Review on the PRGR Egg Spoon

[khangdan]

Just received my PRGR Egg Spoon 15* Fairway Wood with the new CRAZY FW Evolution shaft in 6.7 just this past week. Took it to the range for the first time today to see if it was going to live up to its legendary reputation on this forum. Being that this club cost me roughly $1100 USD... I had high hopes and very high dreams that this club would bring my never-ending search for a great fairway wood to a conclusion. A little bit about me... I've been playing golf for about a year and a half and a golf-club ho for roughly around the same amount of time. I'm roughly 6'0" tall with a swing speed of around 100-105 and have a steeper angle of attack as I like to make a pretty chunky divot. My mis-hits are usually a crazy duck-hook to the left or a nasty slice to the right fairway; they don't happen all that often... but as most of us know... those ugly shots come out a lot more often than we'd like them to. So now onto the review...

When I took the club out of the box, it looked just as gorgeous as it does on the website, and I'm personally a fan of CRAZY's graphics as it does a great job helping me square my feet and knees to the ball. At address, Tario's mentioned this before, but it's very easy to align the ball using the scooped out back as the alignment aid and the little red nipple didn't bother me at all. It is also a very, VERY light club. I took a few practice swings with it to make sure that my first memory with this club would be a good one and honestly felt like I lost the feeling of the head at the top of my back swing. Now onto the moment of truth.. Slowly... I pulled a ball from the bucket... set up in my address position... took a deep breath in... let it out slowly and took the club away. I cut my backswing a little bit short to make sure I made contact with the ball and just came down as I normally do... When I made contact, the ball just jumped off the face and climbed up really quickly. It's definitely as forgiving as everyone says it is, as I had no trouble getting the ball into the air off the deck, which is surprising to me as I tend to have trouble getting the ball up that high with a Fairway wood. About a half bucket of balls later... my consistent shot with this club was a soft high draw that went around 230-240 yards out on the fly, and the crazy thing is... I NEVER HIT A DRAW. I'm coming off from using a G15 4-wood, which most of you might know is considered a forgiving fairway wood in and of itself, but the Egg Spoon blows this thing out of the water. Being that the Egg Spoon is a 15* lofted fairway wood... it hits it further and gets it up higher than an equally shallow-faced 17.5* 4-wood. Needless to say, this combo is amazing and I HIGHLY recommend this combination. It's turned my slice-producing swing into a high-baby-draw-machine. My one recommendation is... for this particular shaft... the CRAZY FW Evolution... you might want to order this true to flex... as opposed to going down half a flex or even a full flex lower. I normally play a stiff... and felt that this was a little softer than those stiff's that I've played.

All in all, I want to thank Tario and the rest of the TSG gang for continuing to beat this subject to death: The PRGR Egg Spoon is the FW KING.

PS: Crazy shafts are amazing, too.

[FatMan]

Great review K!

I would like to hear more of your thoughts about the Crazy FW Evolution after you've had more time with it. I have the FW80s & I'm wondering how they differ.

[khangdan]

Great review K!

I would like to hear more of your thoughts about the Crazy FW Evolution after you've had more time with it. I have the FW80s & I'm wondering how they differ.

I wondered the same thing myself when I put in the purchase order and here's what Tario had to say: "The FW80 is heavier and is more of a control shaft plus distance while the LY Evolution is made for distance. The LY has more kick and feel while the FW80 is just swing and go straight." I played a Diamana Blue 73 Stiff in my previous Fairway Wood so that's the only experience I can draw a comparison from. The FW Evolution definitely feels ALOT smoother and for some people... that may mean "less stable" as I know some prefer heavier and more stout FW shafts... but I just trusted that the shaft would snap back into the proper position at impact when I turned my arms over and that's exactly what it did as I had no trouble at all with pushing or pulling the ball. I personally love the feeling of not having my FW wood shaft feel like a lead pipe... as the FW evolution seems like it has a lot of give... but as I said in my initial review... I think it plays fairly true to flex and it only leads me to wonder if I should've gone up a bit in flex. Hope this helps.

