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  7. WTT/WTS R360 TOUR (300 Tour) Japanese prototype

    in Buy, Sell, & Trade

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    Taylor Made R360 Tour (300 Tour). 9.5* loft. 360 cc holy grail. Japanese hi cor prototype that was not tested by the USGA and therefore not on the current non conforming list. Penley ETA Tour shaft in stiff flex. (blue). 45 inches 259 cpm. Winn grip has fingerprint mark on top and may need to be replaced. $300 shipped and paypaled.

    Will trade for Nike Ignite Lucky 13* driver. Please let me know if interested.

  13. 200 Tour Smoothie vs Ridgie

    in Japanese Golf Clubs

    Posted

    Not exactly an apples to apples comparison, but I have a 15 ridge top with 869 tour spec shaft and a 7 smoothie with a rifle shaft. I find the smooth top to be much easier to hit off tight lies. The ball gets up alot quicker and I wish my 3 wood behaved like the 7 wood off the deck.

    Depending on the price difference and if you're looking primarily for a wood to hit off the fairway in my experience the smoothie is easier to get airborne. That might be due to the added loft of my 7 wood, but I am really surprised that it would be such a distinguishable difference.

  18. Help me build a set from "Scratch"

    in Japanese Golf Clubs

    Posted

    Vokey Man, I agree new irons alone without practice, some proper instruction, and opportunity to play won't lower my scores.

    Contrary to my recent buys though and from the advice of others it seems like getting a set that compliments and fits your swing might do more than the constant search across BST posts looking for the next grail.

    Maybe if I forget my ego...(been playing PX 6.5 across my irons and actually hitting okay) and just try something more user friendly might help me enjoy the game more. Tried 5.0 rifles for nine holes today and hit everything left. Hope to find a happy medium and a good progression from the long irons to my short irons which I go after pretty agressively.

    For the most part though I don't much about the technical aspect of clubs as just need some ideas on what to look for or ask before getting a professional fitting.

  19. Help me build a set from "Scratch"

    in Japanese Golf Clubs

    Posted

    Thanks to everyone's suggestion on a recent post about "fitted" versus "tour" equipment. It seems that the majority felt fitting would help lower strokes more than tour equipment. Thanks to Ari's kindness to work out a deal I am having a set of 3-PW CB made to order.

    To thank Ari and to try to get as much exposure as I can for "Scratch" I am asking for your help in building a set. A la the Golf Channel's "Breaking 90s" series I am hoping to document one golfers quest to break bogey golf with a custom set of clubs. I'd appreciate anyone's feedback in creating a set of clubs to help this hack break out of the bogeys. Hopefully the experience will get anyone thinking about ordering a set to do so (hopefully through Scratch).

    A little about my swing...I don't have one or at least it changes day to day. Every instructional gimmick from the Golf Channel from "Swing the Handle" to "Truth about Golf" by AJ Bomar I've been through and I realized I can't groove a swing because I keep trying every tip under the sun. I can carry a 7 iron about 150, but on grooved days with real good timing I can carry it 175. Part of my problem is that my golf thought is try and see how far I can make this club go, rather than how straight and consistent. My misses are towards the toe resulting in a block right or if over the top pulled well left.

    I'd like to experiment with a set with a more friendly shaft in the long irons (PX 5.0, DGR300, TFR 5.0) and progress to a stiffer shaft in the short irons. That's pretty much the only idea I have right now. Need some forgiveness in my long irons and consistency in my short irons.

    Thanks for any help...

  20. PIC of lehman grind and retail comparison!

    in Japanese Golf Clubs

    Posted

    Great pics Joe. Thanks.

    The visual differences seem slight. I am about to find about the playability difference as I have a 300 retail set coming to compare against the Lehman grind.

    Since the retail set will be a Miura forged set I am hoping that this will be an almost apple to apple comparison. The Lehman Box toes are a solid head and they go through grass unlike any club I've played to date.

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