Re: Pinemeadow equipment

I play my wedges OK Ben, I have some Mizuno MP R wedges and they are top notch, as I said I am good at 120 in and my pitching and chipping is pretty good. The new club I play at has many difficult bunkers and I was not practiced enough at sand play, it was not bad but not good either. I have taken some lessons, practiced and now can get out quite well.

When I say fair with my driver I mean it is OK but not the best part of my game, I prefer to hit 240/60 fairways than hit long into the woods. Bad driver shot is a smother but not that often.

I play a Ping G5i B60 putter and love it.

Generally I am happy with my kit now.

Re: Pinemeadow equipment

Well, I would think that a TLT fitted set may get you down a point or two, may help with the smother hooks (but I wager these are overactive hands and poor tempo), but you're certainly not going to start shooting 65.

It sounds like you've adapted to your set quite nicely.

But here's what TLT does - or at least a recent 'eye opener' that I've experienced:

I bought a set of Nike Pro Combos to see how TLT played with .355t heads, and just how adjustable and MOI-able they are, to see just how good I can make an OEM set that comes through the door.

Before I got these irons home, I had to pick them up in Florida (aw, shucks). So, after playing TLT for a little over a year, I played some conventional irons.

The most comfortable iron to hold was the 6. The 7 was alright, the 5 was ok, but the 6 was the bees knees. The 3 iron was far too long - I played it choked down for the week I was there, which helped but wasn't perfect. The issue came when I had to grab my 8, 9, or PW - all far too short. I felt really bent over and really out of balance. Needless to say, I was trying to leave myself about 170 in every time I played. I was more inconsistent with the clubs outside of the 6 and 7 than I've been all year. It made me realise the consistency that TLT brings to my game.

Predictably enough, when I got my irons home and spec'd them out, they matched up perfectly to my TLT 7 iron (both at 61° lie angles).

I've asked Dan again - and have started asking on other forums about those that have gone to TLT clubs - if anyone has asked for their old clubs back; so far the answer is unanimously 'no'.

Re: Pinemeadow equipment

I don't know much about True Length Technology, my current irons are all progressively different length shafts (Nippon NS Pro 950) right through to the matched 3 and 4 hybrids.

Hey Ben, Jeez! I don't have a smother problem, If I hit a bad one with my driver which is not very often, that's it. Surely we all hit a bad one now and then, Tiger does. Why do I feel on the couch here

Re: Pinemeadow equipment

OK, so the smother is your miss.

That's OK, too. LOL

Long story short, TLT puts you in one constant address position and keeps the ball the same distance from your toe line for every full swing club. So you swing each club from your most athletic, balanced, stable position - allowing for maximum power transfer to the ball and increased ballstriking consistency. It mathematically correlates lengths to evenly progressive lie angles to make sure that you can setup the same way with each full swing club.

Re: Pinemeadow equipment

Back to the origional Issue of the Pinemeadow equipment: When I bought my recent set of irons I checked out what they had to offer and I liked their clubs, but I went with another online fitter simply because I fancied their clubs more. I am quite happy with what I got (clones of the Taylor Made Burner XD's) and when I am not just outright swinging badly they clubs perform very well.

I got a 5-LW set (5-9 with three wedges) since I am now playing a 4 hybrid(my FAVORITE club) and have added a 7 wood to my fairway clubs. My irons were custom fit with x-stiff graphite shafts and I really like them. I have been playing "clones" for a good while now and I do every bit as well, or poorly, with them as I did with a custom fit set of Tour Edge Comp LX's that I bought about 8 years ago. The Tour Edge irons (3-pw plus a SW) cost me about $380 at the time. My first set of clones came from a builder in atlanta and were copies of the current Nike multi backs. I was quite happy with them. Those cost me $165. My current set cost me $217 with shipping. The long and the short of it is at my level, just going out to have fun, less expensive clones work very well for me.