NEW MACGREGOR IRON AND WEDGES

[Johnny]

For me in a nutshell :

 

Looks - Macgregor.. more tradition looking blade.. X's are progressive weighting and it shows in the shape of the muscle

Distance - I hit the X-proto longer by 5-7 yards, both sets are consistent distance wise

Forgiveness - Both are easy to hit but the Xproto are a little more forgiving for a blade

Feel - 1020(cally) vs 1025(mac)... the protos win, they are softer. The gunmetal mac are closer then the chrome..but cally still has the edge.

 

now if the x-proto grind did not work for you...well macs can be custom ordered with all kinds of options.. advantage mac.

 

Thanks so much for your insights! I'd like to add a few more follow-up questions:

 

1. How does the finish (chrome) on both compare?

2. How does the sole width and grind compare in both? What do you think has less bounce?

3. How does the offset compare?

 

Thanks a lot and I appreciate your input.

 

1. pretty close..cally are a shade duller satin, both show some wear on face, my cally showed a little more. Callys are softer

2. I'm a picker! blade to blade although I never measured bounce seems/looks comparable

3. not much offset on either.. callys are smaller in size which I like, not to say the macs are huge, they are not

[pitchmaster1224]

http://blogs.golf.com/equipment/2008/07/greg-normans-cl.html

[CGB]

Why do they keep insisting he's playing a DCT putter?

[Drucurtis]

Is there any risk of damaging the gun metal finish when changing the lie?

 

Some of the previous posts gave me the impression that after adjusting the lie, the finish showed signs of stress.

 

Anyone have any insight or personal experience on this issue???

[alucard655]

You can carefully bend them or apply say masking tape to where the lie machine touches the club but I had mine bent and they do wear where the machine was attached.

[Drucurtis]

You can carefully bend them or apply say masking tape to where the lie machine touches the club but I had mine bent and they do wear where the machine was attached.

 

What about cleaning the clubs? I am one that carries a pocket steel brush and cleans clubs right after a shot. I guess my real question is that I love the look of the gunmetal, but is it going to scratch and look terrible after a year?? I have never had a gunmetal finish so I don't how it will hold up over time.

[ijustgolf]

You can carefully bend them or apply say masking tape to where the lie machine touches the club but I had mine bent and they do wear where the machine was attached.

 

What about cleaning the clubs? I am one that carries a pocket steel brush and cleans clubs right after a shot. I guess my real question is that I love the look of the gunmetal, but is it going to scratch and look terrible after a year?? I have never had a gunmetal finish so I don't how it will hold up over time.

 

If you love your irons, NEVER use a steel brush on them. Always use a plastic brush.

[carrera]

Man, this is frustrating. I haven't been able to find a set of Pro-C's with Nippon 1150 in any of the listed dealers in my area. One dealer only builds clubs, which isn't for me...I want the build quality and ferrules etc from the factory like my demo 7 iron. I don't like to order sight unseen. Wish more product could get on shelves.

[1puttguy]

carrera - you do know that MacGregor sells those ferrules as an option for any and all of their custom building accounts? I'm sure it wouldn't be any trouble for them to get you set up exactly as you'd like them.

[jhigdon]

You might want to get a set built. I have 2 sets of Pro C's. I love them, but have had the ferrules slip up on two of the irons. I hate it when that happens. The factory didn't epoxy the ferrules appropriately. When that happens, I just pull them apart and rebuild them properly. What a pain.

 

But, that said, they're easily my favorite irons. Order some for Edwin Watts.

[carrera]

You might want to get a set built. I have 2 sets of Pro C's. I love them, but have had the ferrules slip up on two of the irons. I hate it when that happens. The factory didn't epoxy the ferrules appropriately.

 

Interesting...my demo 7 iron is absolutely perfect. I've hit so many balls with it that I'd expect it to show some wear, but it's not wearing at all. I have a lead on a set, and am going to have them by next week I hope.

[jaskanski]

Nike take note... THIS is how you make golf clubs.

[me7777]

Easy there. Nike has been around for along time and been building clubs for along time, so you better......Wait...did I say...Nike? Ooops, I mean "Macgregor." You are right. Never mind.

[SemperFidelis]

Nike take note... THIS is how you make golf clubs.

 

Agreed.

[carrera]

Semper Fi-- noticed that you have the 52 and 58 DW wedges with Nippon 1150...did you have to do a special order on these? I'd probably like that setup as well. Any comments on the wedges?

[mul1gan]

does anyone know if the combo set on ebay is the real deal or a knock off from china? they are going for 550. How much does a set of these from macgregor go for?

 

thanks

[Schilly]

Combo set at Edwin Watts runs $799.

[jdsbose]

Hey guys, this includes females, I have the MT pro CM & 2 DW wedges. Great clubs. Also trying to get a MT 460 shaft combo that works for me. Anyway since the new Mac stuff is so good I decided to try one of the new Grace putters, so I grabbed the DCT Sunset model, I was wanting to try it just really to say I did. That was a mistake, I played a round with it and had one of my best putting rounds ever, even the guys I was playing with were commenting on my putting that day. So thinking it might have been a fluke, I played another round with it, almost the same results. I feel in love with it, I never thought anything would knock my Odyssey out of my bag, and it was custom fit. Guys check out their Bobby Grace putter line, it is every bit as good as the irons. It is the best putter I have ever played, and I have played a few of them.

