tincup975 Posted February 8, 2005 Report Share Posted February 8, 2005 Which one if better and why....looking for new wedges and both of these have made it to my final stages and am considering purchasing both of them, but would like to hear some opinions from people who have hit both of them....biggest question is how is the Maru wedge's sole grind?? Does it prevent digging at all??? Let me know what you guys know... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyTN Posted February 8, 2005 Report Share Posted February 8, 2005 I just happen to have some 2003's for sale... :) I've never played scratch, so I cannot comment. The gap had 8 degrees of bounce and the 59 has 5. I used to play tour vokey proto's at 54/10 and 60/4. The maru have a really versatile sole grind... it's awesome..I like low bounce wedges anyways, so these are perfect for me. The grooves on the maru's are SHARP and have stayed that way for a long time...the barely wear, you will wear the bounce out before the grooves. The only drawback I see with maru's is...if you like heavy swingweights..well you will have to add lead tape or plugs. The gap is specs at D1 and the lob is C6.5 on the 2004's. Also the finish will come off real quick on the sole and face..One more thing... the heads are tiny, but I like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+TourSpecGolfer Posted February 8, 2005 Report Share Posted February 8, 2005 Hey if the scratch's are made in Japan they are good, but I need to first know what Maru are you talking about. The maru I suggest is the v.2 just for the fact that it is 99.9% FE, ask any club maker who has worked on these they extremely soft, softer than 1018 and if they don't say its the softest thats BS, because these will bend and needs to be adjusted every 3 months if your a range rat and every 6 if your a grass dude. Scratch is good, the made in japan stuff rocks, 1018 is softest metal i have hit besides the maru's these too you will have to adjust if your a range rat but just not as often, its custom, takes a little while but they are no where as hard to get as the Maru's.. Are you buying them new or used and also what version of Maru? If I had some scratch wedges to compare them to, you guys would have all the pics in the world. You talking about two very different price ranges here also, the scratches new are very affordable while the Maru's are very expensive and on top of that spec'd out to fit you cause they are made for Maru and his taste is very individual it will cost you big bucks. X-wedge is all you need every option under the sun, even FE 99.9% there are models 01, 02, 02mid, 03 & 04, its the affordable Maru with good resale value. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+TourSpecGolfer Posted February 8, 2005 Report Share Posted February 8, 2005 I just happen to have some 2003's for sale... :)I've never played scratch, so I cannot comment. The gap had 8 degrees of bounce and the 59 has 5. I used to play tour vokey proto's at 54/10 and 60/4. The maru have a really versatile sole grind... it's awesome..I like low bounce wedges anyways, so these are perfect for me. The grooves on the maru's are SHARP and have stayed that way for a long time...the barely wear, you will wear the bounce out before the grooves. The only drawback I see with maru's is...if you like heavy swingweights..well you will have to add lead tape or plugs. The gap is specs at D1 and the lob is C6.5 on the 2004's. Also the finish will come off real quick on the sole and face..One more thing... the heads are tiny, but I like that. JohnnyTn, Joe put my Maru's to a perfect D5 & D6 with a Satin refinish, TC R flex shafts custom paint job...the works, the difference is night and day, how can Maru hit them feathers, the grind on these wedges are just to good to be wasted with such a light Swing Weight and stiff/short shaft. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaybit Posted February 8, 2005 Report Share Posted February 8, 2005 I just bought some scratch OTRs the japan ones. After looking at pics of his "supped up" maru's i would say that his marus are by far the best wedges i have ever seen IMO. If they perform half as good as they look they must be pretty damn good. Anyway i dont got the :money: like chris so IMO the scratch OTRs are just as good. Love the finish on my wedges too!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DemolitionMan Posted February 8, 2005 Report Share Posted February 8, 2005 Kind of hard to compare since Scratch is totally custom. I have not seen a scratch wedge come even close to the versatility and the groove perfomance of the Maru. Now the grooves there is not a lot scratch can do about that, I suppose in theory they could copy the maru shape and grind but who is going to pay for all the heads to practice on until the grinder gets it right? Shigeki loves to play his PW for all kinds of shots 80-120 yards so the light swingweight on his gap/lob wedges are purely for feel and touch. As opposed to someone like John Daly I don't think Shigeki has very soft hands, so a soft/light wedge helps add to his feel and control. I played with the lob wedge unchanged for a long time and the light swingweight did not