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G10 or TP irons? or stick with the Raptures?

• PaulH0070 1,339 Posts

  Thu, Dec 9 2010 12:29 PM

  can anyone offer some experience advice on these clubs please?

  i (for some reason, lol)  feel the need to upgrade the irons from my L48 Raptures, a bit more precision and spin and hopefully a bit of a step up

  i don't want to waste my credits so am i making a good move? i like the look of both sets, but how much harder are the TP's to play with the lower ball flight? is it harder to use them on say the long carry par 3's or does the spin eliminate the ball coming in a bit hotter?

  i guess the big question is, as i'm average at best on this game, will it be a step backwards? i love the slow meter of the Raptures, will i find the new irons too fast to control?

  cheers,

  Paul

• borntobesting 9,709 Posts

  Thu, Dec 9 2010 1:21 PM

  PaulH0070:

  can anyone offer some experience advice on these clubs please?

  i (for some reason, lol)  feel the need to upgrade the irons from my L48 Raptures, a bit more precision and spin and hopefully a bit of a step up

  i don't want to waste my credits so am i making a good move? i like the look of both sets, but how much harder are the TP's to play with the lower ball flight? is it harder to use them on say the long carry par 3's or does the spin eliminate the ball coming in a bit hotter?

  i guess the big question is, as i'm average at best on this game, will it be a step backwards? i love the slow meter of the Raptures, will i find the new irons too fast to control?

  cheers,

  Paul

  Both the G-10's and the TP's are good iron sets. I used both during the past few months until I go the I-15's. With your TM wedges the TP's might be the way to go as they match up distance wise with your wedges better.  With a little work and maybe a GI ball to slow the meter the meter speed shouldn't be a problem. I an 64 year old man with slower reflexes can time the meter with the I-15's you should be able to handle the TP"s speed.The Tp's are really good for St. Andrews and Kia. except they are quite weak from the fescue.  

  I loved my raptures to but as the longer master distances you need the extra length of the better clubs.

• borntobesting 9,709 Posts

  Thu, Dec 9 2010 1:21 PM

  PaulH0070:

  can anyone offer some experience advice on these clubs please?

  i (for some reason, lol)  feel the need to upgrade the irons from my L48 Raptures, a bit more precision and spin and hopefully a bit of a step up

  i don't want to waste my credits so am i making a good move? i like the look of both sets, but how much harder are the TP's to play with the lower ball flight? is it harder to use them on say the long carry par 3's or does the spin eliminate the ball coming in a bit hotter?

  i guess the big question is, as i'm average at best on this game, will it be a step backwards? i love the slow meter of the Raptures, will i find the new irons too fast to control?

  cheers,

  Paul

  Both the G-10's and the TP's are good iron sets. I used both during the past few months until I go the I-15's. With your TM wedges the TP's might be the way to go as they match up distance wise with your wedges better.  With a little work and maybe a GI ball to slow the meter the meter speed shouldn't be a problem. I an 64 year old man with slower reflexes can time the meter with the I-15's you should be able to handle the TP"s speed.The Tp's are really good for St. Andrews and Kia. except they are quite weak from the fescue.  

  I loved my raptures to but as the longer master distances you need the extra length of the better clubs.

• borntobesting 9,709 Posts

  Thu, Dec 9 2010 1:21 PM

  PaulH0070:

  can anyone offer some experience advice on these clubs please?

  i (for some reason, lol)  feel the need to upgrade the irons from my L48 Raptures, a bit more precision and spin and hopefully a bit of a step up

  i don't want to waste my credits so am i making a good move? i like the look of both sets, but how much harder are the TP's to play with the lower ball flight? is it harder to use them on say the long carry par 3's or does the spin eliminate the ball coming in a bit hotter?

  i guess the big question is, as i'm average at best on this game, will it be a step backwards? i love the slow meter of the Raptures, will i find the new irons too fast to control?

  cheers,

  Paul

  Both the G-10's and the TP's are good iron sets. I used both during the past few months until I got the I-15's. With your TM wedges the TP's might be the way to go as they match up distance wise with your wedges better.  With a little work and maybe a GI ball to slow the meter the meter speed shouldn't be a problem. I an 64 year old man with slower reflexes can time the meter with the I-15's you should be able to handle the TP"s speed.The Tp's are really good for St. Andrews and Kia. except they are quite weak from the fescue.  

  I loved my raptures too but at the longer master distances you need the extra length of the better clubs.

• BolloxInBruges 1,389 Posts

  Thu, Dec 9 2010 1:23 PM

  I don't have any experience with the TP irons, but the extra precision, extra distance and higher trajectory of the G10 is nice vs the raptures.   The meter speed will come as no shock to you as it's the same speed in your driver and wedges, which is actually quite nice having a uniform speed throughout.

   

• PaulH0070 1,339 Posts

  Thu, Dec 9 2010 1:34 PM

  cheers for the replys guys, the meter speed is a big issue. for some reason i'm having all sorts of problems with the driver but the wedges i can hit pretty good to the line, weird.

  but yeah i think in the long run the same meter speed would be better, it can be a bit lively the first wedge after a few Rapture irons and mostly a quick meter doesn't seem too scary after the first few rounds.

  yep it's the move up to master length that's spoilt it all, never thought i'd get rid of the Raptures but i need a bit more help right now ;)

• YankeeJim 25,827 Posts

  Thu, Dec 9 2010 3:17 PM

  I don't have any experience with the Raptures as I had the TMs from the start. I loved them because you could play a run and gun game and SA winds were not a problem. I made Master 2 summers ago with the junior version and played as a Master with them for a while. I upgraded to the Master version of them and it got even better. What is a big PITA is not being able to get over certain elevations and having to settle for par. BPB5 is a good example.

  I tried the G10s out of curiosity and with advice from the better players here I committed to them, keeping the TMs for SA. Heh-it helped that the first time I played BPB15 with them I was able to get on the green in 2 from 169, something you could never do with any TM iron.

  That worked out pretty good until I got the i15s. Game over, the TMs don't come close to comparing. So much so that they turned into a bunch of Tour-SD balls and I haven't regretted it.

  I like the superfast meter so the Tri and the new R9 fit right in. The Satin wedges are a little slow now but there isn't another choice. Do not fear the fast meter-you will adapt sooner than you think, you just have to commit to it.  GL

   

• aussieguyadam 602 Posts

  Thu, Dec 9 2010 3:56 PM

  Paul if the meter bothers u alot would suggest using gi3-s  balls or gi3-d balls with the g10s will slow the meter down on all your clubs to a touch faster then raptures  the g10s have enough spin  imo by them selves but the gi3-s will provide that touch more.Distance wise u will lose a touch compared to the gi-sd balls really  not that much considering,or the 2nd option  of the gi3-d with that touch of extra distance and lose that 1 spin on the ball.But either option will make the meter easier for drives and iron approaches...

• mohuyu 891 Posts

  Thu, Dec 9 2010 5:05 PM

  Can anyone tell me this ... are i15 superior to g10s by a noticable margin? From the stats in the pro shop it seems that there is no significant difference ... except the i15's seem to have a supersonic meter.

• b0geybuster 2,574 Posts

  Thu, Dec 9 2010 5:08 PM

  mohuyu:

  Can anyone tell me this ... are i15 superior to g10s by a noticable margin? From the stats in the pro shop it seems that there is no significant difference ... except the i15's seem to have a supersonic meter.

  Precision is half a dot more on i15's and the trajectory seems to be higher then that of g10's which means at times its like throwing darts with them.   But as you mentioned you must contend with the faster meter.   Cost and reward!

  Cheers,

  b0gey