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[GarrettFM]

Bag: Sun Mountain three 5
Driver: Titleist 915 D2 10.5° (sleeve set at A2) w/ UST Mamiya Proforce AXIVCore Green 65 S
Fairway: Cobra King F7 w/ UST Mamiya Proforce AXIVCore Green 75 S
Hybrid: Ping G 19° w/ Ping Tour 90
Irons: Ping G 4 & i200 5-UW w/ Ping AWT 2.0
Wedges: Cleveland RTX-3 V-MG 54° & 60° in Tour Raw
Putter: TaylorMade Spider Tour Platinum 34" w/ SuperStroke Pistol GTR 2.0

Edited by GarrettFM, 02 June 2017 - 11:13 AM.

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[Delvecchioforza]

like it! i wish titleist would revamp their drivers just so boring looking down at them and don't go near as far as others out there..my cousin games that and gets made when he uses my tm and kills the thing. love the head covers btw

[GarrettFM]

Delvecchioforza, on 03 June 2017 - 12:05 PM, said:

like it! i wish titleist would revamp their drivers just so boring looking down at them and don't go near as far as others out there..my cousin games that and gets made when he uses my tm and kills the thing. love the head covers btw

Thanks! Love my Seamus headcovers, too. Excellent investment.

Re: the Titleist 915 driver, I don't find that I lose distance with it! I actually went BACK to it after flirtations with a G30 LS Tec and a fitted M2. I could squeeze a bit more distance out of those two (like five to seven yards), but I wasn't as consistent. Besides, during my testing I discovered the X factor was always shaft. If I got the shaft right, it almost didn't matter which head I was using. (Almost.)

In any case, if I find a head-shaft combo that works noticeably better for my swing than 915-AXIVCore, I'll definitely switch it up.

[BIG STU]

You have the same driver I do and have it on the same setting A-2. You do have a different shaft though. Mine is a little "tamer" being a Diamana 60R compared to yours. I actually get great distance with mine and pretty darn straight too.

Edited by BIG STU, 04 June 2017 - 04:19 AM.

[Bassi]

Nice set up. Love the finish on the wedges!

[iGuy]

Very nice bag...love the PING irons.

Would love to make a move on the new i200 irons but just still hit my i20 irons sooooooooooo good.

How do you like the AWT 2.0 shafts?  Have you ever played the CFS shafts and if so how do they compare?

Edited by iGuy, 08 June 2017 - 10:10 AM.

[GarrettFM]

iGuy, on 08 June 2017 - 10:10 AM, said:

Very nice bag...love the PING irons.

Would love to make a move on the new i200 irons but just still hit my i20 irons sooooooooooo good.

How do you like the AWT 2.0 shafts?  Have you ever played the CFS shafts and if so how do they compare?

Thanks!

My recently purchased back-up iron set (which I could very well game) is actually i20 with CFS stiff, so I could give you a pretty direct comparison. To me, the AWT feel smoother and perhaps slightly more responsive than the CFS, but in terms of weight and general stiffness, they are similar. I also like the ascending weight concept; I find the heavier shafts in the short irons particularly appealing.

That said, sometime in the next few months I will probably do some testing to see if one of my preferred shafts (Project X, C-Taper) works better. Not dissatisfied with the AWT; just have a sense that I could find a better fit.

But man, those i20s are awesome. The i200 are different in some ways -- cleaner looking at address, softer off the face, and maybe a bit heavier through the swing -- but I doubt you would see massive differences in performance. Ping irons stand the test of time.

[iGuy]

GarrettFM, on 16 June 2017 - 12:05 AM, said:

My recently purchased back-up iron set (which I could very well game) is actually i20 with CFS stiff, so I could give you a pretty direct comparison. To me, the AWT feel smoother and perhaps slightly more responsive than the CFS, but in terms of weight and general stiffness, they are similar. I also like the ascending weight concept; I find the heavier shafts in the short irons particularly appealing.

That said, sometime in the next few months I will probably do some testing to see if one of my preferred shafts (Project X, C-Taper) works better. Not dissatisfied with the AWT; just have a sense that I could find a better fit.

But man, those i20s are awesome. The i200 are different in some ways -- cleaner looking at address, softer off the face, and maybe a bit heavier through the swing -- but I doubt you would see massive differences in performance. Ping irons stand the test of time.

Thank you for the great comparison of both the shafts and irons.  I really like the look of the i200 but I don't play as much as I would like and just not sure leaving my trusted i20 irons right now can be justified???

[GarrettFM]

iGuy, on 10 July 2017 - 09:56 AM, said:

Thank you for the great comparison of both the shafts and irons.  I really like the look of the i200 but I don't play as much as I would like and just not sure leaving my trusted i20 irons right now can be justified???

Yeah, sounds like you should keep those i20s. You trust them, and I'd say that objectively speaking, there's not a huge amount of gain to be had from replacing them with i200s. Newness, shininess, a bit more distance, slightly softer feel -- that's all. And that's not so much a slam on the i200s as a tribute to the quality of the i20s.

[nztyn8666]

GarrettFM, on 02 June 2017 - 11:12 AM, said:

Bag: Sun Mountain three 5
Driver: Titleist 915 D2 10.5° (sleeve set at A2) w/ UST Mamiya Proforce AXIVCore Green 65 S
Fairway: Cobra King F7 w/ UST Mamiya Proforce AXIVCore Green 75 S
Hybrid: Ping G 19° w/ Ping Tour 90
Irons: Ping G 4 & i200 5-UW w/ Ping AWT 2.0
Wedges: Cleveland RTX-3 V-MG 54° & 60° in Tour Raw
Putter: TaylorMade Spider Tour Platinum 34" w/ SuperStroke Pistol GTR 2.0

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What are your thoughts on the AXIVCore Green shaft?  I'm thinking of going that route.  Have a UST VTS Silver but since i added so much head weight the tip needs to be tipped.

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[GarrettFM]

nztyn8666, on 13 July 2017 - 08:30 AM, said:

What are your thoughts on the AXIVCore Green shaft?  I'm thinking of going that route.  Have a UST VTS Silver but since i added so much head weight the tip needs to be tipped.

LOVE the AXIVCore Green. Absolutely adore it. Especially in my driver, the thing is just so stable and powerful. I got it because I found out that its profile was fairly similar to those of the Graphite Design AD DI and AD TP, which I learned in a fitting were good fits for my swing. But of course those shafts are astronomically expensive, whereas you can grab AXIVCore Greens on Ebay for $60-70.

Your mileage may vary, of course.