Maltby TS2

[AZstu324]

1 hour ago, coreyhr said:

Went ahead and ordered a 7,8 and PW in the TS4 to go along with the 9 iron I had previously built for testing. I'm going to experiment with a mixed bag with my TS3's. I'm still loving my TS3's, but I've noticed how consistent my starting line is with my TS4 9 iron when I've had it on the course or sim. I tested it again on my sim last night and the standard deviation on the start line with it was just stupid good. Launch, spin and ball speed are crazy repeatable as well. I bent my TS4 to match my TS3 9 iron in loft. The offset of the TS4 is low enough where there's room to go down in loft without it looking bad. I truly feel bad for all the people who will never give this TS line of irons a look because they don't recognize or scoff at the Maltby name. Best value in golf and it isn't even close. 

It's funny I've had a friend who has been playing the TM P770's for a couple years. He's a great golfer so he deserves whatever clubs he wants to play. At the time he got his clubs, I was gaming the OG TS1's. I tried to insert ideas about giving the TS1's/Maltby a try. I had even done a pretty thorough dry ball comparison of the 2 and the TS1's handedly won in all categories. He wouldn't have it and went with the TM's. 

 

Now he's in the market for TM P7MC's. I'm telling him he needs to get over the brand name and give the TS4's a serious look. I'll even build him a demo for the cost of a head. Hell I'll let him borrow my set for a round or 2. All I get is radio silence on that subject. He'll probably end up dropping $2k when all the fitting and shaft upgrades are done. He could have saved a boatload that could pay for his golf for the rest of the year and ended up with something possibly better in the TS4. 

 

Jim Morrison said it best.. "people are strange" 

 

 

 

 

[coreyhr]

9 minutes ago, AZstu324 said:

It's funny I've had a friend who has been playing the TM P770's for a couple years. He's a great golfer so he deserves whatever clubs he wants to play. At the time he got his clubs, I was gaming the OG TS1's. I tried to insert ideas about giving the TS1's/Maltby a try. I had even done a pretty thorough dry ball comparison of the 2 and the TS1's handedly won in all categories. He wouldn't have it and went with the TM's. 

 

Now he's in the market for TM P7MC's. I'm telling him he needs to get over the brand name and give the TS4's a serious look. I'll even build him a demo for the cost of a head. Hell I'll let him borrow my set for a round or 2. All I get is radio silence on that subject. He'll probably end up dropping $2k when all the fitting and shaft upgrades are done. He could have saved a boatload that could pay for his golf for the rest of the year and ended up with something possibly better in the TS4. 

 

Jim Morrison said it best.. "people are strange" 

 

 

 

 

It's wild. I get the same responses at my club. Even the guys that go on and on to me about how good of a player I am, laugh at me when I tell them they need to give Maltby irons a try. I guess there's a reason the major OEM's spend millions upon millions in marketing, it works. I'm as big of a club ho as the next guy on WRX, but I'm also willing to play whatever works (as evidenced by my melting pot WITB). 

[vandyfan]

57 minutes ago, AZstu324 said:

I'll even build him a demo for the cost of a head.

 

Can we be friends? You sound like a good friend.

[deepred]

On 9/19/2023 at 8:02 AM, NRJyzr said:

 

I have trouble hitting anything lighter than an NV75 (78g raw), regardless of length.

 

I've managed to score a few NV85's that will be pressed into service soon...

 

The best shaft ever designed for woods. 

[deepred]

3 hours ago, AZstu324 said:

It's funny I've had a friend who has been playing the TM P770's for a couple years. He's a great golfer so he deserves whatever clubs he wants to play. At the time he got his clubs, I was gaming the OG TS1's. I tried to insert ideas about giving the TS1's/Maltby a try. I had even done a pretty thorough dry ball comparison of the 2 and the TS1's handedly won in all categories. He wouldn't have it and went with the TM's. 

 

Now he's in the market for TM P7MC's. I'm telling him he needs to get over the brand name and give the TS4's a serious look. I'll even build him a demo for the cost of a head. Hell I'll let him borrow my set for a round or 2. All I get is radio silence on that subject. He'll probably end up dropping $2k when all the fitting and shaft upgrades are done. He could have saved a boatload that could pay for his golf for the rest of the year and ended up with something possibly better in the TS4. 

