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The Jonez Effect

Thu, May 12 2016 12:55 PM (15 replies)
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  • SweetiePie
    4,925 Posts
    Wed, May 11 2016 9:43 AM

    It happens. You reach higher levels and in a short time, you run out of "things to buy". That is where I am. I thought about it and became stoked dreaming about an introduction of a  new "kiCK- A$$" family of wedges. It is not as though we don't already have atomic dart shooters now, it is that there is room for slightly finer life savers to satisfy myself, and surely, others, who are suffering from "jonesin", you know, for something exciting and new like slightly more "deadly" wedges. How 'bout it ?

    ~ SP ~ 

  • hpurey
    11,505 Posts
    Wed, May 11 2016 10:44 AM

    SweetiePie:
    others, who are suffering from "jonesin", you know, for something exciting and new

    That's me!   :-D   

     

     

  • SweetiePie
    4,925 Posts
    Wed, May 11 2016 12:50 PM

    hpurey:

    SweetiePie:
    others, who are suffering from "jonesin", you know, for something exciting and new

    That's me!   :-D   

     

     

    HA - so  tell me Haz, could ya dig some new smokin' wedges ?

  • MainzMan
    9,591 Posts
    Wed, May 11 2016 1:51 PM

    I know I could.  Smokin' or none smokin', anything new would be nice.

    As you said though Lily, it's not as if we actually need anything better.  It's just that insatiable urge to buy new gear.

    Hello everyone, my name is Mainz and I'm a gear freak  : (

  • turfsand
    1,773 Posts
    Wed, May 11 2016 2:22 PM

    a set of wedges that spin like the clevo's but with the distances and forgiveness of the ATV...

  • lonniescott711
    4,207 Posts
    Wed, May 11 2016 2:45 PM

    +1 for the wedges but would rather have a better 3 wood . Something with the same distance as the 89+ Bertha but with better forgiveness and 3.5 meter would really be nice . But we all know how it will go whatever they add will probably wind up below L90 as always .

  • K7JBQ
    1,468 Posts
    Thu, May 12 2016 12:59 AM

    Waiting to see what the Hogans bring, myself.

  • MainzMan
    9,591 Posts
    Thu, May 12 2016 7:25 AM

    The thing is, although I'll almost certainly jump all over any new, better gear that comes along, assuming I'm a high enough level, we really, really don't need better clubs. Or any more comma's in a single sentence.

    The game has become so easy compared to how it was 4 or so years ago.  Back then the Cally ball was as good as it got and the best irons were Ping i15 which had a wicked meter and low forgiveness so you needed to have great reflexes to play well with them.  Most players stuck to the reliable G10 and many managed to post great scores with them.  And that was in my early days, I'm sure it was a lot tougher before that.

    Today though, it's just too easy.  High precision and forgiveness combined with a slow meter and balls that slow it even more and travel further with more spin have made a mockery of the scores.

    I've been beating my particular drum alone for a long time now.  The tune goes something like, if you use full power on any shot, other than a putter, the meter will turn red at 90% (for instance) and you will lose a certain amount of forgiveness.  Maybe it could be half for 80% power and 3/4 for full power shots with the meter going orange between 80 and 90%.  The figures don't matter really, I just want WGT to represent real life a bit better and make a full power swing harder to hit accurately than one played within yourself.

    Risk / reward, it's what makes life interesting.

  • SweetiePie
    4,925 Posts
    Thu, May 12 2016 7:56 AM

    MainzMan:
    Lily, it's not as if we actually need anything better

    Exactly. So, we will probably get a smokin' Hybrid....right ?

    ~ SP ~

  • bluzgolf
    1,076 Posts
    Thu, May 12 2016 8:06 AM

    SweetiePie:
    who are suffering from "jonesin"

    This is also referred to as GAS (Gear Acquisition Syndrome.)  There is no cure, only hope of remission.

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