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10:42p, 6/20/23
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So while my son was getting fitted for a driver, I come across a preowned set of Great Big Bertha Irons that were released a few months back. Preowned was $2300. New retail is $3300. Naturally for that price I expect them to cook you dinner. At the very least I had to see what $3k Calloways felt like in the hitting bay.

Well, you can probably guess where this story goes. I have never ever ever hit the ball so high and straight. Not kidding I felt like I could play on tour. I then run out to my truck, grab my TM 790s. Guy offers me $875. I take the deal. I tell wife I wont be home for dinner. Drop son off at the house because he is too much of a candy ass to play golf with a heat index of 117 and head to my local course to squeeze in 9 holes. Shoot personal best 37, nearly pass out from the heat and then cry tears of joy that perhaps my best golf years are not quite behind me.

May not be able to pay the mortgage next month, but I guess money can indeed buy you happiness!!!

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AustinCountyAg
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10:44p, 6/20/23
I didn't even know the still made big Bertha irons
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In reply to BoDog • 10:47p, 6/20/23
How hammered are you at your local whiskey bar and enjoy the divorce
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In reply to AustinCountyAg • 10:50p, 6/20/23
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AustinCountyAg said:
I didn't even know the still made big Bertha irons
Not just Big Bertha.... but Great Big Bertha.
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In reply to BoDog • 11:06p, 6/20/23
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BoDog said:
So while my son was getting fitted for a driver, I come across a preowned set of Great Big Bertha Irons that were released a few months back. Preowned was $2300. New retail is $3300. Naturally for that price I expect them to cook you dinner. At the very least I had to see what $3k Calloways felt like in the hitting bay.

Well, you can probably guess where this story goes. I have never ever ever hit the ball so high and straight. Not kidding I felt like I could play on tour. I then run out to my truck, grab my TM 790s. Guy offers me $875. I take the deal. I tell wife I wont be home for dinner. Drop son off at the house because he is too much of a candy ass to play golf with a heat index of 117 and head to my local course to squeeze in 9 holes. Shoot personal best 37, nearly pass out from the heat and then cry tears of joy that I perhaps my best golf years are not quite behind me.

May not be able to pay the mortgage next month, but I guess money can indeed buy you happiness!!!

At that price I expect Paige Spirinac to cook me dinner.

But congrats on the 37 -- solid score, and probably worth every penny!
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In reply to AustinCountyAg • 12:53a, 6/21/23
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I have the 2021's. Shot a 40 year best 90 with them today. I'm a 24 HC
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7:31a, 6/21/23
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See you on the f golf thread soon
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In reply to powerbelly • 8:48a, 6/21/23
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powerbelly said:
See you on the f golf thread soon
Came to post this.
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9:09a, 6/21/23
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I would expect no less. Golf clubs are like trips to Vegas. The first time is always great. Good luck thereafter though.
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In reply to BoDog • 10:04a, 6/21/23
BoDog said:
So while my son was getting fitted for a driver, I come across a preowned set of Great Big Bertha Irons that were released a few months back. Preowned was $2300. New retail is $3300. Naturally for that price I expect them to cook you dinner. At the very least I had to see what $3k Calloways felt like in the hitting bay.

Well, you can probably guess where this story goes. I have never ever ever hit the ball so high and straight. Not kidding I felt like I could play on tour. I then run out to my truck, grab my TM 790s. Guy offers me $875. I take the deal. I tell wife I wont be home for dinner. Drop son off at the house because he is too much of a candy ass to play golf with a heat index of 117 and head to my local course to squeeze in 9 holes. Shoot personal best 37, nearly pass out from the heat and then cry tears of joy that perhaps my best golf years are not quite behind me.

May not be able to pay the mortgage next month, but I guess money can indeed buy you happiness!!!

So did you buy the new ones, or the used new ones ?...and did you wonder why someone traded their new ones in on something else ?
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In reply to BoDog • 2:05p, 6/21/23
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BoDog said:
So while my son was getting fitted for a driver, I come across a preowned set of Great Big Bertha Irons that were released a few months back. Preowned was $2300. New retail is $3300. Naturally for that price I expect them to cook you dinner. At the very least I had to see what $3k Calloways felt like in the hitting bay.

