wmclarenf1 Posted October 5, 2011 Report Share Posted October 5, 2011 tonight. Just hit it in a small indoor range about 5 shots and it felt good enough to buy. 19* with M40 stock shaft. Will be taking it to my friend's shop tomorrow to reduce the length by 0.5 and add on a light weight grip to counter the SW loss and then off to the range. I have a NS PRo 750 which I am tempted to try in it at 39.5 finished length as well but lets see how the stock shaft is first which again,, feels not too bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FatMan Posted October 5, 2011 Report Share Posted October 5, 2011 Awesome! Be sure to update us how it goes! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMCMB Posted October 5, 2011 Report Share Posted October 5, 2011 These things are awesome, if your looking for something easy to hit and beyond long, it's really hard to look past these... I have the 25' with a Crazy ute shaft and it's just dynamite, I rarely use this club for full swings outta good lies, it's more of a get outta jail club, all sorts of crazy punch shots, shots outta deep rough, fairway bunkers, just about all of my dirty work, and when I do hit a full shot with it, it's borderline as long as any 20'-22' ute I've tried.,. Seriously, these are soo long I couldn't even game any of the lower lofts, they would throw my distances and distance gaps way off, but for anyone looking to add ALOT of distance, these are def the way to go.... Highly recommend it with the Crazy ute shaft, the EGGs fly quite high and the Crazy ute brings it to mid trajectory perfection.... Actually, i would recommend any utility with the Crazy ute shaft, lol, for me it's the perfect utility shaft and just gives the ultimate performance, i won't even try any other graphite shafts in utilities after hitting these. J. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamnguy1 Posted October 5, 2011 Report Share Posted October 5, 2011 Is it just me? But I like the look of that more than a regular ute. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoon Posted October 6, 2011 Report Share Posted October 6, 2011 tonight. Just hit it in a small indoor range about 5 shots and it felt good enough to buy. 19* with M40 stock shaft. Will be taking it to my friend's shop tomorrow to reduce the length by 0.5 and add on a light weight grip to counter the SW loss and then off to the range. I have a NS PRo 750 which I am tempted to try in it at 39.5 finished length as well but lets see how the stock shaft is first which again,, feels not too bad. the ns750 is an awesome idea, i actually shafted my old driving irons with this one and feel is amazing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wmclarenf1 Posted October 6, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 6, 2011 the ns750 is an awesome idea, i actually shafted my old driving irons with this one and feel is amazing. Brought to my friend's club fitting shop this evening. It played to a finished length grip on of close to 41 with a C8 SW. THe Stock EGG fat rip weighs 50 grams. Took off sliht more than 1/2 and inch and now plays to 440.25 grip on an dit sthe 38 gram decadelite cord. Added a bit of lead tape in the cavity at the back fo the face to bring the weoght back up to C8.5. And it plays..... Didn;t have time so I'll take it to the range tomorrow :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wmclarenf1 Posted October 8, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 8, 2011 Hit about 30 balls with the new EGG I+ at the range last night.. a few things first. THe M40 shaft does not play weak and perhaps of the shorter length, it plays a tad stiffer than the M40 in my EGG FW. The head or at least the one I picked up (there was only one 19* at the shop I picked mine up. They brought in a lot more 4Is) sits sqquare to slightly open. Next are subjective comments... feel... a low clickish sound on impact and defnitely not the Nike Square tin can hollow sound. Feel was soft yet firm but not a forged iron solid kinda feel which is not surprising given the design. Trajectory as you will expect is on the higher side. I hit this off the mat last NIGHT and as such, could not see what the roll was which imnplies something :-) and if I could see the landing, roll would not have been possible as it was raining and the grass is very very soft and not bermuda type stuff. So my 1 range session views and initial impressions : Stupid Long and Forgiving. Now I ain;t a 2 handicap and am just coming back to the game so a club like this is ideal. Off the range mat, about 3 or shots of the 30 or so shots went right but not crazy slice right. A staright, strong ball flight push. If I had to have a bad shot right, I can live with ths kinda straight pushes... distance was I would guess and I could not see the landing but as I am very familiar with the range and the lous range balls, it wil have been a CARRY of about 190 METERS or 200 so yards. MOst misses were pulls with slight hooks. Majority of the 30+ shots were in the corridor. Average CARRY will be about 190M or 