Richmond Golfer

Are you asking if you should have a forward press at address? I took a lesson lately from Brad Redding (top 100 teacher) and he eliminated my forward press completely and it has helped me. I had read that if the hands are forward one tends to lift the club rather than swing back. In a proper setup, the hands appear almost behind the ball but in a mirror you see they are straight over the clubhead head. I have checked a lot of pro swings and I almost never see any forward press except on a wedge.

The 301s have the thinnest top line to me, but they are not easy to hit as one would expect given the extensive Miura research that went into them to cross balance the head weighting so the head will fit any swing.

I would be more tempted to order a new one from the ground up, cannot have too many putters.

Added the Miura Tournament Blades which are probably the thinnest I have. But there is really not much difference at all.

Don't you mean "meet up" with Jeff. We don't "hook" here, maybe only a little draw once in a while.

Of all the current Blade offerings which one has the thinnest topline?

Try the KB Tour 90, this is a great lightweight shaft that really penetrates. Its what I put in a set of Miura T Blades for this season.

Its why I will switch and fiddle around with players clubs that all have the same lofts and offset. This way I can compare and see what feels the best and forgives. With the GI clubs the lofts and offsets are all over the place so, a 7 iron in one set has no relevance to a 7 iron in another set as there could be several degrees difference in loft and offset.

I think you may want to play around with a 20 degree hybrid @39 inches. This way it plays more like the club it replaces the 3 iron, instead of a fairway wood with the flatter swing. The shorter shaft makes it more versatile for specialty shots, punch outs and short game play. Lengthening the shaft so much should give you a gap in distance you do not want and perhaps two similar clubs because of the duplicate distance and make the hybrid harder to hit down on as it is designed to be hit. At 42 inches, I would opt for a 7 wood over the hybrid, to accommodate a flatter swing. It is just as useful.

You will know you are coming over the top, if your driver tends to pull or slice. Classic over the top sign is pulled irons and sliced/pulled long clubs. This is because its easier to get the face closed on an iron than the driver. If you hit your driver straight with a slight draw, than you may just have an alignment problem. Stance may need to be a tad more open, also. The grip advice given is great info also.

I saw this thread languishing out there unanswered. The leaderboard comes with a CD that goes through all the drills. You can hit balls with the legs going back and through, not moving at all but holding tension or have the rear or front leg held back under tension. It is a Pilates machine and can be used to strenghen the hips and legs without a club in many direction. I like making backswings with the legs under tension. I have one and am starting to use it more now. You can probalby order the CD from the company separately

You do not really have to make them longer. Wasn't Hogan's 5 iron 37 inches?

At 21 degrees and probably 38.75 or 39 inches, the two iron was very hittable and indeed a valuable part of a players set. Loft drop and length creep destroyed the two iron and really the 3 iron also.

Contact info for "Goodsie" Gary?

I think Duffer19 is right on that people can play a range of SW and most of thier clubs fall in that range. There is probably an optimum SW for each person and idealy all the clubs would be built to that spec. I would wager most custom sets built to a certain SW are off spec a point or two each way per club, in most cases.

I have the Nippon 950 and 1150 in various sets in stiff. I put the KB Tours 4.5s in Miura 202s and really like the feel. The flex is about the same to me in feel, kick and distance but the KB Tours really seem to outplay the Nippons in my view, I guess because the Nippons launch so high and the KB Tours are more penentrating.

Which specific exercises are you doing on the leaderboard? There are several.

I heard that the 802 is history and Honma will release its new model at the upcoming PGA show. Any news on its looks or changes. The 802s stayed high on the bestseller list TSG. So Honma is getting it right on this line. I had the 801s and now have the 802s.

They look shafted. What are the specs?

Perhaps someone with Miura can help us understand the difference. I think the 5003s have a wider sole and are ground differently for Japanese style courses. It is the grind which is most different, but is it noticeable in play? I see that JDM heads typically have less offset and are stronger lofted than their US counterparts, but I doubt that is much of a factor in blade style clubs.

A lot has to do with whether your more of a swinger or a hitter. The more you tend to hit, rather than swing, the less kick you will feel. The earlier you release the club in the downswing the less kick you will feel. To catch the kick in a given flex, kick point shaft your swing has to mesh with that shaft so you can feel the kick through impact. That is one reason there is so many shafts out there to choose from. Your shaft may not suit you optimally for your swing type. Anything you do which gets the club coming on the proper plane through impact and increases solid center hits will allow the shaft to reach it potential.

What are the differences between the JPM 5003 and the non JPM Tournament Blade other than the cosmetics?

Not as bad here as the PW is 45. The gap is inserted between the 9 and the PW. Take a look at the Beres 802 there the 10/PW is 43, basically a 9 iron so the the set is marked 5 thru 10 but its really a 4 thru 9, so you need a true PW at 45/46 but they do not offer it in steel. That could pose a problem, but not as much in this set.

I suspect this shaft could hold up well into the upper 90s Swingspeed which allows its use by most of the golfing world.

What do you think of the KB Tour shafts. What are they comparable to?