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.

Please see 55 sets of irons thread. TY.

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

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

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

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

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.

The Failed Equipment Experiments Thread

illest

Not exactly the same but I kind of tried this with a 910D3 head..shaft was 43.5” and I tried (key word tried) putting lead tape on the head to make up the SW. Threw an AD DI shaft in it and it just wasn’t ever consistent enough.

Golfingfanatic

Eddie I think that's not a bad idea at all. I am sure some of you remember the Matt Dobbyns threads on WRX when he qualified for the PGA a few times. He did the same thing.

aharrelson358

Eddie What's your miss with a normal 3w off the tee?

Jaybananapantsarthur

dphatt @Eddie

PureStickGolf

Resurrecting this one to add another driving iron to the list of failed experiments. Thought it might be different this time. Different brand. Different loft. Steel shaft this time and. BAM. Same result. No place in my bag. Played 36 the other day. First 18 normal. Second 18 for fun. Pulled driver and hybrid out to force myself to hit driving iron and 3 wood only on par 5s. Just don’t see the utility of it. Therefore. Benched.

might have to look into these 5 woods everyone’s been talking about 👀👀👀.

Jaybananapantsarthur

PureStickGolf I threw one (2i p790) into the mix this past weekend. Hit it well but wish I hadn't bc now I have to drag that thing around until it fails me at some random point in time.

dbenick3

PureStickGolf I think a lot if it comes down to the courses you play. It is useless out of rough or hitting into a firm green. Great off the tee if you need it tho.

PaulAllenPA

I started Decade last year. Mini Driver seems go against everything they teach. What is everyones thoughts on this matter. the Goal is to hit it as far as humanely possible off the tee and hit it again. It seems to be working for me. I've lowered handicap by 2 in one year

Jaybananapantsarthur

If I hit it as far as humanly possible I’d never find it

Noyes26

Jaybananapantsarthur “70’s shooters” do what they want.

vincent

Noyes26 90s players like me do the same but I always bring extra box of balls everytime I play 😂

mhales10

vincent amen

dphatt

vincent “90s players” says the guy who shot a 78 from the tips at a course rated over 75 🤦‍♂️. Gonna have to add you to the sandbagger group now 😂

ckay

Failed experiment for the year is the Mini

Jaybananapantsarthur

ckay worse than p770?

PureStickGolf

ckay that’s disappointing to hear

ckay

Jaybananapantsarthur P770s are a good club. Definitely wasn’t a fail, I just missed that buttery feel of a solid forged head. I had the same issue with S55s back in the day. Great club, horrible feel.

vincent

dphatt damn that guy is good for his handi 😂