Post up anything new you’ve tried this year. more importantly what about it didn’t work. The reason I ask for this is because while it may be a reason for you that was detrimental it could be the effect that someone else is looking for. This could turn into a nice repository of those good ideas on paper but not in practice. I’ll start. Futura 11.5 for slower greens. Turns out the head weighs 360 on 34”. Heavier heads wreak absolute havoc on my stroke leaving me to pushing a ton of putts. Also I need at least 45 degrees of toe hang for my stroke to feel comfortable, the 11.5 has more like 25. $taper lite shafts. Wanted to try a lighter steel shaft wi to the idea that it would give a little extra speed in the longer irons late in rounds when I really need it. Could not adjust to the feel at all, killed my tempo for quite a while. Definitely saw more chs but the bend profile was just so different from my modus it didn’t work. The c taper lite turned out to be the right choice.

Motore F3 7 Fairway wood shaft i thought this would be a great combo for the SIM2 FW head but it ended up launching too high. It’s a good match for the original SIM FW since that one launched lower and spun less. Autoflex 505x The distance gains were amazing but the dispersion was way too wild. I do have a 505xx coming to see if that will fix the dispersion Phantom X 5 I like how this sets up but for now it’s too heavy to be any good.

Armlock putter. Former belly putter and thought that it was going to be great. Had super high hopes, but I just couldn’t get comfortable with it.

I'm seriousness... PXG 0311T - just nothing exciting here, maybe it's the elevate shafts or the midsize Z-cord grips or whatever. Hype didn't equal my experience. Cleveland Zipcore wedges - not bad in any way, just not gains over the RTX4. Have moved on to TM Hi Toe v2, especially happy with 60°. MMT 105s - felt I needed to change timing too much. I'm anything but smooth and they felt like they needed smooth. Those are a few of the bigger blunders that come to mind

The Failed Equipment Experiments Thread

ckay

Modus 3 130s, way too high.

Jaybananapantsarthur

Please see 55 sets of irons thread. TY.

Jaybananapantsarthur

I'm seriousness...

PXG 0311T - just nothing exciting here, maybe it's the elevate shafts or the midsize Z-cord grips or whatever. Hype didn't equal my experience.
Cleveland Zipcore wedges - not bad in any way, just not gains over the RTX4. Have moved on to TM Hi Toe v2, especially happy with 60°.
MMT 105s - felt I needed to change timing too much. I'm anything but smooth and they felt like they needed smooth.

Those are a few of the bigger blunders that come to mind

Moni_SLO

Jaybananapantsarthur Curious on the Zip Cores, I need to go find a place to try out some wedges, I'm in need of some freshies!

Noyes26

Insert every blade putter that I’ve ever bought because of how sexy it is....

seeshawn

Noyes26 Giphy - Spider-Man GIF by memecandy

bigjohntripod

Bought a LAGP shaft and new grip for the flat stick. Turned out, I had the wrong hosel 🤷‍♂️

Restock fee + shipping both ways cost me maybe $100 and worst of all, wasted Dons time 🤦‍♂️ It was hilarious overall, but sucked ass-shits that I was a dumb dumb and didn’t double check 😂😂😂😂

1i - Big hits with it. Hand can’t take it anymore. One wrong strike and I’m done for the day. Maybe blew 350 on the build 🖕

Balls - I’ve blown dumb money on balls

shank_guru

I played 45 holes this year. Way too early to tell which of my experiments will fail.

PureStickGolf

25 rounds in and……….

I finally yanked the odyssey 10 stroke lab (last years version). Couldn’t get consistent feel off the face on long putts I think the insert is too soft. Back to a Scotty for now. While I have a project brewing. …………New thread? I think so.

tp5x. Gone. Back to prov1x. tp5x. Great in the wind because it doesn’t spin much. Too firm around the greens because it doesn’t spin much. Damn you.
Donald Ross. Damn you.

p770s. In the bag. Then out then back in. I think it’s the shafts I don’t like. But who’s to say. (KBS TOUR FLT 130). Probably just need to bite the bullet and get a fitting. BUT those ZX7s lol goooood.

long story short. We are lost in the wilds of Montana and it’s only MAY.

Eddie

PureStickGolf p770s. In the bag. Then out then back in. I think it’s the shafts I don’t like. But who’s to say. (KBS TOUR FLT 130). Probably just need to bite the bullet and get a fitting. BUT those ZX7s lol goooood.

I can speak to this. Because of the heavier head weights, shaft choice is really important. I went through 4 different sets before settling into my current set.

huntingchris0000

Epic Max LS. Driver was a Trackman dream but couldn’t keep it in play on the course

titleistforged

I have (and up for sale, but that's a different thread to come or something. PM me? jk not really) a few failed experiments:

Wilson Staff Infinite Grant Park. Thought I wanted and liked a heel shafted putter. It worked for a few rounds until it didn't, and then it horribly didn't. Just too much toe hang.
Cobra King Utility iron from 2016. Stock shaft too soft/launches way too high for me. Can't seem to find the center of the face despite the bigger size. Found that I had better success with my 620 4 iron. Makes no sense.
Maybe the Kirkland wedges? I tried these just for the memes and funsies and ended up liking them for a few months. Then, I lent them to a friend and went back to my Hi-Toes and ended up hitting those just fine. Dunno, maybe less of a fail, but more of a honeymoon period ending kinda thing. I had switched from my Hi-Toes because I was struggling with my short game and wanted something radical to switch it up. Hence, Kirklands.

cwboylan

ZX7's (as of now). Coming from a thicker top line and sole clubs where I felt confident over shots, these I feel the opposite. Mainly mental but even hitting a 8-iron layup has me nervous on whats going to happen. I'll give it some more reps and see but might not be right for me.

PureStickGolf

cwboylan float them this way if they’re x stiff 👀👀👀

Eddie

cwboylan ZX7's (as of now). Coming from a thicker top line and sole clubs where I felt confident over shots, these I feel the opposite. Mainly mental but even hitting a 8-iron layup has me nervous on whats going to happen. I'll give it some more reps and see but might not be right for me.

I’ll throw some encouragement your way, I’ve gotten to hit them side by side with 770s and 790s and they are just as long and as forgiving, so I would say trust that they have plenty of smart design and tech to be manageable to play.

cwboylan

PureStickGolf They are. You'll be first one to contact here shortly. Going to play with them Saturday and do some more sim testing and make a decision here soon.

cwboylan

Eddie Thanks Eddie. Now that my course is closed till next year, I can get more practice time with them. Will give them another month here. Appreciate the feedback!

Jaybananapantsarthur

Moni_SLO I’d say save some $ if you can grab the RTX4 instead. Nothing wrong with zipcore, just didn’t see any performance gains over prior gen. Just my experience.

Moni_SLO

Jaybananapantsarthur Good advice. Curious what @DaHOF thinks of his Zips?

DaHOF

Moni_SLO Enough that I've bought two backup sets and they have displaced my Vokey's which I have gamed for about 2+ decades.

OffTheDole

Hitting on mats.

While I love Coastal Indoor Golf in Jax Beach because I can hit on TrackMan and get all of my data, hitting indoors on mats absolutely kills my right elbow because my AoA on wedges is steeeeep. I've been dealing with Golfer's Elbow since March thanks to one simulator session.

Obviously time off would help with it but I'm not going to do that. There's too much golf to play right now.

Eddie

OffTheDole Hitting on mats

Dude, you don’t need practice you ball striking machine.

And yes mats were the death of me last year and a half.

Moni_SLO

DaHOF that's a fucking compelling argument haha!

@Jaybananapantsarthur what wedges you currently have that are zip? interested in moving them along?