 

Jim Morrison said it best.. "people are strange" 

 

 

 

 

Golf constantly reminds me of a lesson learned in a college marketing class. Turtlewax introduced a new polymer wax that all the advantages possible for a product. Lower cost, superior performance, easier to use it should have been a runaway success but it languished on the shelves until it was recalled. Some months later it was reintroduced with new packaging and at a much higher price. It jumped off the shelf. Golf equipment has the same market mindset.

[Popeye64]

4 hours ago, Double4me said:

@Popeye64 after trying out the PTM's again are you still gaming the TS1 IM? Or did they go back to the shelf? 

The irons I game can be a revolving door. The PTMs are hanging around for now. The three sets in rotation are the KE4 Max, less and less. TS1-IM and the PTM are a true toss up. Both have their serious merits and its very difficult to choose. I am liking the PTMs drop in flex with the hard stepped R flex 105g shaft. 

My driver swing is a hot mess and my scores swing from 72 to 82 with nothing in-between. All depends on if I can hit the driver that day. Any of those sets of irons can score extremely well. 

[Double4me]

22 minutes ago, Popeye64 said:

The irons I game can be a revolving door. The PTMs are hanging around for now. The three sets in rotation are the KE4 Max, less and less. TS1-IM and the PTM are a true toss up. Both have their serious merits and its very difficult to choose. I am liking the PTMs drop in flex with the hard stepped R flex 105g shaft. 

My driver swing is a hot mess and my scores swing from 72 to 82 with nothing in-between. All depends on if I can hit the driver that day. Any of those sets of irons can score extremely well. 

Thanks for the response. After my surgery in mid October (once healed of course) I plan on getting the MPF shafts to put my MAX and STi2 7 irons in. As well as ordering a TS1 IM 7 iron (now that I know you can still get a test club from a PAK) and test those out. By then I will be forced to find somewhere indoors for that but hopefully I will be ready for spring with a new line up 😉. 

[ericft]

What is the word on what to expect next year new in the line up for irons?

[Popeye64]

5 minutes ago, ericft said:

What is the word on what to expect next year new in the line up for irons?

The TE+ will be the next to drop. But expect the main focus to be on a new driver head and Fairways. I would expect a little gap before any other new iron heads pop up. 

[Colej]

2 hours ago, Popeye64 said:

The TE+ will be the next to drop. But expect the main focus to be on a new driver head and Fairways. I would expect a little gap before any other new iron heads pop up. 

I would say the drivers and fairways could go into 2024 before we can purchase. 

[ericft]

is there a new dbm finish product coming? ala ptm blacks that I totally regret selling like the idiot that I am....

[GQ0208]

For a set of irons, is the custom build price online the price you are going to pay or can you call and get a discounted pak price with shafts different than the Score?

[Cwebb]

12 minutes ago, ericft said:

is there a new dbm finish product coming? ala ptm blacks that I totally regret selling like the idiot that I am....

 

The TE+ will be available in DBM

[ericft]

29 minutes ago, Cwebb said:

 

The TE+ will be available in DBM

wonder what the changes will be...just decided to build my dbm heads again..while waiting for the damn delay in getting my new t150 irons...I know the dbm will be much softer feeling than the 150s coming.

[Cwebb]

21 minutes ago, ericft said:

wonder what the changes will be...just decided to build my dbm heads again..while waiting for the damn delay in getting my new t150 irons...I know the dbm will be much softer feeling than the 150s coming.

 

Go to page 157 in this thread.  There is a full description and pictures

[iamlowsound]

10 hours ago, GQ0208 said:

For a set of irons, is the custom build price online the price you are going to pay or can you call and get a discounted pak price with shafts different than the Score?

You used to be able to call and swap. Not sure if they still do that. 

[ahenderX]

15 hours ago, ericft said:

What is the word on what to expect next year new in the line up for irons?

I have a friend who just purchased a set of Maltby TS3 irons. He was told the DBM Forged iron will be discontinued. He initially wanted to get the DBMs. 

[ApostateDrive]

12 hours ago, GQ0208 said:

For a set of irons, is the custom build price online the price you are going to pay or can you call and get a discounted pak price with shafts different than the Score?

 

When I asked about modifying a Pak, they said it would have to be the full custom price instead of the the Pak discount + cost differential for whatever you're changing. But maybe it depends on who you talk to as I've heard others report differently.