take long to get comfortable. Then I played another set with weight plugs to get the swing weight up to D-3/4 range and that did not take long to get comfortable with either. The Marus are the best wedges out there with a lot of close seconds. One last note about Scratch, I find the grind on the neck kind of strange, it is different than any other wedge. It's a minor thing, but still I like to be just as comfortable with wedges as I am with the putter, they are that personal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyTN Posted February 8, 2005 Report Share Posted February 8, 2005 I just happen to have some 2003's for sale... :)I've never played scratch, so I cannot comment. The gap had 8 degrees of bounce and the 59 has 5. I used to play tour vokey proto's at 54/10 and 60/4. The maru have a really versatile sole grind... it's awesome..I like low bounce wedges anyways, so these are perfect for me. The grooves on the maru's are SHARP and have stayed that way for a long time...the barely wear, you will wear the bounce out before the grooves. The only drawback I see with maru's is...if you like heavy swingweights..well you will have to add lead tape or plugs. The gap is specs at D1 and the lob is C6.5 on the 2004's. Also the finish will come off real quick on the sole and face..One more thing... the heads are tiny, but I like that. JohnnyTn, Joe put my Maru's to a perfect D5 & D6 with a Satin refinish, TC R flex shafts custom paint job...the works, the difference is night and day, how can Maru hit them feathers, the grind on these wedges are just to good to be wasted with such a light Swing Weight and stiff/short shaft. I heard about those on my last visit...so it was you... damn nice to do that on $600 brand new wedges.. as for the one I have for sale... used set of 2003's 53/59 Swingweight are d4 and d1 respectively..then have been extended about an inch..the SW can be increase further of you remove the corded grips and put regular one on. The 2004 is the 99.9 FE model.. it's dead stock at C6.5 and yes 2003 and 2004's have the same grind...the grind is best..very very versatile. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godfather1 Posted February 8, 2005 Report Share Posted February 8, 2005 I have both the maru v.2 and the scratch custom, and personally the feel is softer on the maru, but I prefer the heavier sw on the scratch. It just so happens that the grind, and lie fit me very well on the maru so I don't have to worry about that, the scratch obviously is custom. I think that if I can get the TC x1 with a d6.5/d8 sw these would be perfect. I should note that I have the 1050 in my scratch with weight slots. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lightrider Posted February 8, 2005 Report Share Posted February 8, 2005 I just happen to have some 2003's for sale... :)I've never played scratch, so I cannot comment. The gap had 8 degrees of bounce and the 59 has 5. I used to play tour vokey proto's at 54/10 and 60/4. The maru have a really versatile sole grind... it's awesome..I like low bounce wedges anyways, so these are perfect for me. The grooves on the maru's are SHARP and have stayed that way for a long time...the barely wear, you will wear the bounce out before the grooves. The only drawback I see with maru's is...if you like heavy swingweights..well you will have to add lead tape or plugs. The gap is specs at D1 and the lob is C6.5 on the 2004's. Also the finish will come off real quick on the sole and face..One more thing... the heads are tiny, but I like that. JohnnyTn, Joe put my Maru's to a perfect D5 & D6 with a Satin refinish, TC R flex shafts custom paint job...the works, the difference is night and day, how can Maru hit them feathers, the grind on these wedges are just to good to be wasted with such a light Swing Weight and stiff/short shaft. I heard about those on my last visit...so it was you... damn nice to do that on $600 brand new wedges.. as for the one I have for sale... used set of 2003's 53/59 Swingweight are d4 and d1 respectively..then have been extended about an inch..the SW can be increase further of you remove the corded grips and put regular one on. The 2004 is the 99.9 FE model.. it's dead stock at C6.5 and yes 2003 and 2004's have the same grind...the grind is best..very very versatile. I really like the grind of the 59 Maru wedge. The 53 is a little iffy. Did they improve that on the V.2 as well? Must resist new Maru Wedges..... :wah: :whistle: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+TourSpecGolfer Posted February 8, 2005 Report Share Posted February 8, 2005 really like the grind of the 59 Maru wedge. The 53 is a little iffy. Did they improve that on the V.2 as well? Must resist new Maru Wedges..... The V.2 is the exact same thing as the version before it except made of FE 99.9% Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyTN Posted February 8, 2005 Report Share Posted February 8, 2005 The grinds are exactly the same, between 03 and 04. I love the grind.. it's one of the few gap wedges that I feel very comfortable using out of the bunker on longer shots.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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