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After Matsuyama won the Masters and I learned that he switched putter grips before the tournament to a Lamkin Deep etched full cord grip, I decided to give the grip another look... In recent years I've been mostly using the original version Iomic Absolute grips .. last year I found a cool pistol shaped grip from STM called STM P-1 which had a very pronounced pistol end shape which I grew to like very much. Texture is not the best but I really liked the shape and how it fit in my hands. Recently, I picked up a Scotty Phantom X 5.5 which came with Scotty's Pistolero Plus grip and this also really fit well in my hands. ... now back to the Lamkin Deep Etched.. If you look at the shape of the Deep Etched grip, it has a pretty nice size pistol end along with a flat front side. I believe they classify this grip as a paddle style grip and the diameter would qualify this grip as a mid-size.... The horizontal etches... are deep and sharp on the edges. For people with sensitive hands, they may even feel a edgy and uncomfortable. Might be a love or hate type of thing. I have rough hands, so I don't mind these at all... they feel soft enough for me. I swapped out a couple of my bladed putters with the Deep Etched and they feel awesome! The size, shape fit my current preference well. Now if I can just get my average putts per round under 30 I'd be golden!! 🙂

Years ago, I spoke to a guy who worked at Cool Clubs in Arizona and was also fitting PGA tour players at the time. He had insight into balls used on tour and told me that while Titleist and Callaway had to hand pick balls for their staff players, Bridgestone just had their staff players ( at the time were Matt Kuchar and Brandt Snedeker ) play off-the-shelf retail balls. What he implied was that T and C brands had larger manufacturing tolerances with their balls while BS had tighter tolerances good enough to use retail balls for their staff Pros. Since then, I've pretty much stuck to Bridgestone balls aside from just testing from time to time on new stuff that come out. For us who play golf for recreation, I suppose it really doesn't make much of a difference which brand of balls we use... but since we, TSG'ers, play uber high quality clubs and putters, it made good sense to me to stick with high quality balls too. Of course that is just my opinion and preference. 🙂 Nothing wrong with sticking with what has worked and still is working for you and not worry about what's new out there!

I've been playing the Tour B RX thru the colder season but now our temps our up a bit, I thought I would try the X and XS for the Spring and Summer. A couple of weeks ago, I bought a sleeve each of the 2020 Tour B X and XS and started putting with it on the carpet. For some reason, the firmer feel of the X off my putters felt better to my hands more than the softer feel of the XS. I felt that I could control the distance a bit better with the firmer X. By "firmer" it's not clicky or anything... it's more of a refined firmness. As you may know, the X and XS are geared towards SS of 105 mph or faster.... I'm below those numbers these days... so I've been using the RX for the last few years and they are very good balls for me. However, feel off the putter on the RX is soft and closer to the XS. Yesterday, I brought out the X balls to the course to play my round. Drives were exceptionally well with one of the drives rolling out close to 300 yds. Trajectory seemed higher than the RX I normally use ... I even succeeded going over high trees to cut a corner with my tee shot on No.14 which I usually don't even try!! Like the Pro V1X, this firmer version is designed for higher launch and lower spin on drives which I have confirmed!!! Feel off the driver was surprisingly very good. I remember trying the BS 330X a number of years ago and I hated them due to the super hard feel. The new ones feel so much better. Iron and wedge shots also felt nice with enough spin to hold on the firmer greens we had yesterday. Maybe a touch less backspin around the greens. I still need to try the new XS but I don't anticipate much of a surprise there. But I would totally be happy using these X balls during the warmer months ahead!! Will update once I play the new XS..

Sorry to hear your buyer bailed. Some people just don't understand internet etiquette at all. I can only imagine how awful they'd be on the course. GLWS!! this is an awesome deal for a great set of heads!!

look like an ad for their website....

Stew-san, Seven did a great job designing these CBs. Slightly stronger lofts and slightly more forgiving than your traditional player’s CBs. I’m loving my set and don’t expect myself from moving away from these anytime soon. Indeed great price on these heads!! GLWS!!

Surprised that these heads have not sold yet!! GLWS!!

nice Stew-san. Please add a photo with name / date tag. GLWS!!

While I have no need for the time being to buy those types of iron sets, I'm sure there is a market out there who just want a 7-PW or something so they can do the longer clubs in UTs and fairways. From that regard, I don't see anything wrong with it. If I was that type of player, I'd be annoyed if every set on the market were 5-PW when I don't need all of the clubs in the set.

+1 !!

Instead of updating very old posts , why don't you just send a personal message to the seller directly?

I see a wave of commemorative equipment coming! Srixon Driver, Irons, Wedges, Scotty putter... Asics shoes...

Is he actually using Srixon driver this season? I know his irons are the Z Forged... great win for Hideki and for Japan!! First the Amateur Women's champ, then Masters... My hope is that golf in Japan becomes more accessible and casual than what has been.

They were saying the bogey free round by Hideki was the only one this week. I actually did not pick Hideki... I was about to .... but my guy needs to score low on Sunday and since Hideki shot super low today, I think the odds of him shooting low again tomorrow is pretty slim .. especially with the added pressure he will feel as the 36 hole leader. I shot 77 today which was not my best.... and I only have a 1 hdcp at my course ... My net 76 combined with the picked Pro's Sunday score. I picked Xander and I think my pick was good. He is well in the hunt and has historically improved his score in his final rounds.

Matsuyama started off good on his first day! and I thought the starting ceremony with Lee Elders was really nice to see. I'm watching the first 2 days closely as I am playing a local tournament this weekend where we have a side game to choose a partner PGA Pro from the Masters where we combine our individual net score on Saturday with the Sunday Gross score of the PGA Pro we choose from the Masters! kind of fun! I need to predict who will do well on Sunday. (not necessarily win the Masters)

Not a JDM brand here but after a 5 week wait to get an all black finish done on my new Evnroll mallet, I finally got this custom ER5v built this week. ER5v 35" shafted with Stability Tour Black shaft and a Gravity Grip. I've not taken it out to an actual putting surface yet but on carpet, and its probably a honeymoon effect to some degree, nevertheless I seem to be starting the ball on the intended line more consistently than other putters I have. The black finish is an armor coat offered by Labworx who does the OEM work for Evnroll's black out series. I had them do a black paint fill for a completely murdered out effect. Together with the trick Stability Black shaft, it looks pretty exquisite. Only thing is that the Gravity Grip does not come in an all black color. I'm gonna take her out to a course this afternoon to see if this is the putter I want to use for a tournament this weekend.

Prior to the two TMs I play now, I had a Romaro Type R Ti hybrid which was really forgiving. I also used a Modart MA01H which you might like better because it looks more compact and may be an easier transition from a DI. Although the offset it has may throw you off a bit since it looks like you would hook it a lot, but in fact it plays pretty neutral. Feel wise Modart wins by quite a bit.

moved this post out from the BST section to Japanese Golf Clubs section.

Nice combo Vic!!

Crazy CBI-80 Limited - SOLD Fire Express Prototype - SOLD NS Pro Heavy Putter shaft - SOLD

Speeder Evo VI 569 - SOLD Crazy CBI-80 Limited - Pending Payment Fire Express Prototype - Pending Payment NS Pro Heavy Putter shaft - Pending Payment

Replied ! :)

I have not had the chance to try the 02 Evo... but spec wise the 80 Limited has a tiny bit less torque and is a higher kick shaft (lower launch) and material difference. original retail $220 vs $380 per shaft due to material difference.

Crazy STP and Steelfiber are sold!!

105 mph driver speed should be plenty.