Well, you can probably guess where this story goes. I have never ever ever hit the ball so high and straight. Not kidding I felt like I could play on tour. I then run out to my truck, grab my TM 790s. Guy offers me $875. I take the deal. I tell wife I wont be home for dinner. Drop son off at the house because he is too much of a candy ass to play golf with a heat index of 117 and head to my local course to squeeze in 9 holes. Shoot personal best 37, nearly pass out from the heat and then cry tears of joy that perhaps my best golf years are not quite behind me.

May not be able to pay the mortgage next month, but I guess money can indeed buy you happiness!!!

I tried those as well and had the same experience. I literally know the exact ones you are talking about.

Didnt buy them because I thought it was too good to be true. They're unbelievable for the player improvement and forgiveness part of them.
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2:15p, 6/21/23
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Are these the most forgiving "TexAgs +2 level" irons in the market?

If so, I'd entertain it over my 23 year old Mizuno shovels. As long as I can properly gap the wedges. Since I only need 8, 9, PW, GW set.
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In reply to whisperingbill • 2:40p, 6/21/23
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whisperingbill said:
BoDog said:
So while my son was getting fitted for a driver, I come across a preowned set of Great Big Bertha Irons that were released a few months back. Preowned was $2300. New retail is $3300. Naturally for that price I expect them to cook you dinner. At the very least I had to see what $3k Calloways felt like in the hitting bay.

Well, you can probably guess where this story goes. I have never ever ever hit the ball so high and straight. Not kidding I felt like I could play on tour. I then run out to my truck, grab my TM 790s. Guy offers me $875. I take the deal. I tell wife I wont be home for dinner. Drop son off at the house because he is too much of a candy ass to play golf with a heat index of 117 and head to my local course to squeeze in 9 holes. Shoot personal best 37, nearly pass out from the heat and then cry tears of joy that perhaps my best golf years are not quite behind me.

May not be able to pay the mortgage next month, but I guess money can indeed buy you happiness!!!

So did you buy the new ones, or the used new ones ?...and did you wonder why someone traded their new ones in on something else ?
Maybe the dude who previously owned those clubs had to trade them in for cash because his wife told him to.
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In reply to whisperingbill • 5:37p, 6/21/23
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whisperingbill said:
BoDog said:
So while my son was getting fitted for a driver, I come across a preowned set of Great Big Bertha Irons that were released a few months back. Preowned was $2300. New retail is $3300. Naturally for that price I expect them to cook you dinner. At the very least I had to see what $3k Calloways felt like in the hitting bay.

Well, you can probably guess where this story goes. I have never ever ever hit the ball so high and straight. Not kidding I felt like I could play on tour. I then run out to my truck, grab my TM 790s. Guy offers me $875. I take the deal. I tell wife I wont be home for dinner. Drop son off at the house because he is too much of a candy ass to play golf with a heat index of 117 and head to my local course to squeeze in 9 holes. Shoot personal best 37, nearly pass out from the heat and then cry tears of joy that perhaps my best golf years are not quite behind me.

May not be able to pay the mortgage next month, but I guess money can indeed buy you happiness!!!

So did you buy the new ones, or the used new ones ?...and did you wonder why someone traded their new ones in on something else ?
I went with the preowned set. Buying these new would be way beyond my tax bracket. They feel and sound like Muira's but with a giant sweet spot. There is absolutely any vibration, etc even with a rare miss hit. I am a 12-14 handicap so its not like I am God awful but these will no doubt help with that.
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In reply to BoDog • 6:26p, 6/21/23
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No offense, but a 12-14 handicap is going to have more than just a rare miss hit.
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In reply to DargelSkout • 8:52p, 6/21/23
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DargelSkout said:
No offense, but a 12-14 handicap is going to have more than just a rare miss hit.
Point taken but my problems are on the green and off the tee box. Hitting down with irons comes pretty easy to me. The rest of the game, not so much.
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In reply to BoDog • 7:30p, 6/22/23
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BoDog said:
So while my son was getting fitted for a driver, I come across a preowned set of Great Big Bertha Irons that were released a few months back. Preowned was $2300. New retail is $3300. Naturally for that price I expect them to cook you dinner. At the very least I had to see what $3k Calloways felt like in the hitting bay.