[deepred]

9 minutes ago, ahenderX said:

I have a friend who just purchased a set of Maltby TS3 irons. He was told the DBM Forged iron will be discontinued. He initially wanted to get the DBMs. 

They are introducing a new DBM, more up to date lofts and other slight changes to the sole. 

[JimmyC59]

I wanted to share pics from my TS1 IM build.

I went from Forged TE with DG S300 to Forged TE with PX Catalyst 60 stiff graphite shafts. Love the Catalysts, they feel like a DG to me, just much lighter.

I used the Catalysts in my 6I to GW and used DG105 S300 Black in my 52° and 56°. I went with the DGs in the wedges because I had a Catalyst in my 56° in my last build and thought I was losing spin. You can see my Green Bay Packers fandom reflected in the ferrules and grips.

I've only played a few rounds with the IMs, but love them!

Edited September 22, 2023 by JimmyC59

[Gdashoff]

16 hours ago, GQ0208 said:

For a set of irons, is the custom build price online the price you are going to pay or can you call and get a discounted pak price with shafts different than the Score?

I think they'll only switch out if the shaft you want is available in another pak. Ive swapped from the Kuro to Maltby MPF shafts before and they've let me do it but the MPF is widely available in multiple paks. 

[ode1]

1 hour ago, Gdashoff said:

I think they'll only switch out if the shaft you want is available in another pak. Ive swapped from the Kuro to Maltby MPF shafts before and they've let me do it but the MPF is widely available in multiple paks. 

That's good to know!

[ApostateDrive]

Well, got the big ol' order my coworkers and I placed from Golfworks. I got the MPF Pro DR shaft in R flex to experiment with and it's shockingly stiff. I have the MPF Pro shaft in R flex in my 3 wood and HyWay, but I guess I never really noticed how stiff they are. Compared to the Ventus Red and Blue shafts I have that are in S flex, I would say the MPF Pro is a bit stiffer than even those.

[AZstu324]

Look what just came in!!

 

 

[Cwebb]

3 hours ago, AZstu324 said:

Look what just came in!!

 

You guys really weren't messing around with any more thought on the matter.  That was quick!  🤠

[ApostateDrive]

5 hours ago, AZstu324 said:

Look what just came in!!

 

 

 

Stunning! Hope you enjoy them!

Edited September 23, 2023 by ApostateDrive

[AZstu324]

3 hours ago, Cwebb said:

 

You guys really weren't messing around with any more thought on the matter.  That was quick!  🤠

When the big guy has his mind made up it's game on! 

 

I guess he didn't want to beat around the bush. 

 

 

[ApostateDrive]

Another happy Maltby customer! Met up with my boss this morning to deliver his STi2 irons, TSW wedges, and M890 hybrid. He really liked all of them! I had a chance to hit the STi2 and I think they're excellent for what they are. I seriously doubt there are higher quality clubs available for $180.99, much less built to your length/flex spec. They obviously don't feel buttery like the TS3's do, and they don't have the launch off the face feeling of the KE4 Max, but I wouldn't think I was hindered if I had to play them. Really solid clubs. 

Edited September 23, 2023 by ApostateDrive

[Double4me]

15 minutes ago, ApostateDrive said:

Another happy Maltby customer! Met up with my boss this morning to deliver his STi2 irons, TSW wedges, and M890 hybrid. He really liked all of them! I had a chance to hit the STi2 and I think they're excellent for what they are. I seriously doubt there are higher quality clubs available for $180.99, much less built to your length/flex spec. They obviously don't feel buttery like the TS3's do, and they don't have the launch off the face feeling of the KE4 Max, but I wouldn't think I was hindered if I had to play them. Really solid clubs. 

I actually like the all around feel of the STi2 better than the MAX. The difference for me on distance is loft, but since I would be aware of that it would be a non-issue. In my mind I think I want to enjoy the MAX more, but my experience with the 7 irons has had different results. It comes down to the individual. As @Popeye64 would say YMMV 😁. 

[azgreg]

On 9/17/2023 at 2:55 PM, Cwebb said:

 

Probably not.  The KE4 Tour+ is also extremely forgiving towards the toe.  Both have a COG that is located slightly toe side of center, which is unique in iron design

After about a half dozen rounds and more than that range sessions on my KE4 Tour+ irons I can vouch for this.