Great video. I missed this one.

Love to see range finder techs and some tees if available

Beautiful clubs, Jim. The mark of a craftsman!

Great video as always. I have a tip for you to for dry fitting/swingweight. I use an old grip that I have sliced down the middle. I make sure no tape is inside. Thanks for the video.✌🏻👏🏻🥃

KM-700 - $ 2,800.00.. not for the weekend duffer. They are beautiful, aren't they.

What about shaft frequency?

Another excellent video! I always learn something I didn't previously know about club building, repair, and design. Thanks.

Great looking irons Will never understand how people choose to put decorative ferrules on clubs, it's like putting a bumper sticker on a nice car 😂

Bubba pounds 5 cheeseburgers a day,..

Believe I'll have a sot of the brown.

You did a beautiful job on the set.

Great content Jim. Those irons looked sweet. Are you looking at the new putter designs? Will you do a video on them? Cheers.

Beautiful irons, funny now that I can afford to buy them I am no longer qualified to play them damn it.

It takes longer, but I use a purpose-built, adhesive-backed, emery cloth on a rod in my drill to clean out and slightly enlarge (if necessary) the hosel and ferrule. I couldn't bring myself to use a drill bit.

The first time I broke 100 my score was 99, got no birdies and 4 putted the last hole

Hi Jim, great video. when you flick the shaft with the laser attached. when laser is nice straight up and down, with the head, do you install the face perpendicular to the movement of the laser? or face up along with the laser?

Greetings, how much should the graphite shafts be cut without affecting the flexibility? I bought a Senior rod and cut it to size -.5 for my size and I have good control but they don't feel like senior flex. What could I have done wrong? I hope for your professional help. Thank you.

I purchased a new 4-PW set of BH PTX Pros three years ago with TT S300 shafts. Decided to switch to R300 shafts this year. I ordered new 4-PW R300 shafts from BH last week. When I compared them to my BH Apex Plus gamers each shaft is 2 inches longer. I contacted BH yesterday and sent them pictures. Gerret from Ben Hogan said their shafts are sent out uncut without any heads. I was taken back because I have images each shaft is 2 inches longer than standard. I decided I'd cut them myself. This morning, I decided to weigh each iron. In grams, PW-288, 9i-283, 8i-277, 7i-266, 6i-262, 5i-249 and 4i-241. Does this sound correct? I'm no club fitter, but aren't the head weights supposed to be consistent, not dynamic? I'm considering moving away from BH and ordering a new set of Takomo 201's in my specs instead.

When you were on the course you mentioned the bounce but not grind,it would have been very helpful to know

Happy Holidays James and thanks for this review.......🙂

came back after a couple years to see how you're doing. Excellent video on reality of business. As a fellow vet, i would like to ask that you support the Veteran's Golf Association if you currently do not. It is wonderful way for vets and family to continue the comradery and support the sport we love. Keep up the good vids, double dolphin.

I play callaway big bertha 2006 model and I shoot consistently in high 70s only play 1 time a week all these new clubs just ain't worth the price tag.

Had Mizuno’s from 2006, still work, but the faces and grooves of the 7 thru wedge are worn badly, so now looking for new irons, old clubs can still be good unless they were played a lot, his old irons look hardly used!

Still playing my Cleveland Reds (2006) but don’t play as often as I used to be so a bit pointless spending money that I don’t need to. I did swap out the shafts to the Nippon NS-Pro 850’s which, from swapping out the Dynamic Gold S300’s completely changed the characteristics of the clubs. For the amount of time I get to play, I don’t see any reason to change

Didn't Orca fit and supply Liam @golfmates with a set of blades a few years ago?

I always buy used why bother getting fitted

My mate wants to start playing golf . I have a set of graphite shafted golden bears he can have . I took him down to the local field to try them out . But! I also took a pitching wedge from Sports direct , a Ram fx77 wedge , a wilson d9 wedge and a cobra f8 one length wedge . Why ? Because I know whats he's like . Anyway he hit shots ( like a saw off shotgun ) and after I'd given him a little bit of tuition , and he needed it , the results ..... Basically all the same ! The stronger lofts went further . Anyway, I offered him the golden bears, a bag , a driver , A 5 wood ,a putter and 7 wood . All old but in good condition .Free! And ..... "Give me chance to think it over " I almost gave the set to a youngster practicing about 100 yards from us . I'm Shaking my head in bewilderment !🤔🤪

Love this video ..! Thank you so much for sharing..!

Hey I have a question that I cannot find any straight answer to. I bought an uncut stock driver shaft that measures 46” long. My current driver shaft measures at 44” long (stock off the shelf shaft) I am curious if I cut the butt end given it is least impactful to the stiffness profile versus cutting the tip end how to I accommodate the weight difference given its 2” removed. I go back to the stock 44” shaft that my driver came with and I don’t see any weight increase to the driver head. I guess my concern is what should I do when I butt cut the new shaft down 2” to accommodate the weight difference?

