21, I notched it down 1 so it wouldn't be too close to my 23° hybrid.
So by lifting it down you’ve opened the face which obviously exacerbates you swing path and face angle give you more of the shot you don’t want.
Yep. I do wonder how much difference that all makes ('opening' or 'closing' the face by loft adjustment), but it should certainly be a lot easier to square the face on the SFT 5 wood lofted up.
For me it makes a huge difference, if I deloft a driver to open the face I have so much more confidence and aggression in the strike knowing I’m not going to turn it over and whang one miles left. My natural shot is a draw so I need an open clubface at address to give me that and more confidence.Yep. I do wonder how much difference that all makes ('opening' or 'closing' the face by loft adjustment), but it should certainly be a lot easier to square the face on the SFT 5 wood lofted up.
Will not the ridge be in an odd position if you open the face of the wedge
Who knows till I try it, kind of the point of tinkering isn’t it.
Watch out for a post in my "Old Man Yardages" thread in a week or so's time. For now, all i will say is that I played around with my driver loft on an indoor trackman last week and can clearly see a change in where the ball lands, dependent on loft. The more I lofted up the more it brought my landing area from right to left (I'm a right hander)...change in shot distance was relatively minor.Yep. I do wonder how much difference that all makes ('opening' or 'closing' the face by loft adjustment), but it should certainly be a lot easier to square the face on the SFT 5 wood lofted up.
Can you simply return the entire set? Otherwise (note I am in the EU) Nordica Golf (based in Sweden I believe) have served me well. Golfclubs4cash sometimes has sets of shafts.
I love this search for that spot in the bag. Ironically it seems you put a lot of effort in buying a club that perhaps slightly outperforms the Cobra club you had. I am not being nasty, I sympathise.. I have gone through a similar quest for my 155 yard carry club - am now relatively happy with my Wilson fybrid...but it started with wanting to replace a club that I lost somehow and was actually quite happy with...Right, the new club arrived today so I've just done a three-way comparison at the range.
G430 Max 7 wood (20°)
New G430 SFT 5 wood (20/20.5°)
My old Cobra F9 7 wood (21°)
The Max 7W, even with 6g of lead tape in the heel, still sliced on 2 of the 5 shots. I just can't square it up for love nor money. That'll be going on eBay shortly.
SFT 5 wood - dear God, this might be the easiest wood to hit I've ever had. I started it off at its highest loft of 20.5°, but it actually looks really closed on the ground which kind of looks weird to me. So I dialled it back to 20° and it didn't look so bad. But it's just lightyears easier to hit than the Max. The head is noticeably bigger, feels more forgiving and is. Everything went straight - tiny little 5 yard cut maybe. The Tensei Orange shaft is a touch shorter than standard so it plays like a 7 wood anyway which is ideal.
F9 - It goes dead straight as well to be fair, and felt like going back to see an old friend. But it still has that very slight tendancy to draw, which is so alien to me and the thing that started me doubting it in the first place. ChatGPT said it's a bit more head-heavy than the Pings which is why I might find it easier to turn over slightly - I guess that makes sense because it's not actually draw-biased at all. It's certainly better than the Max anyway. Will probably keep it for a while yet as back-up, still a bit sentimental to sell it as it served me well.
No hesitation in putting the SFT 5W in the bag though. Happy at the moment - until the first time I duff it of course.
Mentioned it in another thread, but yeah, I still don't like using a line on the ball.Further tinkering is afoot as well... Nothing major though. I've never liked using a line on the ball as it made be obsess over the line and generally not give pace enough thought. However, during a little bit of putting practice I was doing at lunchtime, I noticed that I very deliberately line my ball up slightly toe-side with the putter. Why am I doing this? I'm not sure. When I consciously lined it back up to the middle it felt weird, but obviously that is where strike is going to be best. So I've just drawn lines on all my balls, simply to make sure the middle of the ball is lined up to the sight line on the putter, rather than lining the ball up to the hole.
Every time I do it I just focus way too much on trying to hit the line on the ball with my putter instead of just focussing on the target. I putt much better when I forget about the line completely. Back to the drawing board on that one.
