if miura is so great.....

[SwingMan]

I think, its all marketing, preferences and perceptions. One say welded hosel rocks, another say One piece design rocks. Just a piece of metal and the design is much more important.Scratch Golf have much much better versatility, bringing High End- Custom Designs to Average Joes, I think they would still rocks even if their wedges are Cast iron purely from their designs.

 

I remember, Scratch got banned by the other site, and the other site are Hyping the Miura. Why? because they sell them. thats why. They would hype anything they can sell and make it untouchables by average joes. Exclusive . Well, they did a good job really. I learn a lot from them to apply in my own little business and see through BS better.

 

 

Ping is very successful with their cast, so does callaway. Callaway's forged + wedge did not catch on. Plastic inserts putters are used by more people . Quality, Exotics are just way over hyped. Taylor made uses Cast in their TP line. Gasp, TOUR CAST... thats so exclusive ..

 

So, the answer I think is.. its all marketing.. and preferences. If you enjoy it.. use it. If you can get money using it. use it . If you like Exclusive stuff. Use it .

 

My 2 cents.

 

I know 3 people who have Scratch equipment and they had all had problems. One had the chrome flake off his irons. The second guy has rattles in all of his wedges (he no longer uses them). The third guy has rattles in several irons.

I am not anti-Scratch, but for as much as they cost they could do a better job with stuff like that.

 

The "rattles" or "echo" are a build issue. Have clubmaker pull it apart, put it back together -- "rattle" gone. Or better yet, send it to Scratch if they built them -- I'm sure they'll repair it gratis.

[BigLeftyinAZ]

I think, its all marketing, preferences and perceptions. One say welded hosel rocks, another say One piece design rocks. Just a piece of metal and the design is much more important.Scratch Golf have much much better versatility, bringing High End- Custom Designs to Average Joes, I think they would still rocks even if their wedges are Cast iron purely from their designs.

 

I remember, Scratch got banned by the other site, and the other site are Hyping the Miura. Why? because they sell them. thats why. They would hype anything they can sell and make it untouchables by average joes. Exclusive . Well, they did a good job really. I learn a lot from them to apply in my own little business and see through BS better.

 

 

Ping is very successful with their cast, so does callaway. Callaway's forged + wedge did not catch on. Plastic inserts putters are used by more people . Quality, Exotics are just way over hyped. Taylor made uses Cast in their TP line. Gasp, TOUR CAST... thats so exclusive ..

 

So, the answer I think is.. its all marketing.. and preferences. If you enjoy it.. use it. If you can get money using it. use it . If you like Exclusive stuff. Use it .

 

My 2 cents.

 

I know 3 people who have Scratch equipment and they had all had problems. One had the chrome flake off his irons. The second guy has rattles in all of his wedges (he no longer uses them). The third guy has rattles in several irons.

I am not anti-Scratch, but for as much as they cost they could do a better job with stuff like that.

 

The "rattles" or "echo" are a build issue. Have clubmaker pull it apart, put it back together -- "rattle" gone. Or better yet, send it to Scratch if they built them -- I'm sure they'll repair it gratis.

Yes, its a simple fix.Tip weight came loose.

[mauiatheart]

Regarding forgings and feel, how much of a factor is the type of ball you play...i.e. what would be the difference of a good cast club like a Ping Eye hitting a ProV1 or other 3 piece ball vs a Muira or Mizuno hitting a Titleist NXT or a Precept or a Top Flite distance ball?

 

The type of ball you play will not matter much. You seem to be asking if hitting a high end ball with cast clubs feel the same as hitting a low cost ball with a forged club will be the same. If this is question, my opinion is no. I can play a rock ball with my OnOff 247s (this often happens when I dig in my bag after losing all of my good balls) and it still feels better to me than hitting any ball with the Callaway X14 pros that I used to play. Of course I haven't played the latest and greatest cast clubs so maybe it is different now.