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Iron duel: Raptures vs all others

• SGTBilko 1,686 Posts

  Sat, Feb 19 2011 3:44 AM

  Definitely the G10's

• gocubs1238 206 Posts

  Sun, Feb 20 2011 12:41 PM

  The TaylorMade Tour Burners are the way to go!

• Tightrope 1,072 Posts

  Sun, Feb 20 2011 3:31 PM

  As many have said, I think it is wise to keep meter speed consistent with all clubs. About the irons, I used to use the TM stuff because, well, it just happened that way. I was very happy with them but a friend that I played with a lot had the G10's and I noticed that with the long irons he stopped on the green while I rolled out. I scratched my head a bit about that since the TM's should have more spin but then I realized the obvious - the higher trajectory of the G10 more than make up for that half a dot spin mark.

  At master and higher tiers you play a lot of 180+ holes and that is where the G10 shines. I15 I have not tested, would be nice if someone could give some input about how they compare to the G10.

  In the end though, no club is better than your timing. If you ding often - go for precision, if not, go for forgiveness. In all honesty though, I do not find my G10 less forgiving than the Tour Burners

• borntobesting 9,709 Posts

  Sun, Feb 20 2011 4:05 PM

  Tightrope:

  As many have said, I think it is wise to keep meter speed consistent with all clubs. About the irons, I used to use the TM stuff because, well, it just happened that way. I was very happy with them but a friend that I played with a lot had the G10's and I noticed that with the long irons he stopped on the green while I rolled out. I scratched my head a bit about that since the TM's should have more spin but then I realized the obvious - the higher trajectory of the G10 more than make up for that half a dot spin mark.

  At master and higher tiers you play a lot of 180+ holes and that is where the G10 shines. I15 I have not tested, would be nice if someone could give some input about how they compare to the G10.

  In the end though, no club is better than your timing. If you ding often - go for precision, if not, go for forgiveness. In all honesty though, I do not find my G10 less forgiving than the Tour Burners

  The I15's are exceptional if you can handle the faster meter speed. Although both the G10's and the I15's say high trajectory the I15's appear the have an even higher trajectory than the G10's and with the higher precision even a slight mishit is as good if not better than a dinged G10. Both iron sets are decent out of the fescue with a maybe a slight edge going to the G10's there but with the I15's 3 iron being rated at 215 yards  instead of 210 like the G10's and TM Tour preferred you can take the 3 wood out of the bag and add a fourth wedge to make the short game easier. Coupled with either of the new Callaway balls you have a winning combination. Another very big difference that might put a lot of people off the I15's is the price difference, costing 700 credits more than the G10's and the TM tour preferred. At first I wasn't planning on buying them because of the higher price but after renting them and seeing the difference and taking enough surveys and selling some clubs that I knew I would never use again I made the purchase and am glad that I did.  

• Tightrope 1,072 Posts

  Sun, Feb 20 2011 8:27 PM

  Thanks borntobesting, I am tempted...

• gsoup 2,929 Posts

  Thu, Mar 24 2011 5:49 AM

  g-10 with the poor mans callaway (gisd) work well

  -G

• YankeeJim 25,827 Posts

  Thu, Mar 24 2011 6:37 AM

  An interesting side effect of owning the i15s and the G10s (the i15s trump the G10s all  day) is switching between them. After playing the i15s for a while switch back to the G10s. The meter crawls!! Players have often said that eschewing the meter balls for the free fast ones for a round or two really helps to get you back on track.The same thing applies to switching between these iron sets. Granted, it's a pricey way to do things but if you're playing the G10s now you will really appreciate the i15's accuracy. Ding those irons and you'll be impressed.

  On meter speeds-they're overrated. You will adapt, you just have to commit to it and not give up in frustration.  :-)

• zagraniczniak 1,984 Posts

  Thu, Mar 24 2011 8:06 AM

  The G10s with the GI-SD ball are a great combination. If I plan and execute my approaches correctly I almost always have a makeable birdie putt. (Of course, I'm not above missing makeable putts.) The G10 is as fast a meter as I want to deal with, so I haven't tried the faster but supposedly even more accurate Pings. Any more accurate than the G10 and the ball would be in the hole every time, and if I never had to putt my putting stroke would fall apart completely. Who wants that?

• TracyMax 2,361 Posts

  Thu, Mar 24 2011 3:58 PM

  YankeeJim:

  On meter speeds-they're overrated. You will adapt, you just have to commit to it and not give up in frustration.  :-)

  Now there's the "kicker"----frustration my Achilles heel!

  okay everyone:

  (1) balls seem pretty expensive for a 3 pack, esp on limited budget.They really make much difference over the "starter" ball?

  (2) anyone used or tried the new K-15 irons? If so, how do they do? Fast meter speeds, well I try to avoid them.  :-)

   

• YankeeJim 25,827 Posts

  Fri, Mar 25 2011 4:50 AM

  TracyMax:

  ) balls seem pretty expensive for a 3 pack, esp on limited budget.They really make much difference over the "starter" ball?

  The Tour-SDs are 22 cents each! You don't need $1 balls Tracy and yes, they do make a difference.  Heh, in fact for some players they're lost without them. Played an AS the other night and one of the TMs in the game didn't switch to his Callaways and did nothing but complain about it the whole match until I suggested that if he needed a special ball to play then maybe something else was wrong. :-)