Bag now completed

Many of you know that I gave my clubs to a good friends son who made his high schools golf team. A quick update on my friend, the ALS is taking a toll, he is now using a cane to walk all of the time.

* A piece of good news (can't mention names now) A local Golf Pro has really taken an interest in this young man's talent and may be willing to help him progress. Since my friend is having a tough time working full time right now, money is tight for the family.

As far as the bag, I did a lot of simulator work testing new irons mainly. There were some disappointments, some what I thought they were and one nice surprise.

Bag Setup -

Driver TSR 2 , GD DI6 60 shaft
3 wood , TSR2, Tensi Blue 65
5 wood, TSR 2 , GS DI6
Hybrid, PXG Gen 3 MMT shaft
Irons, PXG Gen 6, MMT shafts
Wedges, PXG 0211 52* MMT and Edison 57* KBS
Putter - Cameron 5.5 Mallet

The Hybrid, Putter and Edison Wedge are the only clubs from my old bag that I kept.

Irons- I tested the Ping 210's, Mizuno HM Pro, Srixon X 7 & 5, TM 770 & 790, PXG Gen 6 and Titleist T200's. I stayed with the Gen 6 irons because for me they preformed as well or better than any other iron and I am very comfortable with them.

FWIW, Golf.com just ranked the Gen 6 irons as the most forgiving irons on the market.

What's interesting is that I hit the X7 irons more consistent that the X5's... I thought about ranking all of them, but that is so subjective.

The biggest surprise iron - The Wilson Staff CB9's. What a great set of irons they are. Great looking and for me they out performed most of the clubs mentioned above.

I would have bought them on the spot if I could have got the shafts that I wanted in them. I may still get a set to play around with. They are that good.

Last, I played a round with the new PXG ball and I really liked it. Good distance and stops on a dime. I had no durability issue with it either. AT $39.00 for a dozen, it's a good deal for a high quality ball.

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