[gocchin]

Khang thats great to hear. The Egg and Crazy shaft is one deadly combo. I'm glad we were able to work together to get the right fit.

The difference between the Evo and FW80 is firstly material, the Evo is 46t and the FW80 is 80t.

The FW80 is made leaning more towards control than distance while the Evo leans towards distance over control.

Both of course are very balanced.

The FW80 relies more on the top grade 80t carbon to reduce the need for timing and easy squaring of the head.

The Evo has a more advanced design (it is a newer model released last month) which produces more feel (this is amazing considering the FW80 has some great feel and pop to it already) and while it is "only" 46t it produces a high launch with low spin hence the big carry Khang is seeing.

[gocchin]

I wondered the same thing myself when I put in the purchase order and here's what Tario had to say: "The FW80 is heavier and is more of a control shaft plus distance while the LY Evolution is made for distance. The LY has more kick and feel while the FW80 is just swing and go straight." I played a Diamana Blue 73 Stiff in my previous Fairway Wood so that's the only experience I can draw a comparison from. The FW Evolution definitely feels ALOT smoother and for some people... that may mean "less stable" as I know some prefer heavier and more stout FW shafts... but I just trusted that the shaft would snap back into the proper position at impact when I turned my arms over and that's exactly what it did as I had no trouble at all with pushing or pulling the ball. I personally love the feeling of not having my FW wood shaft feel like a lead pipe... as the FW evolution seems like it has a lot of give... but as I said in my initial review... I think it plays fairly true to flex and it only leads me to wonder if I should've gone up a bit in flex. Hope this helps.

Haha you quoted me exactly. (^_^)

[+TourSpecGolfer]

Yes I need to reshaft mine with the Evo still. I'm in love with the Egg, Usually im a 225 guy with a spoon. blasted a couple 250 in the last 3 rounds, before the egg eagle putts were few and far between.

[jamnguy1]

I wondered the same thing myself when I put in the purchase order and here's what Tario had to say: "The FW80 is heavier and is more of a control shaft plus distance while the LY Evolution is made for distance. The LY has more kick and feel while the FW80 is just swing and go straight." I played a Diamana Blue 73 Stiff in my previous Fairway Wood so that's the only experience I can draw a comparison from. The FW Evolution definitely feels ALOT smoother and for some people... that may mean "less stable" as I know some prefer heavier and more stout FW shafts... but I just trusted that the shaft would snap back into the proper position at impact when I turned my arms over and that's exactly what it did as I had no trouble at all with pushing or pulling the ball. I personally love the feeling of not having my FW wood shaft feel like a lead pipe... as the FW evolution seems like it has a lot of give... but as I said in my initial review... I think it plays fairly true to flex and it only leads me to wonder if I should've gone up a bit in flex. Hope this helps.

FW80 is smoother, IMO.

LY is of course lighter, feels like it has thinner walls, more perceivable kick in the same flex.

[+TourSpecGolfer]

Thanks Jamnguy1,

Have you tried both? I actually seek more control and have yet to try either one.

[jamnguy1]

Thanks Jamnguy1,

Have you tried both? I actually seek more control and have yet to try either one.

Not the new Evo, just the older LY-01. Also have tried the LY-02.

Quite happy with the FW80 and I think there is a little more control there. I love the smoothness of this shaft.

