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taylor made tp -09 jpn ed. 9.5* (endo) / diamana kaili 70s Right, if ever i want to make sure , like really really make sure i hit a fairway with even a crappy swing goin on , then this thing is one of the top contenders id reach for in my posse of long sticks. ive now got 2 of these , one OS with a 100g bimatrix blue at 44 inch for links play in awful wind and this new one i pilfered from a buddy. yes , that does say 2009......... a thousdand years ago driver head which not only holds it own in feel and looks against the best ever latest releases, its SMASHES THE FK outta them. Its so clean it looks like my bud never even used it, i traded it for an astro tour 11* with diamana aliislei 63s which he absolutely loved and got him a bit more easy flight to work up to some speed again , both are satisfied traders. the 09 head has an electric ting at impact which is enahnced nicely by the KAILIS mid kick, mid launch denser characteristics, its a very different feel to the ILIMA ive been hitting of late, there is NO similarity in feel / flight what so ever here, the ILIMA has a much more instant luanch to it, its flies high but flat, the KAILI is flatter, lower and MUCH punchier impact, a better chioce for higher lofted heads and faster swing speeds, this shaft has been put in a TON of my recent fairway woods builds last 18 months, for damn good reason~~~!!! Its not an overly long ball lama, not by any stretch , esp these days but its NOT 30 + yards behind my big guys either. its about 15 id guess,, which is enought to take notice of for sure but when out and out distance done matter that much and confidence / accuracy do , then this is when this guy gets the call up ive been co gaming it with a jbeam 435 and my astro tour and it looks very much easier to hit a fairway with at address if u have many and varied to choose from. i never think im gonna crush it but i never think im gonna miss my aim point either. its not a big dogs club anymore, but for anyone looking for a realatively compact triangle back shaped head that inspires a TON of confidence to get the ball to a spot , then im hard pressed to choose a better one. others in this realm are the onoff type s ryoma d1 royal coll prgr egg 7 these came straight into my thinking for my best fairway finders ive hit. that kaili shaft mid summer is a DEF winner.

reshafted one of mine again recently. 17* this time. its just a fantastic fairway wood. gets high, loads of carry but it runs , esp the15* . ill onlt play this or tue ryoma when its really long. god ilove this head . dont sell it!

stll the mack daddy...

ah.. yes, this rings a bell with me. ive reshafted about 10 -15 of my putters this seaon. its such a simple thing to do. i bought a bunch of shimada stepless( a while back , love those shafts , there nothing super " special " about them except they look awsome with the one peice tubing and give the impact a taught feel. i esp like them in deep milled faces. with a red iomic absolute X on it. my fave NS purples had sold out or what was left had jumped so high in price i didnt bother anymore so, for super light im not being funny but the old mamiya frequency filter shafts are STILL as good as anything for magnifing the head impact thru the swing. from memory they come in about 110g , maybe less bunch of yrs back i had most of my putter with these shafts , a whole swag of golds and ive kept them in a fair few , alwas think about changing them untill i play them check these deets on a 360g golds YAMADA CUSTOM mod of mine. Total Weight: 517g Head Weight: 360g Swing Weight: E5.0 Lie Angle: 69° Loft Angle(Sole): 4° Real Loft Angle: 4° Face Angle: 0°open / Shaft Angle: 0°open ( try getting this done any where ) Frequency: 338cpm Shaft: UST Mamiya FF Shaft 34" Grip: Gold's Factory Original(Black) custom yamada for my 12011th bday a laqod of years back. i keep trying to reshaft his with a " modern shaft . but each time i play it i go, why???? in my mind this shud have a muziik dogatti or diamana in it but after asid round on the prac green irealise ite perfect as is. which kind of annoys me bec i do want the best avaialbe in it proves to me that shaft is n0 slouch. my builder tolfd me when they came out these were the most advaned light weight tech on the mkt for a redciulously good pice and did exactly what they do, make the head feel very alive. have to concur , that they do. give one of thoese oldies a try as well , doubt ur going to hate it.

the oldies but for me, the besties... now ive hit a fw or 2 over the season , but i gotta say there isnt a thng of more simplicity, beauty and feel than these . prob not ieal for your higher capper but if ur comfy giving the pill a toink AND like pieces not just for play but for esoteric then .. ALL IN on RC.

wow , thats some reco for the shaft. hmmmm.. i did like the look of this but now i think its very busy.... i cant pass over the oldies from RC and that thump at impact. ive become such a traditionalist when it comes to looks . simplicity takes my eye all day, this is a very different stlye to the ones i have , love t hit this but i dont think i cud game it. RC have made the cream of the crop fwd for so long. theres no possibility of htis NOT being good.

this is great. EXACTLY WHAT ID EXPECT from tsg'ers THANks FELLAS. the one i was "recod was the XT but i hated the diamana white, yuk. prob the only diamana shaft ive not like. hmmmmmmmmmm ok i might give that XM a peep, its for a cpl of fwds as ive run out of stingers and the sky is falling!!!! been using kailis of late and i have fallen in love allover again which is no surprise as its kind of the retial verison of the stinger specs wise , looks are killer as well, makes it go longer! had a flutter with quadra and they are very top end ,but i guess when u know a sahft so wel its hard to change . also , a cpl of crazy 8os have been on the go as well, man those things are TAUGHT!, not sure if hteres a better feelign shaft on the planet than the old crazy series. utterly addicitve. not the hghest launch by a long way but ifu never want to be under powred then these are the go.

