In this Video, Rick Shiels tests a potential replacement for ‘Old Bluey’ – Rick’s Cobra F7 has been in the bag for 7 years and potentially will be replaced! Find out if it gets swapped out in this video as it goes head to head against the Ping G430 Max 3 wood, the results may shock you!
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39 Comments
Always liked TM fairways personally. Currently have original Stealth Plus 3 and 5 woods in the bag and not hit anything else that could shift them
3 woods do not really change once you find your groove. They work great.
Can you not do the opposite go 5 and lower the loft opening the face to avoid left shorter shaft giving more control
This video was a bit frustrating to be honest.
From the intro it sounded like you were going to trial ‘a few’ woods and compare against Old Bluey.
Didn’t expect you to hit a few shots with one, then declare it a ‘maybe’.
Not sure if the plan is to stretch the process out over a few videos, or you’re trying to keep the video length down, but this just didn’t really hit the spot.
No explanation of why Old Bluey had to go. Damage? Face wear? What should we be looking out for to know when to replace our clubs?
It would have been great to see a spread of results to compare, with a discussion on relative merits like we used to get in the older test videos.
If your heart isn’t in this aspect of the channel any more it’s probably best to walk away from it. It really seems from the frequency and quality of content that you are more comfortable with the longer form conversational stuff.
Long live Old bluey!!!!
no you cant replace that 3 wood, you know will go back to it
RIP Old Blue. You had an amazing run. Enjoy your retirement.
The left shots are the swing path and face to path ……. operator controlled.
The left one isn’t the club Rick lol
While Rick admitted to miss hitting this 3 wood many times, looking at the face it's apparent that there were far more center hits.
What about stix 3 wood
The snap hook left always seem to happen when you’re trying to shape every single golf shot even when not needed at all. Easy to get lost rhythm wise. Clearly hitting a few straight on gives you confidence says enough about that the club ain’t the problem here
Why wouldn't Rick just go for a full custom fitting rather than just grabbing a club from the store room. Makes no sense. Surely with him being in such a privileged position he would get the 5 star treatment if he went for a fitting.
try a taylormade qi10
Maybe it’s time to think 4 wood…🤔
Go flatter. Try the srixon mkii 3 wood. That thing is a rocket and no left shots whatsoever.
I used a TSi2 with a TENSEI shaft and the feel off the face is unmatched
I got a stealth, hated it, went back to the M5.
Cranking up the loft will give it a fade bias!
I had white colour topped 3 wood. I could not gauge the depth of it. Always dark colours for me going forward
Personally I love the g430 max
Change the sleeve to the flat position Rick!
The 430 has a flat setting too Rick
Can't blame a golf club for bad shots.
Why wouldn't you just put the ping in the flat setting?
Buy a 4 wood and drop it 1 degree should help with the lefts.
I’d try a G430 5 wood cranked down to the loft you want. The slightly shorter shaft might also help improve strike
If you can't hit a Ping straight then you need lessons. 😊
why not cobra again? the radspeed woods tuned down in loft have a nice look at address no closed face and still got the famous rails, best 3 wood i've ever hit. To the people saying its just his swing, yes and no, lots of clubs do promote a draw
We need to see the face angles for your left shots – If youre closing the face then its not Old Blueys fault !
You should auction old bluey for charity
If something works why replace it?
I believe you need to get fit properly, by someone who deals with all makes of heads and shafts.
Either make that 3 wood sit more flat (should be an adjustable hosel) or put a 3 wood length shaft in a 5 wood head to maintain 3 wood swing speeds and then loft the 5 wood down from 18* to ~16.5* or so. Itll give you the distance you want, the head will look nice and compact, and the face will be slightly open to help prevent that left shot. Win win win
Rick you must try Tour Edge E723 5Wood, 3Wood and Driver. You'll love it!!!
Awesome! Been waiting for this video. Long time coming!
Does anyone have any recommendations for a deep FW3?
Did they go left due to operator error? 😊
Bag the Ping for now, you're not under contract, just take it for a spin. If you don't like it, try something else.