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I highly recommend the FCM stepped shafts. Same feel as Rifle but with lower trajectory. IMO spinner shafts suck on full shots. Ari can get the FCM shafts from the RP Tour Department. Apparently a lot of Pro's are using them in their wedges. haribo

Cool. Maybe we should call you "Teflon Don". haribo

How about you use the one you make the most putts with. To me the putter I need to use less per round is the better one. I don't care how it looks. All that matters to me is how does it perform. haribo

So? How many putts per round do you guys save with this teflon stick? haribo

gbb II 415 great driver, easy to hit and since Callaway lowered the price it's a no brainer haribo

Ping K 56 or J bag. haribo

I have a HM4 in my 4 wood. It is an absolute awesome fw shaft. I highly rcommend it. Btw, the Sapphire is not a bad shaft at all. It is identical to the Pro95, except for a softer tip. haribo

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Hari - I think you should donate a websafe font for TourSpec... :laugh: Don't know anything about "websafe" ... but I know my fonts ... let me have a look into it and I will come up with a few suggestions ... (can you or Chris pm me an email address where I can send jpgs (samples and font name) to? Are you just looking for a font for the word "Tourspecgolf" or a font for all the general stuff on this site? haribo

Speaking as an art director and somebody who loves typography... sorry, but they are all dang ugly and oh so 70th. haribo

Here's another vote for Scratch. But this time NOT because of their great looks or excellent craftmanship. No, sire. Because they are solid performers made to accomodate my needs in a wedge. I consider my wedges my life-saver line. If my game (happens rather often, sigh) goes south and I'm going to drown in a deep score I need these babies to pull me back ashore safely. Must admit I'm very fickle with wedges. Don't like most of the OEM offerings. Yes, that includes almost all of the big names. The last three years I played Trusty Rusty's and they were the most versatile wedges I've ever had. Absolute loved them. Since they are discontinued I found myself in trouble to find good replacements. Of course they were not perfect, don't get me wrong, but for me they performed. I know what I can do with them and I also know where they suck (i.e. bunker). Anyway, I approached Ari and we came up with an awesome solution. Tango & Cash were born. Since then I asked Ari to make another change to Cash (my 58* lob) to make it even more versatile. Now I can say i have the best ever performing wedges. And with the antique finish they also look awesome. Sorry, but I got carried away. haribo

Anybody? haribo

Here's a thought ... there might be a way to make the 869 work for you in a driver. Take one flex less than you would need and tipp it more to make up for the weaker flex. that would reduce the amount of softer tipp but still give you the weight you desire. A friend of mine did that with a HM-4 in his driver. It also has a softer tipp. He tipped it 2 inches and abslolute bombs it. haribo

Well, so far I made a lot more chipp in's with my old Trusty Rusty's. But that's over a period of 3 years of course. I got my two Scratch wedges now for a few weeks. One, 58* Cash, got already a bid more modified, made even more versatile. For me it's actually not about dialing in. My new Scratch play identical to my old ones. Set up is absolute identical. Ari even recreated the shape of my old wedges. So, even in the looks department there's no getting used to necessary. Where we did make a change is the sole design. For instance the sole on my 54* Tango is a lot wider with more camber. Things like that need off course adjustments in play Anyway, for me it was not about "lowering a score" but rather creating a wedge I like as much or better, thanks to the changes we made, than my old discontinued Trusty Rusty's. As Ari can confirm I'm very particular about my wedges and all the other offerings in the market from Cleveland to Vokey's are not to my liking whatsoever. haribo

Thank you. But I would prefer the heavier 757. Playing a SIX (see WIMB below) currently and think I might be better off with something heavier for a change. haribo

I'm looking for a 10* Callaway GBB II 415 with Fuji speeder 757 in S-flex. Anybody? Thanks, haribo

Look guy's, I'm in the same boat. I have/had two TM Tour drivers (one's already sold) and I'm way to inconsistent with either one. High right, to high slice is my disaster shot. I'm about to do this :money: myself and invest in yet again another driver. The regular R7 doesn't do it for me. Want a Fuji shaft and I'm also not so sure that a deep face is realy all that good for me. So, the R7 TP would at least solve the Fuji problem. But this puppy gonna cost here in Canada, including taxes, well in the $1000 + neighborhood. Frankly, too rizzy for my liking. But the candy sure looks sweet. The other driver I'm seriously considering is a Callaway GBB II 415 with a 757 speeder as shaft upgrade. (even playing field when it comes to shafts). Still Cdn $ 700 +tax. No slouch either. The GBB 415 has a square face (R7TP is open) but is generall draw biased, while the R7TP is adjustable to be draw biased of course. The biggest minus for the Callaway is it certainly does not have that major cool factor going. And no toys to fool around with either. But without having to tighten some loose screws the Callaway does already what I apparently need it to do. (no need to choose between 800 million possible configurations ...) So, reading about the neutral state of Goosen's driver made me think. All these fancy toys are swell. But I (like Retief or DM) need just one setting. The right (actually left since I'm a righty :wink: ) one. Btw, the trajectory point is for me (as for DM) a mute one. I want high anyway the wind blows. I'll adjust with how high I tee it up. Well, having said all this ... I have to close my eyes in order to let my gut take over and be able to make a decision. Looking at all those fancy screws/candies/toys is too distracting for my mind to remain clear. haribo