200 yards. And I must say I have not dialed the club in yet as not many pure shots but that is the point! With fattish shots, the sole deisgn just glides off the mat to give a result much more decent than you will expect and on the thin slide, trajectory is of course lower but it still goes....That is how foriving it is. It still bloody goes! Off the tee which I hit maybe 5 shots and stopped is becuase they all went down the corridor with maybe 2 very slightly right but no fades. Just straight pushes. Feel was very pure off the face and I said let;s stop while its still good :-) This is where I am convinced just like the big brother EGG FW, the maraging steel face is the rabbit in the hat. Nothing new as Maruman had this maraging steel face tech a long time ago with the Shuttle U series. So again, still very much honeymoon period and only 1 range session and I still need to dial this in. I have 18 holes tomorrow where there are 4 teeboxes I can and will use this and 7 FW shots if I don't find myself in odd places. I am sure I will find myself in the long stuff given my game now so that'll be good to see how this performs but I have a feeling just like off the mat with less than pure hits, it will just glide off and still give more than one would expect. Definitely more forgiving off the deck than my Halo Tour and just about any Hybrid I can think of. Will update after my round tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+TourSpecGolfer Posted October 8, 2011 Report Share Posted October 8, 2011 Thanks! This is a club I look forward to hitting one day. I love everything in the egg series, even their womens clubs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevopagolf Posted October 8, 2011 Report Share Posted October 8, 2011 Thanks! This is a club I look forward to hitting one day. I love everything in the egg series, even their womens clubs I have one as well. I have tried every utility to find one I did not hook. This did the trick. Awesome is the word to describe the Egg Ute! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wmclarenf1 Posted October 10, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 10, 2011 OK.. had my round of 18 yesterday and another range session tonight. Not hitting that well on the course yesterday but tonight, the ball striking was a lot more solid. Distance... this has been established and I'll comfirm, double confirm and triple confirm that this thing is LONGGGGGGGGGGGGG!!!!!! off the tee AND off the deck! Used this off the tee 4 times yesterday, 3 were down the corridor with the longest into medium cross wind of 207m or approx 225 yards. One ended in the hazard LOL but that was the straight push right I mentioned in the first raneg session above. Consolation is that it was long into the hazard LOL. Forgiveness.. this is long of the deck.. that has been established.. I had 3 shots out of the rough..2 went straight, high and a lot longer than I would expect. the last one on a par 5 was shot of the green (out of rough) on the second shot by about 10 yards. That would have made the recovery shot off a very bad tee shot about 190m or 200 yards. On another shot out of the rough, another par 5, ball very below feet.. stuffed the shot and pull-hooked it badly left. This was maybe 300m out... thought it was very shot... I hit my next shot from 140m... that's 160m on a very bad shot... you rally can't ask for more in terms of forgiveness. At the range tonight and just off the mat... it was flying down the corridor with a very slight draw and damn long. Misses were straight right pushes. So still very much in a honeymoon but what a honeymoon it is so far... not the cheapest of clubs (both the FW and I+) but damn worth it imo and I'm playing the stock shafts so given that I will always go to some GD Tour AD of sort and I'm not needing to (yet), it ain't that expensive... :-) Finally, I mentioned in other posts I wanted a club that hits more like an iron.. well, I don't know if it does BUT I ain't finding the issues I have with more FW type hybrids. If you're in the market for a utlity and can't demo, this I reckon is a very safe calculated bet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoon Posted October 10, 2011 Report Share Posted October 10, 2011 how would you rate this with the RCs trc or any hybrid hybrid? i take it its more forgiving than a driving iron type like the xut or 901 but where exactly does this fall in? a cross? sorry i havent seen any of these buggers in the flesh. right now i am still using my 901 22bent to 21 as i hit this noticely better of the tee than any full blooded hybrid as well as off the deck. i have such a descending blow even on my hybrids that i have absolutely no success with full fledged hybrids. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wmclarenf1 Posted October 10, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 10, 2011 how would you rate this with the RCs trc or any hybrid hybrid? i take it its more forgiving than a driving iron type like the xut or 901 but where exactly does this fall in? a cross? sorry i havent seen any of these buggers in the flesh. right now i am still using my 901 22bent to 21 as i hit this noticely better of the tee than any full blooded hybrid as well as off the deck. i have such a descending blow even on my hybrids that i have absolutely no success with full fledged hybrids. Hi, I have an intended descending swing as well which is why I am a high spin player for better or for worse. I can;t comment against the named RCs as I have not tried them but against the much older RC hybrids I have hit, I will say from recollection, a lot more forgiving. I can comment with recency against the Cleveland Halo which I found to be the most forgiving hybrid until the EGG I+. Definitely more forgiving than teh Fourteen driving iron I demoed recently as well In terms of whetherh its a corss, I don;t know. What I do know is that it is more forgiving and longer then te fourteen driving iron and Cleveland Halo. The fourteen of course being more iron like and the Halo more FW like so in that sense a cross yes and a damn good cross.. but again, stil honeymoon period but I am enjoying her a lot...... :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevopagolf Posted October 10, 2011 Report Share Posted October 10, 2011 how would you rate this with the RCs trc or any hybrid hybrid? i take it its more forgiving than a driving iron type like the xut or 901 but where exactly does this fall in? a cross? sorry i havent seen any of these buggers in the flesh. right now i am still using my 901 22bent to 21 as i hit this noticely better of the tee than any full blooded hybrid as well as off the deck. i have such a descending blow even on my hybrids that i have absolutely no success with full fledged hybrids. Spoon- I had the TRC in 20*. The Egg Utility is far far more forgiving, better from the fairway. I might give the TRC slight slight advantage out of deep rough due to its heavier head. Egg Utility I find myself using much more than I did the TRC and the Egg wants to fly straight no hook issues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoon Posted October 11, 2011 Report Share Posted October 11, 2011 Spoon- I had the TRC in 20*. The Egg Utility is far far more forgiving, better from the fairway. I might give the TRC slight slight advantage out of deep rough due to its heavier head. Egg Utility I find myself using much more than I did the TRC and the Egg wants to fly straight no hook issues. nice to hear, i had the TRC in 17 and 20. reshafted the 20 with steel ns950, had better success but i still couldnt completely hit it flush off the deck. probably my fault(swing issues) but i have none with the 901. its less forgiving but i can hit it better than the trc. sold both my trcs. right now i am still searching for the perfect 20/21 deg ute. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMCMB Posted October 11, 2011 Report Share Posted October 11, 2011 C, I think you'll really like the EGG I+, just based on what you have told me about your swing and the fact that you like the 901 alot I think it would be a really good match, it feels kinda similar to the 901 at address, I personally prefer the shape of the EGG though... Also, a steel shaft would probably be the way to go if you have certain yardages in mind as the EGG ute is crazy long. One thing I notice with the EGG ute I have is the lie angle plays very upright for me, i normally play my lies rather flat, and this club just feels very upright whenever I set up, doesn't bother me at all, just something I figured I would put out there. J. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoon Posted October 11, 2011 Report Share Posted October 11, 2011 C, I think you'll really like the EGG I+, just based on what you have told me about your swing and the fact that you like the 901 alot I think it would be a really good match, it feels kinda similar to the 901 at address, I personally prefer the shape of the EGG though... Also, a steel shaft would probably be the way to go if you have certain yardages in mind as the EGG ute is crazy long. One thing I notice with the EGG ute I have is the lie angle plays very upright for me, i normally play my lies rather flat, and this club just feels very upright whenever I set up, doesn't bother me at all, just something I figured I would put out there. J. thanks jason i will certainly look into that. its not on my priority list at the moment as i am waiting for new iron shafts, new wedges, a ryoma fw and tons of existing shaft experiments to play around with on my hybrids. in the last week i have tried the di95s on an epon 902 ( too stiff plays like an x ) dgsl300, ns950 ht, nspro 850fw. problem was the same as the rc, miles of the tee but disastrous for me on the FW, gave it to my dad and he can whack that sucker. hes a sweeper. going to revive my adams pnt2 tour version head this afternoon. it will be mated with a px5.5 hybrid shaft. cant wait to get over with this so i can move on to better things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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