[supo]

i have a few crazy shafts

80 cb noir

80 ls2

tj 46

80fw

80

and i had a 50

from what i feel, the tj 46 is light and the most deadly long ball hitting shaft ive tried. its 100% about clobbering the daylights out ofgunbarrle straight

the 80fw is heavy, heavy in the tip, low spin low launch but workable. u cab gte this ti turn just the right amount

the 80 is similar to tyhe FW in feel, but a bit lighter in the swing and not as electirc at impact.

the 80ls 2 is a LOT more feel than the 80 original model. dynamics pretty similar with more feel,

the 50 i had prob has the best feel of all the crazys ive hit , but misses with it to he right were catastrophic, amazing feeling shaft if u want to tkae the left out then the 50 is a tough shaft to compare with.

the cb80 ls noir is my current ryoma headed driver

not as much glassy fel as the other 80s ,but a small draw bias which is superb. can hang tough on a big shot , but ikes to be smoothed more , get the ebst resuts when juts tempo is perfect and smooth the ball bets trajectory of all my drivers thius set up

if u like to kep the right out of play the 50 is tough to beat.

the fw 80 is in 4 of my fairways, and ill game the 3 and 5 when i need to chase balls low .

not the best for hitting high cut shots that land soft, not good at all really

but for a driver repleacment 3w shaft easily the king of shafts..

iand in the egg spoon the lownwss of the shaft coupled with the eggs soarability is a potent mix

the eagle hunter....!!

[Eca]

Hey T, you were comparing the new & previous versions of Egg Spoon. Have you made a final conclusion? I'm using the previous one & this doesnt even have a Crazy but it is long & penetrating with ilima 80s. I find it hard to think the new one could beat this, maybe just in sound lol. Put it this way, exotics line are known to be long & I use this 3w in the 9th of the local club for a 250y tee shot b4 hazard. On the weekend against the breeze, the Egg cost me coz it went in lol. I got quite a few people questioning me about this club coz of performance & sound. Almost all have Nfi about PRGR & jdms. Just like me I guess a few months ago hehe.

[jamnguy1]

Hey T, you were comparing the new & previous versions of Egg Spoon. Have you made a final conclusion? I'm using the previous one & this doesnt even have a Crazy but it is long & penetrating with ilima 80s. I find it hard to think the new one could beat this, maybe just in sound lol. Put it this way, exotics line are known to be long & I use this 3w in the 9th of the local club for a 250y tee shot b4 hazard. On the weekend against the breeze, the Egg cost me coz it went in lol. I got quite a few people questioning me about this club coz of performance & sound. Almost all have Nfi about PRGR & jdms. Just like me I guess a few months ago hehe.

Sound is the biggest improvement.

[gocchin]

Sound is the biggest improvement.

Pretty much what James said, sound is themost noticeable change (both at impact and when you swing it). The crown is a huge visual change. The face is also shallower making it even easier to get the ball in the air.

Distance wise, I found the similar. Feel was probably better for the new model as well.

[supo]

agreed with T

feel is better

sound def better

i think the older one is longer. and more penetrating

i think the new one def goes higher.

iswitched back to the old one . i found i was launching too high with hte new one, even with the crazy in it, the old one with the shingo roddio shaft is low nad long

[supo]

agreed with T

feel is better

sound def better

i think the older one is longer. and more penetrating

i think the new one def goes higher.

iswitched back to the old one . i found i was launching too high with hte new one, even with the crazy in it, the old one with the shingo roddio shaft is low nad long

[jamnguy1]

Pretty much what James said, sound is themost noticeable change (both at impact and when you swing it). The crown is a huge visual change. The face is also shallower making it even easier to get the ball in the air.

Distance wise, I found the similar. Feel was probably better for the new model as well.

They are both fantastic clubs.

The new one looks futuristic and frames the ball better.

Stock shaft on the new one is better, although alot of people change shaft.

For the avg golfer, stock shaft is fine though slightly softer.

Easy to hit, forgiving and goes straight and long.

Off the tee, I give a slight advantage to the old one because of the less shallower face.

New one has much better sound and solid feel. Old one can feel hollow.

On short and tight par 4 on 2nd shot on par 5. I cant think of an easier or better club.

Also it comes with a nice headcover made specifically for the club.

[Eca]

Thanks all. Thats really a good insight on both and how well these clubs play. Sounds like for my purpose, Im with Stew.. need the more penetrating flight.