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  1. Looking to try a couple eggs. I am not that well versed on them but have a yearning to try. I welcome all input as well. I need something with a square of touch open face, nothing closed. Stiff shaft but if not, that is ok, I have tons of shafts to use. I would ask if you have a head only, let me know the tip diameter needed, .335 or .350. 13-16,5 degree models. I believe I am looking for 2014 as they had a bit deeper face.
  2. Message sent, think I am interested, looking for a fairway to match,,, anyone???
  3. I keep everything folks. I post this here to defend myself and to show you the hypocrisy and let you make the call. I was one of the biggest collectors of Cameron's for a long time. I have been working with YES for a while and am starting up 2 new brands now. I popped in to look at some new PRGR product and saw this post and felt compelled to respond to it. I am not on a campaign to bash piretti, just want consumers to be aware of what goes on there. They DO NOT IN ANY WAY Mill,putters in the piretti facility. They paint stamp and glue, that is the extent of the work they do, period. They have no mill, and no knowledge of how to cad/cam a putter out I have with 3 companies now., I reached a point where I had enough of what was going on there and felt like I was misrepresenting the public with the products. The craftsmanship and the whole Tour Only thing and prototype was a joke. 2 or 3 players on tour and about 2000 tour putters sold,, that seems a bit odd doesn't it? I took a stock putter from them and milled it for Ted Potter, ME,, no one else. Henrik had a great run with them but they were never made by piretti. Take a look at this cut/paste from an email back in 2012. I had just landed the Iomic Grip deal for them and the man with the money at Piretti had sent me a nice note about it. Here is that email,, make your own decisions. Bottom line do your homework, or you might be in for a big disappointment. I have blacked out the name of the other gentleman as he was nothing but nice. Mike was too for that matter and we had a good run, just needed to go our own ways. Make your own judgement calls based on this email and what you have read in the posts. J***n B*********d Jul 12, 2012 To marc Brand manager sounds great. You definitely have put together some great stuff so far. Mike and I both value your insight with regard to making Piretti come across as a more upscale brand. I love the accessories that you have been able to put together. I definitely want to get the three of us together when Mike gets back in town we can explore all of our options with regard to our continuing business relationship. We definitely want you to be part of the team - we can figure out the structure that works out best for all of us. Please just stay on these guys at Iomic so we can get these grips ASAP. Thanks again. -Jason On Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 8:26 PM, marc stewart > wrote: > Thanks for telling me. In my experience a simple thanks goes a long way. I > appreciate it and really enjoy what I do for you. > > My goal is to build a future for Mike and his family and you too. I have a > bond now with him, the Lord has blessed the relationship and I am going to > do everything within my power to build a future for your families. Its fun > and exciting and it gives me a purpose. This makes it > all worth while. > > I really never speak to you, its not for any reason other than I know you > are busy with your other business. I take pride in what I do and I hope you see it in each > product and value added proposition I bring to the table. > > Your name, B*******d, will be added to the signature box of the P.O. and I > will send it back. Do you have a working title that I should put down or > was it correct the way I had it? I hope what I put for me was ok. Being a > small company I figured that was ok. I was a brand manager most of my life > so I figured that was a good fit. > > Blessings, > > Marc > > Pirettigolf.com > > From: J***n B*******d > To: marc > > Cc: Mike Johnson > Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2012 8:10 PM > Subject: Re: Purchase Orders > > Marc, > > Fantastic work. We really appreciate all your help and we consider you a > valuable part of our team. > > -Jason
  4. What is up with the 3* open club face. I have never seen an egg before with anything but a closed face. I have only seen one or two though. Fairway wood is the weak part of my game, been thinking of getting one of these for a while now. Anyone have one and want to be rid of it or any comments on which year might be best? I prefer a square clubface, if anything 1 degree open is ok but 3 is a bit much.