[Schilly]

I have a DCT FaceOff being delivered tomorrow... New from Golf smith for $59, couldn't pass it up.

[SemperFidelis]

Semper Fi-- noticed that you have the 52 and 58 DW wedges with Nippon 1150...did you have to do a special order on these? I'd probably like that setup as well. Any comments on the wedges?

 

 

I did have to special order them. I ordered them from Edwin Watts and specified that I wanted the Nippons in the wedges too. They said will do, and I assumed there would be some kind of upcharge for them in the wedges, but there wasn't. Just standard price, so worked out well.

[saintadam]

OK, here is a note from the UK. I sent an email to Reid a couple of weeks ago, he sent it on for handling to his customer services within 20 minutes, who in turn responded to me within another 40 minutes! I asked to try a MT Pro M with a 1150 stiff shaft.

 

Today, I received a box via ParcelfArce in the UK (having had to pay THEM an £8 handling fee ontop of the customs charge, Gggrrrrrr) and when I opened it, there was a MT Pro-M with a S300 shaft AND a MT Pro-C with a 1150 stiff shaft.

 

What beautiful pair of clubs and I can't wait to get to the range. Having received them, I have even gotten over being scr*wed by ParcelfArce.

 

On another note, I just noticed this item on US eBay:-

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...hlink:middle:us

 

Looks like some lowlife is trying to cash in on Macgregors generosity. Maybe we should bid it up to $1,000,000 to teach him a lesson ??

 

I already have a set of 1025CM's, a set of M675's and hopefully, soon, a set of MT Pro-CMs.

 

Reid, great service and great clubs, even for us on the other side of the pond.

[blinden]

I walked into the pro shop to buy a couple Callaway wedges and walked out with three DW wedges! Perfect shape and size for me and a sweet sweet feel.

 

 

 

Brian

[jhigdon]

You might want to get a set built. I have 2 sets of Pro C's. I love them, but have had the ferrules slip up on two of the irons. I hate it when that happens. The factory didn't epoxy the ferrules appropriately.

 

Interesting...my demo 7 iron is absolutely perfect. I've hit so many balls with it that I'd expect it to show some wear, but it's not wearing at all. I have a lead on a set, and am going to have them by next week I hope.

 

 

"Interesting" .... Since you have a total of one demo MacGregor club, while I have 3 sets of eight clubs and 4 wedges (have since bought another set, I really do like these clubs), I will go ahead and stick with my observations over your singular experience.

[Gibber]

Question for anyone with the new MAC's in Gunmetal...my club (ProCM) keep getting a white residue or scratch when they rub against each other. It appears like a chemical reaction the clubs have to each other. No damage and it doesn't effect play, but my Cleveland wedges don't do this. Anybody else experiencing this or no how to avoid it?

 

Also, my ferrules have come loose on several clubs.

 

Besides these two minor things I love these clubs!

[Redhaze737]

Question for anyone with the new MAC's in Gunmetal...my club (ProCM) keep getting a white residue or scratch when they rub against each other. It appears like a chemical reaction the clubs have to each other. No damage and it doesn't effect play, but my Cleveland wedges don't do this. Anybody else experiencing this or no how to avoid it?

 

Also, my ferrules have come loose on several clubs.

 

Besides these two minor things I love these clubs!

 

Several of the ferrules have come loose on my Gunmetal Pro-M's. And I also get those white marks. I also get white residue on the faces from hitting range balls, some of which is very difficult to remove. So far the finish seems to be ok. Not as good as Feel Golf, but the Feel clubs are not forged so the process for the finish is different I'm sure. I'm very satisfied with the clubs and recommend them highly.

[67VIP]

I was just afforded the luxury of going to the MacGregor factory and getting fitted for the MT 460 driver. I had been playing that club for the majority of this year; but I made an adjustment to the club that combined with an inexplicable change in my swing, made it virtually unplayable. After making one attempt to fix the club I called customer service at Mac and after talking with Todd Matherly, was invited to a fitting session.

 

I drove over to the factory and after meeting with Todd we proceeded to hit some clubs. Todd set me up on trackman and I went thru six drivers with two lofts and four different shafts. We finally settled on an 11.5 loft with graffaloy pro launch blue 65 stiff. That might sound extreme; but I was looking for maximum carry and that seemed to be the ticket, based on my launch numbers. I normally have a swing speed of 103mph with a max on a good day of 110mph. On the day I was at the factory I was only able to come up with 97mph (wouldn't you just know!) after being sick all week with some flu/cold bug. I brought a demo MT 7 iron w/flighted rifle 6.0 to warm up with before hitting the driver and fortunately I hit the ball consistently straight all thru the process. I only embarrassed myself when I tried to hit one of their MT 7 irons with project x 6.0, I just couldn't get it off the ground or very high. But my MT 7 iron was magic. I may have to get a set of those later on.

 

Thanks to Karen and Todd at MacGregor for all their time and patience and allowing me the chance to come over for a visit. I am looking forward to getting my club Wednesday next week.

[PKMillerJr]

Any info on the latest with MacGregor? New products coming out? Status/state of MacGregor?

[The Duck]

No email back from Reid today. Is all well at Mac?

[sandy]

The silence is deafening and speaks volumes.

[Schilly]

I'm nopt feeling very encouraged by this situation. I think Mac may have tried to do too much with the release of the MT line.