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i know this is slightly OT, but have you guys thought about ecco's? Ari put me on to these and I can honestly say I have not found a finer golf shoe. Extremely comfortable from the 1st day, which included about 36 holes of bandon, OR. They are wider than most shoes and roomier in the toe area than any other shoe I've tried. Probably like you Mike I have a wider high arching foot, and I have had a lot of trouble finding a really comfortable shoe. Give them a try, I don't think you'll be dissappointed.

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This is the first question that came to mind when I got my first Scratch wedge. I've been playing Scratch for about a year and thought I would share some of my experiences with you. Just previous to Scratch I was using 690.cb's and Titleist Vokey wedges. Both I believe are for digger/driver swing. The grind has a extreme blunted leading edge, high bounce and thin soles. My swing is actually much more of a sweeper slider. Although I do take a divot with nearly all my irons, I would say they are very shallow. Now given all the other things that I like about Scratch, custom shape, feel, look, finish, etc etc. Just what makes a Scratch wedge special? It's the customized grind, most people like myself don't really know what kind of swing they have much less what kind of grind. The website has some great information on how to identify what kind of swing you have. I really had no idea what to look for when buying a set of irons previously. I went by brand name and maybe a few swings that I took at the range. I had no idea what to look for or really what the differences were between clubs. Other than looks and the fact that it was a blade or cavity, forged or cast, othe than that I figured they were all pretty much the same. So just what are the benefits of having a custom ground club you might ask. I'm sure others will pipe in here, but for me I don't really notice the difference so much when I'm striking the ball well. It's the days that I hit the ball fat, I have found that properly fitted grinds will be much much MUCH more forgiving that an ill fitted club. For me as a sweeper slider, the club is able to slice through the dirt/grass/sand and I lose a lot less distance. Previously with my 690's the club would hit the ground and I would end up hitting the ball thin. Vice versa a digger/driver needs that blunted leading edge and high degree of bounce to keep the club from digging too much. My point is when you the the ball flush it really doesn't matter what club you use. It's the days that you don't hit the ball flush. A properly fitted grind IMHO is the biggest thing you can do to make a club more forgiving. If nothing else, it is extremely beneficial to learn about what kind of swing you have and know what to look for when buying new clubs. One thing you might want to do is take a look at the fitting guide on Scratch golf, BTW a trulely innovative fitting guide I have not seen anywhere else. Take a look at the information and evaluate your swing and your equipment. It will give you an idea of what to look in your equipment.

Anytime they offer a price lower than the suggested price, they can't publish a price on the web. They will most likely lose their reseller agreement with the manufacturer. They ask you to call because if someone else saw they advertised price they would call and complain to Hogan/Callaway and all hell would break lose. Believe me the last thing they want to do is take phone calls in the store to answer questions from the internet. This equates to more time, time = money. Much easier to just take orders over the web.

I have a set of the CB's and I've hit the blades. These are hands down the sweetest set of irons ever. The blades are absolutely unreal. They look and feel every bit as good as I've expected from Scratch. The feel is truely unmatched anywhere including the CB's. Now don't get me wrong the CB's are definitely sweet, afterall I do own a set, but let's be real, a CB will never feel the same as a blade. Now to give you guys some history in the past 2 years, I've owned the following sets: Mizuno t-zoid pro Callaway x-14 pro Hogan Apex blade (my experiment with blade) Titleist 690.cb Tourstage MR-23 US spec CB Now I also happen to have access to a pretty much everything out there, so I've at least hit every modern set on the market these days. But as of last month the MR-23's were my holy grail of irons. I truely believed I would never buy another set of irons. Even back when I saw the Scratch Prototypes last year, Ari would tell me, so when are you getting a set? My response, hmmm... I don't know man, my mr-23's are pretty pure. I'm happy with them, I don't think I'll make the switch. boy was I ever wrong... For these reasons I draw all my comparisons to my MR-23's. For those of you that own the z101's they are very comparable clubs. I really didn't think anything was going to feel as good as my MR-23's. However the grind on the Scratch suites me a lot better and it actually glides through the grass a lot better and this equates to better feel and better shots. Not only that, but these clubs are so soft, I'm actually considering getting my wedges refinished with the same Nickel finsih. What really surprised me about my new CB's is that they are actually way more forgiving than my MR-23's. Off center shots were rewarded with online shots with nearly the same amount of distance. The blades are really sweet. I just don't possess the skill to own them. If I did, I would definitely play them. A mixed set would probably be really sweet, I don't know if I'll go that route, again I just suck at this game and can't own blades. However if it's just one shot on a par 3 I guarantee I will stick it 5 feet from the pin. That's when I go buy a set of blades and reality sets in and I can't hit the damn things(read hogan experiment). On a sidenote, I wanted to mention that I tried Ari's CB's with the Project X's in them. To be perfectly honest I don't know what the hype is about. It was really the 1st time I've ever hit a whole set in px, and to tell you the truth I almost didn't want to get the set of irons, because of those shafts. They kick really funny, I don't really know how to describe it. Performance wise I guess I couldn't really tell the difference, but feel wise they are really weird. The 2 shafts are completely different animals. If you're considering px's I would go try them out in other clubs before ordering. They completely change the feel of the club.

Wow that callaway tour blue putter looks SWEET! why does it have to be blue though? If they make it black or stainless I bet they will sell a lot

Vokeyman thanks a lot I just bought it!

