Thanks for the reply. Originally I just liked the look of the SE TC-01's but in comparison with the Chicago 944c's, I do not like the way they play. I find I chunk more with it, I never thought "bermuda grind" meant much other than a marketing catch phrase but the leading edges of the 944c's seemed to cut through better for me. Cannot explain it much more than that.
You have an interesting concept using wedges as demo clubs but I must say I do not agree that it is a good representative club for a demo purpose. I agree that 5 iron isn't necessarily either, 7 or 8 may be ideal because it's generally easier to hit. I am building 5iron demos using Tour Cavity heads that I bought for demos when I started a few years ago. If I didn't already have those sitting around, I might have bought a 7 iron or 2 instead. But, 5 iron it will be for me.
I intend to build a club with the TC head and each shaft so I can hit them all in a sitting and then once I get a feel for the shaft, I will re-shaft with a head I like such at Tom's forged head that is coming or a 944c that I still have kicking around. That being said though, now that I think about it, I actually may not reshaft because I don't have a puller. I will have to find someone to pull them for me first... drag!
Good point re: the Golfsmith shafts, I never thought of that but will next time.
Jen
Dr. Voo wrote:
Jen, Since you are a GS SE fan, something must have looked good with that iron at first. I think you might also look at the new FMC-1 or the new QuickStrike MS heads. I got a 53* SW and 58* LW in the FMC-1 and they really looks good, and is form forged, making it feel better and is more reasonable in price. The QuickStrike MS heads have a nice concept in that they are different metals (17-4 in 3-5, 431 in 6-7 and 304 in 8-LW) and have different appearance for each group, and the 8-LW have traditional blade top lines. I finally decided to buy only LW or GW demos, then if someone is interested, I get 5 irons or whatever they think would best give them a good indication of the rest of the set if they are really interested and will take that demo club as part of the set. That way, I don't have a bunch of 5 irons that are good for nothing but desk sets. I can at least sell a GW or LW for something. reasonable and get my money back. Also the demo of a 5 iron is highly overrated, because how many times do you use that club on the course in the playing of a normal round....2 or three times. How many times do you play a gap or add wedge and a lob wedge. Probably 10 to 15 times, depending on how many times you hit the rest of your clubs on the green or your "New SUPER" Driver gets you close enough for second shots with these clubs!!Also if you are testing shafts and you like the GS branded shafts then use the GS clubmaker Shaft Demo Program where you can buy 1 to 5 shafts at 40% off. The new SE Fujikura are included in this offer as well as the SE ProLite woods. The demo program is that you can buy 1-5 different shafts of different flex 1 time a year. The details are on page 132 of the new catalog. I talked to Golfworks last year and asked why they did not have that as well, because they also have a clubhead demo program. I believe they now have it in effect and similar to the GS program one to five branded shafts one purchase per year and at 50% off regular price. Their branded shaft range is not as extensive as GS, but they do have the CER shafts that are made by Rapport and are really nice and reasonably priced. That is what club fitting is about, the endless search......and the fun of getting something that really works for your customers or yourself. Dr. Voo RxGolf Custom Clubs Original Message ----- From: "Jen Kuntz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2003 8:04 AM Subject: ShopTalk: Building a new set of clubsHi gang, I want to build myself a set of graphite shafted irons and I've heard a lot of good things about various shafts over the years on here. I actually wrote most of this on the weekend but couldn't post to shoptalk. Has anyone tried any of Tom W's stuff yet? I have ordered one of his forged heads (550c) and one of his ZT iron shafts to test. Hope to get it by end of this week to build. I was in the Golfsmith Canada site Friday and picked up a UST Tourforce 80 shaft to test as well. Had a good chat with the guy there about different shafts. I went in originally to ask about the Penley Stealth line which I've also heard a fair bit about on here. But, they only sell those in sets... no good for me, I'm not building a 3-pw set this time around. But he recommended trying this new UST iron shaft and a new Snake Eyes shaft that isn't out yet that is made by Fujikura... I may go back for that once it comes in, sounds like a good one. I also ordered an Apache PM40 because I use that in my driver and love it. (Plus the DSFI on it is in my range) I was hoping to try a Mach22 from Precision Composites because I've heard a ton about them here but I can't find a local supplier with them. I could get one from John but the shipping from the US makes it too expensive. The Cdn distributor for PC doesn't have them yet, only sells the wood shaft version. : ( Oh well... I've got 3 good shafts to test and we'll see what comes of it. This distributor (REO Distributing in Ottawa - anyone use them?) also sells AccuFlex and Gramman. Anyone have experience with either of those brands? I'll have some fun testing out those three shafts and we'll see what I come up with! Right now I'm using the Snake Eyes TC-01 with Rifle 5.0's. For heads, I am thinking of either going back to the Chicago 944c which I have always loved or maybe trying one of the higher end forged offerings (KZ or Tom's) or maybe even trying the Dynacraft 1030's. Not sure yet. I don't want to stay with the TC-01's though. Looking forward to trying Tom's forged head. Damn addiction! : ) Jen
