How to build a golf club - hard step

[@candlecfer1106]

My wife took me to a high end golf shop for my birthday gift this year full fitting and more club than I would have bought myself watching your content make me appreciate your talent and skill in making these clubs and sharing with all The only thing I wish I would have done different would have been sending my specs to have you build them ..Thank again for sharing your knowledge ....and yes I have a wonderful wife but I also bought her a old cuda for her birthday a few years back come to think of it I still haven’t been allowed to take it out on my own

[@td1138]

And initially, I thought the hard step was the step to get the ferrule perfectly placed, turned down and polished to meet the McGolf standard of excellence. Kidding, of course. I remain in awe of the ferrule work you do. Great video!

[@889faz]

Great video!! nobody else breaks it down in such intricate detail when talking golf clubs. Thanks for the time and effort.. As a p790 player myself, i am still somewhat jealous at the McGolf treatment Brandon got. Quick question, which compound did you apply to the club at the end of the video? and why?

[@erikwestrheim804]

Blind guess...... Turtle wax ???

[@wessmith4913]

Your “secret answer” to your weight problem....its Wishon weights! They will fit inside of that hosel just like Tom designs his irons, I am guessing.

[@glennwisse6271]

Nice lookin clubs.

[@banditbaker1675]

Like you, I'm not really a TM fanboy, but those clubs look real pretty!

[@McGolf]

Bandit Baker I’m sure TM will be using this design going forward. It is a very nice club

[@mattrevilock2038]

Awesome content. Man, those clubs have to be really heavy compared. Question: do you love it when you learn something new? Have a great one. See you later this month.

[@benfoust7424]

Jim, I thought that the hozel and back are forged and the face is welded on the P790

[@natekitson975]

what was the green stuff you put on the club at the end?

[@jamesrobinson8428]

Looks like turtle wax

[@nelsonf2805]

What do you put in the PW when hard stepping? Another PW shaft? So it will play a little softer? Thanks

[@swardmusic]

wondering the same

[@SvingitGolf]

I had a CF for iron shafts yesterday. Just to see if there was any better than my $-Taper 120 Stiff. Tge fitter told me if I wanted a slightly stiffer club I could hard step them. How much stiffer will them be? The fitter said that it will get stiff like a S+ but without the extra weight as the 125 S+. Q1: How will the PW shaft play? Could it be as long as the 9 iron? Q2: Could I just hard set 7,8,9 and leav the 5 and 6 as is? Is it common to just hard step mid/low irons? Q3: Can you tip trim a tapered shaft/tip?

[@alecazar9849]

Did you use a collared ferrule for this build? Is there a particular style of ferrule that you need for the p790?

[@matthewmccorkel42]

130 hardsteped, d5. My forearms hurt thinking about that.

[@katemark4413]

Just curious, from a club build point of view, the tip weight that you used seemed to be aprox. .5 to .75 inch long. Doesn't that compromise the the amount of hosel depth that you need for proper epoxy?

[@McGolf]

kate mark the weight goes inside the hosel. It is not in the way of the epoxy

[@Shifty995]

What were the head weights if you dont mind sharing? I'm always looking for lightweight heads for over length builds.

[@McGolf]

Jake Hardin right at 15 grams

[@stuyboy]

Looks like a maltby weight system in that head?

[@McGolf]

stuyboy nope tipmweight

[@amirsaatari8202]

Hello!!! Can i bent p790 2019 4iron? Please advice If can, is it different method that the usual method when were bending other forged clubs?

[@McGolf]

Amir Saatari answered your email. Short answer is yes

[@skylarsteel91]

Curious why you aren’t a big taylormade guy. Cause I’m not either. My reasons come from their marketing side of things and always seemingly needing to make one more gimmick that outdoes the previous year. Curious what you dislike as well

[@McGolf]

Skylar Steel it’s not that I dislike them, some of their designs are solid much like most OEMs have goods and bad. At the time some of the folks running the place and I didn’t agree on business models. That and their rep has yet to visit where other have and we like relationships with vendors.

[@phvanvle]

I thought a hard-step was when I have to walk up to an elevated green?