Where can I find the equipment you used to do this?

I played 09 Wilson Di9 irons up until 22 when I retired. Bought a set of Callaway Apex DCB's. I'm now 65 and with a hip, knee, and shoulder replacement it was more of getting senior shafts than anything else. The Apex's are fine clubs just as the Di9's were. Are they that much better. Yes. It's my last set anyway so I'm good.

I have watched a few of your videos now and aquired some special tools to work on golfclubs. I just want to say thank you cause my golf club has been very helpful in donating free club heads and so forth so now I fix clubs for myself and others. It's alot cheaper then buying all new gear. 🎉

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Teaching professional here. Get lessons!!! Guess what, you can’t buy a game! Data analytics? Numbers based? Give me a break!! Numbers can and do lie and be manipulated to make you look better if not done more than once. I can guarantee you, you will be getting custom fit to whatever inconsistent swing flaw you have, and that is a major financial mistake! You can’t even hit the sweet spot on your existing clubs consistently so what the heck are you doing? It’s so exhausting when I hear this idea all the time, especially without addressing several factors, the least of which is how repeatable and fundamentally sound is someone’s golf swing before getting fit? Numbers can do lie if not done more than once or even twice by someone who has been certified. Talk to any real committed golfer or someone who is having consistent success on the links and I can guarantee you their swing is first and foremost in order of priority, not equipment. And please don’t get me started about the distance everyone is pushing just to sell products. It’s irrelevant unless you are a professional golfer!! I’ll just leave you all with this question that I have asked my students for decades. How many of you amateurs (no single digit or scratch golfers need apply to this question) have hit 300+ yards. Raise your hand. Ok now keep your hands up if you have even broken par? Need I say more? Distance is great, but it doesn’t guarantee a thing. If it did, guys like Cameron Champ, just to name one, would dominate every single event. Even he, a professional golfer, is smart enough to understand, and is professional enough to admit during a recent clinic he was hosting, that while distance can be a positive, putting still reigns supreme. Build your swing, strike it flush more consistently, then maybe see what tech is out there that can enhance your specific game. Golf is tough and no one will ever master it, so just learn to hit the middle of the club face consistently with the help of a professional. I guarantee you the game will be more fun.

Hmm, well I disagree with your thought process. The New Levels were down the middle, higher spin, higher height, and steeper descent angle. The Wilson’s were longer but had a 40 yard dispersion. That would put you in rough, bunkers and water more often…why would you want that? The Mizuno’s were longer than the New Look, with pretty good dispersion, pulling to the right, so that could be played. You want more distance, pull out a 6 iron.

I’ve always liked the looks of the Ping Zing 2s. They’re 30 years old, and turns out they hit a ball just as good as anything.

Playing Titleist 735cm I bought i bought 14 years ago. I want to get new irons but haven’t found any that feel like the 735s.

newirons are 2 clubs stronger i.e 28 degree 7 instead of 37 degrees- kinda ascam.

Your videos are way too looonnnggg !

I play old Mizuno mx17 from 2006 i think. They work like a charm. If a #7 doesn't go long enough. I just use a #6 :p Consider switching to Takomo 101t's at some point, but need more consistency before the change.

You make the video and I'll watch. Hope I can make the live feed. Thanks for your hard work.

Never giving up my Ben Hogan Apex Plus.. haven't hit anything that sounds or feels as good..

You sure you are in yards and not meters

I have a vintage set of Spalding TopFlites, a set of Golden Bears, a set of Callaway Big Bertha 1994s as backups and for my son when he visits and a set of Callaway Big Bertha X-12s that I am currently using and they are just fine for me. I play for fun not to become the best golfer in the world. I don't need to spend $1400 for a set of clubs I will probably use for the ranges and an occasional game.

I play 20 year old players cavities. Yes, I want new irons. I've tested the 2024 Wilson CBs and loved them. They are a tad longer. However, my shot circle is pretty similar with the old irons. Drivers, woods, and putters have changed a lot in 20 years, so I would never recommend using those old clubs. But, if you are a good player, keeping an old iron set you are comfy with is worth gaming.

So if lofts are getting stronger for example an 8 iron having 34° of loft and the club length remains the old standard 36.5" for an 8 iron wouldn't people in essence be playing clubs 1/2" shorter than standard based on loft not club number.

If you dont have a golf swing clubs arent going to help much😀

Hey Champ! I just built my first Golf Club thanks to your insight on the game. SM7 Vokey 56 08M Grind/ S200 True Temper/ 360 Velvet Golf Pride. Total weight came out to 476g compared to my Sm7 52 at 470g

Wait my clubs shouldn’t stay in the car? How else do I sneak out to play?

Jim…your irons appear to be maybe 1/2” short due to the ‘girth ‘effect (***)