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Today I decided to go into the Chandler, AZ Golfsmith store to tinker around with 3 woods because I had nothing else to do and it is the only club in my bag that I am not very happy with. I went in there at about 1:00 and it was pretty empty. I made my way back to the hitting bays and to my surprise, nobody was hitting golf balls.
I started hitting balls with 4 different 3 woods.
#1 - TEE CB2 15* with Harrison Saga 70x
#2 - TM RBZ tour 14.5* with stock stiff Matrix
#3 - Ping Anser 14.5* with stock Stiff
#4 - Adams Super Fairway 14.5* XTD with stock stiff
After about 20 minutes of hitting balls I came to the conclusion that the TEE CB2 was the hottest fairway, followed by the Anser, then the Adams, then last was the TM RBZ. These were just my results, but the TEE kept my ball speeds in the low 150 mph range while the last place RBZ was right about 139-141. Adams was right around 144 and the surprise Anser was in the 147-149 range.
Anyhow, I then start to think...I wonder how good I would hit a TEE CB4 driver. I grab one off the shelf with a RIP Alpha in it and proceed to start killing the ball. My normal problem with a driver is too much spin. It is maybe 1 out of 40 golf balls I hit with my driver, a Ping Anser 8.5* with Ahina X Flex, that has RPM's under 3000. I hit 25 balls with the TEE CB4 and my highest spin rate was 2897. Wow! I may have found a winner. My Anser results are carry distance of about 265 with total distance in the 285 - 293 range. Maybe one out of 15 or so will creep just over 300.
I then proceed to hit 15 in a row at the 303 - 314 range with this TEE. Also, my carry distance increased from 265 with the Ping to 274 with the TEE. So, I am pretty much sold and am just hitting a few more balls to kill some time.
That's when the salesman, we will call him mustache, decides to come over and try to swipe an easy commission. He comes over to the computer and looks at my results and proceeds to clear every shot I have hit from the memory without asking me anything. He then says, "Wow, you look like you are hitting it well. I think that's a good driver based on your swing." I say thanks.
Mustache then proceeds to tell me that he thinks I can hit it farther if I were to tee it higher. He tells me to reach down and put in the taller tee. I figure, why not, so I make the adjustment. Well, while I am doing this, I see him changing the settings in the monitor. The idiot decides that I need to start hitting the ball with 20 mph of helping wind. Of course, he does not think I know what he is doing. I then hit 3 balls and wouldn't you know it, each one was over 330 yards. He tells me that I am hitting it farther than anyone he has seen in a long time...blah blah blah.
Mustache asks me if I want to buy the TEE driver. I then tell him, in front of another customer who showed up as I was hitting my 330 yard bombs (B*LL$H1t), "Actually, I was going to buy both the driver and the 3 wood, but I think I am going to pass."
With a surprised look on his face, he asks why. I told him that I know what he did to the launch monitor settings, and that I would buy my clubs on a day that I knew he was not working so that an honest salesman might benefit from the commission. Mustache then tells me that he was sorry and that he usually does this to customers that need that extra little push to buy a club. He then tries to flatter me and tell me that he knew I wasn't one of those customers, and that I was hitting it so well. I simply turned to him as I was walking away and said, "Could you make sure those clubs get back to the rack for me? Thanks."
What a ******. That guy just cost his store the sale of a driver and 3 wood. I guess I will just have to find them on the BST. Thanks for reading my venting.
I started hitting balls with 4 different 3 woods.
#1 - TEE CB2 15* with Harrison Saga 70x
#2 - TM RBZ tour 14.5* with stock stiff Matrix
#3 - Ping Anser 14.5* with stock Stiff
#4 - Adams Super Fairway 14.5* XTD with stock stiff
After about 20 minutes of hitting balls I came to the conclusion that the TEE CB2 was the hottest fairway, followed by the Anser, then the Adams, then last was the TM RBZ. These were just my results, but the TEE kept my ball speeds in the low 150 mph range while the last place RBZ was right about 139-141. Adams was right around 144 and the surprise Anser was in the 147-149 range.
Anyhow, I then start to think...I wonder how good I would hit a TEE CB4 driver. I grab one off the shelf with a RIP Alpha in it and proceed to start killing the ball. My normal problem with a driver is too much spin. It is maybe 1 out of 40 golf balls I hit with my driver, a Ping Anser 8.5* with Ahina X Flex, that has RPM's under 3000. I hit 25 balls with the TEE CB4 and my highest spin rate was 2897. Wow! I may have found a winner. My Anser results are carry distance of about 265 with total distance in the 285 - 293 range. Maybe one out of 15 or so will creep just over 300.
I then proceed to hit 15 in a row at the 303 - 314 range with this TEE. Also, my carry distance increased from 265 with the Ping to 274 with the TEE. So, I am pretty much sold and am just hitting a few more balls to kill some time.
That's when the salesman, we will call him mustache, decides to come over and try to swipe an easy commission. He comes over to the computer and looks at my results and proceeds to clear every shot I have hit from the memory without asking me anything. He then says, "Wow, you look like you are hitting it well. I think that's a good driver based on your swing." I say thanks.
Mustache then proceeds to tell me that he thinks I can hit it farther if I were to tee it higher. He tells me to reach down and put in the taller tee. I figure, why not, so I make the adjustment. Well, while I am doing this, I see him changing the settings in the monitor. The idiot decides that I need to start hitting the ball with 20 mph of helping wind. Of course, he does not think I know what he is doing. I then hit 3 balls and wouldn't you know it, each one was over 330 yards. He tells me that I am hitting it farther than anyone he has seen in a long time...blah blah blah.
Mustache asks me if I want to buy the TEE driver. I then tell him, in front of another customer who showed up as I was hitting my 330 yard bombs (B*LL$H1t), "Actually, I was going to buy both the driver and the 3 wood, but I think I am going to pass."
With a surprised look on his face, he asks why. I told him that I know what he did to the launch monitor settings, and that I would buy my clubs on a day that I knew he was not working so that an honest salesman might benefit from the commission. Mustache then tells me that he was sorry and that he usually does this to customers that need that extra little push to buy a club. He then tries to flatter me and tell me that he knew I wasn't one of those customers, and that I was hitting it so well. I simply turned to him as I was walking away and said, "Could you make sure those clubs get back to the rack for me? Thanks."
What a ******. That guy just cost his store the sale of a driver and 3 wood. I guess I will just have to find them on the BST. Thanks for reading my venting.
