Chunkylover77
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Just deciding that score was more important than my ego. I had narrowed my choices down to JPX 800 Pro's and Ping I15's. Had gone to the range at least 30 times just pounding balls with probably 30 different sets of irons. Went last Saturday and had convinced myself that the Mizzies were the ones. I hit them good with the occasional chunk but I thought that the chunk would happen with any club. I went on a forum that night and read a topic about going SGI clubs by a guy who was pretty close to scratch. That got me thinking as to why I needed to play something other than a shovel
So next day I once again head to the range. Take the 800 Pro's shafted with KBS and grudgingly take G15 shafted with AWT(Ping really needs to update their fitting cart) and head to the stalls. Start hitting 4 balls with each iron and then switching clubs. After about 50 balls there was a clear winner. Ping was insanely easy to hit and I probably hit the green 20/25 balls. I looked down and saw that the grass part of the range had opened up so headed down there with the last of my balls. Start hitting 4 balls with each club again. This time Mizzies really came alive though. The sole grind on those really shines on turf. Was hitting high/low left/right whatever I wanted. Ping was still just this tight little draw and if I exaggerated the move a little I could hit fades and high/low also. Towards the end of the bucket I started to cheat as I desperately wanted those Mizzies. Started giving them some princess lies and was hitting some great shots. Pings were getting the nastiest lies I could find and was still hitting nice little draws. Last few balls and I was just taking the Pings and putting them in the divots of the Mizzie shots. Still perfect little draws. I just started laughing at myself and walked away.
I just had to ask myself if I wanted the nice bag that I could take pictures of and put on websites proudly proclaiming that I can hit irons that some people couldn't or did I want to go to the course and give myself the best chance of putting the lowest numbers down on the scorecard. I love the feeling of flushing a nice forged club. There are few things better. But I have to admit that hitting those Pings reminded me of playing golf when I was young. I grew up on cast clubs and had not hit a true forged club until just a few years ago. I really liked the way the Ping's felt when I flushed one. But I really really liked the results of the shots off the Pings that I didn't flush. Why make it harder on myself? So to make it official I went to TGW where I had store credit and got myself the Ping visor(I also couldn't resist the TM NFL hats which are on sale). I think I'm a Ping convert now. I'm super excited to get these clubs. I do want to get a nice forged club to have as a backup set but I think I have come to the conclusion that I'm a shovel guy. No reason to make the game any harder than it already is. I should have a few more months of playing this year and I have a feeling I will get my index back to where it was pre injury which was my goal.
So next day I once again head to the range. Take the 800 Pro's shafted with KBS and grudgingly take G15 shafted with AWT(Ping really needs to update their fitting cart) and head to the stalls. Start hitting 4 balls with each iron and then switching clubs. After about 50 balls there was a clear winner. Ping was insanely easy to hit and I probably hit the green 20/25 balls. I looked down and saw that the grass part of the range had opened up so headed down there with the last of my balls. Start hitting 4 balls with each club again. This time Mizzies really came alive though. The sole grind on those really shines on turf. Was hitting high/low left/right whatever I wanted. Ping was still just this tight little draw and if I exaggerated the move a little I could hit fades and high/low also. Towards the end of the bucket I started to cheat as I desperately wanted those Mizzies. Started giving them some princess lies and was hitting some great shots. Pings were getting the nastiest lies I could find and was still hitting nice little draws. Last few balls and I was just taking the Pings and putting them in the divots of the Mizzie shots. Still perfect little draws. I just started laughing at myself and walked away.
I just had to ask myself if I wanted the nice bag that I could take pictures of and put on websites proudly proclaiming that I can hit irons that some people couldn't or did I want to go to the course and give myself the best chance of putting the lowest numbers down on the scorecard. I love the feeling of flushing a nice forged club. There are few things better. But I have to admit that hitting those Pings reminded me of playing golf when I was young. I grew up on cast clubs and had not hit a true forged club until just a few years ago. I really liked the way the Ping's felt when I flushed one. But I really really liked the results of the shots off the Pings that I didn't flush. Why make it harder on myself? So to make it official I went to TGW where I had store credit and got myself the Ping visor(I also couldn't resist the TM NFL hats which are on sale). I think I'm a Ping convert now. I'm super excited to get these clubs. I do want to get a nice forged club to have as a backup set but I think I have come to the conclusion that I'm a shovel guy. No reason to make the game any harder than it already is. I should have a few more months of playing this year and I have a feeling I will get my index back to where it was pre injury which was my goal.