I just put a BG MOI into my bag, but that huge white nasty headcover has got to go. Anyone have any recomendations? How does the tour headcover look? Japan? Other headcovers git? Guage maybe? Does anyone that has the Jan Craig mallet putter cover know if the MOI will fit into it?

I'm playing Scratch CB's with Nickel finish which have a very Mizuno like grind for sweeper sliders like me. I've got 3 wedges 53 and 48 low bounce, minimal camber, killed leading edge, little trailing edge relief. The 58 has high bounce, trailing edge relief which lets me open her up, the bounce helps out of the traps. Lots of camber to help my sweeper slider chips and pitches. great wedge for around the green. I've been playing them with the Antique finish for about a year now and I couldn't be happier. The just antique looks better and better with time.

I'm a fan of both, I own both, but since I fight a hook most of the time so I like my clubs set up square to open with no offset. I usually can't find that stuff retail domestic or import.

:lol: Do it.... Just Do it! This driver has your name written all over it! :lol too funny

Putter still available? Boy if I had the money....

How about a Fuji HM-04 tipped 1"? It's 134 g I believe and has a very soft tip. However if you tip it an inch you might get a really nice result. Slater from Scratch golf swears by Dynamic Gold plays x100 in everything. Well he's using a Fuji TriTi and says it's the only graphite shaft that comes close to DG x100.

I can't believe you're still have this putter! This is pre prototype, a real piece of Guage history. When they get play on the pga this putter is gonna be worth at least a couple of grand.

thanks for the description of the sand play. really interesting. I don't think I get it. I thought I might have, but tried a few bunker shots in my round yesterday and well i don't get it. I do have to agree with you, the Pelz school is kind of a ripoff. I went last year and although I did learn some things, I didn't think it was worth it. It wasn't anything that isn't in the books or on the golf channel. I'd much rather spend a dime and learn one on one with the best short game specialist on tour. His chipping and pitching techniqe is way better than the Pelz in my opinion. It gives you a lot more feel where Pelz is a lot more technical, which just doesn't really suite my style of play.

I'm with you Jim, first of all anyone named "Mike Hunt" deserves some kudos. Scott does work long hours the days he works for practically peanuts. But if you ask him if he's happy he smiles and goes "Hey I make and play golf for a living." Can't ask for a more honest guy than that. If any of you are in the Valley I highly recomend stopping by Hunt golf on Tues-Thurs, stop by and see Scott for $25 lessons which will rebuild your swing and the high quality labor and fit to your swing. He uses video analysis and really helps break down your swing. All it took was 2 lessons in 2 months for me and I was on my way. Really great for even just tuneups. You will be surprised by what you see on the monitor I guarantee it. :lol:

Jim you would have totally recognized him. He was going through the entire fittting process with some actor. He was talking about fitting the shaft and clubhead to your swing. Same s**t he always talks about. funny

you guys see Scott Smith on the golf channel? Those guys must be doing really well. They're on What's in the bag.

Sounds like an awesome experience Jeffy, I've been following some of the stuff in GD from Utely with my chipping and it's absolutely improved my chipping around the greens. I'm curiious does he recomend that same inside move for pitching as well? You also mentioned that the bunker shots veered from the normal swing theories. If you don't mind I'd love to hear what some of his swing theories are behind these shots. Congratulations on your new Scratch equipment and GD putter, you bag is looking an awful like my bag! :lol:

Send your club into TourTuned. They shimmed Ari's driver a few degrees open and it looks great.

In the words of a good friend of mine who also happens to be a pro and clubmaker, It's not a steel shaft unless it says Dynamic Gold. The rifles especially the project X feel really funny to me. I can't deny the performance, it does seem to kick nice and consitant, but they just don't have the snap of DG. I also find the weighting the px really weird. It's like there's more weight in the butt of the club or something like that. Just feels weird to me. They are definitely not the same shaft.

sorry about the threadjack, but yeah i thought about doing a rebore, but I just don't want to do it. I haven't found anyone that carries that .310 shaft in x100. Apparently that shaft was specially made for the pt. So yeah if you do sell the head I'm interested in a .310 x100 pull. Let me know. Thanks.

If you sell the head only can I buy the shaft? I can't seem to be able to find a x100 shaft that fits that stupid pt. I've been lookin for one for about a year now.

I just wanted to add that tour fusions are really fantastic clubs. My tour fusion knocked my MARU out of my bag and has transformed my golf game into a real power game. If you haven't tried a tour fusion get your hands on one. All the Callaway players have switched to it, I think it's going to be really hot this year the more and more people win with it. It's incredibly forgiving, and it has that solid muted feel like the MARU. The ball just sails forever with this thing. Parry attributed part of his win to the fusion and owning one I can see why. It inspires all kinds of confidence with the forgiveness and sheer length of this driver. I highly recomend it. I do have to say that there is a difference between the tour and even the pro series. The Tour is a little smaller and shaped just a little bit different. There are 4 boxes on the back of the tour and an "M" in one of the boxes indicates the configuration. It's some kind of tour code.

Here are two images of my new fairway wood. It sits pretty much square, it might be a hair closed, but it's very close. The combination of the Kasco and the HM-4 is phenomenal. This FW is long as all hell and as forgiving as any FW I've hit. The only minor drawback is that super hyten tends to be a little on the loud side. Feel is still explosive yet soft, just on the loud "TING" when you crush the ball. I'm bead blasting the head as we speak to give it that PT look. For all you KP-99 lovers this is your updated version of the KP-99. It sets up exactly like the KP-99. Give it a try you won't be dissappointed.