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never hit one ,looking for some real world play thoughts by NON pros pls. got a cpl of juicy fw heads that are looking for a shaft...................,

dont guarantee its gonna be better........ for eg. i rehit the ryoma yesterday d1 3w. thats got a feel of its own. tight lie fairway. that and the modarts,oh and the ORIGINAL egg spoon which i re did and sent back to oz for links are still the most enjyable fws to hit. deeper grass, the RC f series, and cv take my cake. hotter temps here have seen an increase in ball distance for us by a signifacnt degree, back in are the stingers and dia X shafts. the NS protos and mons are also in lay on irons. there really is a difference in summer winter golf. th RC are back i nthe bag form now as well, out go the sleek FWs above.

i wont say much except just bec its new....

if u cant get and want the jpn ltd release domestic model... .

ian is spot on .

ENDO forged

sorry no trades.

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$500 each

if u like the head but just want a bit of relief id jsut give the shaft a bit of a tweek. ive gone back to all time faves this season, not even looked and a new nad best........ the kaili in fairway woods has been aahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh awe inspring. so much so i had to put one in an old TP09 9.5* driver head for fun and its been great., bit more workable and mid flight but its gets right out there with the big dogs of later vintage. had it in play yesterdy as well. not a com-laint cud i hear. thats a step down formteh diamana X i play as a rule and u can notice it in impact and felx , but its not "worse" just a bit ..........typical where as the X is uber dynamic. feel is BIG. ives till got all my unicorns but i dunno going back a smidge hasnt been a bad thing waht so ever. prob given me a bit more power towards teh end of the games in fact. for instance.. driver- , 7d,diamana X/stinger to kaili/ilima yes a big diference in feel esp off the middle but much easier to miss a bit and not try nad kill. enjoying them right now but in mid summer (next weeked) ths big guys come back out. fairways- diamana stinger,X, fire express proto crayz black 80 to kaili, muziik dogatti , ali islei in the same heads , i can notice a very discernable difference over all so far thsi season. been good to hone , but now all the big ones back i nthe bag. gotta say the dogatti 6 in a fairway wood has been a very eye opening experiment. super easy to ignite, mid+ flight, quite workable , very veyy nice feel , pretty electric, built that for a a bud but he took an ali islei 60s one instead so i kept it for winter,spring, really liked its perfoamnce and doesn t need to be killed to get it to work. back in bg a tho from thsi week. kamui tp 09 / 7d kamui tp 07 / diamana X 60x jbeam black 435 / stinger 70x astro tour v2 / diamana X 70s getting toasty finally overhere , balls are going noticeably further ,def higher and feel is INSANE npw. premium times mean premium gear. might bust out the NS protos in prgr tr500s again now as well! best score this season yesterday and felt great.

ryoma d1 9.5* diamana ilima 70s 45inch 10.5* GD pt 6x 45.3 inch now oldies but one the besties, still.. 9.5* low. wow forgot how low this head launches as a rule. straight, almost no ability to shape it regardless of shaft its punchy low arrow straing hand not that long unless ui ahve a ver yfast swing speed to ge the ball up. to be honest its too lwo for me at about 100mph but. its such an incrediblly easy ot hit stra8 driver it was a spot thant wont be on rain, or on lush grass, im thinking on links at longy or NSW or def melb where on ecan grab a few cheat miles AND be virtually assured to be on the fariway. DEF not for flying trees, its simply for disecting the short stuff. played this head as much as any other since 2009 . i think i ts a love it or no way ,too low, dont suit . which is why so many of these got moved on so early years ago and the d1 maxima got taken up so well, pesoanlyl i didnt like the maxima 1 bit , the d1 was always my go to. 10.5* GD pt6x , well this combo makes a big difference , much easier driver higher launch , more carry, GREAT feel , very electric. MUCH higher flight, abilty to move it about, , i put a gripmaster leather which is heavy and thick on it gives the head a more slingy feel. really feel the movement of the head thru the swing now. much more playable and high ercomneded over the 9.5* i cant play this one anywhere anytime. and will do . its a fabulopus build eventhos at 45.3 its way long for me ussualy, somehow this works without lossimg it all over the place dispersion wise.

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one of the sets of graphite ive not tried but I-dirve swears blind by is the quadra DGL

soft step a set of modus in reg.

i play NSwv125s in most wedges, kind of like that heavier drop feel. the 115s i use is a cpl of sets and i like. they are a bit more workable. ive used to have a few sets with NS 950gh but i find they laucnch super high in a bell arc and kind of FLY too much and dont spin back , funnily enought i use these in LW to get suepr fast head speed ,esp from bunkers and for those shots they work a treat. modus 120s are a very reliable shaft , the faster u hit them the more they skyrocket and really spin,i have them in one set of bolds, WILL NOT be changing them over , for what i seee they are much better option in thse heads than the shimadas in another set they came with. the mack daddy of light ones tho are my set of NS proto STx ( 105) in a set of prgr multi forged low bounce oh my gahhhhhhdd these go CRAZY high and rip back. thesres nothing close that ive hit, hard to go from nswv 125 to 105 tho and be consistent. im alwyas coming up short. yea the 105s are prob as a good a set as u cud want for a light set. jsut dont go back and forwd frm these to wv125s.