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PR-GR egg ONE........7.5*...............diamana X 70s 44.6255 inch x d0.75sw pulled the perfefectly good stock m-43 shaft which played at 46 inch to test out how this wud go with un uber-schlokken shaft buider had to gel the head beceause this head comes out a wafer thin ,light 187 grams! shaft inserted came out 44.625 inch swing weight with a tip weight and gel best he cud do was a hair under d1 it seems................................... im liking........................... lighter swing weight drivers. had the ryoma with same shaft with it on range 44.75 inch the diffecne was pretty big feel wise the egg blew it off the face of the earth, but i like a lively tinnngy feel as opposed to duller, thats not a bad thing of course ,its just my thing. i had a hard time puting it down. distance, the egg definatly longer on big shots. on not quite got thems,. def the ryoma ,once again it showed why its the mack daddy of consistant. the ratio of distance to accuraacy ive still not hit antyhing thats better than the ryoma, which is prbo why ive stil lgot 3 of them but can make do with one of them now. much perferd hitting the egg. at address it looks bad ass. HUGE bulbous head with a triangle shape face mark that lok like the predators radar on alien VS predator..... frames the ball . beautifully, its tilted as well., tilte towards the hitter so it apepars like its going to hit a massive draw.......... NO FFKN WAY! u ht a draw with this , then ur name MUST be michealangelo. even with the tip weight and gel this bady aint going nsap hoop no matter what i di to it. misses , ever miss was a cut. striagh pulled a cpl bec its so short. which is natural to start. but man this was an anti right. i cant wait to get this on corse next weekend with the egg7 with aliislei 83g 9* the X shaft just had that extra thump to it that extra gussssssh, the aliislei feelway better ,much smoohter, but the X has th e X factor. hypothesising here , but i think ill hit the egg 7 more consistany but shorter and , ill hit the egg 1 longer and love it more. both these dirvers have skyrockeded into pol poistion for the moment in terms of preference and enjoyment. god li love building drivers!

Hang on fellas, steady up ... i feel some doubt here.. , Mjr D guy is no ordianry golfing human on TSG hes a bit of an enigma , if he says he can hit it 250 ,then no doubt to me he hits it 250 , he ( cud ) also also throw a ball on 100 miles an hour, anyone else who used to throw a bit of knows how insane rediclulous that sounds, but alas its true .... luckily ive witnessed said rediculousnes golf before as well. i played a round with one guy who was a fulback for sanfrn 49s who hit the utter shiit ouuta it, i mean clobbered it ,ive never seen anything like it before, or agian , on 18 when i recomended he take the ute to lay up, he took dirver , (hit it over the trees i never knew were in play!) .he calmly (smugly) said , what u think i shud play from there? i ,after picking my jaw off the grass had to say , how about putter, mate, ! its just redciulous playing with them seeing them fly ur best drive,, with a ute! Ok so , D.... yep, i struggled big time with the 302s as well NO IDEA WHY.. i loved them ive had 2 sets of them i just figured it was the indian not the arrow, but compared to my other sets it was NOT nearly the same consistancy, i was so frustrated , my plan was to play the aftours and 302 for ever. but i just cudnt get the 302s in tune. even tho they have close to , if not the best feel of any club ive hit , i just cudnt get them consistant enough i flattened a set 1* and that helped . but i was already thinking other clubs by then. flattening defnatly helped tho. the best shaft combo i had with them was the SP blue. or the monaccos. take the graphite OUT! the modus DP ive got with my aftours. while thers a bit of a differnce to the 302 its the same unmistakebale EPON feel. the modus are terrific with them. like them a lot. keeps them a bit lower.

the A-grind is as long and lower that the 388????? wholly molly this must be a worm burner, the 388 is as low as u can go and its long. shuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu.., i gotta get me one now.

yea sure if it dont go by the 14th il ltake it off u can hit it . the things lonnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnng. think the shaft is still laying about i took it of as well.., will take 2 mins to reinstall

they are all good looking sticks indeed. the vega look terrific

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decied to go the MCI 110s, hard stepped with the prgr idbl heads. the Stiffs were ok, perfectly good really , but i just like it a tad tighter, i did loose a cpl left that was impossible with the aerotechs. so we figuered this was a good idea while keeping the lighter weight and the possibility of bit of arc. these heads and shafts are a good match , ive got the MASDA grips on them and they also look awosme ,im hoping it tightens them up just a smidge. in the thick lush grass of summer , boy these might just get some play.

pretty clsoe.. yea......., i think so actually , i had them with NS 950s tho so that helped.

Doc, thats the exact opposite for me, i dont mind a closed driver at all , i seem to hit them better, not worse, but1 just go eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeek at off set irons. ive had THE biggest set of offset blades in the history of the world and never recovered from it. the rest of this set was very tolerable but the pw was way too much. still , these are a very much a plaers iron with the softest head u can imagine. these heads with the off set of prgr idbls wud be a lock down for me

yea, chiro, my thoughts exactly as well. why oh why........., vewry good look these , has anyone played this finish before?. ilove the look and wud love to do a set but am worried they will wear very fast.

looks just like he 101 to me, which is a good thing bec that was a great head. the shaft co needs some investigating. black ip face , best looking face material ever ,but the wear on it is noticeable after a sort time. 201 gram head is nice tho. think itll go well.

im getting these back just not the PW. ill use a set of wedges instead. i rem. my first game with these in hokkaido, that feel will never leave me. they were brillinant. but for the pw...,

these heads, these were forged ( id hope so with that enormous forged logo on it ) endo thailand , no?

oh hell yea the were/are unreal! hmm note to self.........,.

haahah.. short heavy is my thing this season by the looks of it too. buidling my bag for guam can only take 1 set of irons. but 5 or 6 drivers not a prob

ah ur lucky Nobs, just black paint in that nonsense ont he face and underneath , with the boron its easy to do. save u 12 mnths getting it redone. great heads these at rediculous prices!

how does this play???