  5. I almost hate to discuss this topic but people need to know what goes on at Piretti. I was Brand Mgr for them, I designed the covers, softlines, got the grip contracts from iomic, etc. Piretti does not make putters. The owner does not have any cad cam experience, no milling experience or a mill to make putters, no welding or other experience. This is going to be a shock to the piretti putter owners but after a while I could see what was going on and I had an ethics issue and decided to not handle any work for them or to sell the product. I was the first tour, limited dealer, I ended that some years ago. The putters are simply ordered from a catalog, much like KZG irons. They are simply shipped to the Texas location where they are gripped and shipped. They do some paint work and hand stamping and that is the full extent of what they do. I took Ted Potter's putter to my mill and did the work to it, he had the first win on tour for them with a center shaft putter. He gave me an odyssey he used and Daud mane one like this. I took it and did the mill work on the neck and sent him 2. He won the first week he used it on tour, it was great to see as he is such a great guy. Mike and I were going nuts watching him come Dien the wire. I made sure when I sent those putters to him that Piretti was in bold paint in the event it got any TV time. We got a great break with worm cam pictures on the final hole. Monday, he was interviewed a bunch, he was very halt about the pet and shared pictures to all. Ed Butler at golf dust called me for information on the model and such. I fielded a few questions but then deferred them to Mike as it was his company and wanted him to enjoy the success. Henrik used the YES! Donna for quite a while and was looking for somerthing and happened upon a cottonwood that he liked and he did quite well with it, very dang well with it! The wide body design was something he had experience with and it fit his eye well and he was a great ambassador for the company. Since then, there has been little to no interest on tour, a couple fringe players. It really bothered me that 40 to 50% of the putters are hand stamped tour or prototype but only a very small amount, probably less than 10 ever made it to the tour if you pull out Henrik and Ted. To all of you that are spending big bucks on these, I urge you to watch your spending. If you see one you like, go for it but know that there is no craftsmanship behind it from anyone at Piretti. You can make putts with a 5 dollar Spalding or a $10,000.00 Cameron, the money does not guarantee you will make more putts, we all know that. I would caution you about spending more than a couple hundred for a Piretti. I know how much they cost, I won't embarrass them by saying it in an open forum like this. I've worked tour putters for Never Compromise, Cleveland, YES!, Adams, was a very large Cameron collector years ago and am starting up TPA again now, many of the older members here will remember them. I know the business well. I caution you all on this line, don't want to see anyone taken advantage of or sold something that may not be what it appears to be. Many of you know me and have done business with me for over 20 years; the year and a half I spent helping them develop a brand was a real eye opener. Be careful out there guys. Buy what you like but don't spend more than $100-$250 here, Piretti will make lots of money at that price, and you might find something you enjoy. I hope you all take this in the spirit it is meant to convey, if you like them buy one, buy two or three but I want you all to know what you are getting. It's been a few years since I've done anything with them. I harbor no grudge at all. Mike and I had a whole lot of good times tinkering and playing golf and such. I wish him nothing but success but in the big picture, consumers need to know what it really is they are paying for, and to pay an amount that is fair for the craftsmanship that is, or is NOT present in their putter choice. Hit em straight guys! Please excuse spell check errors, sent from Android device.
  6. What are the flexs on these? I cannot make it out in the pictures and don't see it in the description, maybe I am overlooking it?
