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I played them for years. just look at the 2010 yururi mb they are the same head but with different grind. the neo is a bit rounder than the yururi. great heads.
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Endless hours upon hours of u -chuuubz scouring recently led me to this behemouth! CLAY BALLARD... never heard of him . no positive nor negative feel about him but he DOES give it a rip,, a big ole rip! fast forward to about the 4.33m mark for a min to get the drift of it so I took his advice to the course recently and gave it a whirl 2 things... for my lower (9*-9.5* ) lofted and fuller body drivers it really works and works beautifully ..... 10*-11 elongated taperd back drivers mehhhhhh.. not so well, they get PLENTY of carry but zero roll and actually the 2w I was hitting went as far . and that is after 3 rounds of MULTIPLE drivers on different courses and not just one per hole , im talking 3 drives a hole. heres what I tested it with with resounding success... jbeam 435 / diamana stinger 70x which has always been a bit lower flighted,and never got the carry I liked but its over all has been unsurpassed over time this was driver I easily got the most out of, I really exaggerated the height of the ball , like a full ball higher than the top of the crown , I was teeing it RIGHT up and putting the ball at toe line up not inside the fornt heel, the other thing it did was draw almost every shot .i lost a few OB left with snap- a- doshious pulls till I was game enough to line it up to the right and expect it to draw , the draw was a few noticeable yards, it was enough ..... the distance I was getting was really , really REALLY good , it definitely reitereated that this is the driver to beat and bec its such a straight shooter by the end of the rounds I have total confidence to go at it proper and expect it NOT to go right even tho I was aimning there..... it took a while to garner the courage to aim right ebc this driver PREFERS to go right.. onv, I wasn nto playing comp so the pressure under comp rules may change it slightly. I dunno if im game to go quite that high in comp bec it goes so darn well without it and I NEVER loose one left usually.. I dunno ill have to do it to really tell. EPON 101 9.5*/labo tataki 75xs similar to the jbeam this ususally goes lower and straighter...................... NOT ANY MORE. didn't quite tee it as high as the 435 but I didnt need to, by far and away this was my most favoured driver improvement, I just didn't miss with it, carry was plenty more than usual, not as long as the 435 but overall distance definitely increased and control was magnificent.. both ways. I don't really take this out much I only built it bec I had a thought that it wud be a good match bec the stinger model is and I loves this shaft ..., I think this surpassed the boron both in feel and yards now. wont be the last time this gets a hit going forwards.... I don't do mechanical tests on flight mumble jobbeis I do it on the fariways with my eyes,, where the ball ends up give me all the data I need to say good driver build/ average driver build. This one ..... is a beauty!!!! NOT SO GOOD kamui pro 10.5* diamana X 70s. , ALL carry like 99% carry. not bad , in cat perfect on a wet day but when I did the high tee it went MILES too high nad not that far. 100% with a BIG draw, bubba esque movement ( obv the other way!) .. but huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuge. when I put this back to lower loft It went much better, straighter and not high... this is a gret set up , now I know how to use it best, its got a big heel down look to it , so ataddress it looks like a massive draw driver which it is, but I can cut the heck out of it as well with huge distance loss. but great control this has been my fave driver recently along with the astro tour v3, but I was always using it as a contro l set up driver over trees and cutting corners,, never used it for going straight darrrrrrrrrn to pipes bec I just thought it was quasy driver.......... not any more! roddio s-tuning 10.5* / diamana X 70s, I can hit this anywhere and like the kamui I use it as a carry driver only... until now where ijsut leared that by teeing it lower it gets better. high tee and it becomes the nascar of drivers im talking aim to the next fairway right , to get to the left fairway edge!. tee it down and it does its thing with aplomb, long mid flight and straight...where the fk has this been hiding all this time!!!!!!! So... I do agree with Mr muscle above for 9* AND lower lofted drivers but STROGNLY disagree for higher lofted ones. the higher loft with the falling triangle back shape does the work that a square boxy driver need with a higher tee. so if u like ( like I do) boxy drivers with a full body then take this advice, give it a try I don't think u wil find anything beut what I found, but for the new style taperd back end drivers u don't to bec the majority of them will balloon AND go far too far left. wish I took some vids to show , bec the difference was enough for me to post this... it wasn't a small thing , it was ,wow,, this is a " thing ' and somethiing ill be doing going forwards!
