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You are probably right. The PX LZs are great shafts. They just don't have the tight tolerances as Nippons. This is noticeable when building the set. When you have heads as precisely made as Sevens, I'd prefer to have shafts that are high quality as well. Thats all.

Don't mean to Hijack your BST post but similarly I've stopped limiting myself from JDM vs USDM. There is no right or wrong. Just stuff that works for you or not. What's good is good. Ultimately golf is about how enjoyment. and how you feel the enjoyment from golf can differ with each person. For me scoring low is how I feel the most enjoyment. The clubs that can likely contribute the most to my long term objective of becoming a scratch player is what I want to play. Recently shopped around and tried a few 5 wood and hybrid both JDM and USDM ..... well, SIM Ti 5 wood and SIM Max Hybrid took those spots. Previously I would not have even considered TM clubs. I decided not to restrict myself like that. I just installed a Ventus Black Velocore in the 5W and have had a Ventus HB Blue Velocore in the Hybrid.... Driver is still a G410 LST with ATMOS TS Black which works well but I placed an order for a custom colored SIM2 (All Black!! ) driver and I will likely get a Ventus Black (JDM only 5X flex) in the driver. Ventus Velocore are amazing shafts!! It seems like I hit closer to the middle of the face with these shafts so much more than with other shafts. And I've tried tons of shafts in the past including high end JDM like Seven Dreamers. There is something different about Ventus Velocore shafts.

Nice on-the-course review Hutchy!! Great to hear about the nice feel you were getting withe the 115 shafts. I am really hoping that Nippon will soon make these shafts available as part of their regular offerings. For now, my SCs with Project X LZ 5.5 are working really well so I am not in a hurry to reshaft ... but I am considering putting these 115s in my Seven SCs once the normal versions become available. As for the added distance you were getting with the MC+115s I am not surprised since I've heard this claim from other MC owners before. I think this is what happens when you have a well designed iron head with optimized CG, and the Modus 115s must match your swing much better than the STPs.

For a nice set of PRGRs I would recommend TR500, IDBL or Nabla Tours. These three are one piece forged carbon steel. They look and play phenomenal!! When you go newer than that, they are mostly multi-material (stainless steel face with carbon steel body ). even though they are stamped as “forged”

Yes I had one. Sound was very loud. End of story.... vt511 was very good. Super soft feel at impact. if you are going with Baldo drivers, the more recent models are so much more refined.

Oh my mistake I thought you were asking about the 601 611 are cast stainless steel.

I believe Miura made those. classic set of irons! Only issue with those older model JDM irons are they have these awkward offsets as you go to the short irons .

She’s a beauty !!! Let us know how the new Modus plays!!

I appreciate that. For the other folks who might be new, I think it is necessary.

Please add your hand written name tag in the picture with the putters. It should not be hard to do. Will start removing BST posts that don't follow the rules.

They are generally called "Cash In" putters in Japan. Acushnet Bullseye and Cameron are definitely popular in Japan as well, but I've seen Masda Golf, Fujimoto, Hiro Matsumoto and Benock make these shapes.

I usually keep one casino chip style and one flat plastic in my pocket and use them depending on if I am close to someone else’s line or not.

p51-5 were so hard to find back then... checking on YJA now... holy crap!! they are a mere 2000 yen!!

Probably not any of the ones I mentioned. The S-Yard T.388 mentioned above actually is pretty shallow faced. Also A-Grind Y-Proto Driver is shallow too. https://www.tourspecgolf.com/a-grind-y-proto-driver.html

Mizuno MP The Craft (410cc) , or more recently 2017 MP Craft Type-1 (435cc) or 2019 Mizuno Pro Model S (435cc) Yamaha Inpres X V425 Tour Model (425cc) , V202 Tour Model (415cc) , V203 Tour Model (430cc) Tourstage X Drive P02-6 (365cc) Srixon ZTX Tour P420 (420cc) These are big brand heads but there are many more boutique brand heads that are equally good or sometimes better. Jbeam, Baldo, Epon, Miura had excellent sub 420cc heads in the past. Most of these drivers today can be bought for very cheap. (less than $100) I've owned most of these heads before and my favorite has been the P02-6

Well I am in WA now but for 15 years I was in Montana and golf was only available 6 Month out of the year. Occasionally I did get to play in freezing temperatures mid winter there. Golf balls bounce like superballs on frozen fairways. Now that I can actually go out and play nearly all through the winter, I am trying to catch up the playing time lost during my time in Montana. 🙂 Still, in Seattle, WA it is very wet and cold. Only the die hard golfers are out now.

Oh and BTW, HZRDUS Smoke Green are probably one of the lowest launching lowest spinning shaft on the market today.

HZRDUS Smoke Green 6.0 70 is as anti left shaft there is. 🙂 and the thing is like a telephone pole!! You are a monster!! 🙂 As for draw biased heads, believe it or not, pretty much all heads today are somewhat draw biased with internal weighting. the 'D' type heads are just more biased than the standard. Personally I've learned that having a bit of a draw weighted head combo'd with tip stiff anti left shafts allows me to hit controlled fades still with decent spin. But that may just be me.

Oh.. and Fujikura Speeder Evolution II or IV or VI ( the even numbered versions ) are considered mid-low launch, low launch as well. They use very advanced high grade material with the Speeder Evolution Series. Speeder Evo shafts are typically more friendlier and smoother feeling that the Fujikura USA products like the ATMOS and Ventus. Forgot to mention Graphite Design Tour AD BB, GP and the newer XC are all low-mid launch / low spin shafts as well. Then there are the boutique JDM brands and the list goes on and on....

If you have slicey shots, I think using a low spin low launch shaft will only exacerbate the slice. To drop the spin, draw shots are most effective. Perhaps trying a more draw biased head can help with your slice and may even help drop your spin. Having said that, there are many Low/Low shafts available today. lately I have had very good luck with Fujikura Low/Low shafts. ATMOS TS Black is my current gamer. Fujikura Speeder TR are very good Low/Low shaft as well. My latest experiment was Ventus Black but it was a 60 Stiff but I want to use 50g range in my driver so I will be trying the Ventus Black 5X to be released in March as Japan only. Previously tried Diamana White range shafts ( Whiteboard, Ahina) which served me well. Kurokage XT nd XD were also pretty nice. I don't mind HZRDUS Yellow or HZRDUS Smoke Yellow, but HZRDUS shafts generally feel a bit boardier than Japanese brand shafts.

Romaro Type R Hybrid sold!!

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Looks so cool!! Do let us know how they play!!

I think the base heads are all the same. But I do see slightly different advertised specs, loft availability, swing weight, stock weight screw etc... none of which are of a concern for me since I'd swap out shafts and fiddle with weights and hosel settings anyway. While I have not seen one yet, based on previous Cally models. I would not be surprised if a bonded hosel "star" version is released for Japan. On the other hand, I doubt that they would come out with another Epic Forged but who knows!

Grandista FW & Speeder TR shaft - SOLD Buchi SP-301 heads and Mizuno MP-66 irons - SOLD