Tour Chandler Phillips - WITB - 2023 Valero Texas Open

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[jmcm87]

Stiff... Stiff.......                                            TX!!!!!!!!

[MakersMarsh3]

6 hours ago, jmcm87 said:

Stiff... Stiff.......                                            TX!!!!!!!!

Originally got this from testing a driver of one of the girls on the womens team

 

Synced up great with his tempo and numbers were in line

I think he’s been doing it since

Didnt know he has converted the 3wood too!

[KennyP]

i-blades are timeless classics.

[Remon]

6 hours ago, MakersMarsh3 said:

Originally got this from testing a driver of one of the girls on the womens team

 

Synced up great with his tempo and numbers were in line

I think he’s been doing it since

Didnt know he has converted the 3wood too!

That's a cool story! And he's playing a tour event while most of us here are sitting commenting on peoples bags.. 😬

[ram01002]

3 hours ago, KennyP said:

i-blades are timeless classics.

I would pay a lot of American dollars for a new set of iblades

[KennyP]

7 minutes ago, ram01002 said:

I would pay a lot of American dollars for a new set of iblades

 

I feel the same about Glide 2.0 Stealths. Lets hope Ping read these forums and bring them both back!

[mattman]

5 hours ago, KennyP said:

i-blades are timeless classics.

Between iBlade, i210, Blueprints, and the G400 driver, 2016-2019 will be remembered as a golden era for Ping. They have lost their way a bit since then (particularly with irons). But basically they had perfected what they do in that time and you have to find ways to sell new stuff.

 

It’s been said a bunch on this forum, but it’s really wild how many iblade and i210 sets you see in tour bags opposed to s59 and i230…

Edited March 28 by mattman

[OFore]

Haven’t the i230’s been well received by tour pros? 
 

Love this bag. The 425 version of the Alta CB in the 430 head too. Very interesting. Little inspiration to just always play what works and not let the ego take over. Numbers don’t lie. 

[OFore]

That Alta CB is actually a stiffer profile than the tour 65/75 and rogue 130 from the 425 stock shaft offerings. 

[webber]

21 minutes ago, OFore said:

Haven’t the i230’s been well received by tour pros? 
 

Love this bag. The 425 version of the Alta CB in the 430 head too. Very interesting. Little inspiration to just always play what works and not let the ego take over. Numbers don’t lie. 

I see a fair amount of i230's?  The drivers are always good and get a little better each release.  A lot of free agents playing the G430.  The G400 was great but there have been improvements.

[TiScape]

8 hours ago, KennyP said:

i-blades are timeless classics.

Hey @Ferguson , this reminds me… When I was new to the site I started a thread and got some blowback from a couple of the regulars… I apologized by saying “My bad, sorry” and you were thoughtful enough to point out the redundancy there… Would “timeless classics” also be considered a bit redundant??? Just made me wonder. 
 

*no offense KP, I don’t care and not trying to be “that guy”. Just reminded me of an incident 😊

Edited March 28 by TiScape

[pga43]

2 hours ago, TiScape said:

Hey @Ferguson , this reminds me… When I was new to the site I started a thread and got some blowback from a couple of the regulars… I apologized by saying “My bad, sorry” and you were thoughtful enough to point out the redundancy there… Would “timeless classics” also be considered a bit redundant??? Just made me wonder. 
 

*no offense KP, I don’t care and not trying to be “that guy”. Just reminded me of an incident 😊

I totally disagree that "My Bad, sorry" is redundant!

 

My bad is saying you made a mistake and sorry is apologizing for that mistake, so you were not wrong, IMO.

 

 

Greg

Edited March 28 by pga43

[TiScape]

54 minutes ago, pga43 said:

I totally disagree that "My Bad, sorry" is redundant!

 

My bad is saying you made a mistake and sorry is apologizing for that mistake, so you were not wrong, IMO.

 

 

Greg

I appreciate that and that’s how I felt when I said it. Thanks Greg. 

Edited March 28 by pga43

[Ben Berube]

22 hours ago, mattman said:

Between iBlade, i210, Blueprints, and the G400 driver, 2016-2019 will be remembered as a golden era for Ping. They have lost their way a bit since then (particularly with irons). But basically they had perfected what they do in that time and you have to find ways to sell new stuff.

 

It’s been said a bunch on this forum, but it’s really wild how many iblade and i210 sets you see in tour bags opposed to s59 and i230…

I was going to say the same thing.  I am heading back to iBlades/s55's after not able to play the i59's well last year. 

I am a weekend warrior but there was such a difference.  

You look on Tour and all the guys who went to i59's have gone back to iBlades or s55's.

Some of the i230 players like Cink went back to i210's. 

I see Hatton is still in i230's but makes me wonder.

I love the look of the i525's.  I owned i500's and they play really well but "clicky" sounding which was very hard to get over.  

iBLades are so soft and s55's are so crisp.  

[GoGatorsChomp]

Louis Oosthuizen used to play the Alta shaft back in the G400 (I think) days. Just shows you that you don’t need to pay the $400+ for these exotic upcharge shafts ay! 

[jmcm87]

1 hour ago, GoGatorsChomp said:

Louis Oosthuizen used to play the Alta shaft back in the G400 (I think) days. Just shows you that you don’t need to pay the $400+ for these exotic upcharge shafts ay! 

Let me speak for all of GolfWRX when I say....

 

[GoGatorsChomp]

On 3/29/2023 at 2:10 PM, Ben Berube said:

I was going to say the same thing.  I am heading back to iBlades/s55's after not able to play the i59's well last year. 

I am a weekend warrior but there was such a difference.  

You look on Tour and all the guys who went to i59's have gone back to iBlades or s55's.

Some of the i230 players like Cink went back to i210's. 

I see Hatton is still in i230's but makes me wonder.

I love the look of the i525's.  I owned i500's and they play really well but "clicky" sounding which was very hard to get over.  

iBLades are so soft and s55's are so crisp.  

I think it’s safe to say none of the latest iron releases from Ping have gone down well. The i59 has been a monumental fail, and having rushed out to test them on release I was very underwhelmed. At least this year they managed to get the G430 drivers in players bags which is a win for them. 

[OFore]

I think I need to try out some iBlades

[PowderedToastMan]

Come on PING, iBlade 2.0. Go back to cast, use that magic CTP you're known for, and maybe add a tungsten toe screw if you're feeling frisky for more MOI. 

[easylittle5wood]

Doesn’t John Oldenburg design ping shafts now after leaving LAGP? Might explain the useage. 

[Benzo]

His swing is sick

[JDTex]

On 3/31/2023 at 4:33 PM, PowderedToastMan said:

Come on PING, iBlade 2.0. Go back to cast, use that magic CTP you're known for, and maybe add a tungsten toe screw if you're feeling frisky for more MOI. 

They would sell like hotcakes. I still regret getting rid of my clean set of iBlades. 

[soupbraaaa]

Love my iBlades 

[Benzo]

How thin do the i blades look from address?