Recent content by Burnsey

The Ping...

It's like being at school. Overall, TM beat Ping on distance. Ping was tighter dispersion, but both fairway. More dead centre strikes with the TM, but off centre the Ping was unaffected.. Pretty close, but the looks and sound convinced me to buy the TM, so it did beat the Ping convincingly...

I am a tinkerer and putting three in the fairways - if they work, they work - all part of the fun of the hobby for me.

Looks are important, but I've either mistyped or you've misread. No excuses here - I chose the best overall performer, but my money, my choice. Suppose I was being nice to the fella who gets offended with anyone who doesn't like Ping. Damn ugly things. It is a steady driver, with loads of...

No one told me, I just don't see many. Good for those who do.

Ping worked well for me yesterday, better than anything else in terms of 'best at', but only on not perfect shots - ie. forgiveness. That is probably why not many pro's use them? I needed a heavier head than my GT2 and the Ping provided that - it is a whopper, well disguised with its matt...

If you look, really hard, you may see me a hundred miles away - they are outlandish, but so am I :) They didn't work in the driver for me, but fairways - oooosh.

As soon as I walked into the fitting bay, I clocked them, but kept schtum and waited to see how we got on. Getting the Accra in the driver was fantastic, but it didn't work in the fairways. He warned me 'they're expensive' before getting it off the rack, but loved hitting them and only found out...

A fitting at SGGT today and wanted to sing their praises in a fitting thread. Literally hundreds of choice on heads, shafts, grips etc. Use premium balls. Loft & lie check your current stuff before starting and really get into the stats. Software has an 'optimum fitting scale' and blue is good...

Yes, we could see the Ping was the best choice for me, so zoned in the shaft for the best all round fit. But against his initial judgement, moved into the TM with that shaft and it just worked really well. I would have gone for the Ping, despite the bits I don't love about them, as it worked...

After motorhomes though please.

I don't hate Ping at all. I have had loads, but just not the best looking in my opinion and another driver beat it hands down in all areas - FOR ME. It did go really well, but against the fitters initial judgement, the TM beat it in distance, consistency, looks and sound. The shaft made the...

Motorhomes. Ban them from the roads.

I attended a fitting today and I should have come away with it, but for not being a fan of matt heads, turbinators, or the sound. Extremely long, straight and forgiving - a real cracker of a driver!

OK, so fitting today - 2.5 hours on driver, fairways and hybrids. Note: He knew I am a 'sexy shaft man', so I walked into a spend fest 😁 Started with longest iron to get a baseline, which is a 5 iron for me at 160/5 carry. Then onto Driver and worked back. I knew exactly the head I wanted...