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• MBaggese 15,367 Posts

  Fri, Nov 25 2011 7:56 PM

  YankeeJim:

  Now you know what the extra 1/2 dot in spin gets you. FWIW, I don't see a huge difference in the lower clubs, just the 3 4 and 5.

   

  I definitely agree, I rented them this morning and ran through about 8 RG's with them...

   

  One shot I recall was on the first par 3 at RSG, 17 mph at my back, 3 iron checked up to 6 feet of the hole...full BS with WGT Legend ball.

  There were others too, downwind, that were very controllable.

  What I also found very useful was not only the extra 5 yards on the 3iron, but the 120 PW vs the 125 wedge the Burners have.

  Definitely will buy these when I get my credit account back up.

  Oh, and definitely saw an improvement on forgiveness as well, shots that I was missing with the wind, I'd go "Grrrrrrrrr", but the ball didn't go near as far offline as it would have with the Burners.

   

  Tomorrows rental will be the level 92 putter.

   

• borntobesting 9,625 Posts

  Fri, Nov 25 2011 9:48 PM

  SGTBilko:

  YankeeJim:

  The Callaway spinner but that spin is used judiciously, depending on the situation. I use 1/2 back spin a lot to temper the distance of the roll out. Wind in your face is not the beast it used to be from 200+ in. You find the ability to manipulate the landing and roll on long shots.

  Jim, I wanted to agree with you on this subject. I was just playing #7 on RSG. I had 235 to the pin with a 16 mph wind in my back. I used the 2 iron (225 distance) will full backspin. Like you I use the Callaway (s). The roll landing and roll out was easy to control and I rolled with 6 feet of the pin for an easy Eagle. After that I bought them. LOL

  Another good thing about the R11 irons is that you can drop down a club and add topspin and have a get quite close to the pin as well. I am using the Srixon spin ball. And it seems that the misses with added top spin are a lot closer to you intended target than with backspin. 

• YankeeJim 25,827 Posts

  Sat, Nov 26 2011 6:18 AM

  borntobesting:

  Another good thing about the R11 irons is that you can drop down a club and add topspin and have a get quite close to the pin as well. I am using the Srixon spin ball. And it seems that the misses with added top spin are a lot closer to you intended target than with backspin. 

  Good point, Sting, and there's a reason for it. Topspin gets the ball on the ground quicker so the wind influences it less. Backspin keeps the ball in the air long enough for the wind to play games with it and throw in a little deviation for the missed hit and you get some pretty wild results. Dropping down a club and playing up to the hole instead of trying to force a "stick" is good course management.

• MBaggese 15,367 Posts

  Sun, Nov 27 2011 9:30 AM

  MBaggese:

  Tomorrows rental will be the level 92 putter.

   

  I spent yesterday with the Level 92 putter, I wasn't impressed.  I did like the 25 and 50 foot scales, vs the 30 and 60 on my Rossa, but I don't see the need to upgrade for it.

  I'd bet maybe some of the real good putters here, guys/gals with 1.4 putting averages might be able to tell a difference..I dunno.

  For me, the R11's are good for maybe one or 2 strokes here and there..definitely worth it (if you are a RG addict like me), but I don't feel the putter is much of a game changer (for my abilities anyway).

• YankeeJim 25,827 Posts

  Sun, Nov 27 2011 11:56 AM

  MBaggese:

  I don't feel the putter is much of a game changer (for my abilities anyway).

  You have to ding it to appreciate it. This may be why the meter is so much slower but if you don't ding it, forget it. Don't even think about missing to aim with this one.

• Turnabout945 85 Posts

  Tue, Nov 29 2011 12:22 AM

  Thanks for the thoughts on some of the upper level clubs, legends.  I appreciate the help.

  If anyone has any other thoughts, that'd be great.  I'm just running out of time here and it looks like I'm not going to make it on every club.  Help on finishing this database would be great, especially with all the distances for the L79 Burners and L90 R11s (I'm planning on buying the i15s in a couple days so i'll be good there).  I'd also really appreciate any other thoughts on any clubs that aren't reviewed.  

  Thanks!

• YankeeJim 25,827 Posts

  Tue, Nov 29 2011 5:22 AM

  Burners

   

  • 220
  • 205
  • 190
  • 175
  • 160
  • 145
  • 135 
  • 125  

   

  R11s

   

  • 225
  • 210
  • 195
  • 180
  • 165
  • 150
  • 135
  • 120  

   

• Turnabout945 85 Posts

  Tue, Nov 29 2011 10:14 AM

  YankeeJim:

  Burners

   

  • 220
  • 205
  • 190
  • 175
  • 160
  • 145
  • 135 
  • 125   punch 108  pitch 43  chip 24  flop 47

   

  R11s

  • 225
  • 210
  • 195
  • 180
  • 165
  • 150
  • 135
  • 120  punch 103  pitch 41  chip 22  flop 47  

   

   

  Thanks for those.  I'll add them to my database.  I don't want to be a pain, but if it's not a big deal I would appreciate all the distances for each club.

  One other question, how do you flop the PW? I didn't get that option on any of the irons I tested.  Is that feature only available on the higher level clubs?

• YankeeJim 25,827 Posts

  Tue, Nov 29 2011 11:10 AM

  Turnabout945:

  One other question, how do you flop the PW?

  You can't, my error. I had 4 wedges equipped and wasn't paying attention. You can't flop the set wedge. I edited the post above.

  Turnabout945:

  I don't want to be a pain, but if it's not a big deal I would appreciate all the distances for each club.

  LOL-Not nearly the pain you're going through. Nice work.  :-)

  R11--Burner

  CLUB                PUNCH                 PITCH                CHIP

  3                        208--203               97--93                 61--59

  4                        194--189               86--83                 54--52

  5                        176--171               73--70                 46--44

  6                        162--157               66--64                 41--39

  7                        148--143               60--58                 36--36

  8                        134--130               53--50                 31--31

  9                        121--120               47--47                 27--27

  PW                    103--108               41--43                 22--24

   

• Turnabout945 85 Posts

  Tue, Nov 29 2011 12:17 PM

  YankeeJim:

  LOL-Not nearly the pain you're going through. Nice work.  :-)

   

   

  LOL......Thank you.  I'll get these in the list when I run out of time on rental clubs.