2022 season up and running and its been awsome!
8 weeks in now ,no damn injuries from snow season to contend with,KKKKK-korona all but gone, courses are packed and expensive again!
There may be more than some difficulties getting T- times but when uve been hitting balls on tracks as long as i have here, thankfully i still get some leeway.
Its alllllllllllllllllllllll about the zen.
Once again..... like every spring , ive scoured the shops looking for " something newer/better than what i have " , unlike most tho, i dont presume bec it was released 3 mins ago its gotta be better!!
" its technology,, its better!!!"
phaaaaaa, what crap!
Once again, not ONE newer OEM piece have i seen that can knock whats in my bags , out.
not wedges, not drivers, not fairway woods , certianly not any OEM irons....................... ,
but is EPON an OEM ??????
bec. the latest EPON af tours MB will be bagged soon, i had the CB which i liked ,a lot, i thought they were fantastic , so good in fact, my bud gamed em one day ,nicked em off me and ive not seen them again in my bag bugger wont relinquish them!
I will grab a set of the MB instead of the cbs this seaossn for sure and shaft them up with maybe the NS anniversay 115s i think, i have a cpl of sets of these and really quite like the look and play of them , they may launch a little too high in epon heads tho, that is my only concern ,bit tough to test one out randomly when i know 100% the shimada 3001 or Ns super peening orange will be lights out in them .. oh yes id take any of those as a set up any day thanks!
Speaking of which, the EPON heads have a non insignifcant redesign to them to the originals, less offset , smaller more comapct frame and a slightly differnt swoosh in the muscle. they look a bit more PLAYYYY-AHHHH than the originals which suits my eye nicely, not sure id ever give up the originals but can/ wud add the latest MB set to the stable , maybe not over a cpl of my more fancied sets , as it is im still gaming and cant see whn ill stop gaming the YAMAHA 2010 tours with crazy cbi80 ltd S, PRGR tr500/NS sp red s , PRGR idbl NS 2g18s protos when i facny as CB set but its been the MASDA mb NS stx and HONMA 727m NS 125s that im serisly hitting well. If i do get the EPONS, how do u make the call to play them over these ????????
post KKKKkorna problems to consider!
So 2022 wood wise is all about the KAMUI PRO 10* tp09 with seven dreamers .
my god that thing has jumped above all my old faves, FINALLY got it wired properly , the feel of it is insane, it launches ANY way i want, low screaming cuts or HIGH bomb draws , discovered its all about the tee height, its not as stiff as a cpl of my other j-beam beasts which i use when it blows but as an all rounder its just ahhhhhhhhhhhh..i cant get it out of the bag. This and the diamana X 60x astro tour 10* have had all the game time so far.
FAIRWAY woods, well i spent the back half of last year rebuilding all my old shafts with a flurry of royal collection heads and its been a dream, had 12 shafts in the bin,so i traded a heap of unused irons and drivers for these and cant stop hitting on range with them.
what i can say without fear of remorse is the crazy fw80 shaft is peerless when it comes to a stiff shaft that is electric in feel, completley automatic in its ability to do as its told , and IMPOSSIBLE to lose left........ utterly impossible, every thing has a hint of fade to it and it launches low, in the wind my 16* bbd is without equal its NOT a bomber its THE control club of clubs , i dont even take another fw in th wind , theres no point. its equally great for ma tee if required as it is from the grass its not the best in normal conds when i need a wood to launch high and sit on short par 5s, that role is taken by the 17* p104 with quadra tpx65s , in fact this FW has become my most versatile , its so easy to ingnite, doesn need to be monstered to work and i can make it move both ways when needed its a really ' nice" fw shaft , a total all rounder.
Utility has been back and forawrd with the HONMA tw-u original, (it beat out the newer more compact version bec of head shape ,i hit it more like a wood than an iron.) and the royal collection cvxer 21* i cant shake these 2.
if its blowy ill take out the honma, if its nice, then the RC gets it, both at impact are insaely good.
wedges-
ive taken all and sundry out but my "game day" are a mix.
i love the PRGR tr multi-forged 52* from 2004 * , its onset i can get into the ball with compression and zip it about, its fantastic from 50 yard FWay bunkers and it zips all over the place and /or the honma 48* with NS 120s , launches HIGHER and plays more like a 50-52 than a 48*, i love its shape esp on tighter lies, if the grass is thin this gets bagged.
56* that goes to the yamaha raw black as a rule with an NS sp orange s, i cant get more spin with a wedge than with this , its not overly versatile , its a bit more point shoot with some sharp leading edge to grab spin but i can rely on it when im actually counting shots.
The 60* is the fourteen mt-28 , period .
When i play a " set of wedges " the PRGR nabla black 52/56 in the wet have beaten out the bolds , smaller more comapct head shape , or the Toursatge raw black pear shaped 52/56/60 when dry are THE most versatile wedges i think that ive ever seen , yea by by a long long way actually , think i enjoy playing these more than any, esp when im just mucking about, i can make these heads do anything i can think of, problem is , in comp, when i try to get snappy i often come a cropper..........the other set i love are the fourteen 53/58 protos, when im hitting wedges well(which is NOT right now!!!) i play these quite a bit more with my MB irons than anything esle, but i gotta be hitting it good!
putters-
ive rebuilt a cplf the golds and HM with longer shafts and thicker grips which has made a difference. the Gripmaster round has been excellent.
the extra 1-2 inch has made a big difference to my stroke as well, much more upright and pendulum at impact and less handsy.
Game time on 10+ stimps tho, its the ODYSSEY 2 ball exo that makes the least mistakes.
the cost of it has been payed back twice already in nassau.
balls-
bridgestones and toursatge x-01s (still!!!!)
something so mentally confident whne i hit these over all else, only other balls i like are the green/yellow srixon and RS spin PRGR form yokohama, but the B/S is way my fave.
p/s good distance ball is the PREGR egg, that thing feels like a super ball.
all wrapped up in these little rippers, the diamana ive been tryign to get hold of for over 5yrs finally convinced old mate to let me have one !
long live 2022!