty hook. Just fade after fade after fade. I went to the tm dude and had the weights changed to a draw setting. What a difference. Not once did I hit anything but draws with the odd big draw bordering on a hook. I can not believe that such a difference can occur, but believe me it does. It was from one extreme to another. At address, the head itself dosen't look large but I did get a sense of how deep the head is.
That was the same for the tm 510tp which I hit next. Again I hit it well but with a little more variety in direction, the odd one straight, or faded or drawn. But nothing too dramatic. It felt nicer at impact and I didn't mind the sound at all (sorry McMw). As I hit each of these drivers I was also hit with mine. I was hoping I wouldn't find mine too far behind any of these, as I didn't want that sitting in the back of my mind.
Lucky for me, I don't feel any of them gave me anything I don't get from my current one. The conditions weren't great for judging distances or ball flight and direction really well, but the big bertha was the shortest and least consistant of the lot. The other two were pretty close to eachother and I think I would take the 510tp over the retail r7. The tm rep did tell me the 510tp was exactly the same club the pro's use on tour (I didn't bother disputing that, he wasn't much of a chatter). But when it came to the crunch I felt my 360tour with nv shaft was every bit as good as anything I hit, in some cases better. And strangely enough, I like my clubs head shape over both the tm's. Call me strange but that's the way it was. So now when I snap hook it into the trees I can no longer blame the club. Bugger.
That's about all the drivel I can come up with for now; I have a cramp in my fingers (not what you're thinking of Jarro [-X ). If anyone has any specific questions I'll be happy to answer them in my unknowledgeable layman way.
Since I want to shore up the gap between my 3 wood and 3 iron I tried a variety of 5 woods and hybrids. I managed to hit both the tm mid rescue tp 2fw and 3fw with s400 shafts, big bertha 5 wood, tm v steel 5 wood and the new tm rescue fairway 5. All the 5 woods had regular graphite shafts. After hitting all these, I came to the conclusion that a 5 wood is gonna be in the bag in the new future.
I went there with the pre-conception that the mid rescues would be the club, and when I saw the tp's there I figured I would be sold. But I felt more comfortable with all the 5 woods, especially the v steel. But the club I liked the most was the rescue fairway 5. Not ugly in person (I didn't think it looked great in pictures) but I hit it very consistantly. Got plenty of height (as you would expect from a 5 wood) but a repeatable trajectory each time, mostly straight or with the odd light fade or draw. When I did hit one thin I got a low worm burner that travelled pretty much as far.
In the irons, I tried the nike slingshot, tm rac lt's, rac mb's, hogan edge and hogan apex blade, all in 6 irons, and all with stiff shafts. The slingshot looked huge when I grabbed it out of the bag, but at address it was ok. Still reminded me of a callaway with it's thick topline. In mag reviews they always say the big clubhead gives the player confidence that they will hit the ball easily, but to me it was a little bit off putting.
I hit the others all together, switching between them and back every few shots and I also hit my 6 iron (tm 300 forged s300) as a familiar reference at the end. All performed well, I seemed to be hitting a draw with my irons on the day. The hogan edge seemed bigger at address than I expected and I spose it had a kind of clunky feel off the face. Not what I expected. The rac lt's felt kind of similar to the hogan edge, although I preferred them at address. The rac mb looked sweet at address and just as sweet to hit. A nice click feeling and sound at impact.
The winner was easily the hogan apex blade. It's top edge looked like it would slice bread, and it felt oh so soft at impact. It was the money club - until I had a hit of mine. One swing, I looked at jaster and we agreed that he can wack me over the head with my putter if I change those irons.
I left commenting on the drivers till last as I felt too many of you ho's would stop reading after this section. I didn't hit a lot of them, just the big bertha II+ 415, the tm 510tp and low and behold; this demo day was suppose to be one of (if not) the first with the new r7's :D . Again, I hit a lot with my driver to compare, tho I haven't had it long and my last game I was swinging it pretty ordinary.
I hit the bb first, and it was nice but not the money club. After a few swings with it then onto mine, I found mine longer, with a better sound and a much better feel. My first few swings with the bb were pretty ordinary. But my swing improved as the demo day went along.
Next I hit the r7. It was set neutral and with this I was hitting consistant easy fades. Not that I can try to hit draws, but I usually do hit some, as well as the odd nasty hook. Just fade after fade after fade. I went to the tm dude and had the weights changed to a draw setting. What a difference. Not once did I hit anything but draws with the odd big draw bordering on a hook. I can not believe that such a difference can occur, but believe me it does. It was from one extreme to another. At address, the head itself dosen't look large but I did get a sense of how deep the head is.
That was the same for the tm 510tp which I hit next. Again I hit it well but with a little more variety in direction, the odd one straight, or faded or drawn. But nothing too dramatic. It felt nicer at impact and I didn't mind the sound at all (sorry McMw). As I hit each of these drivers I was also hit with mine. I was hoping I wouldn't find mine too far behind any of these, as I didn't want that sitting in the back of my mind.
Lucky for me, I don't feel any of them gave me anything I don't get from my current one. The conditions weren't great for judging distances or ball flight and direction really well, but the big bertha was the shortest and least consistant of the lot. The other two were pretty close to eachother and I think I would take the 510tp over the retail r7. The tm rep did tell me the 510tp was exactly the same club the pro's use on tour (I didn't bother disputing that, he wasn't much of a chatter). But when it came to the crunch I felt my 360tour with nv shaft was every bit as good as anything I hit, in some cases better. And strangely enough, I like my clubs head shape over both the tm's. Call me strange but that's the way it was. So now when I snap hook it into the trees I can no longer blame the club. Bugger.
That's about all the drivel I can come up with for now; I have a cramp in my fingers (not what you're thinking of Jarro [-X ). If anyone has any specific questions I'll be happy to answer them in my unknowledgeable layman way.