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Hubijerk wrote:Those Cobra's are fantastic irons, center shafted putters have never been my style, in fact except for a brief stint in college with a Nike Oz bendy shaft spaceship looking mallet that made everything I looked at for a time I've never used anything but Anser style putters.
Played a few more with the 69's, they may actually be closer to a full club longer, I found myself on the back of a few greens and it's unusual for me to be much past the hole. One approach in particular had me sitting 180 to the center, pin in front left at about 172 into a slight wind and uphill a bit. This is a shot I am familiar with, it was an easy draw with a 7 iron with my AP2's which would leave me about 5-10 feet past the hole. I hit the same shot, find the ball sitting on the back edge with the pitch mark 1-2 yards short of where it finished. So I flew the 7 around 190 uphill into the wind which is stupid.
The ballflight of the KBS is way different than the x100, where as the x100 starts lower and climbs steadily and then seemingly drops almost straight down from it's apex, the KBS gets up fast, then drives forward descending while still carrying some forward momentum, based on where my balls ended up in relation to the pitch marks it seems as though I'm carrying less spin which would explain the distance jump (and the mizzy's are about 1 degree stronger than my titty's but I think it's more shaft than anything)
Thin shots lose very little, heel shots lose very little, toe shots lose way less then any other blade I've ever hit. The 3 iron is an absolute laser guided missile launcher if you have the hooch for it. I had 240 to the flag on a par 5 and landed the 3 pretty much exactly where I was looking at on the front fringe leaving me an easy 15ft eagle putt that I of course blew... Can't wait to hit me some stingers with this b*tch, should be able to get them to roll for miles.
The double soft stepped r12 60* throws darts, way way way more spin then the normal stiff shafted KBS tour that's in the sand wedge, which is fine, but the double soft step does make a huge difference, especially on short chips and pitches.
I never had any success with AP2s. They seem to fly a 1/2 club shorter than normal and to me they don't really feel like a forged club.
It's hard to go wrong with Mizuno MP irons. The MP-32 is the best feeling iron I've tried that also has some forgiveness built into it. I can't imagine playing X-100 shafts.
One thing I should mention is that I tried out a Taylormade RAC OS 7 iron in the simulator the other day. Man that club felt great. Wonderful feeling at impact and plenty of distance. It's actually an OK club to look down at despite the offset.