Well, you can probably guess where this story goes. I have never ever ever hit the ball so high and straight. Not kidding I felt like I could play on tour. I then run out to my truck, grab my TM 790s. Guy offers me $875. I take the deal. I tell wife I wont be home for dinner. Drop son off at the house because he is too much of a candy ass to play golf with a heat index of 117 and head to my local course to squeeze in 9 holes. Shoot personal best 37, nearly pass out from the heat and then cry tears of joy that perhaps my best golf years are not quite behind me.

May not be able to pay the mortgage next month, but I guess money can indeed buy you happiness!!!



I recently had this exact same experience, but with Stealth irons... had p790s too....

Shot a 69 yesterday, my personal best.

Irons changed the entire way I can play golf. I tell everyone I can to stop worrying about it being called a "game improvement iron". The score is what matters, not the category the clubs are in.
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In reply to DargelSkout • 9:15p, 6/22/23
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DargelSkout said:
No offense, but a 12-14 handicap is going to have more than just a rare miss hit.
Let him enjoy the moment. It might be temporary but it's worth it.
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9:30p, 6/25/23
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How many putts on that 37? Were you knocking approaches to tap in range?

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10:27p, 6/25/23
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no clue off hand but I think I only had one three putt.

Full disclosure I did take my standard mulligan off a tee shot so maybe we should call it a 39.
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In reply to BoDog • 11:33a, 6/26/23
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BoDog said:
DargelSkout said:
No offense, but a 12-14 handicap is going to have more than just a rare miss hit.
Point taken but my problems are on the green and off the tee box. Hitting down with irons comes pretty easy to me. The rest of the game, not so much.
So you one putted and hit the fairway off the tee box.

How exactly did the $2,300 irons help that?

And as stated, see you on the f-golf thread next week.
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12:00p, 6/26/23
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Back in the late 90s I went from Tommy Armour blades to the OG Big Bertha irons -- they were absolutely ridiculous on the range. SO effortless to hit.

But my game came apart. It literally had no idea how for the ball was going to go with those irons. I had something like a 30 yards distance dispersion on the 7 iron - it would go anywhere between 170 and 200 with very little discernable difference in strike.

I pawned them off after about 6 months, but it took a long time to get my swing back.

Hopefully these don't have that issue. I looked them up on Golfwerx and they have about the highest Maltby Playability Factor on the market.
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In reply to Trinity Ag • 12:21p, 6/26/23
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There has been a lot of improvement since the OG big bertha days.
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In reply to Trinity Ag • 12:23p, 6/26/23
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Trinity Ag said:
Back in the late 90s I went from Tommy Armour blades to the OG Big Bertha irons... it would go anywhere between 170 and 200 with very little discernable difference in strike.
I'm a little skeptical of a 170-200 7i in the late 90s. That was back before the lofts got bent so much by manufacturers, and that would put you right in line with what the pros are hitting their 7 irons today on average.
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In reply to Chipotlemonger • 3:14p, 6/26/23
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Chipotlemonger said:
Trinity Ag said:
Back in the late 90s I went from Tommy Armour blades to the OG Big Bertha irons... it would go anywhere between 170 and 200 with very little discernable difference in strike.
I'm a little skeptical of a 170-200 7i in the late 90s. That was back before the lofts got bent so much by manufacturers, and that would put you right in line with what the pros are hitting their 7 irons today on average.


Callaway already lowered their lofts by late 90s as their 7 irons were 33 degrees .. from 38-40 degree traditional lofts
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In reply to Chipotlemonger • 8:53p, 6/27/23
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Chipotlemonger said:
Trinity Ag said:
Back in the late 90s I went from Tommy Armour blades to the OG Big Bertha irons... it would go anywhere between 170 and 200 with very little discernable difference in strike.
I'm a little skeptical of a 170-200 7i in the late 90s. That was back before the lofts got bent so much by manufacturers, and that would put you right in line with what the pros are hitting their 7 irons today on average.
It was in Colorado Springs, which adds something like 8% at 6000 feet.

But still. The crazy flyers off those things were maddening. The point wasn't the total distance, it was the massive variance.
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