TourIQ
Sep 10, 2005, 02:16 PM
Hi Guys and Gals
I am new to this forum. Starting golfing 9 years ago at age 39, when I introduced both my sons to the game. The first year we played with $50 clubs (the new grips were worth $40).
Dwight my youngest son (now 19) plays about 10 games a year and has a lovely powerful natural swing. His longest is 360 yards wind assisted. When he was 14 he went into a Jr. tournament and shot +11 on the front and +2 on the back. I was just hoping he would break 100, and he ended up shooting an 84. Said it wasn't fun so he never went into another tournament again. He hadn't swung a club in 6 weeks leading up to the tournament, and he gets 7 pars on the back 9.
My oldest son (now 22) has a handicap of +1. Into his 3rd year he shot a '69' at age 15, after I took him to a new coach. With 5 lessons that year he went from a 14 to 4 handicap in 4 months. He stands 5'8" but averages 300 yards off the tee. His lowest is 30 for 9 holes and 64 for 18 holes (course records to a 54-year old club). 2 years ago he had a 2.5 hour coaching lesson with Rob Akins (coach to David Toms). He fixed 2 swing faults and he is a very good ballstriker tee-2-green. He has always played on a 9-hole cow pasture, so he struggles around the green on challenging courses. In practice he has drained 211 consecutive 4 footers, and 152 consecutive 5 footers, so his putting stroke is very repeatable. These stated consecutive putts made are personal best, and not averages. Each one took just under a month.
Into our 2nd year of golf, we started to make our own golf clubs. Even the OEM stuff we rebuild before it goes into the bag. I got involved in a lot of internet based research groups, dealing primarily with shaft technologies.
All clubs we build are 'Blueprinted' using our proprietary based quality oriented manufacturing process. In total, we document 300 measurements (points of data) covering receiving inspection, in-process, and final outgoing inspection data. The last few years, based on benchmark data I've collected, we are building clubs to a specification that is 2/3's tighter than Tour Quality, and 10 to 15X's tighter specification than off-the-shelf OEM.
We live 1 hour north of Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, in a small town called Wingham (about 30 miles inland from Goderich, ON on Lake Huron).
What's In My Bag by Duane - ALL CLUBS Left Hand
DRIVER: KZG Gemini 10.0° Left Hand, 395 cc, Grafalloy Prototype COMP NT Nano, 62 grams, XX-Stiff flex, laser FLOed, 46.0" long
3W, 5W: Ashton X-1D Left Hand, 14°, 18°, True Temper X-Stiff steel shaft
HYBRID: Nickent Genex 3DX Ironwood 3/20° Left Hand, pulled stock steel shaft, installed True Temper X-Stiff parallel tipped steel shaft
IRONS: Mizuno forged MP-30™ Left Hand, 4-9, 24° - 44°, pulled stock taper tipped steel shafts, installed True Temper X-Stiff parallel tipped steel shaft
WEDGES: Titleist Vokey's 200 Series Chrome Left Hand, 250.08 (bent 49°), 254.12, 258.08 (bent 59°), pulled stock taper tipped steel shafts, installed True Temper X-Stiff parallel tipped steel shaft
ALL STEEL SHAFTS: True Temper (Private Label) X-Stiff steel shaft, Pro-Soft™ dual density vibration dampening insert, weight sorted, swingweight matched, frequency matched, and spine aligned and laser FLO verified
PUTTER: Scotty Cameron Mike Weir 2003 Masters Champion, Limited Edition # 226/281 Newport, Black Pearl Mist Finish, 34.5" long
BACKUP PUTTER: Odyssey White Hot 2-Ball Left Hand, with dual density vibration dampening insert, Odyssey DFX putter grip, 34.5" long
GRIPS: Lamkin Crosssline Dual Density (all clubs except putter), 0.580" Round, Putter grip is Golf Pride Cameron Studio Design Dancing Letters
BALLS: 2005 Titleist Pro V1X
TEES: Stinger 3 inch Pro XL Competition
GLOVE: FootJoy Leather F3
LASER RANGEFINDER: Bushnell Yardage Pro Tour XL (20-2025)
SHOES: FootJoy FJ Impulse™ #57006
RAIN GEAR: Seaforth Successables, 5-piece Custom Fitted at http://www.seaforthraingear.com/product_list.aspx?CategoryID=2 (http://www.seaforthraingear.com/product_list.aspx?CategoryID=2)
STAND BAG: Ping Hoofer 2 Canada
UMBRELLA: Titleist
HEAD COVERS: KZG, Ashton, and Scotty Cameron The Art of Putting
ACCESSORIES: Scotty Cameron Pivot Tool, Black Sharpie
CLUBMAKER: www.TourIQ.com (http://www.touriq.com/)
COACH: Cam Doig (coach to Dan Halldorson) (ON, Canada), and Rob Akins (coach to David Toms) (TN, USA),
LOWEST HANDICAP: +1.0
LONGEST DRIVE: 360 yards (no wind)
BEST ROUND (for fun): 64 (set 54-year course record), shot 30 with 10 putts on the front 9
BEST ROUND (tournament): 66 (-4) tied tournament course record
BEST PUTTING (tournament): 23 for 18 holes (1 putted 13 holes)
GENDER / AGE / HEIGHT: Male, 22 years old, and 5' 8"
PROFESSION: Amateur golfer, university student, entering 4th year Honours Business Administration (WLU)
Thanks Harry S
www.TourIQ.com (http://www.touriq.com/)
I am new to this forum. Starting golfing 9 years ago at age 39, when I introduced both my sons to the game. The first year we played with $50 clubs (the new grips were worth $40).
