TaylorMade Rocketbladez clone iron comparison

What is the difference between the Turbo Power FBS 2.0 and BMT Heater irons?

Turbo Power FBS 2.0 TaylorMade Rocketbladez clone irons			BMT Heater TaylorMade Rocketbladez clone irons
Although both are very similar to the new TaylorMade Rocketbladez irons.  The BMT Heater is a true midsize head with all the  shot forgiving properties all larger heads impart to a golf club.  The BMT Heater irons also have a more progressive bounce that allows for easier play from tight lies in the fairway and from deeper sand with the wedges. The Turbo Power FBS 2.0 irons are a more compact style head with a lower center of gravity to impart a higher launch angle.  The FBS 2.0 irons have a flatter bounce profile that promotes similar playing characteristics from all heads with any lie. One of the bigger differences between the two heads is the design of the Power/Speed Slot in the sole of the irons.  The  Power/Speed Slot is a design characteristic that produces a more reactive face for higher ball speed as it comes off the face.  The  Power/Speed Slot also enhances the forgiveness of the club head by increased perimeter weighting.  The BMT Heater irons have a deeper wider Power Slot in the #3 iron through #7 iron for hot boring shots from the face of these irons while the Turbo Power FBS 2.0 irons have a thinner shallower, but longer Speed Slot in the #3 through  Pitching Wedge for a higher softer shot. In conclusion the BMT Heater irons would be best for a player looking for an iron head that is easy to hit a solid shot from any lie with increased distance while the Turbo Power FBS 2.0 irons will hit a slightly higher shot that is easier to work the ball and has a more traditional look.  The BMT Heater should be a more forgiving iron head in the longer golf clubs while the Turbo Power FBS 2.0 should be equally forgiving through out the set.
If you would like to purchase a Turbo Power FBS 2.0 component iron head to build your own custom built irons they may be purchased at Turbo Power FBS 2.0 Rocketbladez clone iron heads on sale for $63.60 regularly $159.95 Custom built sets of 8 Turbo Power FBS 2.0 irons start at $129.95, Regularly $224.95 or $16.25 each			If you would like to purchase a Integra MBT Heater component iron head to build your own custom built irons they may be purchased at Integra MBT Heater Rocketbladez clone iron heads on sale for $63.60 regularly $159.95 Custom built sets of 8 Turbo Power FBS 2.0 irons start at $129.95, Regularly $224.95 or $16.25 each
Men's Turbo Power FBS 2.0 Irons	Ladies Turbo Power FBS 2.0 Irons	Senior Turbo Power FBS 2.0 Irons	Men's Integra MBT Heater irons	Ladies Integra MBT Heater irons	Senior Integra MBT Heater irons

How to determine the correct belly putter length for a golfer

How to determine the correct belly putter length for a golfer.

Things you'll need to determine what belly putter length you need.
A golf ball, your current putter and a 12" ruler.

Determining correct belly putter length. Place the ball on a level piece of ground. Measure the length of your current putter (mine is 35"), How to measure golf club length. Gripping your putter and the ruler, get in your natural putting stance. When you are in the correct stance, your hands should hang from under your shoulders with a gentle bend in the lower back. Maintaining your stance adjust your distance from the golf ball so that your eyes are directly over the golf ball. Once you are in your putting stance, slide the ruler up into your belly and note how many inches must be added to your putter to get the correct belly putter length. My putter is 35" long and the extended ruler length is 8" so the belly putter should be 35" + 8" or 43" long.

Determining correct lie angle. For most players of normal stature(5' 6" to 6' 2") the lie angle on a belly putter should be between 68° and 74° with taller players needing the higher lie angle. To exactly determine the correct belly putter lie angle have a friend place a protractor centered on the golf ball and parallel with the putter face. The correct lie angle is the angel the shaft makes with the ground.

3. Make sure the putter head weight is at or near 400 grams.
4. Make sure to order a belly or two piece putter grip installed on your belly putter.