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hhhaaah I only thought of it recently. it interesting bec I agree the PW is th e s**ttiest club in every CB bag. it never fits right, never sits right, wedges SHUD be wedges not some fkkn random 46* or lower THESE DAYS lofted mute CLUB .. when they were all 48* it was even worse.! I went thru my iron sets and the only PW that I like are on the Mbs,, A pW just doesn't work on cavity backs for me.. ive got a cpl of 48* wedges proper that I cant use bec the modern lofts mean the 9* is at 41-42* and going to 48* as the next step is half a club flight for me, I have shocking distance with my wedges.. my 52* goes 105 yards totally maxed out and my 56* NOT EVEN CLOSE to 100. with the 46* PW I can get that to 115 or the 48* 110yards. the 9 tho I can get out to 130yards maxed out. I guess if I bent the 9 to 43 then its possible to do the gap distance from 8/9 is irrelevant compared to the accuracy form 9 to pw where it counts more. hmmmmmmmmmm think I just solved my dilemma. cheers Mr Blake,
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nailed this. been considering this for a while. 13* .solid contacts 2w / diamana stinger. 17* saqra ute/ ns 125s 21* honama twu di 6i 30* /8i 38*/pw46*/ sw56* putter if only 7 irons..then i cud drop the ute . 2wood off the tee and deck , no worries. driving iron for longer par 3s use ur mind for the rest. love. to design a 7club set actually. 6and 8 bit bigger head like an epon af tour. pw like a honama tw 727 sw has to be prerty versatile... tourstage x wedge black cud do it well. make the wedge 55* . sunday beer golf 12 holes. here it is s/c12*2w diamana stinger 70s honma.21* di stock 85s callaway tour authentics extra bounce low offset 6i ns sp blue stiff. masda mb8i ns st x honama tw727m ns 125s tourstage x wedge 56* ns st x benock tempest. driver /fw good enough to chase long holes and no ballooon of the tee. honma di for rescue super peebing blue in 6i for strength and straightness. st (105) in tje rest for higher shot versatility bec there.will be little.point shoot id imagine.... love.to play this!
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ULTILITY/driving iron. The ute the leaps of the page to me is the modart 19*. ive tried plenty of utes with so little success igave up,this one is a combo of the head and crazy ut shaft that i simply love , the feel is outrageous, like all modart clubs to me modart are the new school epon of JDM.ive not hit one i ditn simply love, but that does not mean its my best ! ohno my best ute is the saqra18* fairway finder ,this think i just hit well but do not love it , i play it in comp bec score matters ,the modart issimply addictve to hit but i miss wayyyyyyyyyyy to many times with it to play in comps, ihook the blazes out of it on occasioans , somethingi dont do with the saqra but for any social game esp on dry grass this is a no brainer when a shoe wedge is available as a15thclub! Driving irons is simple , the honma twu. Ive Played so many driving irons, srixon was in play for ever,saqra is abeauty, but they all fall away to the honma and its the 4or21*that wins it , its not long enough to get close to par 5s its too short to hit from a tee as adrive alt it balloons but as arescue club or as an alt for a 3irons its unbeatable Round the course, .i prob shud play the3i but for where i am and play these dyas the4is the best fit, i have the2as alinks alternate ,that thing is one of the first clubs in the bag on holiday island golf but its both too long and too short for club golf and i find a5wood abetter option or the4di better,unless iwant a tee alternate then the2is the club. honourable mentions. srixonz-uti saqra21* prgr speed iron 22* icant count touR edge exotics ute bec its non jdm but the16* il put that vs anytimg out there,acpl l of diferent older royal collection models were good as well. the epon ute has to be there but like the modart i kept pulling the thing over left field like Jason Giambi getting an inside high fastball on a 3/2 count with none out.its only ever going one way .
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Head size.....it matters.
supo replied to supo's topic in Out of Bounds: Lifestyle, Luxury, Autos, Hobbies, High Tech Gear
this is the size id like the.most .a compact small/ mid but .thicker.top line blade, my next set i think compact body , thicker.top line -
My Covid Purchases - KYOEI Putter, CGS Orion Wedges
supo replied to golftech's topic in Japanese Golf Clubs
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huge/big/medium/smaller/compact /tiny From the last 2games iron.results and preferences i had to have a peek at just much bigger head sizes actually were. and my god.theres a huuuuuuuge difference. my go tos over the last 2seaons ahve been masda mb(3rd.from right) honma tw(2nd from right) tourstage maru,miurism sb,.. i e hardly ventured anywhere else with some good results orre.oft than not., so i thought id line em up and seefrom the left. onoff miura cb1003 prgr idbl masda mb honma tw a grind r1 and the spiits onoff/idbl/r1 onoff/r1 i kinda think ur best off sticking to a size that isnt far offits very hard to go ffro. tine to mid and impossible to go further afield. think ill stick to tje rigjt side of the spectrum for a.while longer..i just cant go left of mid any more.