Dwight my youngest son (now 19) plays about 10 games a year and has a lovely powerful natural swing. His longest is 360 yards wind assisted. When he was 14 he went into a Jr. tournament and shot +11 on the front and +2 on the back. I was just hoping he would break 100, and he ended up shooting an 84. Said it wasn't fun so he never went into another tournament again. He hadn't swung a club in 6 weeks leading up to the tournament, and he gets 7 pars on the back 9.
My oldest son (now 22) has a handicap of +1. Into his 3rd year he shot a '69' at age 15, after I took him to a new coach. With 5 lessons that year he went from a 14 to 4 handicap in 4 months. He stands 5'8" but averages 300 yards off the tee. His lowest is 30 for 9 holes and 64 for 18 holes (course records to a 54-year old club). 2 years ago he had a 2.5 hour coaching lesson with Rob Akins (coach to David Toms). He fixed 2 swing faults and he is a very good ballstriker tee-2-green. He has always played on a 9-hole cow pasture, so he struggles around the green on challenging courses. In practice he has drained 211 consecutive 4 footers, and 152 consecutive 5 footers, so his putting stroke is very repeatable. These stated consecutive putts made are personal best, and not averages. Each one took just under a month.
Into our 2nd year of golf, we started to make our own golf clubs. Even the OEM stuff we rebuild before it goes into the bag. I got involved in a lot of internet based research groups, dealing primarily with shaft technologies.
All clubs we build are 'Blueprinted' using our proprietary based quality oriented manufacturing process. In total, we document 300 measurements (points of data) covering receiving inspection, in-process, and final outgoing inspection data. The last few years, based on benchmark data I've collected, we are building clubs to a specification that is 2/3's tighter than Tour Quality, and 10 to 15X's tighter specification than off-the-shelf OEM.
We live 1 hour north of Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, in a small town called Wingham (about 30 miles inland from Goderich, ON on Lake Huron).
What's In My Bag by Duane - ALL CLUBS Left Hand
DRIVER: KZG Gemini 10.0° Left Hand, 395 cc, Grafalloy Prototype COMP NT Nano, 62 grams, XX-Stiff flex, laser FLOed, 46.0" long
3W, 5W: Ashton X-1D Left Hand, 14°, 18°, True Temper X-Stiff steel shaft
HYBRID: Nickent Genex 3DX Ironwood 3/20° Left Hand, pulled stock steel shaft, installed True Temper X-Stiff parallel tipped steel shaft
IRONS: Mizuno forged MP-30™ Left Hand, 4-9, 24° - 44°, pulled stock taper tipped steel shafts, installed True Temper X-Stiff parallel tipped steel shaft
WEDGES: Titleist Vokey's 200 Series Chrome Left Hand, 250.08 (bent 49°), 254.12, 258.08 (bent 59°), pulled stock taper tipped steel shafts, installed True Temper X-Stiff parallel tipped steel shaft
ALL STEEL SHAFTS: True Temper (Private Label) X-Stiff steel shaft, Pro-Soft™ dual density vibration dampening insert, weight sorted, swingweight matched, frequency matched, and spine aligned and laser FLO verified
PUTTER: Scotty Cameron Mike Weir 2003 Masters Champion, Limited Edition # 226/281 Newport, Black Pearl Mist Finish, 34.5" long
BACKUP PUTTER: Odyssey White Hot 2-Ball Left Hand, with dual density vibration dampening insert, Odyssey DFX putter grip, 34.5" long
GRIPS: Lamkin Crosssline Dual Density (all clubs except putter), 0.580" Round, Putter grip is Golf Pride Cameron Studio Design Dancing Letters
BALLS: 2005 Titleist Pro V1X
TEES: Stinger 3 inch Pro XL Competition
GLOVE: FootJoy Leather F3
LASER RANGEFINDER: Bushnell Yardage Pro Tour XL (20-2025)
SHOES: FootJoy FJ Impulse™ #57006
RAIN GEAR: Seaforth Successables, 5-piece Custom Fitted at http://www.seaforthraingear.com/product_list.aspx?CategoryID=2 (http://www.seaforthraingear.com/product_list.aspx?CategoryID=2)
STAND BAG: Ping Hoofer 2 Canada
UMBRELLA: Titleist
HEAD COVERS: KZG, Ashton, and Scotty Cameron The Art of Putting
ACCESSORIES: Scotty Cameron Pivot Tool, Black Sharpie
CLUBMAKER: www.TourIQ.com (http://www.touriq.com/)
COACH: Cam Doig (coach to Dan Halldorson) (ON, Canada), and Rob Akins (coach to David Toms) (TN, USA),
LOWEST HANDICAP: +1.0
LONGEST DRIVE: 360 yards (no wind)
BEST ROUND (for fun): 64 (set 54-year course record), shot 30 with 10 putts on the front 9
BEST ROUND (tournament): 66 (-4) tied tournament course record
BEST PUTTING (tournament): 23 for 18 holes (1 putted 13 holes)
GENDER / AGE / HEIGHT: Male, 22 years old, and 5' 8"
PROFESSION: Amateur golfer, university student, entering 4th year Honours Business Administration (WLU)
Thanks Harry S
www.TourIQ.com (http://www.touriq.com/)