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Re: New Equipment

• Infinito3010 3,689 Posts

  Mon, Oct 26 2009 10:02 AM

  molideha:

  .I argue its all about knowing your clubs.

  I agree, it is all about knowing your clubs, and how the clubs react with the different types of balls.  I find each ball does react differently, and knowing these nuances makes you a better player. 

  As for a wish list.   I would definitely buy a set of irons that have the same distances as the Raptures, but with a higher trajectory.  Instead of a meter speed of 2 make it a 3.  As for spin rating, make them comparable to TP master irons.  The axiom is, farther is not always better.

• tibbets 1,043 Posts

  Mon, Oct 26 2009 10:17 AM

  Yes, of course knowing your clubs is a big part of the equation to being consistent.  I will say, however, that any set of clubs with a Precision 1 rating has a deviation factor that is so high, that if you do in fact have your shot go where you aimed it with these clubs, you are just plain lucky.  I used to play them quite a bit when they first came out, but eventually ditched them due to this inevitable and inexorable truth. 

  Bottom line, if you are somehow managing to avoid the deviations most of the time, it's just plain luck, and one begins to wonder if we are all playing by the same set of rules, because I play with the most precise club set there is, know all of the courses like the back of my hand, and still have to fight the deviation beast constantly.

  What happens when the shot goes where I aimed it and I don't get deviated?  I end up scoring in the 20's on the CTTH, which has happened on 2 courses now.  I can count on one hand how many times a CTTH round hasn't deviated my shots wildly though.

    So, knowing the clubs, shots, and courses are very important, but CTTH is very much about repetition and luck.

• YankeeJim 25,827 Posts

  Mon, Oct 26 2009 11:34 AM

  Which brings us back to the accuracy/spin thing. The higher spin rating of the Taylors, both pro and master, allow you to play longer irons and still have some control of the landing, particularly on the green. Having less of a deviation to the target more than offsets the difference in meter speed for me. The GI D ball slows the meter down enough but I like the faster meter and the accuracy  that goes with it.

  YJ

   

• rglrguy 442 Posts

  Wed, Nov 18 2009 6:21 AM

  I agree, However as my father (who taught me how to play golf) said, "It is a poor workman that blames his tools". Practice is the key, learning the courses, clubs, luck, etc.

  On a slightly different note I would like to be able to have control over which clubs I can keep in my bag....ie..be able to trade the pitching wedge from my set, and replace it with another wedge....or maybe lose the 3 iron or whatever. this would be very helpful to me on different courses.....Thanks for the game I LOVE it.

  rglrguy

• YankeeJim 25,827 Posts

  Wed, Nov 18 2009 7:21 AM

  rgl-Take a peek at how often you use your 3w and your hb. Do you really need both? Replace one of them with a more useful wedge so you would have 3 plus the set one.

  On KIA you can get away without a long fairway club and use a 4th wedge instead. JMO

   

  YJ

   

• resozv 895 Posts

  Wed, Nov 18 2009 10:20 AM

  rglr, I understand your point fully, but WGT isn't letting us break up iron sets. Your 3w & 3h have a 5 yd. distance gap. I'd be willing to say you like the more spin of your new 52° vs. the PW, but your stuck with the PW. So you now have 2 more clubs with about a 5 yd. distance gap. Personally I'd take the 3w out & find some wedge to fill a distance gap. A 54° wedge may have benefited you more than the 52 °. To paraphrase your father ... It's not the arrows Tonto. Somewhere in the forums is a spreadsheet on club comparison. Look it up and you can view characteristics side by side. Happy shopping!

• GITrDONE 701 Posts

  Fri, Nov 20 2009 4:19 AM

  resozv:

  Happy shopping!

  I got all the clubs WGT has to offer(name brand wise).I'm lucky that work picked up and was able to do this.I don't like a guessing game and I don't like not knowing.So I bought them all so I could see what works best for me.I got all 3 putters and have settled on the ANSER for now.I mixed and matched clubs trying to get the perfect set together but they never seemed to be quite complete...Until...I tried the ANSER and with this one club that was missing from my bag I was able to advance to the Master tier .I've been a member since Oct. 16 which is just a little over a month.I love this game and the community here has been extremely helpful with plenty of helpful tips that they don't mind sharing.So Disfunction it looks like you will be a master in around a month.The only advice I got on this tier so far is ...WEAR A WINDBREAKER...Jeez.Good luck in finding the right clubs.They are here you'll just have to find 'em.

  Larry

• Spacklero 386 Posts

  Fri, Nov 20 2009 6:12 AM

  tibbets:

  Yes, of course knowing your clubs is a big part of the equation to being consistent.  I will say, however, that any set of clubs with a Precision 1 rating has a deviation factor that is so high, that if you do in fact have your shot go where you aimed it with these clubs, you are just plain lucky.  I used to play them quite a bit when they first came out, but eventually ditched them due to this inevitable and inexorable truth. 

  Bottom line, if you are somehow managing to avoid the deviations most of the time, it's just plain luck, and one begins to wonder if we are all playing by the same set of rules, because I play with the most precise club set there is, know all of the courses like the back of my hand, and still have to fight the deviation beast constantly.

  What happens when the shot goes where I aimed it and I don't get deviated?  I end up scoring in the 20's on the CTTH, which has happened on 2 courses now.  I can count on one hand how many times a CTTH round hasn't deviated my shots wildly though.

    So, knowing the clubs, shots, and courses are very important, but CTTH is very much about repetition and luck.

  So if I play exactly the same shot as a pro using the same club, say we both miss the dinger by a mm, ill be further out than he is?