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2020 under way at last!
supo replied to supo's topic in Out of Bounds: Lifestyle, Luxury, Autos, Hobbies, High Tech Gear
Back out agn on course with pretty sever restrictions. no rakes, change rooms closed,no restarurant,no caddies, no players! 6groups out, was heaven. took some oldies but goodies out. epon 101 drivers, labospec tataki75xs and diamana stinger both 9.5* syardxv15* diamana aliislei 73s prgr idbl prgr tr quad forged endo japan beauties form 2004 anyone with a spare epon head thinking of a shaft to match it with... labo is spectacular..spectacular!!!!! used for 9holes multiple drives each. cant bel im saying thus but i prefered the labo!!! lower straighter flight path which i prefer to see. syard was easy to hit it laucnhes high and loads of carry ,canmove it both ways and a draw gets some cheat yards chasing the longers par5s. idbl irons....ns2g18s shafts. Forgot how nice these are to hit but took me a while to get re aquanted to the size of them they are not buter soft they have some crispness to them but dead centre u cant feel a thing. Ive been using mb only for2 seasons now so everything not mb looks huge in comparison, these looked big to my eye. Which is weird bec they most assureadly are not! zero offset to speak of,flat sole to the ground and a rounded sqaure high toe that gives just a hint of workability, the shots i messed up were the ones i was trying to shape a lot like a MB but cudnt get them to do it as much. when i went tiny block fade tiny baby draw they were sensational and point shoot and use the trajectory as the working these were awsome. Wedges were so nice ,not played these in5yrs, NS st X in then so a bit light and flighty for my taste, but they grip and sing like the best , these were the pinacle of wedges way back when quad forged by endo japan nit many can say that, nice look plainjnae style great feel off the face slightly,workble and versatlie but like the irons better suited for flight control. funny thing im not sure i can go back to non mbs any more the heads just look BIG. good day tho 38/41 nothing great , except for the drivers i killed it with them great to be back out again hitting some balls. that epon labo is akeeper! -
mic...not for long, one suspects.
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ahhhhhhhh.., I keep on saying it till im blue in the face...... bimatrix 100x @ 44 inch u wont miss a fariway if u aim straight.. wont break any long drive records but you will be surprised where the ball ends up most drives , it aint that far away mine is witht a 2009 taylor made tp 09 and its really good for accuracy. they are SO cheap as well
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Miura Giken TB-ZERO 99.3% Pure Fe Limited
supo replied to 604_skyline's topic in Japanese Golf Clubs
there it is.. theres that PW in the bottom picky .. they just cant leave it alone.. alas none shall be headed this way................. 99.3 isn't uncommon a few co have used that over the years as u said the marus were , so were are a few fourteen wedges. -
From today from the japan post office I called an hour ago about an item I had retured to me... parcel mail to USA and most of Europe ) by that id read into that ALL of....) is off the cards till further notice. We can receive stuff in JP but EMS cant send it out. sorry fellas if ur looking at getting JDM gear, it might take a while.. im guessing mid may is A likely soft target. UK is not restricted, but expect severe delays as the backlog is already at crisis point....... wudnt be expecting things in a hurry if u have ordered.
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Darren ,, the s yard bolds are as close to these as there are, REDICULOULSY similar .. without the crazy spin the yams get bec they are conforming, if u like the shape of the yams then the bolds will be as close as you can see. I do agree the yams are in my top 2 or three.. I think about it and the fourteen protos, these yams and the tourstage x wedge are PROBABLY my faves depending on conditions.