  7. Hummmm I might be able to make some room in a bag for these! PM to be sent.
  8. Here are my main sets of gamers. My main set is in the Yellow Bag, Cleveland 588 Tour Concepts with SteelFibre 95s, 588 wedges, and a 290 Classic and a Classic XL that I rotate in and out Those have a Miyazaki White and Matrix TPHD in them 10 degrees in the Classic and 9 in the XL. The Classic is the lowest spinning driver I have ever hit.. Fairway is a FL13 and a 18* mashie fw.Yes Donna is the main putter in most of the setups, I keep multiples of it. Set number two is the Srixon Red Bag. Srixon 725 Driver with Oban Kiyoshi Gold, 725 fairways, 13, 15, 18, 21. Depending on conditions, I rotate them. Hybrids are Z Hybrids 19 and 22 and these rotate in with the fairways depending on condtions. Irons, mixed set of Srixons, 545 3,4, 725,5-8, 925 9, PW. Love em, they have Matrix Program shafts. As with all sets, 588 wedges, gap, sand, lob. Yes Donna putter. Final set. These don't get any play really unless I am with the Taylor Reps or Managers for a day. They are great performers, I will say that but I just don't use them very much at all. The SLDR did get in play a lot thru the summer, 12 degree 430, 17 and 21 degree fairways. Matrix TPHD shafts in all the woods, Matrix Program 95s in the irons and wedges, Altus in the Adams hybrid and in this bag I use a tour Cameron Futura X that was made up with a single site line for me instead of the dual lines, I found those too busy. New season is starting up soon, I have the Srixon 45s being built now, the new Taylors and a surprise set TBD! Enjoy!
  9. Here are my main sets of gamers. My main set is in the Yellow Bag, Cleveland 588 Tour Concepts with SteelFibre 95s, 588 wedges, and a 290 Classic and a Classic XL that I rotate in and out Those have a Miyazaki White and Matrix TPHD in them 10 degrees in the Classic and 9 in the XL. The Classic is the lowest spinning driver I have ever hit.. Fairway is a FL13 and a 18* mashie fw.Yes Donna is the main putter in most of the setups, I keep multiples of it. Set number two is the Srixon Red Bag. Srixon 725 Driver with Oban Kiyoshi Gold, 725 fairways, 13, 15, 18, 21. Depending on conditions, I rotate them. Hybrids are Z Hybrids 19 and 22 and these rotate in with the fairways depending on condtions. Irons, mixed set of Srixons, 545 3,4, 725,5-8, 925 9, PW. Love em, they have Matrix Program shafts. As with all sets, 588 wedges, gap, sand, lob. Yes Donna putter. Final set. These don't get any play really unless I am with the Taylor Reps or Managers for a day. They are great performers, I will say that but I just don't use them very much at all. The SLDR did get in play a lot thru the summer, 12 degree 430, 17 and 21 degree fairways. Matrix TPHD shafts in all the woods, Matrix Program 95s in the irons and wedges, Altus in the Adams hybrid and in this bag I use a tour Cameron Futura X that was made up with a single site line for me instead of the dual lines, I found those too busy. New season is starting up soon, I have the Srixon 45s being built now, the new Taylors and a surprise set TBD! Enjoy!
  10. Hello, I work with the tour dept of Cleveland Golf/Srixon. The 945s are here in the tour dept.. There are discussions being held currently about availability to the public. Many players are using them and they do look spectacular. I have most of the product in stock from the tour dept. now. Shipping is slow as the launch has been rather rushed and a bit confusing at retail. Staff guys are very happy with the new offerings and you will see more and more of our staff using Srixon as opposed to Cleveland in 2015. There WILL be a players iron coming as well for those of you who think Cleveland will be taking a back seat. I will advise if they move forward with the 945 to the general public when that decision has been made. Cheers,
  11. Still looking for an egg shipped to Houston 15* stiff or reg/stiff shaft. 2010 model. Many tour putters to trade if anyone is interested in Scotty Camerons
  12. Hello. Looking to pick these up. Used the 200i for years, then came adams here in the states......Anyway,, looking to make a change. Hoping to find a good Eastern trading partner. I have caddied for years on the pga, lpga and nationwide here in the states, I get plenty of our best stuff,, would love to find someone to trade or buy/sell with abroad. I am a stiff flex player in the U.S. Driver swing about 99 mph. Look forward to hearing from someone. Thanks, Marc
  13. site has been dead for a couple years now, noone is doing anything over there, he cannot get product much anymore, his suppliers have cut him off. people going to wrx and they are going the way of todd charging crazy fees to buy, sell ,, trade... people may start coming in here more i hope.
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