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The New Groove Rule & What it Means to You

1. Are Square Grooves Being Outlawed?  No!
   
   The USGA Rule does nothing of the sort. It does not propose to govern at all what the shape of grooves can be, or at least no differently than the current rule. Golf club manufacturers can continue to make clubs with grooves shaped like a “V”, a “U” or “square”. The USGA Rules have previously allowed, and will continue to allow, for a series of “straight grooves” with diverging sides and a symmetrical cross-section. The width and cross-section, according to the rules, “must be consistent” across the face of the club and along the length of the grooves. In other words, grooves can’t be slanted one way or the other to affect spin, nor can they be of inconsistent spacing.  Oh, and the rule doesn’t only apply to wedges, but to all clubs with 24° of loft or more
2. What does the new rule do?
   1. The rule changes the way manufacturers measure grooves and spacing.  Up till now manufacturers only concerned themselves with the width, depth and the space between grooves.  Now they have to measure the volume of a groove per inch of face.  Basically what this does is force manufacturers to space square grooves farther apart on a face than "V" shaped grooves.
   2. The second affect the ruling has is that the grooves must have a radius along their edges of at least 0.010".
   3. The third part of the groove rule allows for a "condition of competition".  This states that the tournament committee determines if the rule is implemented in what ever tournament you are playing in.
   4. All manufacturers are making conforming grooves on their golf clubs starting in 2011.  Golf club heads manufactured before 2011 are being grandfathered in.
3. How am I affected by the groove ruling?
   1. If you are a PGA Tour player you will need to use the new conforming golf clubs with conforming grooves.
   2. If you are playing in the the USGA Open Championships you will need golf clubs with conforming grooves.
   3. In 2014 the groove ruling will go into effect for the other USGA tournaments and top amateur events.
   4. If you do not play in these events the new groove rule does not effect you until at least 2024.
4. What is the USGA trying to do with this new groove rule?
   1. They are trying to make the game of golf more difficult for PGA Tour players and top amateurs by forcing manufacturers to make golf clubs that do not spin the ball as easily.  This new rule will not effect these players when hitting from the fairway, but will make shots from the rough much harder to control.  The average golfer will not see any difference as an extremely accurate and repeatable golf club swing is required to produce these high spin shots from the rough with the nonconforming grooves.  If you don't back the ball up regularly with your current clubs there will be no effect.
   2. The USGA is supported by the major golf club manufacturers.  This is a great way to get players to buy new equipment.

What is a clone or knockoff golf club

Discount Clone Golf Clubs

90% percent of golf clubs sold in the U.S. are manufactured in fewer than 10 golf club foundries worldwide primarily in China.

Clone Golf Clubs are manufactured at the same foundries that manufacture golf club heads for most of the major brands you see in pro shops as reported by Time, such as:  Callaway, TaylorMade, Nike, Titleist, Cobra and Adams Golf Clubs. As Chip Brewer, CEO of Adams Golf said. "The Chinese produce golf clubs of consistently high quality at unbeatable costs."

So how can clone golf clubs cost so much less than the golf's major equipment manufacturers (OEM) if they are manufactured at the same facilities with the same materials and with the same technical precision?

70% to 80% of the cost of a top brand golf club is to cover advertising, sponsorships, celebrity endorsements, etc.  In addition the price of golf clubs have skyrocketed since the early 90s when most of the major golf companies went public on the stock market and shareholders demanded increasing profits year after year.  That is also when companies started changing models every 6 to 12 months to drive sales.  These new and improved models are usually nothing but superficial modifications of existing models but with major advertising spend.  And what golfer does not want to believe that a new driver will make all the difference in his game.

So what is the difference between a "pro line" golf club and a "clone" or "knock off" golf club?

There is the direct counterfeit, which is a dead-on copy that carries the legitimate product's trademark, and that's illegal, which we do not handle, do be careful of ebay. Also illegal is a club that is very close to a direct copy and is termed either "confusingly similar" (if it infringes on company trademarks) or "substantially similar" (if it infringes on design patents). What is legal is the generic look-alike that does not infringe on a company's trademarks or patents. Some features of a driver, its head size, for instance, cannot be protected, but others can. But with confusingly or substantially similar knockoffs, the line between legality and patent or trademark infringement is often fuzzy and is subject to legal challenge and interpretation.  As club heads come to market faster and faster to drive sales, new club head designs have fewer patentable design features.  That is why you see companies such as Nike trademark the color of yellow and TaylorMade trying to trademark White club heads.  We do not deal in counterfeit golf clubs, be very careful of ebay, we have been in the golf component business for over 25 years and have found the very fuzzy line.  We supply golf components that are as similar as legally possible and custom built golf clubs with customizing to the golfers swing and physical build to a greater extent than any "pro line" golf club.

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