Because there is something new and improved and that's what people want. I don't think they do the research to make us want to change, I think we change because we are in search of that Holy Grail, whether it be golf clubs, laundry detergent, or automobiles. This item I just bought is the best, quickest, longest, straightest, dirt fightingest, you should see that sucker merge into traffic thing on the market today. Emphasis on today. They do the research so they can feed our need to change. It becomes "which came first the chicken or the egg" in a discussion like this, the product causeing the desire to change or the desire to change creating the need for the product. Personally I keep changing hoping that I'll get better when all I really get is different, but my head believes I'm better..and sometimes, as in DM's case I really do get better in which case I stick with that until something better comes along... :-D :cool: 1. I don't mind if you quote me. But please don't take bids and pieces out of its context. That gives what I'm saying a different spin. I am not questioning at all why one should change driver or not. It was a mere rhetorical question While I'm at it, I also don't want to make the R7 look like a gimmick or something to that extend. Not at all. As I said earlier it's a genial idea and they nailed it. For some this club might be an improvement. For other's it won't. Period. Doesn't matter how often one changes their setting or not. This club simply caters to the kid in all of us. It's as unresistable as a drink to an alcoholic. 2. You actually made my point. Thanks. haribo

I'm not questioning if the R7 is a good driver or not. It is surely as good as all the other TM drivers. And if somebody's hitting his or her TP (insert other brand name here) well ... why change???? I truely believe this very question is the reason behind research & development of the R7. You see, first TM reincarnated with the 300 series from the copper coloured Un-Dead. It was an immediate success everywhere. Then High COR became the next big thing and the inverted cone technology of the 500 series was catering to the distance starving golf afficionando. After High COR became deemed illegal, TM's marketing department turned the same club, except slight change in COR, from huge distance to huge forgiveness. etc, etc. And now a new revolution in technology ... the R7. BUT this time IMO Taylor Made really nailed it. Big time. I'm serious. Honestly, they found something everybody wants to jump on. No true equipment junky/ho will be able to resist. Doesn't matter if they already have drivers that go long and straight. Just check out other forums. That thing's HOT. Trust me the secret is not the new technology TM came up with. In my opinion the secret wasn't found in the R&D department ... but in the Psychology department. TM biggest realisation is that golfers love toys. We just can't have enough of them. And TM is delievering now in the form of shiny litte weight plugs. 2, 10, later more of course, gram pieces of candy we all can play with. Bottomline is TM came up with a genial idea. These weight plugs are the buttons to the Emporer's new clothes. haribo :money:

Yesterday evening I was bored and went on an extended web surf. I read somewhere, I believe it was GO but can't really remember ... surfed too many sites ... it became one big blur, ... so I read somewhere someone's question "What driver did Goosen play at the US Open?" As we all know he used a R7. Which of course is simply more oil for the hype-fire TM is burning. That's how legends are made. Short lived one's in TM's case but nevertheless legends. Anyway, in that thread some friendly guy also posted what set up Retief was using on his R7. To my surprise he stated it was the most neutral set up possible. Hm. Pause. Bigger Hm. Yes, TM made all the Pro's switch to their new wonder wand (baby's gotto sell of course) but at least in Goosen's case it wouldn't have mattered squad if he would have used the R7 or his old 510TP, or whatever toaster-on-a-stick as long as it came with a neutral setting. Well, one should expect a Pro would not need any help to split a fairway with his driver. But of course everybody has been and will be tweaking to some degree ... more or less successfully. And they all did this long before the R7 came out. (Except Mr. Goosen ... he's a neutral setting kinda guy, remember.) Anyway, I apologize for this long winded post but here's my point/question. The R7 is supposed to be only of benefit to the better player. But most better player's frankly don't need much help (that's why they are better player's, right?). So what is this R7 really good for???? Other than being a new big money making scheme that's replacing the older High-COR-super-duper-long-drives money making scheme. Could it be that this new, high priced technology is just a cover up for an old spiel ... and we are all happily pulling our wallets? haribo

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Potential deal fell throgh. Club is still available. C'mon guys ... this is one awesome club. Underrated but nevertheless awesome. Plus it comes with two shafts!!!!! haribo

Here's the deal. Will throw in as well the Tour Release 26.3, x flex (tipped half an inch, shaft insertion is only 1.5") I had installed before i put the SIX in. It's a clean pull. Tipp is prepared for insertion, total length will be 44.5". So, you're getting a 420 Tour with SIX, plus a Tour Release 26.3 Price is firm at US$ 260, plus shipping. haribo

Have a TM Burner 420 Tour for sale. It has 9.5* loft and comes with a Fujikura SIX shaft in X flex (tipped 5/8 of an inch). 44.25" plus grip (1/8"). The SIX was a pull out. It has a tiny paint chip just above the ferrule, on the downside - not visible at address. Other than that, it's a clean pull. Because of it's relative short total length swingweight is rather low. Around D0 I believe. Right now it has a bunch of leadtape on it, which is easily removable of course. Head itself is like new, 9.5 of 10. Used only for one or two rounds and a few shots on the range. Head is 405cc with a very deep face. Deeper than 510TP!!! The 420Tour is pretty rare and very underrated. Unfortunatelly I had to learn the very deep face is not my cup of tea. Sell for US$ 260, plus shipping. Money order only, sorry no paypal. haribo

Welcome to the club of people who have in some form or another CASH stamped on their Scratch wedges. haribo