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He already has it. It's just a matter of the break down and testing them. That sounds like the fun part but when your backed up by a dozen clubs it gets a bit wild. Longer shafts! well this is something I was never really a big fan of until mid way through 2011. At the TM hitting booth a couple weeks ago a big reason as to why people were getting a noticeable increase in yardage with the Gloire over the RBZ or R11S was the length of the Gloire driver being 46-46.5. I read all over the place that the difference in head speed is minimal but what we saw from Tatsuro and his very stable and consistent swing is a pretty significant increase in head speed that equalled over 10 yards of distance. I personally can lean either way and right now and I'm suggesting those who have great (driver) ball striking try going a bit longer and those who miss the center often try going a hair shorter.

It's an easy one to remember. It was moved into the AF line with no changes but I played this club for a pretty long time. I can get along great with the 5 & 7's but the 3 would give me fits off the fairway. like idrive said from fluffy rough sitting high it was as long as a driver.

I don't quite understand what do yo mean by highest results?

Deep faced, lower trajectory and not the easiest to get into the air. They are built like mini drivers though and great off the tee.

lol! Yea VG3's could be it!

It's weird the royal deco for my swing Stiff flex didn't work out that well. The royal deco a flex down in R flex did. overall as I mentioned in another post in my opinion the royal deco is better geared toward the smoother tempo player.

Yes LM numbers are all over the place! In regards to the Royal Deco I think it's for the smoother tempo. I haven't seen aggressive fast tempo swingers get along with it.

Crazy overall has the better shaft designs. While quadra makes their own sheets they dont produce their own carbon. I think Quadra plays it a bit safe producing shafts that are not as difficult/expensive to roll and complete. Still IMO top 3 maybe even #2 and also easier to fit than Crazy as they dont have quite as an extensive line up.

The majority of PGA Tour players don't hit it 300 yards while the majority of forum posters do..:o) not on TSG but it seems like everywhere else. To me driving distance is overrated. I would take 250 down the middle all day long. On the course conditions such as turf, temp, and roll play a big effect on distance as well. Somehow the eyes and ego get together and play tricks on us.

He is using a Crazy CRZ435 head with TJ-80 8.2 flex.

Miura Baby Blades = Tiny head, least forgiving, Pure on center struck shots and harsh on anything mis**t TourStage 905MB Limited = Made by Endo, Pro demand firm forged feel, most advanced design of the 3 Epon AF-Tour = Most forgiving, best feel, thicker all around that gives the illusion that its shorter heel to toe, custom options galore My take is the Miura MB5003 is a better blade than the baby's. Also there are several more blades to consider: - New Roma Ro blade coming April - New Kenmochi Blade coming April - Yururi 2010 model blade ( no that doesn't signify the year its the model # )

per the words of the guys at GD Japan. BB = Straight & Accurate DJ = Soft feel Distance Shaft

Actually it's quite low. 14* on the first shot and 11* on the second. He hit's a very low ball, low spin, flatter style swing.

I've never really experimented with spine align in steel. It really depends on how it's made some shafts are seamless starting as a large cylinder of steel while others are welded tube construction starting as a flat strip then welded into a tube. I usually just go logo up. Yes for sure keeping everything the same in irons would be best I think.

Every shaft is different. I really shouldn't have said spine up for all shaft's as many brand's vary in logo placement.

The design staff at huge companies like Endo, Bridgestone, Yamaha, Sumitomo, etc.. are not only light years ahead of the old school basic golf club principles but they are big teams not concerned with marketing or gimmick they only care about improving performance through scientific data & testing. Making a driver without taking advantage of lighter and better materials that can be milled thinner or feature more rebound among many other attributes puts a company at a disadvantage in terms of performance and feel. I think Wishon was and is correct if your talking about producing basic golf clubs in comparison to what is standard in the U.S market and even low end in the JDM market. Here's another controversial topic for some but basic knowledge to those with their boots on the ground. SST Pure, none of the Japanese shaft makers or material suppliers believe in it. It's kinda a Gimmick or Joke over there as the largest imperfection on a shaft is the seam or spine and lining that seam up with the target makes no sense and simply deforms kick reducing distance and accuracy. Thats the exact opposite of what it's advertised to do. Crazy, Quadra, Mitsubishi, Techno, Graphite Design and all of their designers believe in spine up. Not down or front and back.. UP as its the place where the spine will get in the way the least not hindering the kick forward or kick downward. Ever wonder why the spine on really good shafts is aligned with the logo up side? About 6 years ago I was all about SST this and that. Boy was I wrong when they showed us how the spine get's in the way of a consistent kick. We argued and asked every source we could. This is not opinion and they are not wrong. It's fact and think about it, what is the spine? it's the seam and it's the most flawed and inconsistent area on a shaft. It's more ridged which prevents the shaft's natural kick hindering distance and of the 4 basic directions a shaft can kick the least important is UP. front and back kick is very important for distance and downward bend is natural on a descending blow. SST pure will work on really cheap and poorly made shafts that have inconsistencies as it stabilizes forward kick meaning straighter shots yet at the cost of distance. On anything decent it reduces performance and this comes from the chief designers of every brand that produces all the worlds best shafts. Interesting No? I'm sure some of you believe in it through experience just like I did. Now I know my mind had a lot to do with that.

