ClubHoUno Posted August 20, 2007 Report Share Posted August 20, 2007 (edited) Hello, I normally play with two full bags - one for the summer season, when it's dry - full of forged soft carbon steel clubs and one for the winter season and when it rains during the summer season. Forged carbon steel will easier get dinged and rust, therefore I only use them for the dry summer days. From November to March, the winter season is ON, where I live, and you can only practice on synthetic hard range mats in this period. This is an absolutely NO NO for soft forged carbon steel clubs. I also play a lot of indoor simulator golf during the winter season - once a week, so in fact, even though I'm from the cold norther Europe (OK, it's not exactly Siberia here - but still pretty cold for 3-4 months a year, and raining for the other 2-3 months basically) the golf season never quite ends for me. I play indoor simulator golf once a week during the winterseason and practice on the range once a week during the OFF season. Indoor golf simulators also use synthetic range mats - so I have a set of cast China made Taylor Made R7 Tp irons for this purpose and a trio of cast Titleist Vokey Spin Milled wedges. If I was interested in a set of JDM cast clubs, that would perform great, but still be durable and NOT soft cast like the CAST Fourteen and Beres clubs, what should I buy then - any suggestions at all ? I don't expect one single reply in this thread, because I don't think you can get a quality set of cast clubs, that are durable and not too soft from the JDM market - but still I'm asking you wise guys in here on THANKS IN ADVANCE Edited August 20, 2007 by Claus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K2_2 Posted August 20, 2007 Report Share Posted August 20, 2007 Durable JDM casting... Maybe the Srixon WR (multi-piece, may be forged), the odd PRGR model or... some older Marumans (they had some nice castings back in the mid-1990's). Knowing the type of clubs that you like though (smaller profile, more player-like) I'm not sure if any of the above would fit the bill. Have you just thought about a set of older forged irons for winter that you readjust midway through the indoor/range mat season? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K2_2 Posted August 20, 2007 Report Share Posted August 20, 2007 One other option came to mind when browsing a J-golf magazine... Cleveland CG2 J. They are a bit different than the standard CG2, as they have some tungsten plugs to lower the center of gravity (so, it is a unique J spec product and not just a US club with a Japanese spec shaft). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gocchin Posted August 20, 2007 Report Share Posted August 20, 2007 Awww Claus, of course you posted looking for replies, otherwise you wouldn't have posted right?! (6_^) The WR is forged K. (^_^) Actually the G-Field CCB-1's I'm using are pretty durable cast. I practice off mats and grass with them and they still look pretty unscathed. They are definitely not soft cast like Fourteen or Beres but are still pretty good CB's. Though I'm not sure they fit your profile of smaller head player's style. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClubHoUno Posted August 20, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2007 Thanks for the replies so far - I'm actually surprised you could come up with some kind of answers at all I think I'll just stick to my cheap China made low cost cast Taylor Made R7 Tp irons as my winter sticks this year. They perform pretty well for me and I guess I kind of like the way they look overall: Pretty thin topline, pretty small offset, pretty good casting finish for a cheap China casting and cheap China finish and the cavity actually looks better in person than on photos. They are really forgiving compared to my Miura's and they will be able to look good even after one season on hard range mats and indoor golf simulators The G Field you refer to Gocchin - any plans on making them in another brand of irons, since the G-Field brand is history now ? I also plan on using my Miura Cb-301 as winter sticks next year, when/if I buy the new Epon 301 for my next summer set. Being spin welded the Miura's can take quite some beating Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acrazygolfer Posted August 21, 2007 Report Share Posted August 21, 2007 I bought a used set of Z-101s for using at the mats only driving ranges around here in the greater Los Angeles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
master Posted August 21, 2007 Report Share Posted August 21, 2007 Good JDM cast club includes Daiwa Onoff black, Maruman Exim Nano. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClubHoUno Posted August 21, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 21, 2007 Good JDM cast club includes Daiwa Onoff black, Maruman Exim Nano. Thanks´- I'll check them out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K2_2 Posted August 21, 2007 Report Share Posted August 21, 2007 T, Thank you for the correction! Claus, the R7 TP isn't a bad club (almost bought a set when I was back home). Let us know what you end up with! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxio Posted August 21, 2007 Report Share Posted August 21, 2007 I posted about this in the Pride/Akira thread in the golf show pics. There is a nice looking set of pride irons that might be cast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bat Posted August 21, 2007 Report Share Posted August 21, 2007 I think the new PRGR IS3 502 are cast, but they might be too 'GI' for what you're looking for. If you like a relatively compact set, you might want to check out Royal Collection's old CV-101. I was told that these are cast but not sure how durable it'll be cuz they actually felt pretty good. Bat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gocchin Posted August 21, 2007 Report Share Posted August 21, 2007 Yup the IS3 502 are cast SUS630 and not too bad looking for a GI set. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClubHoUno Posted August 22, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 22, 2007 T,Thank you for the correction! Claus, the R7 TP isn't a bad club (almost bought a set when I was back home). Let us know what you end up with! Yeahh...you're right. I tried to spray a bit of sarcasm in my last post - the R7 Tp's may be cast and finished in China, but they perform pretty well for a lot of the pro guys on the US and European Tour - and NO; the R7 Tp's of the Pro players are NOT cast i some secret place and they certainly are NOT forged either. The R7 Forged however are forged, but only 2-3 guys on the Us and Euro tour have the R7 Forged irons in the bag. The R7 Tp's are in more than 25 pro players bag currently playing on the US and Euro tour. I just wondered what my possibilities were, if I wanted a high class JDM set of cast clubs that was durable enough to stand up for a winter season on hard range mats. My R7 Tp's are in the bag for the upcoming winter season and I already have tried them on the course, and they play excellent - very good if not great set of stick for a cast club made and finished somewhere in China. I took all the clubs and scrutinized them thoroughly. The finish is very well made. No dings or small dents in neither of them. I'm definitely a forged carbon steel fan, when it comes to irons and wedges, but cast China made isn't all that bad as some say it is I take pride in trying to have some of the best forged gear in my summer bag, but will also try to fill my winter bag with some pretty decent stuff too. I think Taylor Made must have a pretty great quality control where ever in China their clubs are cast and finished, because almost all the products I've bought from them, have had a very high quality finish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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