lonniejt

I'll give $125 shiped for the head...if it were an X-Flex shaft, I would buy the whole enchilada!!!

Very nice story, and a great gesture from Bo...even if you have 1K of those drivers!!! I would let you hit my driver, if you exhibited a profiecency to not hit it off the top of the club, but you could not have "MY DRIVER"!!! Bo is a different breed...I admire him and his physical ability! He had "hip replacement" surgery early in his baseball and football career...the "right hit" and he could be an invalid today...I admire him for his courage and his determination, which I share...not his "smarts"! I don't know if I could have had the surgery and continued to play...knowing that I could be in a wheel chair at any moment...that's dedication!!! My $.02!

As we have learned the TP and Tour versions have the SPF-700 Ti and the Retail have the 6-4 Ti, so my question is "how do ya hit this some beach"? There cannot be 10 yards delta from tour to retail set-up, other than personal preference! If it works, don't even change the grip, in other words, if it works, don't f**k with it!!! Are you looking for accuracy, distance, or overall looks? After you get past the "oh wow factor", you better have something that you can play with!!! Go to a professional club builder and find out what works best for you! Not what works for Tom Lehman, Steve Lowery, Allen Doyle, Hubert Green, Lee Harper, Elvis Larkin, Dr. Gil Morgan, Tom Kite...you get the picture!!! The shaft is the "key", but the right style head and shape play an important part too! Hope this helps, Lonnie Joe

Is the driver too long and/or too heavy? I get confused here, so I will try to think out loud (since I am a hitter) - if you are a swinger and tend to hit it out to the right, then the shaft is too stiff, if you are hitting it left, then it may be too weak...for a hitter, this is exactly opposite, so you need to know your tendancy. Cutting down a graphite shaft will generally make it a little stiffer. If you are a "go" for a cut down, then I would try it 1/2" at a time...easier to cut one down than add the length back in. If it get's a little too light, rather than keep adding lead tape, then get a good bud to put in a "tip weight" to bring the SW back up. Hope I helped and did not confuse the question!

I have hit both drivers also...the R7 TP in a 9.5 and a Shallow in 10.5, and I actually liked the Shallow better, felt more solid; however, I kinda side with "tincup" on this one...the Shallow probably had a better shaft for me and I think shaft is the real "key". Personal opinion is sell the Shallow now while they are "hot and rare"...I have heard that TM is going to market a TP Shallow in Spring '05. If I remember, the 540 XD and the R7 Shallow design was for someone that is prone to "hook" the ball. Did I remeber correctly? Help!

ALL of the TM Stuff is really confusing!!! Here goes, my interpretation of your post...first, when I read "300 Smooth Top", I think of the 300 Tour Driver that is 360cc and was never produced for the retail market. I also think of the 300 smooth top fairways, which were produced for both tour and retail...difference being a "smooth" topline and .335 shaft for the tour series. Then, you had the 200 Smooth top fairway woods, which were only made for the tour players....335 shaft and smooth top with a rounded sole. A lot of tour players preferred these, but I personally liked the 300 smooth top series in both retail and tour better!!! My $.02 Lonnie Joe

That is one more sweet looking set of Miura Irons! Do you have a price for "heads only"? Thanks, Lonnie Joe

If you don't have a "course" to play on, that SOB will stay hard a long, long, long time...whether it is Tour or Off the Shelf :surprize:

First Bag: TM 510 DF in 8.5 with Fuji 771TA X-Flex (all shafts are X-Flex) Sonartec SS03 in 13 with Fuji VP 90 Sonartec SS03 in 17 with Apache Orange Crush TM Tour RAC LT's 2-PW with Rifle 6.8 Max's Ping MB in 52 and 58 TP Mills Record Holder Putter 1/254 Second Bag: TM 510 DF in 9.5 with Black Fuji 757 TM 300 Tour in 13 with Fuji Tour Spec 952 TM 300 Tour in 17 with Fuji Tour Proto of some sort Blade Golf CB Proto's 2-PW with Rifle 6.8 Max's Cally Golf Tour Series 48, 56, and 60 Blade Golf Proto Putter from Keith - The Hawk Yes...I've got Balls too...ProV1X in one bag and Brass in the "Back-up" Bag!!! :surprize:

You should see the Mills putter that Baimo acquired!!! It is a Center Shafted Mallet style that is just KILLER...I hope he will post a pic here; there is not one of these on the TP Mills web site.

Hummmmm...if the Driver is 42.5" and the guy was using a Maltby Frequency meter, then I might agree on an R-Flex. Guess, I'll get banned here too :laugh: It does make a difference which meter you use...we run this experiment at GSA in Decatur one day with a Mitchell, Maltby, and a Club Scout. Each meter had a different reading for the same Driver, but on each chart recommended with the machine, the CFM's to Stiffness were bout the same. In other words, 3 different meters, 3 different readings, same conclusion. This may have been discussed elsewhere here, but worth mentioning again...just gotta sing from the same "hymnal".

Darn...and I was going to Esnipe it!!!

If you are referring to the issue of an R7 Shallow Face, I have heard that one will be marketed sometime this Spring...if not sooner. The R7 Shallow Face is basically a 540 XD head with the R7 quad screws, in anticipation of the next question.