THIS.... is my fav topic right now. ive built HEAPS of exactly this club type fpr hitting straight about 250. tight short holes. my latest is the taylo made TP driver head from 2009 with bimatrix 75x i can hit it prob a max of 250. its low, its arrow straight and its a driver head so its a full on swing, no micky mousing about with it. its MILES differnt to NS steel driver shaft i had instaled last year its much ,lower . and nowhere near the same spin. that has beeen used twice last 2 weeks , ive yet to miss a fariway with it. the head is an ENDO head its just lovely. its a perfect foil for my driver and its an automatic choice now for back home on my 6000 yards course. building another to keep there. im finding it easier to use tha a 3 wood. obv not as versatile. but off a tee its fantastic. easly days yet, 2 rounds... but. from what ive seen so far its a keeper and then some

good choice....., ive got the same head with a slighly differernt sight alignment tool damn thing just works! sink them birds..!

syard XV ticks tee and fairway boxs with aplomb. the new prgr egg might be too funky for ya, but the original shudnt be , (thats stil the king)! ryoma f1 is a monster. any............... any. royal collexction is great. i just bought an older RC CV and its just so easy to hit, but tis not as long as the eggs. the new srixon looks GOOD. of the newer stuff ,this is one id seriosuly contemplate ,but sorry not hit it yet

Well what a test it was way way way closer than i anticipated Way closer and to be honest. I though id already had the answer before i started but by the end it was a way closer test than id ever thought. The builds made a difference the extra swing weigh of the stinger at d6 felt very dirrerent to the stock d2 ish fireex. one To be honest im not sure if the heavy head is better suited u can certainly feel it more and the middled ones were noticable thump. The quadra fire express yes original model . Felt thinner in comparison which shud hold true vs a heavier head . It makes for a denser feel. Feel... Non Centered was def the stinger not close the extra weight makes a full impact a thined fire express felt very thin and tinny Centered heres wher it gets interesting The fire express was clearly nicer! I presume the thinner active tip played its part there whilst not that ooooh yea thuuuuuuuuump the stinger had the 80tlayering really is so addictive esp in a head that dulls impact anyway like the 435 does. The electricity of the fire express is just so adicitive. Ok i give feel to the. Quadra. Fairways hit..., Stinger, when i had to hit the fairwas that were very thin , it was an automatic choice. The extra weight meant a slower swing and a more controled drive. It was quite a bit lower as well, signicicantly so. Mises with the stinger were left pulls u cant move this about ina draw its virtuallly impossible. The best shot was a straight drive that tailed off for a cut its jjust a natural shot shape and its easy for me to get regularly excellent shot to have and this does it brilliantly. The misses with the fex were........yup u guessed it high cut slices. Much worse result than the stinger I didnt get too mnay horrors yesterday but a cpl had me head in hands The stinger i pulled into the left fairway bunkers twice but was never in danger of going ob or off track The fire exress is always an ever present dnager bec of my swing flaw. Stinger much more controlled. For my swing Distance ..., Non cenetere the stinge reasily won even tho wasnt long its never far off the mark cpl of thinned ones went stright and playable the long ball on lamas went very well . On18 i hit another monster like last week with the kasco it was 100%pured and dead centre 9 iron out. Perfect . Thefire express on the long par 5was huge noticably long long long. Def longer than the stinger but no where near as relaible for my swing but the ones i got were beauties! I give the distance to the fire express over all. Summary..... Both are sensational drivers. More relaible for me is the stinger was automatic to reach for it on the tough holes. On the par 5s i never even considered it i went straight for. The . Fire express, aimed it out right used the baseball grip and let her rip. Tinng , yeee ha , the feel is so good its much more enlivening than the heavier duller stinger. The winner? Such a hardchoice bec the stinger is more controlled for me. But the fire expres is a nicer feel and. Longer. And i prefered e hitting it and. Id. Not hesitate to take this one to narita end let her rip in a match play game Vs the baron. But if i gotta Split them i guess i just have to say the stinger. Only bec. I hit more fairways and its more controlled for me But its tough.really tough. If my swing improved to be a consistant draw it wud be the fire express vmore often than not that id go for. Sriouly tough choice but i goot say its just by the thinnest of margins bec of my swing flaw The stinger.

considering my heads now have been duplicated pretty much with different shafts ive decided to put the shafts suitability to the sword for the next month till i play some proper golf. so tomorrows first heavyweight match up is: jbeam 435 9.5* heads. diamana stinger X VS quadra fire express 75 s both of these shafts have been a favourite at some point over the last 5 or 6 years with a meandering in and out of favouritism. when im really hitting a good ball the FEX as been tough to beat , but when ive been off its a handfull for my swing. the diamana i pretyt much love regardless. but if i ( and icant see anayreason why i wont bec there no pressusre tom) hsmoke a few i realy want to see h whats what. obviously there is NO better here, were talking about 2 upper end quality shafts but its a suitability issue and a winnerstays decision. the conds, shud be outstanding again . the builds are slighty differnt and swing weights differnt d3 FEX vs d5 stinger. which ever suits best, the other gets moved along. and hte winner gets to play the waccine gets next week.

thats a very intersting comparrion ! the shape of the heads is very differernt ....., by the looks of it. want to read up on that , .388 one of my all time faves.

superb putter

really keen to hear about this shaft too Nobu-san.