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FAIRWAY WOODS: ok this is hard.. Sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo many of these have passed my bags but i can prob limit them to a fews and come up with a winner, and it wont be a set itll be a 13* 15* and 18 /19 ish ... ok heres the list; low loft ; buchi 12* fairwary driver kasco 12.8* fairway driver royal collection TRC 13* fd. prgr egg spoon 13* ryoma d1 13* science gear proto 13* fd. All of these have earned their stripes and more over the years but its a split between the buchi and kasco for top spot as both these are still running amok in my bags. proof for me of a heads quality is the shaft I put in them and both of the above have stingers and diamana X shafts in them, those shafts don't go into POS TM, or the like, spam distance wise these are identical I hit them side by side one match in Okinawa a cpl of yrs ago, 10 balls each , ( toursstage x01z white for the kasco and yellow for the buchi ) to a 300 yard dead flat dead straight fariway and there was no difference. the furthest of each were a meter apart. the dispersion of both were inseperable. they are TOTALLY opposite shapes one is a rectangle box and the other is a semi rounded oval. feel is opposite as well ,a high pitch ting , low low deep oomph. but performance was amazingly similar. in the end IF there cud be only one and heaven help me if that day arrives... it wud be the...............oh god imstruggling here...ok PROB the kasco ONLY beceasue its more of a driver alt. off the tees with this it can be used TO MY EYE as a batter driver but the buchi is the better off the deck. 14/15/16* 3 woods: royal collection bbd type s tour 14* OR 15* Yamaha inpress x iff tour 14* s-yard 15* modart 14* prgr egg spoon 15* prgr MFD 16.5* callaway erc fusion carbon 15* toue edge exotics maraging face 15* ryoma d1 15* gawwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwd where to start here. from a tee the callaway ERC and Tour edge exotics are the top dogs just over the syard and Yamaha tour. from the fairway the 15* egg spoon sows that up JUST over the ryoma d1 and modart as a one horse fairway wood the prgr MFD 16.5 in a canter. and as an allrounder the royal collection bbd 15* again its only one and its gotta be ( considering ive got the kasaco as a driver alt) id need a better wood from a fairway.................................... phoooooar...the prgr egg 158 spoon , the original and best. JUST pips the ryoma fromn the turf IMO. now 5 wood 17/18/19 * therres only 3 that need considering here and I came them all without prejudice. prgr egg 18* prgr tour 18* royal collection bbd type h 17* I cant split these theres no way so as I have to itll be the one that I like to look at th most and that the royal collection bbd. That was harder tha nall the others. so 12.8* kasco fd 15* prgr egg spoon 17*royal collection bbd type h yep happy with that set up ad infinitum as my favourites fariway wood selection but that was TUFf!!!!!!
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theres 2 , the RS nabla in black 9 the ones I have and were speaking about ) and the RS tour in satin which cost the earth. but are scalpels, totally different wedges. love both actually. but for very different conditions. theres a thread I did in here some where im sure.. nabla rs wedges. don't think it was tht long ago actually..., here u go some mad ramblings...
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I like those I have a lot of sets of aged prgr wedges back to the early 2000s, prgr as as rule suit my eye.feel is terrific, they are never too big or too small... the nablas are thick chunky and compact. black plating that wears prett ywell. my gamer set is still as good as u cud get. they are EXTREMELY workable as the bottom line is very thin and the top line very thick they are NOT great from close quarters from inside 50m to 10m I thiny the SW falls away so u will need a lob wedge of some description or flared flat low bounce sole with them. the best match for the shape is the toursatge x wedge from 2015 ish. closest pear shape to the nablas.. they are especially good for mthich rougt due t othe fatness of them they punch the ball out with ease and are super on firm hard pan, I use these a ton on links where the idn dries out the ground.. but when ur inside 50 and the close u get to the green the SW fails more until ur right on the green edge and u need to pitch, the sw becomes the ebst there si again. over all if u like a small, extremely workable wedge , these are fabulous
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wrong.question to ask me but... bridgestone looked good.as usual.
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What is it about Shape? Some pretty good 7-irons
supo replied to cuistot's topic in Japanese Golf Clubs
wowsah great arrangement here. the r9s tps are the ONLY set of TM irons that these hands will and have ever touched superb feel on these , great look at address too. tr50o and idbl still in my rotation and prob will be forever., those buchi are close with the epon aftoiurs as the best feel of any iron ive hit, they are so much like miura at impact its scary love to fid out where they are made., very playeresque look, no idea why I moved my set on.... not hit the CB 7s only the mbs, and loved those as well, veryvery scimatarlike. precision tools. super set up!! -
Not the best, your favourite... DRIVER: epon 101 9.5* Love how this looks, its a rounded midlarge head in black , no fancy cuts or grooves out of it near the face to promote "trampoline effect " or what ever those cos. say it does.............. apart from the slightly gaudy gold rim on he sole, which I like to blacken out its a pretty ordinary, nondescript head. face is slightly more oblate than many others at address , feel is sensational.... the sound with any shaft is sensational, its extremely workable, more so than any other epon driver ive tried and distance is fine, ive never broken a PB distance wise with it and prob never will but it certainly isn't brining up the rear. I get this out there plenty well enough to use in any game involving money, and will do on courses where a short cut big draw or cut over trees brings huge reward, especially in Nassau games of old! Ive 2 of these still one with a diamana stinger and one with a roddio labospec tataki. the stinger is the one I t ake out the most as it gets me the most variety, the labo is a straight shooting higher kick point shoot shaft . its errrily straight and truth be told prob feels better of the two nd is tighter at impact. prob bec its higher kick. I prefer the diamana tho bec its so versatile. the runners up were the so so similar callaway ERC3, ryoma d1 and jbeam 435.
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What is it about Shape? Some pretty good 7-irons
supo replied to cuistot's topic in Japanese Golf Clubs
from the top no 1 -ping eye maybe no 4 miura blade of some kind. no8 looks like a real flat lie mb cud be masda