hi Williams,

I'm sure you'll get a more thorough and thoughtful response from the Team Titleist reps, but what they most likely mean is that you should be able to hit the ball on or close to the sweet spot with a swing that has a good shape and speed on a consistent basis.

I would guess a 15 handicap or less.

While I agree with your assesment that the ball should be struck well consistently I don't believe that a handicap number should be that important. A person may very well strike his irons great but struggle with driving, chipping and/or putting creating a high handicap.

good point Jim!

Jim, I agree and can speak from experience. I started the season with a handicap around 15. I went and got fitted for irons and ended up with MBs. Some people here thought I was nuts because I couldn't possibly hit an MB with a 15 handicap. The Flightscope numbers told the story, however, and they sure do feel awesome. Plus, I have the worn sweet spots on my old irons and the horrendous fairways hit stats to prove that my problem was off the tee. I've since been fitted for woods and worked on my drives, and my handicap is down to an 8 (and falling).

Handicap can be a great indicator, but I think it's more about how consistently you can strike the ball well. Get fitted. Demo a set or two. Go with whatever works.

Note, for me the difference between the AP2s and the MBs is that I liked the ball flight better with the MBs. I've always hit a pretty high ball, but the AP2s were too high and 10-15yd shorter (X shafts didn't help). The MBs are still a little high, but the flight and distance (185yd with the fitting 6 iron) were more to my liking.

My handicap is 16 and I use MP57's. Have no problem hitting irons wether its 3 iron or 8 irons. I really struggle to find the fairway and that causes me to miss the green on most occasions which is why I struggle to shoot below 80.

I really like the look of CB/MB combo set but the guys down the course would think I'm nuts turning up with blades.

I'm sure Team Titleist is pretty familiar with my golf setup by now (I am, however, working a G10 draw 4 wood in the mix). Simple (driver, one fww, one hybrid, 7-9 irons, 3 wedges, putter) and effective. And score slowly dropping. I've had the 5H for about 3 months now and it is the fix for a so-so middle game (I also found it easier to choke down vs using a 6 iron so I removed the latter).

My middle game has been pretty solid as of late. I probably hit 75% of the fairways with the driver - the worst might go slightly in the right rough. The others I play with may blow past me on tee shots (and I would say I hit the ball about average), but I beat them to the dance floor and exclaim "what took you so long?"

Nothing more fun than beating someone with a 110 mph swing and triple x flex shafts (my fastest swing speed these days is 94 mph and I usually hit about 85). I've been complemented on how "pretty" my short game is. In regards to shafts, I put True Temper Lite XL taper r flex shafts on my Pings and my iron play is very consistent now (and that includes the 7 iron too). $8 per shaft.

how can i contact titleist company?

not the phone number.

is there any way to contact them about some (stupid) ideas? If they listen to golfers, what do they lose?

Why can't I find email address? Let me know.