More in the future indeed !

Always loved his amazing child bearing hips! One of the best battles with Tiger all time!

Was great to have him! Thanks for watching...we'll make some more stuff happen in the future !

Rocco gets DIALED in with his equipment!

Just spews golf knowledge all the time...it's awesome!

Rocco knows what he needs and knows how important the different tech and specs are!

You bet!

The one question I have for him is. A few years back maybe 10 or 15 years now, he was doing some announcing. He described a pitch shot the players were going to be hitting into greens that week. He called it a fenjuiceler or something like that. I want to know what that shot is and how to hit it. It's a low spinning wedge shot, but it was cool as all get out to hear him describe it.

True!!

“Spinner” shafts have been the master club builder tool for decades. Most oem’s are fitting ‘spinner’ shafts in their wedges stock these days.

Was something I had never heard of, but apparently it's a popular way to make the wedge a little softer for short game shots! - Drew

I think MSG did this on one video

Interesting isn't it?? It all depends on the swing tempo and the transition at the top. A quicker transition can result in the clubhead lagging behind with a more flexible shaft, resulting in an open face.

He's awesome! And what a coincidence that is...i230s might be in my bag for 2023 too! - Drew

They're supposed to be a club for the guy who cares that the 4-iron goes 196, and not 198 or 194. And isn't trying to make it go 215. The previous generation i210 is that kind of club, in my experience.

Rocco spends a lot of time with Larry at 2nd Swing getting dialed in. Talk about a couple of guys with golf knowledge...

It's like a C grind with the heel and toe grinded away. When hitting from the bunker you are laying the club almost on its back so it doesn't matter much. Most tour pros are entering the sand with the heel.

Low spin may make sense, but it has to be paired with higher launch, not lower. And in dropping spin, as Mediate repeatedly said, they're dropping control. Kind of silly to pay an expert fitter that kind of money, and then start arguing with them.

Unreal!

Horrible advice. Wow. I've seen zero pros with the same shafts in the wedges. Zero.

yeah, I could never understand that. You certainly don't swing a wedge like a long iron. However, I have had some success with the heavier but softer shaft in the shorter clubs.

@@-ram-m2664 Most will fit heavier shafts in wedges, especially if they play low mass iron shafts. If you’re playing a 125-130g iron shaft, adding counterbalance mass is commonplace in wedges, unless you are ok with dramatic swingweight changes from iron-wedge. Many touring pros and skilled amateurs play same model shaft in wedges as irons. Very common to step down in stiffness and do a ‘spinner’ build on the wedges. For example an X100 Tour Issue irons player will often play an S400 shafted wedge with ‘spinner’ profile.

It’s the only item I disagree with him on. Then again, as a touring pro he’s playing highly manicured courses, even rough is freshly mown each day to the prescribed height. The traps are deep, fine, fluffy sand. Even a full shot PW is typically from a fairway but there’s a nice 3/4-1” cushion from the perfectly mown grass. For me, and many of us I suspect, our greens are mown and rolled daily but the traps are re-filled and groomed monthly, rough mowed weekly at best and fairways mowed every 2-3 days. Even though my home course is an expensive private club, members rarely fill their divots and tight lies w/barren patches with wedges are commonplace. If you’re fortunate enough to play under professional conditions, bounce is your best friend. If your conditions involve tight, skinny lies and firm, barren bunkers, having a low bounce wedge in your bag is extremely beneficial.

It very well could be his! For years he has been testing different drivers to see if they can beat his G400. So far, nothing has beat it since he wants that extra spin.

Funny I always thought that too that too stiff of a shaft would make you hit it dead right because most of us don’t have enough speed to square up the face at impact…maybe that’s why the pros are good and we suck?😂😂

It’s not about “turning over” the club. If you’re on plane, swinging from 4* (+/-1*) inside path, hitting draw is natural. The issue is the stiffer profile shaft he’s using is extremely tip stiff/stable. He’s eliminating shaft droop and improving impact consistency. Of course he’s far more consistent at impact than most any amateur. I would suggest for most amateur’s, the Ventus Blue Velocore, or similar is better option. The softer mid-section of Blue profile improves feel and will allow better loading for an amateur with more pedestrian swing speed. The point to be made is the more stable tip provides opportunity for more consistent impact delivery.

@@MichaelM-to4sg I actually have each one of the Ventus Velocore in various drivers. Red, Blue and Black but only in stiff not extra stiff..I have tried extra stiff before and hit it well but I figured I was only kidding myself thinking I need an extra stiff. I can maybe hit 100-105 club head speed tops is all. I might try an extra stiff next time and give it a go.

@@Tom-ok2rh I’m a little faster SS, 108-110 w/44.5” driver. I play a Speeder NX 50X. I prefer lighter driver shaft, due in part to resultant swingweight and feel. I didn’t like the Ventus Blue 5S, the 6X & TX versions feel wooden compared to the Speeder NX. I’m honestly not a fan of Ventus wood shafts, I demoed the Blue TR 6TX in my TSi3 3-wood, again preferring the Dismante TB60x and Speeder NX 60X. Perhaps strangely I love the Ventus Blue HB 9X in my Srixon U85 19* & 22* irons. At your club speed, I’d think the black profile would produce too low launch. But that’s the problem with EI profiles and choosing shafts based on tour player usage. The Ventus is the most popular wood shaft on tour. The black profile should be perfect for my delivered loft, lie and swingspeed. I demoed the 6X black, consistently produced 10.4* launch and 2350 spin. Those are much too low for me. The Blue was much better fit, I just hated the feel compared to Speeder NX and Diamana TB. The Ventus Red was strangest of all. It was a very high 14.6* launch but slightly lower (2450) spin than Blue. The red also felt really noodly despite 6X flex. The lesson I suppose is never assume a result based on EI or tour prevalence. Get a professional fitting, particularly when spending $400 for a single shaft.

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I used to have a house by the original 8th hole (original 18 hole layout) and walked it with Sluman, Duval and Furyk. Walked with Duval when he was using his surveyor wheel to get yardages. Old School!

Rocco spends a lot of time with Larry at 2nd Swing getting tuned up. Most of the time it's subtle tweaks to his gamers rather than new models

For a pro, regular flex leaves the clubhead way behind with the face open. It's like swinging a clubhead on a rope to them. They would lag it too much. For an amateur who usually casts the club, it may have more of a left tendency. I've played regular or stiff my whole life. Switched to extra stiff last year. Best decision I ever made. I always blamed my swing or even the clubheads. But, extra stiff straightened my ball flight more than any club or swing change. It's my golf secret.

He recently put the 8i shaft in his Texas spinner bringing swing weight down to d5... Im guessing he didn't like the feel.