I forgot about those! The new VG3's coming in April wow I'm in line for those myself. A bit smaller than the ONOFF Forged and perhaps not as soft or buttery but I'm sure they will be perfect blend of size, forgiveness, and feel for my game.

Not mad or impatient I think. I already know what's in store for the 503 and personally would go with the 2011 ONOFF Forged built to my specs as they are softer, forgiving enough, with less of a goose neck. I know the 503 will be a hair more forgiving but it will have a bit more offset won't feel as pure at impact. Just my 2 cents.

Hand's down ONOFF, feel, setup, and hotter off the face. I think RC has lost the lead they had in fairway woods a couple years back. Their product still looks great and has a nice profile but performance wise it's just a par when stacked against Ryoma, PRGR, and ONOFF. I think that's what Shingo wanted. It's not nearly as clunky as the Ping Zing but we all thought the same thing, looks like a Ping! none the less It's the best darn ping look alike I've ever hit. It started as only 200 available worldwide now they are down to the last 50 or so, It's now or never! To stew the new Type-S FW & UT's are actually a nice upgrade over the Pro Spec & Labo Spec UT of last year, weighting and profile makes it a bit more forgiving. The UT feels like an evolution of the Labo Spec of last year but this FW seems totally different in terms of feel, hotness, and ease of use. Not too deep not too shallow everyone was raving about it at the show. New Proto shafts are exactly that, Only proto's not even Shingo has his yet. The ones you saw at the Roddio booth are still under development. They could just be production dummies at this point.

It's ONOFF's turn and I think equipment wise it's their best line up yet. First off the Type-S fairway wood is my new fav, I hit this and was shocked how hot off the face it is and it's feel made me shockingly happy. They really did a good job with this one, maybe not the most forgiving but for the purest looking for a pro style package this is as good as it gets. The Shingo Limited wedge was another one I didn't expect to enjoy so much the thing I liked most about it was how stupid easy it is to hit, ball go up and straight no problemo. The Endo made Type-S driver was a gem as well and Tatsuro's top pick of the players woods at the show. Lot's of great ONOFF product and more and more TSG customers are leaning that way due to the face and lie angle adjustments that can be done through our friends at the LABO SPEC department. Enjoy the pics! 2012 ONOFF Type-S Fairway Wood: ONOFF Type-S Driver: ONOFF Labo Spec "Shingo" Limited W358 Wedge:

What club is it going into & what is the clubs loft? On top of that it would help to know what you use now and what you want to change or improve along with you desire in the new setup.

You can't duplicate the smash factor and the ball speeds your seeing on the launch monitor if someone else is hitting it. For example I can hand pick a person who produces low spin and hits it on the screws with killer ball speeds using the worst performing driver against the average golfer using the best driver and based on the numbers you will think the poor performance driver is the better golf club. Another example is spin rates, many pro's have higher spin rates and hit it dead straight where as most better than average golfers require lower spin to hit it straight. Swing plane, Lag, and a ton of other factors can really change LM numbers. Don't let launch monitors mess with your head. I see players that hit it 125mph with 1300 rpm spin rates that can't hit a fairway then there are people like Tatsuro at 3000 rpm's that send's it dead straight all day with nearly the same distance yet the numbers on the LM are not as impressive. Anyway you will see in the LM videos what I'm talking about. We have Trackman and a bunch of other LM testing coming shortly.

we have lots of monitor videos just gotta get through the show videos first. It will be some time. Here's the thing LM numbers don't mean anything, for example you won't have nearly the same spin rates, launch, etc.. even if you had identical swing speeds as the tester. I've seen people on the internet place a lot of emphasis on LM's or report spin rates & launch angles when what they are seeing is how a club reacts to a particular person not themselves.

They are super close to your current PP-9003. Not much of a difference there in terms of forgiveness.