I am currently putting with a TP Mills Putter (My Purestroke Custom is my backup) and it is very well balanced and very soft...gotta "plug" another Alabama boy here!!! David is from Tuscaloosa and has a nice web site to check out "www.tpmills.com". Great putters!!! Lonnie Joe

Wow!!! I am "bookmarking" this whole thread!!! I love this avitar - send me more!!! A bookmark or something before I get a permanent case of "whiplash or whooplash"!!! :cool:

I have not been "banned" here...yet! I have had some trouble "logging on" at times, and it does take forever to load the web site!!! I had a BAD virus about two months ago, then installed McAfee with the Firewall and everything...now I notice that just about every site that I go to has these "web bugs", which I block all the time..."cookies" OK, but not the tracer bugs, as I call them. Lonnie Joe

I have a right handed Sonartec MD 17 that I bought from a reliable source as a "tour issue", and while I have no doubt that it is tour issue, it looks just like the retail version to me. The head is a 230 gram head and is shafted at 41.75" with an Accra 65-X that swing weights out at D-4. Minor sole scratching from use, but otherwise "like new" - No Headcover. $175 shipped to lower 48, or best offer. Trade considerations would be Fuji Tour Spec or Black shafts (no TP stuff); Nak 420cc Driver; Scotty Putters.

I will give $110 shipped if I can get it by Wednesday on 10/6...must get it shafted asap for a customer of mine!!! Let me know ASAP, Lonnie Joe

The Club Scout III Frequency Meter has been sold! Thanks Doug!!! I have updated the other items with lower prices also. Please note that I have listed the Mizuno MS207's as Miura Forgings, which is the info that I got when I bought them...they are extremely soft; however, I would not doubt that these irons were forged by Mizuno Japan and assemblied by Miura (3-PW). These are Japan Tour Irons and if anybody has any concrete info on these, please post!!! I bought the FW and SW seperate where I would have somewhat of a matching set, and these are included with the set. Thanks, Lonnie Joe

I have several items that need adoption: 1) Mizuno MS207 3-PW forgings by Miura with Rifle 5.8 shafts with Miura Shaft Bands and Miura Cord Grips. Also have the FW and SW, but cannot attest to the pedigree of these two. $550 shipped to lower 48. 2) Gauge Design by David Whitlam US Model Center Shaft GAA1. 340 gram 303 Stainless head, Blue Gauge HC, 32.5", and original grip. $175 shipped to lower 48. 3) SOLD - Club Scout III Frequency Meter mounted on a 2 x 12 x 48 inch board. Meaures frequency in CFM's and has the bar to measure shaft Torque. $OLD 4) Golfsmith Golf Club Auditor - Digital Swing Weight Scale and measures total weight also. $175 shipped CONUS. Pics provided for serious buyers by email at "[email protected]". Great stuff...just updated my home shop and need to do some more "ho-ing". Bag set, but might trade for back-ups or try these items - Tour RAC LT's, Sonartec TRC's, JMAX Wood-Irons, or Tour TM Rescue - Rescue FW's. Thanks, Lonnie Joe

I have a right handed set of Mizuno MS 207 Irons, 3-PW, FW, and SW - 10 irons in all! The 3-PW are definitely Miura Forged with Miura Grips and Shaft bands and Rifle 5.8 shafts. The FW and SW have Rifle shafts, but were actually picked up prior to me buying this set of 3-PW. I really do not know what they are worth, so make offers! I have $600 in the 3-PW and I would take that for the 10 irons, plus shipping. Thanks, and pics available by emailing "[email protected]". Lonnie Joe

SOLD!!! Thanks Gary...hit'em well, Lonnie Joe

Title says it all! I have the 13 & 17 Tour Issue 200 smooth top heads (head only - NO shafts) for sale as a pair for $400 shipped to the lower 48. The 13 is in 9.0/10 condition and the 17 is near mint. The only reason that the 13 is not "mint" is that it has been played and there are some scratches on the face (like from hitting on grass at a sandy range), not topline, but face, and they will not show up in the pics. Pics available by email to "[email protected]", and please only request pics if you are a serious buyer. Thanks, Lonnie Joe

Tour Issue X16's are gone! Entertaining offers on the Ping Fairways...gotta be a lot of love for these and they are sweet!!! Also have a tour issue Orlimar Hip Steel Strong 3 wood in 12 degree's, with a Penley 90 gram Stealth shaft...says it's an X-Flex, but it freq's to Regular on my Club Scout III. $105 shipped to lower 48 get's her. Condition is 9.5/10, near mint.

SOLD!!! Tour Issue Callaway X16 Pro Series Irons, with ALL shaft bands in place! 3-PW & AW, Rifle shafts freq'd to 6.1. Longer than standard length with 5 iron at 39" and D-3 swing weight. Fresh Golf Pride round cord grips and no major dings or scratches; rate them an 8.0/10, since they have been played. Very nice set of tour issue irons. Ping Fairway Woods - tour issue, with the tour serial numbers. These are the Ti3 fairways in 14 and 17 degrees and are the black headed fairways with the "TI/Zrl+" on the soles. Both have Fuji Vista Pro 80 shafts in Stiff flex. 17 is mint; rate is 9.5/10, and the 14 is 9.0/10. $200 each or $375 shipped for the pair. All of the above are right handed and I would like to move them by this weekend. Thanks, Lonnie Joe